Welcome back to this week's recap of Live Laugh Linedance! In today's post I shall be recapping the latest 2 episodes of the show. Let me know which was your favourite dance in the comments below.
Wow it's April - can you believe it? This year is going so fast and I have so many lovely occasions to look forward to in the next few months starting with today. I am going to Woodstock, Ox. to see Robbie McGowan Hickie and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll update you on how I get on and what dances I learn later but for now here is a recap of the dances taught on the latest 2 episodes of Live Laugh Linedance!
The Real Deal - Willie Brown & Heather Brown - (Int)
That's it for today - but please keep an eye out for my next post in which I review the Robbie McGowan Hickie workshop I am attending today. I shall be posting this in the next few days.
Dancers June Ingles, Karen Williams, Jamie Barnfield, Sarah Higgins & Linda Milne enjoy the Hawaiian fancy dress night. (Photo courtesy of Karen Williams)
A few of my lovely line dance friends have recently returned from the Maggie G. Experience weekend in Southport earlier this week and told me how fantastic it was and one of them, Linda Milne stated she thought it was 'probably the best ever' weekend she'd been on. So of course me being me I had to find out more and knowing so many of those that went from my local classes was able to obtain a full list of all the dances taught over the weekend. In addition many of the group had the opportunity to meet the lovely Lorraine Brown (host of Ranch Dance Radio) and she also interviewed some of them including Jackie Clouting, Linda Milne, Mike and one of my Instructors, Jamie Barnfield who's dance Tequila Boom Boom! has been featured in this months issue of Linedancer Magazine. If you want to listen to the interviews please click here to listen to this weeks show.
Lorraine Brown & Maggie G. (Photo courtesy of Lorraine Brown)
The weekend featured Maggie Gallagher and Rob Fowler as the main choreographers along with DJ Dave Baycroft who also taught a couple of dances as well. Having looked at all these dances I think there is a very good chance that these will be appearing in the Linedancer Magazine charts over the coming months so watch this space.
Here are the dances that were taught at the weekend with script links and videos:
Thank you to Jackie Clouting for providing me with the details of all the dances taught at this fabulous weekend.
Maggie Gallagher
I'll be alright
A 64 Count, 4 Wall, Intermediate dance to a track of the same name by Beckah Shae. The below video was taken at the weekend and Maggie is joined in the front row by choreographer and instructor Jamie Barnfield of Boogie Shoes.
Stand by you
A 60 count, 2 wall, Advanced dance to a track of the same name by Rachel Platten. The below video also features the fabulous Gary O'Reilly dancing with Maggie in the front row.
Boogaloo
A 32 count, 4 wall, beginner dance to 'Dance yourself dizzy' by Liquid Gold. This dance was jointly choreographed with Gary O'Reilly.
Secret Love
A 32 count, 4 wall, intermediate dance to 'Secret Love Song' by Little Mix feat. Jason Derulo.
A 32 count, 4 wall, improver dance to a track of the same name by Rachel Platten ft. Andy Grammer. Dance choreographed by Rob Fowler, Dee Musk, Shelly Guichard & Conor McVeigh.
A 48 count, 2 wall, intermediate dance to 'Mirror' by Karia feat. Elena. Dance choreographed by Dwight Meessen & Robbie McGowan Hickie.
Take it off - Unfortunately there is no script currently available for this dance but as soon as it is I will upload this.NOW AVAILABLE!!!! However what I can tell you is this is a 64 count, 4 wall, intermediate level line dance to 'Take it off' by Inna and choreographed by Karl Harry Winson.
In the meantime here is a video taken at the weekend by Lorraine Brown of the dance 'Better when I'm dancin''
So many dances taught! No wonder everyone was so tired after the weekend. Which dance of the above is your favourite/ which would you most like to learn? - please tell me in the comments below.
Just a quick recap post today I'm afraid, as my little boy is refusing to nap for any more than half an hour/ hour at the most meaning that I'm barely getting chores done let alone trying to write blog posts - the fun of being a parent to a 16 month old...
Here are the dancers featured on each show with the corresponding script links on Linedancer Magazine's website:
That's all for now. Please keep an eye out for my next post on the Maggie G Experience weekend in Southport - I wasn't there but I know a lot of people who were there and have details of the dances taught.
Watch this space...
Welcome to this week's review of Episode 6 of Live Laugh Line Dance. I have to say I'm really enjoying the new format, particularly the addition of the new presenter Rob Fowler. One of the particularly good things about the show now is the variety of dances shown each week, with both old and new dances in the mix, and the clips shown are compilations of various clubs dancing to the tracks and it's great to see the different classes each dance in their own unique way and with their own moves.
This week's show opened to Peter and Alison's "Sinatra & Chardonnay", which is a nice little improver dance to a proper country track which is very catchy to sing along to. The dance fits well to the music, it's a 2 wall dance and the tags are very straightforward so it's not too intimidating to improver dancers.
The second dance featured was the Crystal Boot Award winning "Ticket to the Blue" by Niels Poulsen. A fantastic beginner dance, this dance is still filling floors and currently sits at 7th in Line Dancer Magazine's Top 50 Chart and from what I've seen there are no signs of this disappearing any time soon.
"Chill Factor" was the 'Guess the Dance' Feature, I danced this myself at a social last night and I have to say it is still one of the best dances out there (Yes I'm biased as I've already declared this as my favourite). There is just something about he dance and the music that it doesn't matter if you aren't feeling great or have been having a bad day - this dance will leave you with a smile on your face by the end and gets your adrenaline pumping.
The next dance was by a lesser known choreographer, Gary Samms. His record on Line Dancer indicates he is a newer choreographer on the scene but despite this he seems to have some great talent, with a great little dance to a fantastic track that really makes me want to get up and dance. I definitely think he is a dancer to watch out for in the future and I also applaud LLL for giving lesser known choreographers the opportunity to showcase their talents.
Our final track was "Making History", which is Craig Bennett's last choreography before he retires. Its a great track and dance for him to end on - A way to go out on top and this dance is still very popular in our class. A great way for Craig to go out on top.
That's it for this week - here are the scripts from line dancer for you to view
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I was driving home from Sainsbury's yesterday when Charlie Puth's song "One call away" (or Save the Day as I think of it) came onto the radio and it reminded me that I had not yet done the write up for Karl-Harry Winson Workshop I attended a few weeks ago. Karl-Harry also won Male Dance Personality last weekend at the 20th CBA's and had nominations in many other categories as well - so congratulations to him on his recent success - I'm sure he will be up for more nominations at next years awards as well.
It was a great afternoon and my second time in a year meeting Karl having previously seen him in late July last year at a workshop hosted by Boogie Shoes in Cheltenham. I particularly enjoyed having the opportunity to dance "Jealousy" in his presence, an old favourite dance of mine which has seen a revival recently - although despite my request for "Unpredictable" one of my all time favourite dances and my favourite of his, it was unfortunately not played :-( never mind. We also got to dance some of Karl's other well know dances, "Knock on wood", "A thousand miles", "Alcazar", "Your place or mine" and "Alvaro" - there were probably others too but I can't remember what they were now.
Pop that Lock
The first teach was "Pop that Lock", a 64 count, 4 wall, Intermediate line dance to the track of the same name by Adam Lambert. It's a funky track, very catchy to sing along to, with a great beat and 15 count introduction which is very unusual and takes some getting used to. As for the dance I particularly enjoyed the 'Camel Walk' steps, the knee pops and the 'Chill factor' knee turn brush steps all of which fitted really well with the music. The dance does have one restart but you can hear it in the music so its fairly straightforward and as it's on wall 2 you can get it out of the way early and don't have to worry about when it's coming up like in some dances.
If you'd like to view the dance or script please click below to view.
To view the script on Copperknob (not yet available on Linedancerweb) please click here.
Stitches
The second teach of the day was "Stitches" a 64 count, 4 wall, Intermediate line dance to a track of the same name by Shawn Mendes. This is a great upbeat track and at the time of being taught this it was actually number 1 in the UK pop charts, its also very catchy and I was humming this days later. As for the dance itself I particularly liked the heel twists at the beginning and the turning toe struts both of which are not that common in line dance choreography at the moment. The dance does have 3 restarts but they are all easy to hear and we had no trouble with them.
The script is currently not on Copperknob or Linedancerweb but Karl had some scripts we could collect so I've scanned this one in on my computer and if you click here you can view it.
Hey Elvis!
Our third teach of the day was "Hey Elvis", a 32 count, 4 wall, Improver dance to the track of the same name by Bryan Adams. This is a proper rock and roll track with a great beat and the dance is very straightforward and easy to follow - it goes great to the music and it is easy to get distracted as you can't help but sing along to the song. There are a few tags in this one but its a case of them looking worse than they actually are and they fit in so well and are easy to hear so there really is no need to worry about them.
Now unfortunately, when I went to record this dance on my iPad I accidentally had it set on photo mode: result 1 photo and 3ish minutes of aching arms for nothing. By the time I realised my mistake the dance was over and as this was the second time we danced this there was no option to re-record so I don't have video. Sorry :-( Here's one of my pics instead)
The script is on Copperknob though so you can view it here. I have looked on YouTube and I can't see that anyone has done a video yet but as soon as they do I will upload to this page. I'd also ask that if anyone has a video they could send me a link, or if they are dancing it could video and send it to me - (get in touch via the comments below)
Karl-Harry Winson recapping Hey Elvis
Save the Day
Of course I can't finish without mentioning "Save the Day", this dance has been talked about a lot, it was very popular at last weeks Crystal Boot Awards, is currently 7th on Linedancer Magazine's top 50 and is also 7th on Copperknob's most viewed chart. I honestly believe that this will end up in the number 1 spot based on all the buzz I've heard and potentially think this could be up for a nomination at next years CBA's (You heard that here first lol).
By the time of Karl's workshop late January some clubs in the area (mine included) had already taught this but as quite a few of those present at the workshop did not know this. Karl did do a quick teach which helped me as I'd missed the teach in class and had tried to learn via youtube and the script so hadn't really danced this properly. I really like the video already on youtube so didn't video this again and I'll link the video below.
Since returning to class this has continued to be very popular and the girls and I have been adding in the 'Superhero' moves so ably demonstrated by Karl in the video below. The song is also very catchy and I couldn't help but sing along to it when it was played on the radio. It's a real mood booster.
So as much as I really enjoyed all of the dances we danced at the workshop I think the one's that are likely to be the big hits are "Save the Day" (no surprises there) and "Pop that lock". Watch this space!
Hi I'm Gemma - A Line Dancer Instructor in Evesham, Worcestershire. I'm originally from Gloucester and I've been Line Dancing for over 20 years and absolutely love it. I really enjoy dancing to music from different genres including pop, latin, irish, rock, disco, and more! I run a class on a friday Night in the gorgeous exercise studio at TDMS (High School), to join please pop us a message.
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