World Line Dance Newsletter Tuesday 2/10

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TUESDAY 2/10  PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON

 

 

 

ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS TO THE SURVEY
I'm In Love With You by Jose Miguel Belloque Vane & Sebastiaan Holtland is listed on the survey in two places.  In one place it has 3 votes and in another place it has 2 votes, for a total of 5.

 

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New England Men Of Line Dance Review ( M.O.L.D. )
A New Record from us to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Bob Grundy

 

                                                                   Simply The Best.
                   The Best Music. The Best Instructors. The Best Dancers. The Best Volunteers.

 

It all began on Friday night with a bonus night of dance d j'd by Joe Steele. He played a lot of todays hottest dances and then reached into the archives to test the memory of everyone there. We needed a wall or two but I think we nailed them all.
Doors opened at 8 AM for registration on Saturday morning and it didn't take long for the building to fill up. Music was on and the floor was shaking  as everyone was eager to shed the winter blues. In order, here are the dances that were taught. 10 am: Texas by Max Perry taught by Don Carleton. Body In Motion by Peter Metelnick taught by ME. 11 am: Hot Temptation by Masters In Line taught by Dancin' Dean. Here's Looking At You Kid by Steve Lescarbeau taught by Steve Lescarbeau. Lunchtime at noon provided by The Claddagh Pub....can you say yummmm. ! pm:  A couple of BONUS teaches were Coyote Sing by jg2 taught by ME and then Sweetness, a new dance choreographed by Steve Lescarbeau and Dancin' Dean and was also taught by them.  2 pm: Sum'm Sum'm by Guyton Munday taught by Joe Steele. East Bound & Down by Kathy Hunyadi taught by Christopher Petre. 3 pm: Dark Side by Steve Lescarbeau, Amy Christian-Sohn and Junior Willis taught by Steve Lescarbeau. Wild Wild West by Jason Cameron and Jerry Siebe taught by Dancin' Dean. 4 pm: Life Without U by Maggie Galagher taught by Christopher Petre and Beer For My Horses by Christine Bass shown by Don Carleton. Then it was dinner time also being provided by The Claddagh Pub. Each year they have outdone themselves making sure the dancers at The Men Of Line Dance event are served  SIMPLY THE  BEST!   Then it was back to the dance floor once again having Joe Steel play a huge variety of old and new tunes.
 
SIMPLY THE BEST AUCTION. To all who brought items, especially the Tuesday night dancers, 100% goes to St Jude and this year tops all previous years. Thank You to Denise Brault and Forty for their generous pass donations. We hope you will support them as well.

 

SIMPLY THE BEST for making it SIMPLY THE BEST event were Bill Gibson, Joe Steele, Don Carleton, Steve Lescarbeau, Dancin'n Dean LeClair, Christopher Petre, Erin Grundy-Butler, Kerri Grundy, Shayla Little and a very special THANK YOU to Judy Grundy.

 

SIMPLY THE BEST are the dancers who braved the weather and made the treck from near or from  far away. An event does not happen
without you, the dancer, and when it comes to supporting a good cause i know of no one that does not step up to the plate.

 

THANK YOU ALL
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Subject: Rachel.  What a wonderful hostess!
From: Madame...@rcn.com

 

 I had the opportunity to attend Rachel's workshop yesterday.  It was the first time I was able to dance alongside her up close and personal.
  She made sure that EVERYONE had the opportunity to dance by calling out alternative dances for some of us who didn't know the latest ones.

 

   Rachel is truly a gracious and lovely person.
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Subject: Change of Venue, Wednesday Evening Line Dance Class, 7 - 10, 901 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Belleair FL 33756
 
 
Hi all,
 
Just a reminder that we will be dancing in the Game Room this Wednesday, February 11. 
We will need to use the Belleair Recreation Center door at 918 Osceola Road, Belleair FL 33756.
 
Sorry for the inconvenience!   We will be back at the Town Hall on Ponce de Leon Blvd. next week.
 
Hope to be seeing you soon!
 
Happy dancing,
Mary Ann
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Subject: Ohio Summer Dance Classic
From: Frank Trace frank...@sssnet.com

 

Hello Dancers and Friends,
I'm very happy to announce my 4th annual OHIO SUMMER DANCE CLASSIC workshop in Canton, Ohio on Saturday, June 13, 2015. The event is held at Walsh University where we will have a 4000 square foot wood dance floor. Joining me, once again, this year is the fabulous JAMIE MARSHALL. Our DJ is the wonderful JILL BABINEC. Also joining us, is my friend DEE BLANSETT. Dances taught will range from Beginner to Intermediate level. There will be something for every level of dancer. Open dance times will include “all levels” of line dances.

 

This is a one day event with the workshop beginning at 10am till 5pm.  A self-host dinner break to the many local and conveniently located restaurants will run from 5pm to 7pm. We’ll have an evening dance party from 7pm till 10:30pm. Early registration for the full day, including evening dance, is $35.00. After May 31st, a full day registration will be $45.00.

 

A registration form / flyer may be found on my web site www.franktrace.com Even though we have a larger venue, please know I still have a limit on the number of attendees. So don’t get shut out, be sure to register early. If you have any questions or need a list of hotels, please email me at frank...@gmail.com

 

Keep Dancin’
Frank Trace
www.tracetrace.com
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Subject: WOW Linedance 2015 China and Taipei
From: jyin...@gmail.com

 

Judy Chen
JYIN...@GMAIL.COM

 

 WWW.WOWLINEDANCE.COM

 

WOW 2015 Line Dance Spectacular will be held at Hang Zhou, China in June 19-21 & the following week will be at Taipei, Taiwan in June 25 -28, 2015.

 

For HangZhou , China event please contact  Mr. Wu at wuxq...@163.com ( Chinese) or Mr. Bao at 13666...@139.com (English) , or visit  http://zjldas.com.

 

Confirmed instructors: Craig Bennett & Scott Blevins.

 

For Taipei Taiwan event, please contact:

 

Judy Chen at JYIN...@GMAIL.COM  (for overseas registration), www.wowlinedance.com or

 

Patty Wu at keik...@hotmail.com (for Taiwan registration), http://globaldancer.pixnet.net/blog 

 

(Taiwan registration ends on April 30, 2015).
Confirmed instructors: Craig Bennett, Scott Blevins, Niels Poulsen, Ria Vos……….

 

For Taipei hotel reservations, please contact: Howard Civil Service International House at

 

Rv...@howard-hotels.com.tw, mention WOW Taipei 2015 (6/24 to 6/29), space is limited so make your reservations asap.

 

Workshop starts on 6/25 (Thursday) from 1-5 pm for open dance welcome party (included with VIP pass), afterwards we go to the famous Din Tai Fung (www.dintaifung.com.tw) for an evening meal.  We only have 50 dinner spots available so you let us know if you are interested.  You will be responsible for the cost of the meal.  We will then walk around night market after dinner. 

 

After the workshops end on Sunday, we are going to have a farewell dinner party.  You will be responsible for the cost of meal as well.  Please let us know if you are interested.

 

Judy Chen
jyin...@gmail.com
201.574.6994
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SUBJECT: Kickit Top 10 Lists for February 9, 2015
FROM: rpro...@aol.com

 

All Kickit subscribers are invited to participate in 4 ongoing surveys.
The Top 10 results for each survey are shown here. (Due to ties, lists may show more than 10 dances.)
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Most Known
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 1 Come Dance With Me by Jo Thompson
 2 Tush Push by Jim Ferrazzano & Kenneth Engel
 3 Cruisin' by Neil Hale
 4 Electric Slide by Unknown
 5 Watermelon Crawl by Sue Lipscomb
 6 Rio by Diana Lowery
 7 Dizzy by Jo Thompson
 8 (tie) Bosa Nova by Phil Dennington
   Wave On Wave by Alan G. Birchall
10 Chill Factor by Daniel Whittaker & Hayley Westhead
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Favorite
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 1 (tie) Bosa Nova by Phil Dennington
   Come Dance With Me by Jo Thompson
 3 Chill Factor by Daniel Whittaker & Hayley Westhead
 4 Dizzy by Jo Thompson
 5 Toes by Rachael McEnaney
 6 (tie) Heart Of An Angel by William Brown
   Rio by Diana Lowery
   Wave On Wave by Alan G. Birchall
   Zjozzys Funk by Petra Van de Velde
10 (tie) Cruisin' by Neil Hale
   I'm No Good by Rachael McEnaney
   Islands In The Stream by Karen Jones
   Tennessee Waltz Surprise by Andy Chumbley
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Most Taught
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 1 Cecilia by William Brown & Heather Barton
 2 American Kids by Randy Pelletier
 3 Neon Light by Jill Weiss
 4 Backroads Bump by Derek "Big Daddy" Steele
 5 (tie) Crocodile Roll by Ira Weisburd, Alison Johnstone & David Hoyn
   Dear Future Husband by Julia Wetzel
   Double Shot Of Crown by Felicia Harris Jones
   Fireball by Kate Sala
 9 (tie) Drunk On A Plane by Lyndy & Dan Albro
   The Majestic by Frank Trace
   River Bank by Gail Smith
   Such A Fool by Niels B. Poulsen
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Most Danced
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 1 Cecilia by William Brown & Heather Barton
 2 Neon Light by Jill Weiss
 3 (tie) Alcazar by Robbie McGowan Hickie & Karl-Harry Winson
   Crocodile Roll by Ira Weisburd, Alison Johnstone & David Hoyn
   Love Repeats by Michele Burton
 6 (tie) American Kids by Randy Pelletier
   Backroads Bump by Derek "Big Daddy" Steele
   Country Walkin' by Teree Desarro
   Dear Future Husband by Julia Wetzel
10 (tie) Ah Si! by Rita Masur
   All I Can Say by Simon Ward & Rachael McEnaney
   Back It Up by Darren "Daz" Bailey & Raymond Sarlemijn
   Blue Night Cha by Kim Ray
   Boys Will Be Boys by Rachael McEnaney
   Bullfrog On A Log by Cef Decaney
   Clap Happy! by Shaz Walton
   Cruisin' by Neil Hale
   Double Shot Of Crown by Felicia Harris Jones
   Dream Lover by Daniel Whittaker
   Fireball by Kate Sala
   Fresh by John H. Robinson
   Imelda's Way by Adrian Churm
   The Majestic by Frank Trace
   Tush Push by Jim Ferrazzano & Kenneth Engel
   We Are Tonight by Dan Albro
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SUBJECT:   TIME TO DANCE LINE DANCE CRUISE

FROM:  PAM HALL:    PAM...@EARTHLINK.NET

 

              CHER MASON:   TIMETOD...@GMAIL.COM

 

 

WHEN:  APRIL 23, 2016 for 7 DAYS

 

 

Come and join “DJ Sean”, Pam Hall and Cher Mason – and your fellow line dancers aboard the Carnival Valor, sailing April 23, 2016 for 7 days to the eastern Caribbean, RT Pt. Canaveral, Florida! 

 

           

 

                        Cabin           Cost Including                                                                                 Available

 

Cabin Type         Category     Taxes & Fees Deck/Location                                       To Sell    

 

Inside                                     4B                           $642.53/pp                                           1 and 2            Mid Ship Location                                                                                         14       

 

Inside                                     4E                           $667.53/pp                                           6 and 7          Deck 6 – Mid Ship/Deck 7- Aft/ Forward                      4

 

Ocean View   6B                           $762.53/pp                                           1 and 2            Deck 1 – Mid Ship/Deck 2 – Af/ Forward                      14

 

Balcony                                  8B                           $972.53/pp                                           6 and 7          Deck 6 – Mid Ship/Deck 7 – Aft/ Forward                    8

 

Balcony                                  8C                           $982.53/pp                                           7 and 8          Deck 7 – Mid Ship/Deck 8 – Aft/ Forward                    2 

 

                                                (Other cabin categories may be priced separately, if you prefer something other than above)

 

ITINERARY:  Pt. Canaveral, Nassau-Bahamas, Fun Day at Sea, St. Thomas-USVI, San Juan-Puerto Rico, Grand Turk, Fun Day at Sea, Pt. Canaveral.

 

 

 

DUE DATES:  November 25, 2015   = Full deposit of $250/pp must be paid to Carnival

 

                         February 8, 2016         = Final payment for your cruise balance due (cancellation penalties begin)

 

                                                                 Insurance paid for – optional purchase

 

                                                                 Prepay gratuities – Advance payment optional

 

 

 

You may pay $25/pp for initial deposit – or pay the deposit in full.  If you pay $25/pp, the balance of the $250/pp (being then $225/pp) is due by November 25, 2015.  Paying $25/pp first deposit does NOT hold a cabin for you.  It just guarantees you will get group pricing.  You will be assigned a cabin when you’ve made full deposit only.

 

 

 

Acceptable forms of payment are credit or debit card – which is best.  You may pay by check, but would need to do so way before the payment due date.  Checks must clear the bank before J and L Travel submits business card payment on your behalf.  So it is important to know this and pay way in advance, if you plan to pay by check.  Mail check payment to:  J and L Travel, 4 Woodlee Court N., Homosassa, FL  34446.  On your check note please indicate:  Time To Dance Group (Carnival 4/23/16) and what your payment is for - full payment of cruise, first deposit ($25), or full deposit ($250).  I am able to help you make your full cruise payment with monthly payments by credit card, after full deposit is made by you.  Just ask me!  I am here to help you J.

 

 

 

At pricing from $100/per day/per person it truly is great pricing!  Or….move on up to an ocean view (window) category or balcony category.  Categories other than above are available to you but will be at “cost that day” and not group pricing. 

 

 

 

This cruise is going to be a lot of fun!  Forget the line dancing in the auditorium – LINE DANCE ON WATER! 

 

 

 

There are many fun things to do on and off the ship.  I’ll be happy to help you purchase land excursions and tell you how to see what’s available.  Just call or email me!  Invite your other Line Dance friends who have not booked yet and/or your family members/personal friends to join this fun cruise experience with you!  The more, the merrier!!

 

 

 

Please direct questions about insurance cancellation protection, prepaying gratuities and excursions solely to me.  I’ll be happy to help you.  Just send me an email or call me.  If no answer, please DO leave a message. I can’t know you need me, if you don’t leave a message for me.

 

 

 

We hope to see you on board!  It’s sure to be a fun time for all J

 

 

 

Kim Friedman O’Berry, Travel Consultant

 

J and L Travel – 142 E. Benjamin Street, Hernando, FL  34442

 

(352) 527-2696 PH – EMAIL:  kzo...@gmail.com
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SUBJECT: DOUG & JACKIE YOU CAN DANCE 3, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, FEB 7, 2015
From: Judy
 
“You brought the rain” isn’t normally what you say to your guests to make them feel welcomed. But around here in the parched Bay area, it means “salvation”. I remembered writing how cold it was in a past D & J workshop. This time the weather was perfect. It rained. Never has an umbrella become such a delightful accessory. And that sense of delight permeates the Doug (Douglas to Jackie, Doug to you and me) & Jackie You Can Dance 3 Workshop. Beautiful, slim, ageless Jackie
(Douglas must have something to do with it) and simpatico, cavalier Doug carried out a seamless, easy-paced and yet dance-packed workshop of 8 dances in five and a half hours without breaking a sweat. I was so glad they brought back DREAMS TO SHARE, 48 ct., 2-wall inter/adv to My Love by Westlife. This was a big challenge to me when I first learned (sort of) it years ago. Now that I really got it (I think) the dance is all the more beautiful. One of the best choreographies out there. I LIKE IT LOUD, 48 ct.,4-wall inter. to Let’s Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez. Like the singer, it’s high-energy just the way I like it kind of dance. KISS ME QUICK, 64 ct., phrased 2-wall to Kiss Me Quick by Elvis Presley. The king lives and so does this dance. QUEEN OF MY HEART, co-choreographed with Gary & Marie Lafferty, 72 ct. plus 8 ct. tag plus 24 ct. intro, 4-wall phrased, to Queen of My Heart by Westlife. a lovely waltz, it captured my heart. ROMEO AND JULIET, 32 ct. 4-wall low inter. to Romeo and Juliet by Garth Brooks. This has an optional lasso hand movement, but even without that it would lasso you just the same. THE GAME OF LOVE, 64 ct., 2-wall Inter. to The Game of Love by Tina turner. This is a bewitching dance, love it! ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS, 64 ct., 2-wall high beg. to On Night Like This by Buckwheat Zydeco. Lovely & sexy. A LITTLE PATCH OF HEAVEN, 32 ct., 4-wall beg. to A Little Patch Of Heaven by KD Lang, lively and heavenly.
 
There was open dancing in between teaches (yay!) and then a 2-hour break before the evening social. Time enough for a dainty Japanese dinner and a one-hour foot and back massage (aaaaahhh). The Belmont location is close to everything that’s close to a dancer’s heart. The attendance was just right for the venue which was awash with pink flamingoes and polka-dotted pink balloons and hawaiian palms. Dolores Meek has once again cast her magic spell. Also doing his own brand of magic was the DJing Duke, GARY CLAYTON, playing oldies, classics and new dances. Doug and Jackie reviewed the dances they taught. Jackie danced a lot with us (where they got all that unflagging energy is a mystery to me). Some of the dances played: American Kids, Badda Badda Swing, Uptown Funk, Twist Twist Twist, Tomorrow Will Be Kinder, Dear Future Husband (someone said Dear Future Ex Husband), Say Geronimo, Amame.
 
BIG THANKS to COUNTRY QUICKSTEPPERS for putting this workshop together, to it’s board and especially to it’s president ANNI WUNDERLICH who provided Doug & Jackie with their honeymoon suite (what’s a honeymoon suite doing in a grandpa and grandma’s house?). Aaannnd (drumroll) Muchas, Muchas Gracias to the honeymooners DOUG & JACKIE MIRANDA for giving us another delightful, unforgettable workshop and oh yes, da rayn.
 
Judy Romanenkov
jud...@sbcglobal.net
www.jbmrpaintings.com
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SUBJECT:  DISCUSSION ABOUT BEGINNER DANCE TITLES (I put it at the bottom of the newsletter so I could group the responses.

 

This is one of my pet hates although I've never said so - But since someone asks !!! ..... I think it is an insult to dancers to call things Easy this or Baby that or Little thingy or EZ blah - So some might not notice or care but why take the risk - When you use such names it is an insult & why even risk it - Just call it something like any other dance & respect the beginners - When I put on an easy dance or a floor split I even avoid saying here is something for the beginners or the beginners can do this because I don't want to embarrass  them - Just like the name of the dance it might not but why take the risk - A similar principle in reverse about counting in dances - Some say they don't need it but I always do it anyway just in case - Those that want it are happy & those that don't need it don't care - So just take the low risk approach - Give them normal names, don't say it's for the beginners & always count in - Then you upset no-one !!! :-) I just hate it when I see dances called Easy, Baby, Little or EZ ..... Baby is the worst - It does not help the dancers so why do it !!?? 
 
Dave.
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Dave Baycroft
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Subject: Baby Dance
From: Bob Grundy
This phrase "baby  dance" to me is very condescending. I have been to classes in many places where this phrase has been used and it has made some dancers feel for a lack of a better word, Stupid. One time a dancer just could not get whatever it was the instructor was trying to teach and because it was described as a baby dance that dancer left the room because she felt belittled and inadequate because she was NOT getting it. It's like saying Line Dance is not rocket science....but to someone new to it...it could seem like rocket science.
When I start my beginner classes I always explain learning Line Dance is like learning a new language. Could anyone looking at this learn French or Spanish without a struggle, even tho it could say Baby French or Baby Spanish. I could go on but for me, don't make me feel like a baby, Than You.

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