World Line Dance Newsletter Thursday 2/12 AND REMINDER TO VOTE

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Subject:  Line Dance Showdown, Quincy, MA – March 26-29, 2015
From:  JC Dance Productions, Inc.

 

Early registration cut off is next FRIDAY!  Mail in your registration by then and save money.

 

 

 

 Workshops (Workshops will be on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
ALL workshops are included in your weekend or daily passes.    A complete workshop schedule will be available online two weeks prior to the event.  We are offering a variety of workshops at all levels.  Register early for savings on your weekend and day passes. You must purchase a weekend or daily pass to attend workshops.  Here is the link for a registration form:  http://www.linedanceshowdown.com/images/pdfs/2015.pdf

 

 Instructors
Some of the best instructors from around the world have been CONFIRMED and you don’t want to miss this line-up:
Scott Blevins (IN)
Will Craig (NC)
Dancin’ Dean (VT)
Rob Fowler (Spain)
Kenny J (NJ)
Rhoda Lai (Canada)
Steve Lescarbeau (MA)
Jamie Marshall (TN)
Rachael McEnaney (UK/FL)
Debbie McLaughlin (UK)
Guyton Mundy (FL)
John Robinson (IN)
Fred Whitehouse (Ireland)
Ed Williams (NY)
And Helena Jeppsson,  the WINNER of WDM Choreography Competition
 
The Showdown
This is an ANYTHING GOES competition and it is HUGE!  $2,000.00 in cash prizes.  The Solo’s / Duo’s / Team’s will be competing against each other for the $700 first place prize and $300 prize for the one with the most audience votes.  You get a total of (6) Six minutes on the floor to see if you’re good enough to take home the cash.  Rules are. ……There are no rules! 
 

 

USLDCC Choreography Competition
This is the first year for the USLDCC (United States Line Dance Choreography Championships). Please visit www.USLDCC.com for complete rules and how to qualify for the Championships scheduled for 2015.  Select your song, create your dance with some of your favorite steps, ask friends to join you and give it a try!  Winners take home some really great prizes!
 
Accommodations
The Line Dance Showdown will be held at Boston Marriott Quincy in Quincy, Massachusetts.  The Boston Marriott Quincy is proud to offer you a special room rate of $106.00 per night.  For room reservations, please call 617-472-1000 or 800-228-9290.  Mention The Line Dance Showdown to get the special room rate.
 
For questions or more information, please email us at:  in...@linedanceshowdown.com

 

Jennifer Cameron
JC Dance Productions, Inc.
Line Dance Showdown (March 26-29, 2015)
Fun in the Sun (July 16-19, 2015)
Tampa Bay Line Dance Classic (November 5-8, 2015)
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Re:  Transportation to the Line Dance Showdown from Logan (BOS) Airport
From:  JC Dance Productions, Inc.
 
Logan Express Bus Service is the most convenient way to get to the event.   It will cost approximately $12.00 U.S. Dollars per person, per way and $22.00 U.S. Dollars per person, round trip. (Senior discount available)
 
You can find the Logan Express Bus in the bus stop area, outside of your terminal by baggage claim.  Please look for the Logan Express bus that says "Braintree Logan Express." This shuttle will bring guests to the Braintree Logan Express Location, which is approximately five minutes away from the hotel. 
 
The hotel offers a free shuttle from the Braintree Logan Express Location, which runs every hour, on the hour (from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.).  Please contact the hotel when you arrive to request shuttle service at (617) 472-1000.  If you arrive after 9:00 p.m., you can take a taxi from the Braintree Logan Express Location to the hotel for less than $10.00 U.S. Dollars.
 
Please check out the web site for more information and the departure times for the Logan Express at:
 
http://www.massport.com/massport/gtu/Logan%20Express%20Lines/Braintree.aspx

 

Jennifer Cameron
JC Dance Productions, Inc.
Line Dance Showdown (March 26-29, 2015)
Fun in the Sun (July 16-19, 2015)
Tampa Bay Line Dance Classic (November 5-8, 2015)
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SUBJECT: MARION BEACH HAS PASSED - ANOTHER

 

DANCE FRIEND GONE
FROM:  LOU ANN SCHEMMEL

 

Many of you will remember Marion Beach, a dear

 

friend and dance companion who moved from Orange

 

County, CA to the Sacramento area a few years ago to

 

be near her daughter and her family.  Prior to that she

 

was very active in the line dance community in SoCal

 

and often traveled to events - if you check my

 

Facebook page for some pictures you will probably

 

recognize her.

 

Marion had to have another heart surgery last week,

 

and unfortunately there were many complications

 

afterwards and she never left the ICU.  She passed

 

away two days ago…..

 

Marion was an integral part of our local line dance

 

group OCDC right from the beginning in 1997, finding

 

us our dance venues in Costa Mesa and at

 

Cedarbrook our current studio, as well.  She was

 

instrumental in creating our three OCDC events in

 

1998 and 1999……She talked me into attending my

 

first event in VShe loved our group and line

 

dancing……we will surely miss her terribly.  Her family

 

in NoCal is stunned and saddened……she had been

 

enjoying her first great grandchild and looking

 

forward to seeing the second soon.

 

We will dance one for her this Wednesday at

 

Cedarbrook.

 

Lou Ann Schemmel
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Subject:  CRYSTAL BOOT AWARDS UK 2015
From:  Vivienne Scott   www.stayinline.ca
 
Hi everyone:
 
I had a really fantastic time at the Crystal Boot

Awards in Blackpool, UK, it is a very very special

event and different from any other event I have been

to.  It truly honours the tremendous talent we have in

our line dance world while at the same time every

effort is put into ensuring that the dancers have the

time of their lives!!  To prove that it worked, CBA 2016

was sold out by the end of the weekend with 1000

dancers, what an achievement.   The Show on the

Saturday night is alone worth going to the event for!  

 

If you are interested you can put your name on a

waiting list for 2016 or for 2017.  

My full report is going to be published in Linedancer

magazine and they will have loads of photos and full

details of the Award Winners so if you would like to

check that out go to www.linedancermagazine.com   I

have, however, put up a shorter report and lots of my

photos from the event are now up my site 

www.stayinline.ca    It was a real honour and thrill to

be invited to teach at the event and I released a new

dance ‘Her Memory’.  Hope some of you get a chance

to check it out --- Improver, toe tapping country track.
 
Happy dancin’!
 
Vivienne
www.stayinline.ca
 
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SUBJECT:  THURSDAY DANCES AT THE ROUNDUP IN

 

TAMPA
FROM:  MARGARET

 

Thursday dances are The LC & C, song Lincoln

Continentals and Cadillacs by Tim McGraw. dance by

kathy Brown.House Party by Sam Hunt. Dance by

Johanna Barmes. Slow burn song Fire by Des'ree and

Babyface. Dance by Kathy Hunyadi and John

Robinson.
Friday Homegrown by Zac Brown. dance Margaret

Morrison. Shake it by Taylor Swift. Dance Ronald

Moon.The LC & C. Club dance T R O U B L E.
Saturday Homegrown, Shake it, Back in the day and

T R O U B L E.
See y'all there.

 

Margaret M. Howard
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Subject: DISCOUNTED! Seacoast Social Dance &

 

Workshop (Fort Pierce, FL)
From: Wendie Smith & Casey French

 

(in...@wildrosesfoundation.org)

 

Seacoast National Bank & Wild Roses Foundation are

teaming up to bring you the Seacoast Social Dance &

Workshop, a fundraiser benefiting the Saint Lucie

County Boys & Girls club.

On February 21, 2015 from 10am -4pm instructors;

Patrick Fleming, Kathy Parker, Trevor Thornton &

Lisa Johns Grose will be joining us at the Fort Pierce

Women’s Club, 2408 S. 29th Street, Fort Pierce 34948

REGISTER THIS WEEK FOR A DISCOUNT $35 including

lunch! Space is limited so go to

 

www.wildrosesfoundation.org to register
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SUBJECT:  WHAT KAREN STURMEY IS TEACHING IN

 

THE UK

 

THE BOY CAN DANCE YVONNE ANDERSON WEEK 1 

 

noticing of late, that a lot of
the intermeidate dances are a tad easier, and its

 

working well with my
classes.   they really liked this one tonight.  will be

 

taking it to other
classes next week,  nothing hard, 2 easy re starts, 

 

steps a bit different
to anything else we are doing.

 

TILL ITS GONE  TINA ARGLE AND PAT STOTT WEEK 1 

 

g8 country track, and my
country music dancers are loving this one.  even got a

 

round of applause
from my tues night class. again nothing tricky, but

 

enough to keep it
interesting.

 

SJHADES OF PASSION WEEK 2 ROB FOWLER.  went a

 

lot easier this week, and
getting a big thumbs up. the steps fit perfectly.

 

ROCK AND ROLL KING RACHEAL MCEANEY WEEK 3 

 

another hit in all classes.
think they are reliving their mis spent youth with ELO.

 

BEGINNERS/IMPROVERS AND INTERMEIDTAES WHO

 

ONLY WANT ONE NEW DANCE EVERY 3-4
WEEKS

 

grundy gallop
just me and you
boat to liverpool
my first love
we only live once
top secret shuffle
take a breather
cecilia
fly like a bird
corn dont grow
blue night cha
easy come easy go

 

MEMORY LANE CLASS   SOMEBODY LIKE YOU

 

2 valentine socials this weekend.  friday afternoon

 

and st judes
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SUBJECT: SUBSTITUTE LINE DANCE INSTRUCTORS

 

FROM: LIA ANN REAU (ANDRUS)

 

WEB SITE: LiaLineDance.com

 

One of my students (Mike) writes in a blog every week

about inspiring & encouraging others through Line

Dancing. He posted this today and I thought it was

such a great subject to discuss with all of you. I love

the posts that help us as instructors/choreographers

to be the best that we can be.(like the subject 'Baby'

dances that we are now discussing). Seeing how Mike

is the one who posted this It would be great if you

could please comment about this on the blog

Cowering To Confidence as well as the newsletter.

 

Thank you, Lia
 
I wish to draw attention to a particular issue.

Substitute line dance instructors. I bring this up

because I’ve heard rumors, comments, and

complaints. Some are good, some are bad, and some

are downright rude.

I’ve seen students walk off the dance floor or leave

for home when they discover that the normal

instructor is unable to teach. I’ve seen students not

give other instructors an opportunity and a chance to

trust in their abilities. It isn’t that a substitute or a

new instructor is good or bad at teaching, they simply

have a different approach that’s all.

People often tell me that I need to be out on the

dance floor more often, but when people don’t show

up or they leave early because the normal instructor

isn’t present I think questions need addressing.
Is the student there to learn to dance, have a good

time, make friends, dance for God, or are they there to

worship the instructor? Because if the reason a

student is there is simply because of the line dance

instructor, well then that’s a form of idolatry. It would

be no different if one attends church and discovers

that the lead pastor is on leave for a few weeks and

the member doesn’t attend. Is that member there for

the message and to worship God or are they

worshipping the person giving the sermon because of

their popularity?

 

What would students like to have happen if the

normal instructor is unable to teach? Regular dancers

might be happy with open dance and still willing to

pay for it, but it might not be fair to those that only

know a couple of dances?
How can an instructor go about finding a qualified

person to cover for them and one that students would

still like to see teach?

 

It is no secret that I look up to Lia a lot. She is my

mentor, my hero, and a close friend, but she isn’t God

and I’m not going to worship her. If she had to find

someone to take her place I would have the heart and

respect to accept the person that she finds to fill in

for her.

 

Students should keep these things in mind, when an

instructor has to get a substitute to cover for them

the instructor is not making any money, but, yet the

instructor still has to set up the equipment

beforehand, they have to get the lessons and music

ready, and go back later to take it all down. The

instructor does their best to make students happy

and still get disappointed students. How do you think

that makes the instructor feel not to mention the

substitute?

 

Just imagine the sacrifices that an instructor has to

make in terms of family, friends, and everything in

between for line dancing. I know first-hand that Lia

has missed performances, tournaments,

competitions, and meetings for her kids because she

has had to teach class and doesn’t get a substitute

for her line dance class. Lia and other instructors like

her make those sacrifices because they love and are

dedicated to what they’re doing.

Lia has had two or three people cover for her and I

have to say that they did a damn fine job in her

absence.
 
Thanks, Lia
Web Site: WWW.LIALINEDANCE.COM
Cell: (540-9111)
Look for me on Facebook: Lia's Linedance
Dream A Little, Dance A Lot! 
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SUBJECT:  DANCES THIS WEEK
FROM:  BIG DAVE

 

Hi all,
 
Thanks to everyone who came to dance at our Sutton Sunday last Sunday - We went over 4 dances there during the afternoon & we did all those in class on Wednesday night :-) - Two were new to class - Yvonne's upbeat disco classic East Coast The Boy Can Dance & Karl's lovely smooth Westlife Nightclub A Thousand Years both big hits at the Awards & here in the Toon too - Two were recaps for them - Maggie's catchy improver Two-Step Here's To Us, which was a hit teach for Maggie back at our West Country New Year Bash & Rob's cool Viennese Waltz Shades Of Passion, another big hit teach out of the Awards workshops.
 
Away from recent events our other new ones were two great pop ones - Both really cool pop tracks & popular teaches :
 
Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin' - Another cool track (un-missably 'Uptown Funk' Meghan) & a great modern/pop mainstream dance called LIPZ from Maggie, Gary & Helen :-)
 
Paloma Faith - Ready For The Good Life - A great upbeat West Coast 'Have Fun Go Mad' style - A cool Newline style dance from Neville & Julie - Reminds me of Dee's Quickly too which we've done recently :-)
 
The late-birds was another Awards hit, Simon Wards awesome funky style Nightclub Battle Scars which was really well received - And we cracked the equally awesome fast & funky Fred & Joey dance Slave 2 The Rhythm out of Bossyboots Strictly Stoke - At full speed too !!! :-) - We've got I'm Burnin' Up nailed too but we'll give that another go next week - And the new one will be Fred & Darren's Hypnotized another hit from Stoke (& still more to come from the G-man & Scott).
 
All the new dances were 5/5 received - I'm on a roll whoop lol !! :-) Thanks choreographers for some awesome dances to get 2015 off to a flying start :-) Thanks AZ's for dancing with me - Looking forward to our next outing together at our Alam Scarborough next month with Andrew & Sheila - Still places available if you want to come & dance with us - No guest instructor - Just me & Andrew teaching the latest hit prospects & loads of dancing until the early hours both nights - Another favourite place for me - Love the Whitby/Scarborough/Filey coast :-)
 
We recapped a bunch too - New Shade Of Blue, Modern Romance, Here's To Us, Vertigo, Love Me Like You Do, Hard To Say It, Shades Of Passion & Don't Dance Alone - Not enough though so in the main class we are going to recap hard next week - Yes AZ's a recap week !!! :-) Got a list - Turn Up The Beat, One Great Mystery, Too Blind To See, Up, Bubbles Dahhhling, Hard Work, Quickly, I'm Burnin' Up - And YES for me - Love it !! :-) ........ Just something new in the early-birds & late-birds sessions :-)
 
Have a great weekend everyone - A quiet home one for us - But getting ready & looking forward to our first visit to Folkestone next weekend with Dee & Karl - Heading down there on Thursday for our usual pre-event chill night out :-)
 
Cheers.
 
Dave.
*****Come & dance with us in San Francisco at the 'Experience' in September - We had an awesome time last year & this is your last chance with us in SF before we move on - Scott/Niels/Rachael/Guyton/Karl/Joey/Fred ... And DJ me :-)
SF is an amazing place to dance on a vacation in an awesome hotel with rooms just $129pn for up to 4 people :-) ..... http://www.bigdavegastap.com/SanFransiscoEvent.html

 

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Subject: FloriDANCE 2015
From: Flori...@YAHOO.COM

 

FloriDANCE 2015
May 2nd, 2015
(Friday "Meet & Greet" dinner and dance party and Sunday Farewell Brunch are both optional)

 

INSTRUCTORS
Guyton Mundy-Will Craig-Jamie Marshall along with DJ JP Potter

 

VENUE
The Ballroom of Ormond Beach (2,800sqft of hardwood red oak dance floor, professional sound system and amazing atmosphere.)

 

HOTEL
The Sleep Inn
$54.99+tax
Must call and mention FloriDANCE to receive discount. Located about a mile from the Ballroom.

 

REGISTRATION
$60.00 for group *see rules
$65.00 for Early (before 04/01/2015)
$70.00 for Regular (after 04/01/2015 or at door based on availability)
$20.00 Friday or Saturday Night Dance Pass
$20.00 Non-Dancer Spectator Pass for day and evening.

 

The socials and workshop are BYOB!

 

Registration Includes- Friday Night Dance Party, Saturday Workshop, Catered Lunch, Step Sheet Disc, Saturday Night "Greek or Geek" Frat Party, and memories to last a lifetime.

 

Raffle for prizes and event passes will be held during workshop!

 

For complete information, Flier and Registration contact:
Patrick Fleming
FloriDANCE Director
321-507-8498
Flori...@yahoo.com
Facebook Group - FloriDANCE

 

We are excited to be hosting our 4th year pulling dancers from all across the Southeast, this is sure to be bigger and better than ever!!! See you all there!!!

 

FloriDANCE=
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SUBJECT:  LEVEL OF DANCE DISCUSSION

 

SUBJECT:  LEVEL OF DANCES
From:  chei...@ix.netcom.com

 

 

 

Hello:  I just caught wind of the thread that has been

 

going around regarding EZ or Baby dances! I have to

 

say my 2 cents!
HALLELUJAH!!!!! thank you ,,,thank you!!!!!!   no

 

offense taken here..please do more...I had to even

 

contact choreographers
to see if they would "baby" a particular dance

 

because it was too hard for the Beginners' class! Most

 

of them don't even respond
to me when I ask! so I go to some of my favorite

 

Beginner Choreographers and ask...all they can say is

 

No....or  ignore me...or
come through for me!

 

There are way too many difficult dances out

 

there....sometimes even the simplest beginners dance

 

can be too difficult for some of
the classes; how do you keep them engaged, wanting

 

to come back for more, if it was not for the Baby and

 

EZ dances? Again, Thank You!

 

Christine Heinrich-Salwasser
Reedsport,Oregon
Cayucos, California
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