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Malmesbury Absolute Beginners 21/01/2025

Another great evening in Malmesbury. You guys did amazing, and absolutely nailed Hero AB the second time through!

Tonight we danced:
Go Cat Go
Heave Away x2
A Hero AB (new teach) x2

New Malmesbury class starts on Tue 4th Feb, from 7:45pm to 8:45pm at the Riverside.
New Hullavington class starts Friday 7th Feb, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm at Hullavington Village Hall.

A Hero AB
32 Count, 4 Walls
Choreographer: Annemaree Sleeth
Music: Holding Out for a Hero – Adam Lambert

Step Sheet

Chippenham 09/01/2025

Yet another excellent first class of the year, this time from Chippenham! Thanks to everyone for braving the horrible weather and showing us that there was no ‘dance rust’!

Tonight was recap night and we danced
Stand By Me
Calum’s Rise
Made in Mexico
Three Small Tequilas
Senorita
Rocket to the Sun
Twenty Two!

Don’t forget that the UKLDA nominations are open at www.uklda.com. Nominate your favourite dances, personalities and instructors (just not Jo or myself as we’re not eligible)

See you all next week

Malmesbury Absolute Beginners 17/12/2024

That was a really great evening! Thanks to everyone coming along for an extended Christmas class. Big thank yous to everyone who brought something to share during the break. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and we’ll start again on the 7th January!

Tonight you danced:

K-Step and Rumba
Cowboy Charleston
Go Cat Go (New Teach) x2
Rita’s Waltz
Ah Si!
Twenty Two
Lindy Shuffle in Contra Line

This weeks new teach was Go Cat Go
32 Count, 4 Walls
Choreographer: Gaye Teather
Music: Please Mama Please – Go Cat Go

Step Sheet:

For those that asked the next Waltz we’ll be dancing is the Sunset Waltz by Robyn Anderson

Malmesbury Absolute Beginners 10/12/2024

Well done everyone for some great dancing tonight. I spotted quite a few of you trying out a few rolling vines in pace of the regular ones! Plus Twenty Two is getting better each week.

We have one more class before the Christmas break, it will be an extra long one and will run for 2 hours! Loads of time to try and do every dance we’ve covered so far!

Tonight you danced:

Ah Si!
K-Step and Rumba x2 danced to Changed Everything by Austin Burke, and Made You Look by Meghan Trainor.
Cowboy Charleston – New Teach x2. We danced it to Dr Wanna Do by Caro Emerald
Twenty Two!

This weeks ‘new to you’ dance was Cowboy Charleston
16 Count, 4 walls
Choreographer: Jeanette Hall and Tonya Miller
Music: We danced it to Dr Wanna Do by Caro Emerald.

Step Sheet

Calne 04/12/24

It was a busy night in Calne, and thank you for making me feel very welcome. You did brilliantly and it was a pleasure to teach you.

Tonight we danced:
That Honky Tonk Highway
Lonely Drum
Sunset Waltz (New Teach) x2 (Once to The Flowers, The Sunset, The Trees by Jim Reeves, and once to Silver Bells by Bob Dylan)
Doing What I Love
Twenty Two

Sunset Waltz
24 Count, 4 Wall dance
Choreographer: Robyn Anderson
Music: The Flowers, The Sunset, The Trees – Jim Reeves

Step Sheet:

Malmesbury Absolute Beginners 03/12/2024

Well done to everyone on not being put off by a giant Christmas tree appearing on the dance floor. We had a few near misses but it was still standing at the end of the evening! The early arrivers did brilliantly with a pre class Mamma Maria! And it was great to see people working really hard on mastering Twenty Two, it’s really coming along well.

Tonight you danced:

Stand By Me
K-Step and Rumba x2 danced to Changed Everything by Austin Burke, and Made You Look by Meghan Trainor.
Twenty Two
Mamma Maria

PS We have 2 more classes before the Christmas break, the last class of the year (17th Dec) will run for 2 hours!

Malmesbury Absolute Beginners 19/11/2024

A quieter night with the horrible weather. Well done to everyone who came along and you did amazingly well with the super quick recap and dancing of Rita’s Waltz and Twenty Two at the end of the night.

Tonight you danced:

Lindy Shuffle in Contra Line to Let Your Love Flow by The Bellamy Brothers.
K-Step and Rumba x2 (new teach) danced to Changed Everything by Austin Burke, and Made You Look by Meghan Trainor.
Ah Si! danced to Some Beach – Blake Shelton
Rita’s Waltz danced to Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) by Travis Tritt
Twenty Two

K-Step and Rumba
32 Count, 4 Walls
Choreographer: Susanne Oates (Jan 2023)
Music: Made You Look – Meghan Trainor
Step Sheet: