Chippenham Improvers
Well done this week. We went into a little more detail as well with body positioning and feet ‘angling’
We danced
Give Me Your Tempo
Midnight Waltz
To have and To Hold
5 Leaf Clover
You were all on fine form tonight and it was clear you’ve all been doing your homework.
Tonight we covered
Additional Terminology
Additional Steps
Step sheet explanations
Restarts
We also recapped
Mamma Maria
Stand by Me
Ah Si
Tonight you also learnt your first dance with restarts. Rocket to the Sun
Rocket to the Sun
32 Count, 4 Walls
Choreographer: Maddison Glover
Music: What You’ve done to me by Samantha Jade
Another great night from all of you.
Alongside the dancing we went through a number of ‘new’ steps to you and talked about different types of classes, and a number of local instructors in Devizes, Swindon, Trowbridge, Marlborough, Melksham, Bath, Chippenham and Calne.
As promised the link below is for the Everything Line Dance Class locator tool
The link above is filtered to show only Beginner classes. Simply type in a location and it will show you classes in that immediate area. You can also click on the filter symbol to select class days you want to search for.
Of course you are all more than welcome to our classes, however if our class times/days don’t suit you, there are a number of excellent local instructors in the area.
Tonight we recapped
Stand By Me
Mamma Maria (by request!)
Rocket to the Sun
We also as part of the ‘new steps’ section taught a ‘new’ dance of Rita’s Waltz
Ritaz’s Waltz
24 count, 4 wall Waltz
Please remember that you don’t have to do the 3/4 turn, you can do a 1/4 turn over your left shoulder to finish the wall
Tonight was week 1 of the Chippenham Absolute Beginner Course.
We want to say congratulations to everyone for the effort that they put in and you were amazing for the dances.
This evening we covered
Basic Steps
Dance Floor Etiquette
Terminology
Count In’s
We also danced two dances. You have the step sheets but please see the links below for the online step sheets and also the promised videos
We danced
Ah Si
32 Count, 4 Walls
Step Sheet
Mamma Maria
32 Count, 4 Walls
Step Sheet
We’re looking forward to seeing you all next week!
What a fantastic evening in Calne. We really enjoyed tonights class.
We danced, with slightly different music
3 Small Tequilas (eventually)
Rocket to the Sun
Toe to Toe (twice!)
Until the Dawn
Never Drinking Again
K Step and Rumba
Hayya Hayya
We also had a little ‘new’ teach that came out of the Workshop at the Christmas party.
Ah Si
32 Counts, 4 Walls
Choreographer: Katherine Lee
Music: Levantando Las Manos
This was the last Calne class of the year. We’re off on a well deserved trip to Cologne and will see you in the new year in our new home of Marden Vale School
Hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and New Year
Jo and Sean
What an evening in Calne. A few familiar faces missing but you all made up for it in effort and noise!
We Danced your requests which were
Lindi Shuffle (Contra)
Lonely Drum (woo ooh hoo)
Shivers 101 (aerobics)
One Step Forward
Heave Away (my most favourite dance….)
Ritas Waltz (123,123)
Stand by Me (twice and you all ran around like lunatics)
Rocket to the Sun
No new teaches tonight which I know some of you were glad of.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Next Wednesday is the last class of the year. We start back up on Wednesday the 3rd January 2024 in our brand new Location. (more to come on this)
A chilly evening but you soon all warmed up in Chippenham
Shout out to all of you who got ‘points’ this evening, I was particularly impressed
Tonight we danced
Hayya Hayya
Heave Away
Some Kind of Wonderful
Shivers 101
Waltz Across Texas
3 Small Tequilas
We also had a ‘new’ teach in Stand By Me.
Stand By Me
32 count, 4 walls
Choreographers: Raymond Sarlemijn and Roy Verdonk
Music: Stand by Me (Ivan Jack Remix) by 45 Stars
Well done Calne. A smaller class this evening but you made up for it in effort.
We danced
Hayya Hayya
Heave Away
Some Kind of Wonderful
Never Drinking Again
Ritas Waltz
Shivers 101
This weeks new teach was Stand By Me
Stand By Me
32 count, 4 walls
Choreographers: Raymond Sarlemijn and Roy Verdonk
Music: Stand by Me (Ivan Jack Remix) by 45 Stars