First night back teaching since the UK Line Dance Awards and you were gentle on us. Thank you.
Lovely to see so many new faces to the class, including some of our AB course graduates.
Tonight we danced
Lucky Lips (UKLDA Beginner Line Dance of the Year!)
Stand By Me
Mamma Maria
3 Small Tequilas
Hayya Hayya
It was a fairly gentle evening, no promises about next week though.
This course is now full and we are unable to accept any more bookings.
We’re delighted to announce that we will be partnering with Dorothy House as our chosen charity of the year for 2024.
Dorothy house provide personalised care in the community through ten locally focused care team who help people with pallative care and equip more people to provide the care everyone deserves, at their Hospices, in hospital facilities and at home.
Dorothy house is an incredibly important charity and the work that they do is priceless, providing care and support and crucially, dignity to people across the South West.
All proceeds from our raffles and a percentage of all money raised by events will be donated to Dorothy House throughout the year. These donations will not mean additional costs are placed onto you, but we will have donation tins and buckets at our events should you wish to donate.
To find out more about Dorothy House and the work they do visit www.dorothyhouse.org.uk alternatively you can view their ‘key facts’ document here
Chippenham Improver Class.
Once again you blew through the class plan of recaps so we did a ‘new’ teach to you.
We Danced
Storm and Stone (x2)
Cross My Heart
Midnight Waltz
Tonights new teach was I Close My Eyes
I Close My Eyes
32 count, 4 wall (2 restarts)
Choreographer: Hazel Pace
Music: Ich Mach Meine Augen Zu by Chris Norman and Nino de Angelo
The step sheet (by the choreographer) states that this is a beginner dance. I’m of the view that it closer to improver than beginner hence doing it tonight
A great evening in Chippenham. We even had some new faces who did tremendously well.
Tonight we danced
K Step and Rumba
Gives Me Shivers
3 Small Tequilas
Stand by Me
Rocket to the Sun
Tonights was a ‘recap’ and extension of Gives Me Shivers so the step sheet and video for that is below.
Step Sheet (please note that it says ‘Give Me Shivers’. The step sheet is correct but the name is ‘Gives Me Shivers’)
Di’Mond Spurs Socials take place every month at the St Pauls Church and Community Centre in Swindon.
7:30pm – 10:30pm.
A great relaxed social DJ’d by Di Sykes.
Bring you own drinks
Raffle prizes are always welcome
2024 Dates
26th January
16th February
22nd March
19th April
17th May
21st June
19th July
16th August
27th September
18th October
15th November
13th December
What a lively evening in Calne. Everyone was on form tonight.
Tonight we danced
K Step and Rumba
Lucky Lips
Gives Me Shivers
3 Small Tequilas
Stand by Me
Rocket to the Sun
Please remember that there are no classes next week. We’re off to the UKLDA finale
Those 6 weeks flew by far faster than we could have imagined. What a huge difference this week than from week 1. We’re so very proud of you all and very impressed with all your progression.
Tonight we covered
Events
Workshops
Weekends
Your Next Steps
We talked about the differences between events, workshops and weekends, what can you expect from each, how to prepare and the costs associated with them.
We have also put aside a few of the April Workshop tickets that we very briefly discussed for anyone that would like to attend. Click HERE For more information
We also talked about different class types, days, evenings and such and where to find classes. You are all of course welcome to our Calne and Chippenham beginner classes but the Everything Line Dance Class locater that I posted last week is also linked below. Put in a location, change the filter to beginners and look through the list for a class that suits you.
https://www.everythinglinedance.com/findclass/
The dances we have done over the course are as follows
Mamma Maria
https://www.everythinglinedance.com/scripts/mamma-maria-line-dance-stepsheet-1744
Ah Si
https://www.everythinglinedance.com/scripts/ah-si-line-dance-stepsheet-3489
Stand By Me
https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/168263/stand-by-me
Rita’s Waltz
https://www.everythinglinedance.com/scripts/ritas-waltz-line-dance-stepsheet-4530
Rocket to the Sun
https://www.everythinglinedance.com/scripts/rocket-to-the-sun-line-dance-stepsheet-3299
One Step Forward
https://www.everythinglinedance.com/scripts/one-step-forward-line-dance-stepsheet-1759
We have thoroughly enjoyed the last 6 weeks and really do hope that you all decide to continue on your Line Dance journey. Again you are more than welcome to join us in our classes but even if you don’t just us, please seek out a Beginners class that suits you and remember that every Line Dance Instructor is different and has a different style of teaching, even in some cases terminology.
We hope to see you all on a dance floor soon.
This is this weeks mega post due to no post last night and the new Improvers class that started this week.
Calne class was on form on Wednesday with some great dancing done.
In Calne we danced
Lucky Lips
I Got Lucky
Waltz Across Texas
Stand by Me
In Chippenham tonight for the Beginners Class we danced
Toe to Toe
Lucky Lips
I Got Lucky
Never Drinking Again
Stand By Me
Rocket to the Sun
This weeks new dance for the Beginner class was ‘Gives Me Shivers’
Gives Me Shivers
32 Count, 4 Walls
Choreographer: Brandon Zahorsky
Music: Shivers by Ed Sheeran
Step Sheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/step…/154517/gives-me-shivers
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvqRk3UehjU (Yes I know they have drinks on the dance floor!)
Tonight was the first night for the Improvers Class in Chippenham. To say I’m impressed is an understatement. We blew through my class plan and still had loads of time for another dance and recap dances!
Tonight you danced
Give Me Your Tempo
Choreographer: Nathan Gardiner
Step Sheet: https://www.everythinglinedance.com/…/give-me-your…
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EuE5LbOHmo
Storm and Stone
Choreographer: Maddison Glover
Step Sheet: https://www.everythinglinedance.com/…/storm-and-stone…
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OxfWEgemkw
Cross My Heart
Choreographer: Karl Harry Winson
Step Sheet: https://www.everythinglinedance.com/…/cross-my-heart…
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-APjP4v9Js&t=32s
Midnight Waltz
Choreographer: Jo Thompson Szymanksi
Step Sheet: https://www.everythinglinedance.com/…/midnight-waltz…
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryC8niYICLk
Well done to everyone this week, you all worked so hard and looked amazing
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
