Dance Reviews
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Sanctify Your Soul
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It's The Season
Choreographer Linda Sansoucy
Music : Let your love flow by The Bellamy Brothers 108bpm
32 counts beginner / intermediate partner dance
This is a super little dance and very well choreographed to a track of music that most of us will already have in our collections , it's an easy dance but interesting enough as to keep all levels of dancers happy.
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Lost In The Shuffle
Choreographed by Ann Williams
Music : Lost in the shuffle by Monty Holmes (C D All I ever wanted)
56 counts
Every so often you learn a dance that becomes one of your favourites, and this dance does it for me, Pim taught us it at The South will Rise Again Festival and I'm surprised that it has not been taught more, it's a fun dance that fits the music perfectly, and it's a really nice track of music, if you haven't learnt this one give it a try.
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Rip It Off
Choreographers Chris & Andy Malpass
Music :Rip off the knob by The Bellamy Brothers 128 bpm
64 count intermediate partner dance
This is a fun dance, even though classed as intermediate not very hard and has a feel good factor, it will go to a lot of tracks of music, ideal when dancing to a live group
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Dark Island Waltz,
A View From The Floor.
We attended the Dave Sheriff Dance party at Great Hale, Lincoln, on the weekend of 13th to the 15th of July,
which I’m afraid to say was the last one ever. The event covers both partner and line dances,
the line being taught by Gaye Teather and Alan Heighway, and the partners which we were both there for was covered by Nigel & Linda.
The partner dances that were taught were Mucho Twirl, a very straight forward 32 count beginner dance,
Don’t Fence me in, which it like a barn dance, but a bit more to it, Ain’t love a wonderful thing (Waltz),
but the dance for us and most of the couples dancers was The Dark Island Waltz.
Before being taught this waltz we had a demo given us all and as so as the music came on you knew
that you just wanted to get up and learn this dance.
It’s a 48 count waltz and when you first look at it you notice that there is a look of work been put into it.
It starts with a ½ pinwheel going into a ¼ and ¾ turn and then a nice touch which made the dance was a bow to your partner, how lovely.
With just a few basic’s and turn after that we came to the part that had most in tears of laughter, Windows.
With dancers of all levels taking part in this teach Nigel & Linda took time out to show and explain how to get into windows,
which if you have never done this, is not and easy move, but I must say by the end they had everyone doing this move, which was nice to see.
By taking their time teaching this waltz everyone had got the dance, and when the music came on the dance just didn’t flow, it came alive,
I myself have never danced a dance like it, within the 48 counts they had got so much in the dance, but had not over done the steps.
We all dance this waltz 3 time on the Saturday Teach and again on the Saturday Evening when Dave played the tune.
On Sunday we had a recap of the dance, and again they took their time as they did with all the dances taught.
Everyone once again dance the waltz 3 time in the morning, and in the evening again, but this time I sat out just to watch it,
and I must say that it look fantastic, it flows, its graceful, it’s beautiful, even the man himself (Dave Sheriff)
thank Nigel & Linda for a wonderful dance, if you are looking for a lovely waltz, then this is the one,
we will be taking this back to our instructors and asking them to teach it to our class.
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