Monday, February 11, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
2007/2008 Season
Hello, it's been a busy season. We have learned so many new dances. I want to welcome all the new beginners. It's been a great year! Please keep coming & practice whenever you can. Line dancing is a popular extra curricular activity enjoyed all around the World. Music of all kinds is used... Latin, country, rock, religious, Italian, Irish, soul & funky. It is so healthy for the mind & body and no partner is needed, which is the best part. You can always dance alone and dance like no one is watching. 
Lets's spend some time reviewing what we have gone over so far this season. Some of the dances have a video to watch, just click on the address next to the dance.
The Beginners 10:00:
Electric Slide- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmjYmnxH9-E
Door of The Life by Mariya Takeuchi is off her new album, Denim. She talks about the the song and what it means to her:
"Just like denim improves in character over the months and years, I want to be the kind of person who can like myself most at the age I am at that particular point in time. By throwing light on my state of mind as I now enter my 50s, this one song symbolizes the album in the sense that it's a song I could only write now. Also, like denim, which was born overseas and has become an integral part of Japanese
daily life, if my music, which itself is based on European and U.S. pop, has drawn close to the daily lives of those who listen to it, I will be happy, and that's another thought I wanted to convey,"
Mariya Takeuchi and her husband, and most trusted collaborator, top producer Tatsuro Yamashita
worked on the album together.
Here is a translation of the lyrics:
The Door of The Life when spring comes again, one year will be added; The scenes reflected before the eyes will be changed slightly.The innocent and naughty young days have gone far away. As I sense it now, I am already on the way beyond 50's.
I say it's fun to be 20. You say it's great to be 30 And they say it's lovely to be 40 But I feel it's nice to be 50
With the unbelievable speed, the time has fleeted away. If I knew it, though small things, all would be kept in mind, said my heart. The full-bloomed cherry blossoms or the color changed mountain red maples. Such scenes can be seen how many times henceforth?
I say it's fine to be 60. You say it's alright to be 70. And they say still good to be 80. But I'll maybe live over 90.
To open and close the door of the life, every single one thing is so heavy. For the sake of the beloved ones, every single one should live on. The blue of your denim will fade increasingly to its beauty. In the end of this long journey, anyone has some sort of its splendor.
I say it's sad to get weak. You say it's hard to get older and they say that life has no meaning. But I still believe it's worth living .
Beginners Class-Blue Finger Lou
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Lets's spend some time reviewing what we have gone over so far this season. Some of the dances have a video to watch, just click on the address next to the dance.
The Beginners 10:00:
Billy Be Bad
Bally's Mambo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYGJA8Ay20
Blue Sky
Cokernut Waltz
Cowboy Charleston- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di6t5_YTIIc
Cowboy Boogie- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tkP8Z53Eco
Electric Slide- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmjYmnxH9-EHer Maintenance Man
Locomotion
Puttin on the Ritz
Rita's Waltz- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdAhQ4DR4A4
Smooth
Swingin
Stroll Along Cha Cha- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTmLLyoYLcA
Steps & Turns
Review 11:00 (dances we've done in the past):
Look over the list & pick a dance to review.
All By My Lonesome
All Shook Up
Ants Dance
Back to You
Blue Note- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsVaHC5ClE
Bosa Nova- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NdopeNFNcc
Bridges to My Heart
Baby Blues
Blue Rose Is-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi96b5tJ2bM&NR=1 (different beat same dance)
Boot Scoot & Boogie
Betty Lou's Boogie
Buck Wild Stomp
Bop The B
Canadian Stomp
Come Dance With Me- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gaW2_6fXm8
Chukka Chukka
Cute Cute Cute- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI3MbcfRDJg
Cowboy Boogie
Cry to Me- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4_KoeozfBg
Cut A Rug
Drinkin Bone Boogie
Dreams of Martina- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vOykplQjEY
Gay Gordon
Heartbreaker
Honk if You Honky Tonk
Irish Stew- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN6-DijzQ1Q
Jailhouse Creole- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4_9gYfzfg
Jitterbuggin
Kansas City
Keep on Dancing- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXAlGA5GXxo
Little Rhumba- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mOnJFj4gW4
Leaving of Liverpool-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYniT3fbM04
Mr. Pinstripe- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca_eSpWlVko
No Quitter
Rub it in
Romance
Rodeo
Rock Around the Clock
Rockin
Side Saddle (Alice)
Stealin the Best
Southern Delight
This Little Light of Mine- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJXsOpshr-0
Walking Backwards
Walkin
Waltz Across Texas
You Are No Angel
Zatchu
12:00 New Dances (this season):
A Cowboy & A Dancer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wIeHD3UwWo
Charanga - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7IvYYpYuV8
Doors of Life- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sMEDgMGNu0
Heart of A Angel- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgVRUoije6M
My New Life- http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRNv3ZSCrXk
Ooh Poo Pah Doo- http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZH0_c4sGsac
Rebel Amor- http://www.wbos.nl/html/Video_RebelAmore.html
Zjozzy's Funk- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLEDlS84dS0
A few dances to think about learning:
Candi Cha-(Beginners)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0HSR_oy1k
Cupid Shuffle-(Beginners)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ixqbYAYwQw
Bridge Over Troubled Water-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9syb0gdyzI
Don't Feel Like Dancing- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1mhTdxhtU
East to West- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8Uwq6O63Q
Red High Heels
To Love Somebody- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO4ys5Tu5rc
To The Rock-http://youtube.com/watch?v=c3UD3SRfn3c
The Meaning of Doors of Life Song:
Door of The Life by Mariya Takeuchi is off her new album, Denim. She talks about the the song and what it means to her:
"Just like denim improves in character over the months and years, I want to be the kind of person who can like myself most at the age I am at that particular point in time. By throwing light on my state of mind as I now enter my 50s, this one song symbolizes the album in the sense that it's a song I could only write now. Also, like denim, which was born overseas and has become an integral part of Japanese
daily life, if my music, which itself is based on European and U.S. pop, has drawn close to the daily lives of those who listen to it, I will be happy, and that's another thought I wanted to convey,"Mariya Takeuchi and her husband, and most trusted collaborator, top producer Tatsuro Yamashita
worked on the album together.
Here is a translation of the lyrics:
The Door of The Life when spring comes again, one year will be added; The scenes reflected before the eyes will be changed slightly.The innocent and naughty young days have gone far away. As I sense it now, I am already on the way beyond 50's.
I say it's fun to be 20. You say it's great to be 30 And they say it's lovely to be 40 But I feel it's nice to be 50
With the unbelievable speed, the time has fleeted away. If I knew it, though small things, all would be kept in mind, said my heart. The full-bloomed cherry blossoms or the color changed mountain red maples. Such scenes can be seen how many times henceforth?
I say it's fine to be 60. You say it's alright to be 70. And they say still good to be 80. But I'll maybe live over 90.
To open and close the door of the life, every single one thing is so heavy. For the sake of the beloved ones, every single one should live on. The blue of your denim will fade increasingly to its beauty. In the end of this long journey, anyone has some sort of its splendor.
I say it's sad to get weak. You say it's hard to get older and they say that life has no meaning. But I still believe it's worth living .
Beginners Class-Blue Finger Lou
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