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NEWSFLASH!!!! ProAm Students and Couples Dancers Discover Benefits of Learning Line!–Scientists Announce Earth’s Axis is Affected! Tentative Hayride Line Dance Room Workshop Schedule Revealed to Public!–The Royal Family Rumored to Attend!
FINAL UPDATE TO THE SCHEDULE!!! 4:45 am Friday Apr 27, 2012
Be sure to attend as many of these awesome workshops as you can when you’re not competing. They are FREE with your weekend pass. Take shameless advantage of these wonderfully incredibly talented instructors who will be teaching you FOR FREE!
Louisiana Country Dance Hayride
Alexandria, Louisiana
April 27 – 29, 2012
Ray Michiels – Event Director
WEBSITE: www.lacountrydancehayride.com
WOO HOO! I’m so excited to be headed to this event. My friends have told me so much about it…the good food, the social dancing, the great time they’ve had there. This will be my first time to attend. I can’t wait! A big “Thank you!”to Ray who asked me to be his Line Dance Coordinator. (And Jenny Craig does not need to know about the Friday Crawfish Boil or the Taste of Louisiana Dinner on Saturday! It will be our secret–nobody rat me out! Ok?)
Tentative Line Dance Room Workshop Schedule
If there are any changes, I’ll post an update. Here is the current version as of 4:45 am Apr 27, 2012! Read the rest of this entry
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“As the Boots Turn” Episode #4, Depression, Drugs and Medical Varmits!
[cue the music, cue the opening credits, cue the announcer]
We join the hero of our tale as he continues his quest, seeking answers that may not exist, seeking rest; seeking respite; seeking resolution of that eternal enigma:
“Is the glass half full or half empty?”
Previously on “As the Boots Turn” our hero had lost his job but had, in turn, gained the opportunity to rest and recover from the stresses imposed by that job and the horrid drivers in the badlands of the Dallas/Fort Worth highway system.
It appears that our hero is close to an answer, getting healthier every day and pursuing his dream of dance.
[cue dramatic surge in music, announcer’s voice deepens]
Will he succeed? Will he find the answers he seeks? What dangers await him? What fiends lurk in the shadows? Only time and a few commercial breaks will tell…
Time to rest… Time to think… Time to plan…
Time to dig myself out of a hole…
For those that are keeping track, yes, we’re still talking about Number Two (on the list) (That joke never gets old does it?) Kinda like farts. Farts have been funny since time began. Even the word “Fart” sounds funny. Now where did I put that T.P.? 😉
One of the first things that I had to do when I became unemployed was to visit my doctor, my Primary Care Physician.
“Why? Pray tell.” I hear the teeming mass of eight people reading this blog ask…
I’m glad you asked! 🙂
(Hey it’s my fantasy world and I have a great time there!) Read the rest of this entry
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Secrets of a Line Dancer REVEALED! / Newsflash!–Join the fun at the LA Hayride!
Yee Haw!! I’ve been added to the staff at the:
Louisiana Country Dance Hayride
– ON STAFF: Line Dance Coordinator
– ON STAFF: Teaching Line Dance Workshops
Alexandria, Louisiana
April 27 – 29, 2012
Ray Michiels – Event Director
WEBSITE: www.lacountrydancehayride.com
WOO HOO! I’m so excited to be headed to this event. My friends have told me so much about it…the good food, the social dancing, the great time they’ve had there. This will be my first time to attend. I can’t wait!
A big “Thank you!”to Ray who asked me to be his Line Dance Coordinator.
Calling All Line Dancers!
Be sure to check the website for updates to the line dance schedule. We’re working to bring you an awesome line up of great new dances and a couple of technique classes “just for line dancers.” It is going to be a blast!
Calling All Line Dance Instructors!
If you are interested in teaching a line dance or line dance technique workshop, then use my contact form.
SECRETS REVEALED!
Calling All ProAm Students and Couples Dancers!
Pssssstttt! I’m going to share a secret with you. Just between you and me. Don’t tell anyone…
I started out as a line dancer. When I started ProAm, the skills I acquired by line dancing were a significant factor and my secret weapon, through my whole first year as a Newcomer. Those skills and a lot of practice time, eventually garnered me 3rd Place at Worlds that year… My very first year as a ProAm Newcomer and I was on the podium! Read the rest of this entry
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Travel Tips and Tricks to Competitive Dancing “On the Cheap”
In a recent post, Dancing: How much does it cost?, I described a sliding scale listing the costs of dancing which can range from almost zero up to thousands of dollars per year.
This is the first post in a series that will offer some suggestions on how to save money and make your competitive dancing as inexpensive as possible.
Start Small
So, you’ve taken a few dance lessons and you coach says “Hey have you ever considered competing?”. Well I have good news for you friends, neighbors and the six people who are actually reading this blog — <drum roll please> — It doesn’t have to cost you an arm or a leg. True, if you want, you can go all out, spend lots of money, then get a second mortgage or dip into little Monty’s college fund to support your dance habit, but then again, you can do it for a very reasonable amount. Read the rest of this entry
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How do you get to Radio City Music Hall?
![Radio City Music Hall [CC]](https://txcowboydancer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/radio-city-music-hall.jpg?w=185&h=246 "Radio City Music Hall [CC]")
I feel like the butt of that joke :
“How do you get to Radio City Music Hall?” And the answer is “Practice!”
Well today I did just that and it was an AWESOME PRACTICE! I am such a “high” and want to share it with everyone! No, I’ve not been taking drugs. Hmmm.. Does an extra large diet coke from Jack in the Box count as “drugs”? Well, if it does then that’s it, and that’s all I’ve had! 🙂
But I digress… I do that don’t I? LOL
Ok, ok, I just got home from a most AWESOME practice with my fabulous dance partner Donna. We worked for just under an hour and a half on 40 beats of our Two-Step routine. I don’t know how many steps that works out to because there were some syncopations involved.
All we were doing was going through every step, every move, very slowly and thoroughly and applying what we already know! It is amazing how many things we were able to correct or fix simply by slowing down the process so we could dig through the memory banks and dredge up those things our coaches have already told us to do. And *ahem* [BLUSH] do what we’ve been told. Then once we figured out what to fix, we did it over, and over and over and over and over.
I may be putting some teachers out of business here by depriving them of repeat business from inattentive students…. Read the rest of this entry
5-6-7-8 Dancing My Way to a Healthy Me! 