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and the East Coast rocked on the first weekend in
October at the
...The 1998 Tarheel Dance Classic in Rocky Mount,
North
Carolina,,,a UCWDC sanctioned event. Event Director
...Scott
Hucks and Event DJ....JG2 worked hard to see that the
line
dancers had a very good time at this 3 day competition
and
workshop event.
Very famous names in the Country Western
Dance Community were
here at this East Coast Festival...over 70
line dances were
taught in the 50 minute sessions in the 3 days
of workshops...
Dawn Beecham here from Toledo, Ohio...taught
her new beginner
dance...Got To Be Funky, (choreographed to
non-country
music...and taught here in the Bay Area in September
by Evelyn
Khinoo, Scott Blair and Rob "I"...)...this dance packed
the floor
on both the Friday and Saturday night dances! She also
taught Cinco
De Mayo choreographed by Alan Livett & Jo
Thompson...the "new"
dance that Jo & Alan premiered to the
dancers at the Newcastle,
Australia event in August.
Scott Blevins (Mr. Swing Time Boogie) here from
Highland,
Indiana...premiered his newest dance...Latin Grove
(choreographed
to non-country music) and presented workshops in
body rolls and
motions. He also taught an advanced dance by Greg
Underwood (Mr.
Crazy Legs)...Jump Jive & Wail...done to
non-country music.
Joanne Brady (Ms. All My Tricks) here from
Hockessin, Delaware
...taught several workshops including these
dances whose
choreographers are familar to us in the Bay
Area...Ribbon Of
Highway (Neil Hale), Blue-zzzy (Knox Rhine),
Kactus Jive (Vicki
Wenc), JJ JaBoogie (Jim Krywko "Mr.
Tailgating") and Let's Break
Up Tomorrow (Gordon
Elliot).
James Gregory (DJ for this event) here from Garner,
North
Carolina taught Alan Clarke's beginner "fun" dance...Kung
Fu
Fighting during a break in the competitions...I must
say...he
didn't karate chop with as much verbalization and
enthusiam as
did Mr. Scott Blair when he taught Kung Fu Fighting
to us at the
Golden Gate Classic...grins...but then Scott is our
Champion, "a
young, California original!"
A handful of
dancers were here who had been taught Southern Streamline
(Mack
Apaapas) by JG and he graciously played the music for us during a
break so Evelyn and I could dance Southern Streamline with
him....
Evelyn Khinoo (Ms. Silk and Satin) here from Menlo
Park,
California...taught her dances Picture Perfect, Attitude,
Silk
and Satin, how sweet it is, and her newest hit...That's My
Hat.
Pedro Machado (Mr. Kick-N-Rock) here from
Laurel,
Maryland...taught his Sunglasses and his Funk-N-Grovin'.
He also
taught Rob Fowler's advanced dance The Beast.
Max
Perry (Mr. Swamp Thang) here from Danbury, Connecticut
taught
workshops including: Addicted To Love (Max Perry), Alane
(Helen
O'Malley) and Walk On...an intermediate dance done to
non-country
music by an Ontario, Canada choreographer. Max
travels
extensively to Country Western Dance Events and he
mentioned to
us that it is his pleasure to teach interesting
dances with
unusual step patterns to the dancers who take his
workshops...(it
was Max who taught MMM-Bop to Michael Barr who in
turn taught it
to us in the Bay Area). Max has a casual, but very
thorough
teaching style...he takes the time to point out
"probable trouble
areas" as he is teaching and he goes over any
sequence that he
notices is weak with the students before he puts
on the "real
music". I was mesmerized just watching his
"ballroom" type shoes
floating through the steps of Go On...his
demeanor and dance
style is, in my opinion, the closest to Mr.
Fred Astaire!
John Robinson (Mr. Dangerous) here from
Louisville, Kentucky (he
just recently moved from Colorado to
Kentucy, lucky
Kentucy...grins!) taught his Been There, Done
That; Dangerous;
Cha Cha For Now; Deal With It; Fresh; Get Down
On It; Red Zone;
and his brand new...just completed on September
29th and faxed
to the event.....Switchblade. John mentioned that
he has found
that the country tunes "I Break For Brunettes"...and
"You Ain't
Lonely Yet" are prefectly phrased to Switchblade. (I
love the
lyrics to "I break for brunettes and blondes in
Corvettes...." so
of course, I asked him to send me a signed,
original copy of
Switchblade....grins! John is also one of the
choreographers of
the dance Simply Irrestible which was taught to
us by Jo Thompson
on her August Australian Tour.
The
Friday Night Dance at the Tarheel Dance Classic featured
singer
Kimber Clayton...the dance floor was packed with dancers
doin'
Jose Cuervo '98 while she sang her hit song.
The Saturday
Night Dinner Show included individual dance
performances by World
Champion competition dancers: Scott
Blevins, Pedro Machado, and
John Robinson. These three younger
men, each with completely
different styles and personalities,
entertained to a very
appreciative audience.
The Saturday Night Dance featured
singer Scooter Lee who invited
dancers to fill the floor as she
sang songs from her "Movin' On
Up" CD...she also announced an
upcoming October tour to the UK
that will include guest
instructor, Joanne Brady.
The dances called at this event
that would be familar to us in
the Bay Area...Tush Push, Waltz
Across Texas, Hooked On Country,
Uno, Dos, Tres, OOH! AAH! (Sal
Gonzalez), Ribbon Of Highway (Neil
Hale), Swing Time Boogie
(Scott Blevins), Cripple Creek (Kip
Sweeney), Dancin' Feet (Harry
& Susan Brookes), MMM-Bop (Kelly
Kaylin), Coastin' (Ray and
Tina Yeoman), T-Bone Shuffle (Peter Metelnick),
Dizzy, Hardwood
Stomp, Simply Irrestible and Rita's Waltz (Jo
Thompson), Waltzing
Matilda, Swamp Twang and Honky Tonk Twist
(Max Perry), Kung Fu
Fighting (Alan Clarke), Got To Be Funky
(Dawn Beecham), Southern
Streamline (Mack Apaapas), Alane (Helen
O'Malley), Razor Sharp
(Stephen Sunter), and Dangerous
(John
Robinson).
Bottomline...I had a great, relaxin'
vacation...met some of the nicest
Country Western
"personalities"...and some
very nice dancers who just happen to
surf
my site....thanks for coming up and introducing yourself to
me...
I always appreciate
compliments...grins!
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