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The monthly magazine dedicated to Line dancing Issue: 104 • January 2005 • £2.80 Chris Owen looks forward to a brighter future Offi cial voting form BROOKS & DUNN 01 771366 650024 Win their greatest hits album 9 NEW DANCES INCLUDE: BABY JANE, ALL DAY LONG, READY TO FLY, TRUCKING & TRUST ME! LD Cover JAN 05 1 03/12/2004, 14:35:45 the th Western eekend11 ocial W C.W.D.C. S EuropeanEuropean Country ance WesternWestern DanceDance D Championship TheThe Ballroom A TEAM OF RECOGNISED UK Brean Sands Holiday Centre & INTERNATIONAL Friday 4th February JUDGES inc… to SCOTT BLEVINS Monday 7th February, 2005 FeaturingFeaturing TopTo p DJ’sDJ’s Spectrum Line The C.W.D.C. Social Western Dance Disco Dance Weekend: CABARET NIGHT In Lunars Bar WithWith Special Appearance This venue is a total country venue for mainstream line & partner dance PLUS MANY OTHER FANTASTIC DEMONSTRATIONS BY ALL A mixture of good music from your DJ’s, Workshops YOUR FAVOURITEFAVOURITE LINE DANCE from guest instructors & Western Stalls PERSONALITIES!! FeaturingFeaturing AN EVENT NOT TO BE TopT op CountryCountry DJ’s, Peanuts Country, Gary Lafferty MISSED. Featuring Top Class Country Artists 5 DANCE LATIN DEMO BY Darren Bennet & SALOON BAR DRIFTERS, Lilia Kopylova FRONTLINE • GLENN ROGERS from the BBC’S WorkshopsWorkshops With Mad Lizzie Clarke and Ed Lawton *Admission by wrist band Competition details will be forwarded direct to all qualifi ers, for further competition information please contact: YOURYOUR CHOICE OF ACCOMMODATION Viv Butler, 50 Larch Close, Bridgewater, Somerset TA6 4UY. Prices Starting from £66 - Children 1/2 PRICE Tel / Fax: 01278 452743 To book or for more information, please telephone (quoting reference CW05) 0870 604 5606 www.pontins.co.uk www.cwdc.co.uk 90977 pontins_final 1 26/11/2004, 15:07:23 JANUARY 2005 Editorial and Advertising Clare House Dear Dancers 166 Lord Street Southport, PR9 0QA Dear Dancers, Tel: 01704 392300 Fax: 01704 501678 A Happy New Year to you all. Subscription Enquiries As we step into 2005 the Line dance scene is bursting with Kirsty Watkinson • Tel: 01704 392339 activity. And our pages are absolutely packed – great new danc- [email protected] es, music reviews, competition reports, social activities and all Agent Enquiries manner of dance events and goings on. Check out the Brooks and Dunn feature by Linda Willis, who brings out the real men Michael Hegarty • Tel: 0161 281 6441 behind the famous duo. And read Linda’s in-depth interview [email protected] with Chris Owen, his lost weekends and the road to father- Publisher hood. Tim Ruzgar looks back over 2004 and we meet Natasha Betty Drummond Grady, a Ginger Rogers waiting to meet her Fred Astaire. [email protected] If you make resolutions at New Year why not begin with a reso- The Linedancer Team lution to use your vote in the Crystal Boot Awards and then Acting Editor encourage more people do the same. The awards are greatly Nick Baty appreciated by those nominated and highly valued by those who receive them. Considering how hard these people work and how much they give, a vote in return is not a lot to ask. What better [email protected] way to show your respect and appreciation for the diffi cult job they do. The voting form is on Dance Editor pages 41-44. Please don’t waste it. Steve Healy [email protected] At the awards ceremony we are thrilled to welcome a complete edition of Who’s Who from the Assistant Dance Editor UK and a host of international guests including Michele Perron, Scott Blevin, Max Perry, Roy Annette Edmondson Verdonk, and Roy Hadisubroto. This is the weekend when the stars gather and everyone has a ball. During the weekend we are hosting our very own Celebrity Come Line Dancing Challenge [email protected] where members of the public get to dance with professionals in an exciting replica of the Strictly Advertising Sales Manager Come Dancing TV series. It’s not to be missed especially as we include a guest appearance from Chris Chew the programme’s Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova. For details of how to book your place see [email protected] page 12. Creative Services Manager Simon Justice In the meantime, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and encourage- ment and to say how much it is appreciated. And on behalf of everyone here at Linedancer may [email protected] I wish you every happiness, the best of health and a joyous place on the dance fl oor for the Creative Services Team coming year. Abi Rix and Dave Clement Web Manager Yours in line, Steve Brereton [email protected] Circulation Manager Chris Pearce [email protected] Group General Manager Mike Rose Betty Drummond. [email protected] Photography Tom Bennett Credits ‘Boot Logo’ courtesy of London Boots Ltd. Linedancer is published monthly in the United Kingdom by Champion Media Group (Waypride Ltd), Clare House, 166 Lord Street, Southport, PR9 0QA. © 2004 Entire contents by Champion Media Group. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any medium without prior written permission from the publisher. Comments and opinions printed do not necessarily reflect those of the publishers. 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