The monthly magazine dedicated to Line dancing October 2004 – £2.80 TIFT MERRITT TambourineTambourine Girl ANNE NOLAN Still reelin’ and rockin’ BOYS WILL BE COWBOYS 10 Why do we enjoy dressing up? 9 771366 650024 14 DANCES INCLUDING KATE SALA’S ‘A DEVIL IN ME’ AND A COWBOY BLAST FROM THE PAST LD Cover SEPT 04 1 03/09/2004, 13:43:14 83889 Judith Godleman presents The Deans Present At the 1st class 4-Star Copthorne Hotel In Slough. Windsor A CHANCE TO DANCE 2004/05 Events on the Costa del Sol 4th - 6th March ‘05 Rachael McEnaney & Dynamite Dot pp Sat 23 April - £139 per person 8th - 10th April ‘05 Sat 30 April 2005 £459 sharing Frankie Cull & Charlotte Macari £139pp 5th GREAT YEAR!! 7th - 9th October ‘05 • The Deans from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, East Midlands, Paul McAdam & Kate Sala pp • Glenn Rogers £139 Edinburgh, Exeter, Gatwick, 11th - 13th November ‘05 • Pat Stott Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Maggie Gallagher £139pp 21st - 23rd January ‘05 • Robbie McGowan Hickie Newcastle, Southampton, Stanstead, Teesside IMPROVER WEEKEND • Little Joe’s Disco All acts may be subject to change Hotel Puente Real… with Paul McAdam £109pp 30th December ‘04 - 1st January ‘05 What’s Included… • 3 Star • 7 nights dinner, bed & breakfast • Quiet location overlooking the NEW YEAR in Torremolinos Mediterranean Sea Frankie Cull & Kate Sala £195pp • Flights • Superb sub-tropical pool 30th December ‘05 - 1st January ‘06 • Airport Transfers • Private use of air-conditioned venue NEW YEAR • Full programme of • Daily tuition by the pool live entertainment • 4 star hotel also available Rob Fowler & Ed Lawton £199pp Free Use of Leisure Facilities: Swimming Pool, Prices are correct at the time of going to press but may vary due to Sauna, Steam Room, Spa bath & Gym. fluctuation of flights. Prices will be confirmed at time of booking. There are Bookings/Enquiries: only a limited number of single rooms available and early booking is Contact Agnes on 01753 516222 - Copthorne Hotel Slough advisable. Holidays including air travel are ATOL proctected, since we hold on Windsor, 400 Cippenham Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2YE Air Travel Organiser’s Licence granted by the Civil Aviation Authority. Please 81696 call 01772 494841 to reserve your place. SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS APPLY TO ALL BOOKINGS except THE IMPROVER WEEKEND 83883 CALL AGNES NOW ON: 01753 516222 Line Travel, PO Box 220, Leyland, PR25 5WB PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT Tel 01772 494841 • Fax 01772 464791 • Email [email protected] Linedancer p02 1 02/09/2004, 09:58:48 OCTOBER 2004 Editorial and Advertising Clare House Dear Dancers 166 Lord Street Southport, PR9 0QA Tel: 01704 392300 Welcome to this month’s edition of Linedancer. Get yourself Fax: 01704 501678 a cup of coffee and settle down for a great read. Just like Line dancing has the ability to help you forget your troubles, Subscription Enquiries immersing yourself in the magazine is sure to bring a big smile Janice Ball • Tel: 01704 392339 to your face. [email protected] During the summer months, some instructors close their classes Agent Enquiries and others quite sensibly reduce the number of dances they Michael Hegarty • Tel: 0161 281 6441 teach. This means dancers don’t have to learn so much and [email protected] those who take a break for their holiday do not feel left behind Publisher when they return. Betty Drummond [email protected] However, we all know there are dancers who just cannot exist without their weekly fix and will go anywhere or to any length The Linedancer Team to find a class. Some only booking a holiday when they know they will be able to dance. I’d like to hear from you on this Acting Editor subject. What is the most unusual or exotic place you have Nick Baty danced this summer? Or what is the furthest destination you have travelled to enjoy a turn on [email protected] the dancefloor? Dance Editor Steve Healy At my own class, here in Southport, we were delighted to welcome Robin Sinn and a group of [email protected] dancers from Singapore. They had travelled to England to watch the Worlds Masters final in Blackpool and managed to join us for an evening. Robin was keen to show his dancers the social Assistant Dance Editor element of classes here in the UK. Both groups immediately hit it off and happily danced together Annette Edmondson sharing most of the popular dances we played and even a couple of golden oldies. [email protected] Advertising Sales Manager We also met a lovely group of dancers from Lynda’s Stompers in Liverpool. Lynda was away on Chris Chew holiday and her dancers couldn’t bear to be without their weekly fix so they joined our Thursday [email protected] class. This was extra special because we learned their favourite dances and they picked up a few Creative Services Manager of our hot numbers too. And isn’t that just typical of what makes Line dancing so special. It’s a Simon Justice circle of friendship that spans the world bringing people together. [email protected] The Linedancer Message Board has become a hive of activity. Dancers share all sorts of news, Creative Services Team jokes, gossip, tips, hints and of course all the latest hottest dances. If you are a member access Abi Rix and Dave Clement is free or you can become an online member for £12 a year. We receive over half a million hits Web Manager a week but we’d love to see more of your posts. So come on, get online and give the board your Steve Brereton support and say hello. [email protected] In closing I must make an apology to Robbie McGown Hickie for crediting his great dance, Circulation Manager All Night Long to another choreographer in last month’s chart. Sorry Robbie. Guess Dance Editor Chris Pearce Steve Healy’s was workin All Night Long again. [email protected] Group General Manager Yours in Line, Mike Rose [email protected] Photography Tom Bennett Credits ‘Boot Logo’ courtesy of London Boots Ltd. Betty Drummond. 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. ISSN 1366-6509 www.linedancermagazine.com www.linedancermagazine.com 3 Dear Dancers OCT 1 03/09/2004, 11:31:27 SOON +++++ COMING SOON +++++ COMING SOON +++++ COMING SOON +++++ COMING © 2004 Champion Media Group. All rights reserved. ONLINEDANCER and WATCH THIS SPACE! DIGITAL DANCER DIGITAL a new publication from Champion Media Group 81614 81614 81614 onLinedancer teaser 1 03/09/2004, 15:01:47 OCTOBER 2004 Contents 6 Dancin’ with cowboys Why do we like dressing up? 12 Line-out for Drui Why one of Fiji’s top rugby players Line dances in West Yorkshire. eatures 22 6 F Blackpool rocker Anne Nolan breaks her international STRUTTIN’ COWBOYS tour for a coaster step back home. 28 Skating badly Is Tift Merritt the next Emmylou Harris. 17-19 Grapevine New from the club scene and much more. See if you’re in this month. 32-35 Playlists and charts 22 The defi nitive Line dance chart, entirely based on your votes and feedback. Who is Number One? IN THE MOOD 50-63 Steppin’ off the page 13 fantastic dances and a ‘Cowboy’ blast from the past: 50 Cowboy Rhythm. 51 A-B Whirl. 52 Love 2-Step. 53 Go For It! 54 Hey Good Looking. 55 Eye Candy. Regulars 56 Push. 57 Let’s Be Us Again. 58 Wot U Got Babe! 59 Rumba Linda. 60 Spanish Lullaby. 61 Wanna Wanna. 28 62 Slow Burn. 63 A Devil In Me. MISS TAMBOURINE GIRL 5 Contents Oct 1 03/09/2004, 12:42:16 Cowboy capers John Wayne in Dark Command like dressing up as a cowboy – I’ll admit it. I love the jeans, the belt and the Stetson. Having said that, I love all sorts of hats: I love my Panama for strolling through the park on a hot day, and my trilby for embarrassing nephews when collecting them from school. And it’s not just hats. I love slip- I ping into a suit – easy way to look and feel smart – and if I’m out for a boogie it’s anything black: Which came first – the Stetson black makes you look slimmer so the blacker the better. The jeans are still as fi gure-hugging. The fi gure is expanding in all or the steps? Dominic Joseph the wrong directions but they still make me feel good and, if the music’s right, I can dance my way back to my teens. thinks dressing up as cowboys As my friend, Tony, screeches above the Nolans, the Dooleys and Gloria Gaynor: “Don’t look in the mirrors – as long as is just a guy thing you don’t look in the mirrors we’re 16 again.” 6 Cowboys 2 03/09/2004, 12:49:02 October 2004 So is that it then? Do middle-aged men enjoy the Cavalry offi cer dressing up – either as cowboys or disco bun- whose aim was to With Maureen O’Hara in nies – simply because it transports us back to beat off the Apaches Rio Grande an era when men were men or to that time, on the Mexican bor- too long ago, when we were younger, slim- der while managing mer and had fewer nasal hairs? to fi t in at least one clinch with Mau- Jon Womersley of Regalos Western Wear in reen O’Hara on the Blackpool sells clothes to all sorts of people, way.