The monthly magazine dedicated to Line dancing M&N Dance Company November 2013 Photo: © ANA KETE Issue 211 • £3.50 DANCE IN PICTURES! PULL-OUT INSIDE • 14 GREAT DANCE SCRIPTS INCLUDING : OH FIONA · DREAM LOVER · JUMP ON A RIDE · LOVE DRUNK LD cover 211.indd 1 24/10/2013 16:31 1122424 1122424 planet holidays.indd 1 24/10/2013 16:32 November 2013 With Christmas just around the corner (is it a year since the last one?) I already feel in a reflective mood and today I am looking back at my time with the magazine and what I have tried to achieve. When Betty asked me to look after the ‘baby’ in 2007, I gladly took on the challenge, not really sure of how the adventure was going to pan out. I was flattered that Betty would entrust me with the magazine and I knew enough about it to realise its contents had to be interesting, informative and entertaining. Quite a tall order! My priority then was, as it still is, to remain current and relevant but also to surprise our readers. I wanted to unify as many dance communities as I could and it is fair to say that we have met many dancers from all over the world in the last six years! I also wanted to try and get our beloved website to work in closer harmony with the magazine itself. OnLinedancer Magazine with its weekly offering of great videos and interviews remains one of my proudest moments, even though I still think it is vastly underused by our subscribers... Dawn (who does sterling work in researching and writing this magazine month after month) and I always try to ring changes. Life in a magazine can never stand still, and series come and go to be replaced by, we hope, more exciting or at least challenging ideas. This is why as from January we will give two of our mainstay series of the last few month a rest. Namely ‘First In Line’ and ‘Focus On’... which we will ‘retire’, for a while at least. As always, if we get enough people missing either of those sections, well, nothing is irreversible and we can always revisit them at a later date. But for the moment being, we will say goodbye to those two and bring to life a project close to my heart. In a recent Last Line, Karl-Harry Winson explained the difficulties that up and coming new choreographers face with their dances and how hard it is to get noticed in a very overcrowded market. So as from January, each month we will introduce to you a new Spotlight section. Each Spotlight will showcase a name already known by dancers but not to the extent that it should. Spotlight will consist of a profile and also four scripts that best represent the choreographer in question. The selection will be chosen by the choreographer him or herself. The section will be looked after by Vivienne Scott who cares deeply about new names trying to break through. We hope to discover a few hits along the way and I will be really happy supporting those who work so hard for sometimes what they must feel as very little. I know you will too. Next month will be our beloved Christmas/December issue and I hope we have something scan me really special in store for you! www.linedancermagazine.com November 2013 • 3 dear dancers.indd 1 24/10/2013 16:35 Dance or Relax as much as you like! Holidays for Dancers Early bird deal Winter Bonanza 2 8 PLACES 22-24 November 2013 LEFT £133 Staying at the Celtic Royal Hotel, Caernarfon, N Wales Normal price Choreographers are: £143 Craig Bennett, Mike Hitchen & Daniel Whittaker Live music with TEXAS TORNADOS Linedance Event Early bird deal Dance on the Prom 7 PLACES 10-12 January 2014 LEFT 28th February - 3rd March 2014 £127 Staying at the Inn on the Prom, Lytham, St Annes Normal price Choreographers are: with £137 Craig Bennett, Shaz Walton & Daniel Whittaker Early bird deal Llandudno Escape 6 PLACES 7-9 February 2014 LEFT Billy Curtis £125 Queens Hotel, Llandudno Excellent Winter break with Robery Lindsay & Daniel Normal price Whittaker, come along and enjoy a fun weekend in this family hotel. This event is a lovely weekend within close proximity of Thrillbillies £145 sea front, shops, bars, theatre and local walks Early bird deal Caribbean Weekend 33 PLACES 14-16 March 2014 LEFT Shuffl e Rock Stompers £147 Staying at Royal Clifton Hotel Normal price Choreographers are: from only pp £167 Craig Bennett, Mike Hitchen & Daniel Whittaker £189 Early bird deal Yorkshire Dance Weekend Half Board 4-6 April 2014 38 PLACES Sea View Accomodation £137 Ardsley House Hotel, Barnsley, Yorkshire Certifi cate of LEFT 1123639 Excellence 2013 Normal price With: Return Car Ferry £167 Daniel Whittaker Call 07739 352209 For more information or to book call or 01244 470115 Visit our new website and join our MAILING LIST 01983 402141 www.dancefeveruk.com or visit www.trouvillehotel.co.uk 1122923 Line Dancing Holidays MUNDESLEY HOLIDAY VILLAGE Kensington Hotel Llandudno MUNDESLEY • NORFOLK HALF-BOARD PACKAGES Friday 19 - Sunday 21 September 2014 Weekends (2/3 nights) Midweek (4 nights) HOST Kim Ray GUEST Ria Vos • DJ Phil Partridge • Beautiful Victorian Resort • 1000 sq ft (approx) sprung dancefl oor • Fully air-conditioned ballroom • 50 bedrooms - all en suite • Lift to all fl oors • Large private car park ******* £133 per person / Half Board ******* Double * Twin * Single Chalets Enquiries from instructors, organisers and private FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL with PHIL PARTRIDGE Disco 8pm to late groups welcome SATURDAY WORKSHOP with RIA and KIM 10.30am to 3.30pm SATURDAY EVENING SOCIAL with PHIL PARTRIDGE Disco 8pm to late Contact: Phil Beardmore SUNDAY WORKSHOP with RIA and KIM 10.30am to 3pm Tel: 01492 876784 Bookings taken by Mundesley Holiday Village 1121879 Kensington Hotel Llandudno Paston Road, Mundesley, Norfolk, NR11 8BT (£30pp deposit, balance 8 weeks prior to event) 1123616 web: www.kensingtonhotel-llandudno.co.uk email: [email protected] Central Parade, Llandudno LL30 1AT • Tel 01492 876784 Booking Offi ce 01263 720334 4 • November 2013 ad pages.indd 2 25/10/2013 09:52 November 2013 Clare House 166 Lord Street Southport, PR9 0QA ✆ 01704 392 300 Fax*: 0871 900 5768 *Costs 10p per minute Subscription Enquiries ✆ 01704 392 300 This month … [email protected] Agent Enquiries 32 ✆ 01704 392 353 [email protected] Angel On High Web Support Team Judy Dix and Steve Healy Linedancer follows dancer Jackie ✆ 01704 392 333 Richards on her formidable voyage [email protected] Webmaster Paul Swift [email protected] 41 Publisher Betty Drummond Vote, vote, vote! 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No portion of this publication may be copied, transmitted or reproduced 40 Nobody’s Home in any medium without prior written consent from the publisher. 45 Dream Lover Comments and opinions contained herein do not necessarily Dance reflect those of the publishers. 46 That’s My Kind Of Night ISSN 1366-6509 47 Jump On A Ride 48 Summer Lover We proudly support Scripts 49 Come On, Come On (& Dance With Me) 50 Wonder 51 Love Drunk November 2013 • 5 contents.indd 1 24/10/2013 16:37 STAGECOACH PROMOTIONS & Jacksonville entertainments THE RIVIERA HOTEL, WEYMOUTH, DORSET Friday 14th to Monday 17th FEBRUARY 2014 – £179 pp CHRISTMAS THE WESTONS, SOULS ‘N’ STONE, DANE STEVENS - LOIS LIGHTFOOT DISCO Tuition by Lois Lightfoot - Suitable for all levels THE DURRANT HOUSE HOTEL, BIDEFORD, DEVON Friday 4th to Monday 7th APRIL 2014 - £177.50 pp MUDDY BOOTS, FOOL’S GOLD, MARTY SMITH – WESTERN LINES DISCO SHOP ONLINE Tuition by Western Lines & Jolly Stompers - Beginner/Improver Level THE DURRANT HOUSE HOTEL, BIDEFORD, DEVON Friday 16th to Monday 19th MAY 2014 - £177.50 pp www.westernwear.co.uk This is our new venue for our annual Country Music Weekend RIDGEWAY COUNTRY, CAPRICORN, CAMPBELL’S COUNTRY, KALIBRE, BLACK STEEL – GOLDEN EAGLE and WESTERN LINES DISCO Tuition by Golden Eagle (partners) & Western Lines (Line dance) For the best in All levels. WE NOW HAVE JUST A FEW PLACES LEFT FOR THIS EVENT! THE RIVIERA HOTEL, WEYMOUTH, DORSET Friday 5th to Monday 8th SEPTEMBER 2014 – £179 pp TEXAS TORNADOS (TWO FOR TEXAS), RANCHER, JOHNNY HOLLAND – WESTERN LINES DISCO WESTERN FASHION Tuition by Western Lines & Jolly Stompers - Beginner/Improver Level or visit our shop THE TROUVILLE HOTEL, SANDOWN, ISLE OF WIGHT Friday 10th to Monday 13th OCTOBER 2014 – £189 pp inc ferry OPENING HOURS: PLAIN LOCO (NEW FORMAT), GAMBLER, CHRIS HARRIS – WESTERN LINES DISCO Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 9am - 5pm Tuition by Western Lines - Suitable for all levels Every Wednesday in December upto Christmas 10am - 5pm THE RIVIERA HOTEL, WEYMOUTH, DORSET Friday 7th to Monday 10th NOVEMBER 2014 – £185 pp Friday 27th & Saturday 28th December 10am - 4pm CALICO, STREAMLINE, NATALIE - PEACE-TRAIN DISCO 121 Lynchford Road, North Camp, Tuition by Michelle Risley of Peace-Train.