One of the joys of line dancing is - it's not just an exercise class. If you find you like country music - there's so much more fun to be had! Did you know, there are local country music clubs, which host live music and dancing, once a month, in local halls? Our local club is called Sundown in Nashville and it's on a Saturday night in Whitminster village hall - just off M5 Junction 13. It's run by Carol and Colin Spiers. I took the picture above last time I was there, just to give you...

As you progress from “absolute beginner “ week-one dances, you’ll notice I will start to include different rhythms in your dancing. So I thought you’d appreciate an overview of the four main line dance rhythms - so you will recognise them when you encounter them!   “One-step”. This is where we start, there’s one step to one beat. A grapevine is a good example: “vine, 2, 3, touch”. Nice and steady. “Two-step” is similar, but the timing is “slow, slow, quick-quick slow.” Ribbon of Highway is an...

I'm always happy to hear requests from my dancers - and that's lucky, because I get a lot of them! This week, for instance, I've had nine different requests across all my classes, either in person or through some other means (and I always ask for them in a written form, because they will have fallen out of my brain within moments.) Requests are valuable to me because they tell me what you like - the level, style, music that you are enjoying and want more of. And I do try to include your...