~AUTUMN 2012 ~

SEPT
13


























SEPT
20







SEPT
27


OCT
4












OCT
11





OCT
18







OCT
25





NOV
1





NOV
8





NOV
15





NOV
29




DEC
6



JAN
10http://livepage.apple.com/

Stepsheets & Demos For Dances Taught

Electric Slide (beginners)  ~  Demo  ~  Review

Chor ~ Unknown 

                                           

Tell Me Ma (beg.)  ~  Demo

Chor ~ Peter Giam  


After Midnight (intermediate)  ~  Teach & Demo  ~  Demo

~ Chor: Judy McDonald (New Zealand)      


Jo ‘n Jo Tango (int.) ~  Choreographer’s TeachDemo

~ Chor:  Jo Thompson (USA)                       


Best Friend (int.) ~ Demo (not available) ~ Music for practicing

~ Chor: Carmel & Hutch Hutchinson


Peace Train (advanced) ~ Demo ~ Review & Styling

~ Chor. Julie Molkner (Perth, Australia)     


Scarborough Waltz (adv.) ~ Demo & Walk Through

Chor:  Larry Schmidt (USA)


Amica Mia (adv.) ~ Demo

~ Chor:  Norman Gifford (USA)


(The) Fireman (adv.) ~ Demo not available ~ Song (for practice)

~ Chor:  George Davis (USA)                




Baby Likes To Rocket (beg.)  ~  Demo

~ Chor:  Hillbilly Rick (USA)


The Outback (int.) ~  Demo  ~  Rounds

~ Chor:  Gordon Elliot (Australia)


When I Cry (adv.)  ~ Demo for Clarity ~ Demo for Styling

~ Chor:  Maria Hennings Hunt              




NO CLASS (Ballroom being decorated for Black & White Ball)





Texas Cha Cha (beg) ~ Demo

~ Chor:  Unknown


Quando When Quando  (int) ~ Demo & Review ~ Review in English

~ Chor:  Vera Fisher & Teresa Lawrence


Tumbleweed (adv) ~ SFBA (San Francisco Bay Area) Version not available.

~ Chor:  Unknown

Following is run through of dance that is closest to version we do in SFBA.  The

only difference are in counts 19-22, which is shown with right-moving rolling turn, instead of our right-rolling turn which moves toward 6:00 wall.

Review and Demo




Straight And Narrow (beg), Chor:  Peter Metelnick (USA) ~ Demo ~ Review


Simplemente (int), Chor: Kate Scala ~ Review & Demo


Side By Side (adv), Chor: Patricia Stott ~ Demo ~ Review




Hurricane (beg), Chor: Sal Gonzales (California) ~ Demo


Bocephus (int), Chor: Bill “Peanut” Rice ~ Demo

          ~ Practice music: 120 bpm  138 bpm


Voila (adv), Chor: Charlotte Skeeters (California) ~ Demo not available

          ~ Demo music




Waltz Across Texas (beg), Chor:  Lois & John Nelson ~ Demo ~ Slow Demo

~ Walk Through


The Last Dance (adv), Chor:  Kim Ray ~ Demo (accurate except count 20)

~ Practice Speed 108 bpm




Cruisin’ (beg), Chor:  Neil Hale ~ Demo ~ Quick Run Through


Night Fever (int), Chor: Lester Wilson ~ Demo


Hot Tomales (adv), Chor:  Neil Hale ~ Demo




Tush Push (beg), Chor: Jim Farazzino ~ Good demo and/or teach


Silk & Satin (int), Chor: Evelyn Khinoo ~ Demo and Run Through


Evergreen (adv), Chor:  Karen Hunn ~ Full Teach ~ Demo

Demo ~ vine alternative at end




The Cowboy (beg), Chor: Kole Dunn ~ demo not available


Midnight Waltz (int), Chor: Jo Thompson ~ demo


Sunset Stampede (adv), Chor: Ion St. Leon ~ gotta watch demo




Extra Class:  Grand Review of This Quarter’s Dances (same class times)







Extra Class:  Line Dance Social, all skill levels, 10:30-12:30






Winter 2013 Session Begins ~ same class times

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Practice Songs

Waltz Cadence:

96 bmp,  lead=12

Most Others:

96 bpm, lead=16