I’m Back! New Dance(s) on the way August 23, 2009
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It’s been months, yeah? My last dance was choreographed back in April (Birthday Samba) and I’ve been asked a lot of times, especially lately, how come no new dances from you anymore?
Reason of my “absence”: I’ve been very busy for the past few months with work and visitors and dance parties and games on facebook, LOL! On top of that, I’ve not been feeling well for a couple of months, but recovering now, and back in action!
I was driving home from office last evening and heard this wonderful song. It’s a very old song and was very popular even before I was born into this world. I’ve been hearing this song few times before but I did not know the title, and I finally did – yesterday.
As I was listening to the song, the steps just played in my mind. A quick check with the line dance portals showed no dance has been choreographed to this song version yet. So I quickly pen down the steps and fit in with the phrasings of the song. Now in the process of refinement and it should be finalised and published within the next few days. The dance is rated advanced beginner, so check this space out in the next few days!
Meanwhile, take a guess about the name of the song. Clues: A popular 60’s song sang by a group of men many called idols. Think Rock & Roll!
Dancing with Joyce Lim in Singapore August 18, 2009
Posted by Jennifer in General.Tags: joyce lim, line dance, singapore
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I was in Singapore for work from 27-31 July 2009 and spent an evening with Joyce and her advanced line dance students in their class.
This is the 2nd time I visited her class, the earlier was about a year earlier, and I visited her beginners class.
An hour before Joyce picked me up from my office, she texted me to ask me what I was gonna teach…!! I was unprepared and still at work. However, having learnt a new dance a week earlier, I decided to share that dance as the script was not yet published in the usual sites. Jannie (Denmark) sent me the script a few days earlier but I had not the time to look at the script. Quickly browse through the 3 pages and realised that though I’ve learnt the steps the week b4, I’ve not actually danced it in full as I hadn’t been feeling well (been coughing for a month!)!!!
Arrived in Joyce’s class. She revised the dances she taught the week before and taught 3 dances. Wow, that’s how they keep up with so many new dances each week! Her 3 dances are Passion (Tom Mickers & Lilian Lo), Amy (Kate Sala) & Before I Fall In Love (Sophitia Christiansen). I really love Passion as it was so well choreographed, and reminded me of my own Innuendo as it has a familiar “butterfly” movement.
I then impromptu-ly taught them Boom Boom (Jose Miquel Belloque Vane) in 10-15 mins and they loved it. I am surprised that they managed to learn in such short time and the dance itself, is not too easy to teach or learn! 
Joyce had indeed taught them very well!
As I may need to travel to Singapore again soon, I look forward to dance with Joyce and her students again! Till then!
Beg/Int Line Dance Class (PJ Sec14) July 24, 2009
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I will be taking over a beginner/intermediate line dance class in Section14 Petaling Jaya from August 2009 onwards (Class commencing on Aug6). The class will be held at the Multipurpose Hall of Millenium Square on Thursdays, 8.00 – 9.30pm. Pls contact me for more information. See u there!
Update: Class will be from 7.30pm onwards. Besides a new dance every week, I teach techniques & styling too, so come join us!!
Hare Ram & Vinh July 15, 2009
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Ivy, Vinh & Sue at Mr Leong's party
Vinh from Paris is back again (earlier post) to Malaysia for 3 weeks to visit her family. This time her visit co-incides with a line dance party she had missed the previous year. Mr Leong’s charity party at Cempaka Buddhist Lodge held on 11 July 2009. Vinh and her sister Ivy had requested to have Hare Ram included in the dancelist (Vinh had contacted me after watching my Hare Ram dance many moons back) so she thought it would be awesome to dance this with me in an event.
Thanks to Mr Leong for slotting in Hare Ram into the dancelist at the very last minute. As it is, the song got misplaced while Mr Leong surprised me to go up on stage to lead the dance. I quickly do a walk-thru of Part A and said I’ll cue the phrased part of the dance. Here’s the video of my cueing the dance throughout. I’m glad to see that people still enjoy the dance and song (can hear people singing at the background esp during the chorus).
5 Basic Foot Positions July 10, 2009
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Many line dancers are just taught mere steps but not the correct foot positions which enable dancers to balance better and avoid injuries. Line dancing steps, like any other types of dance steps, use or derive from the 5 basic foot positions.
For example, when you do a grapevine, you are actually doing Pos#2 on count 1, Pos#5 on count 2, Pos#2 again on count 3 and Pos#1 on count 4. Check if your feet are in the correct positions and if your toes are pointing at the correct directions by referring to the diagram above.
Have fun dancing!
Cha Cha Conchita on May24 June 21, 2009
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Here’s me leading a sea of reds and whites dancing to Cha Cha Conchita on May 24, a party organised by DAP at Petaling Jaya. Enjoy!
Line Dancing: Myths & Facts June 18, 2009
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Myth – Line Dance is danced to country music only.
Fact – Line Dance is danced to all sorts of music, eg. Latin, Pop, R&B, Soul, Rock, etc.
Myth – Line Dance is a pedestrian activity, only for senior citizens.
Fact – Line Dance is danced by people of all ages. The choice of dance is extremely varied, ranging from the simple to the more advanced; the gentler rhythms to the more energetic.
Myth – “Yeehaa” is what you shout out when you Line Dance.
Fact – This was created by the media and seems to have stuck.
Myth – You have to wear cowboy outfits.
Fact – Anything goes, as long as you wear comfortable supportive footwear.
Myth – Line Dance only consists of very basic steps such as walk walk stomp stomp.
Fact – Line Dance encompasses many dance styles, drawing from a variety of influences such as Latin, Ballroom, Jive, Irish, Funk, Salsa, etc. making it the most diverse dance form in the world.
Source: http://www.lynneschapiro.com/homepage.htm
Note: Cha Cha Conchita was listed as a Top10 dance in the month of May’09 in Lynne’s site!
Youtube videos not available in your domain/country? June 10, 2009
Posted by Jennifer in General.Tags: domain, fliggo, ldv, line dance, not available, videos, youtube videos
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It’s so frustrating that some videos which I wanted to watch again (watched it before some time back) became unavailable in my so called domain/country! When I asked some of my local friends, they said they faced the same problem too but my overseas friends are able to watch those videos! These are not only overseas videos but some local posted videos as well. How very queer!?
Then it dawned on me, that I have received some emails back then from youtube notifying me that some of my posted videos will not be watchable from certain countries. But when I clicked on them, I was able to watch these videos, so I had turned a deaf ear to the notification. Now I know, somewhere, some people are not able to watch or even search for these videos although they are still VERY MUCH available online.
One of my videos which has this notification
I really wanted to watch those videos again and found a way to do it, phew, finally!
- You have to get the URL link of this video first. A good source of where to find the video is from Yipee. Click on the video icon to launch the video.
- Click on the “triangle” button on the right bottom corner of the video. The URL will be displayed.
Click on the "triangle" and copy the URL
- Copy the URL. (Right click and select Copy)
- Go to http://ldv.fliggo.com. It’s a video blog site that contains ONLY line dance videos. If you haven’t sign up, do so as it’s absolutely free.
- Then click on the “Upload” tab and select “Import from other Sites”.
Click on the "Upload" tab and select "Import from another site"
- Paste the URL you copied earlier (right click the field and select Paste) into the “Enter YouTube URL” field and click “Preview Import”.
Paste the video URL and click "Preview Import"
- Then click on “Begin Import”. That’s it, wait for a few minute for LDV to do the import and you can watch your videos again!
Have fun!!
Quantity vs Quality May 25, 2009
Posted by Jennifer in General.Tags: line dance, qualitative, quantitative
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Are you line dancing “quantitatively” or “qualitatively”? hehe…
A “quantitative” line dancer would learn every/almost every new/popular dance published on the usual sites. The key word is “quantity“, so, “the more, the better“. When a “quantitative” dancer goes for parties, he/she would highlight the dancelist and count the total number of dances he/she knows and can dance to. To keep up, they have to learn more than 2-3 dances per week, sometimes even more… especially when parties are just around the corner. A “quantitative” dancer simply wants to add more dances to her collection and have lots of fun and be on the dance floor as much as possible. More often, when a dancer prioritized “quantity”, the “quality” is compromised due to time constraints.
On the other hand, a “qualitative” dancer won’t bother much (but to a certain extend) about the new dances released in the usual sites. The few good dances that he/she chose are executed with proper techniques and stylings. He/she would be dancing into the music and a pure joy to be watched, every movement is suited to the particular beats of the music (musicality). Many of these dancers wants to upgrade themselves by taking part in dance competitions and examinations. A lot of time is spent on practise to improve their steps, execution techniques and styling. Keywords are “Quality” and “How can I execute this step better and nicer?” And who said “qualitative” dancers can’t have fun? Dancing itself is fun, ain’t it?
And there are those who are somewhere in between these 2 ends of the spectrum. They try to learn as many GOOD dances as possible and execute the moves stylishly and properly. Keywords are, “Who said I can’t have both? I just need to spend more time dancing!“
So which dancer category do u fall into? Quantitative, Qualitative or Somewhere in between? Here’s a scale of 5 for you to choose from. Hopefully this can help dancers know their dancing styles better 
Birthday Samba in Tropicana City May 25, 2009
Posted by Jennifer in General, Video.Tags: beginner, birthday samba, jennifer choo, line dance, sue chin, tropicana city
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Here’s a recording of Birthday Samba being taught in a class in Tropicana City, SS2. The dance was taught by Mr Tan HK. I understand that beginner classes are being held at Level 2 of Tropicana City, from 8-9 pm every Saturday, hosted by Jolene.
