Good Time Friday!

If you missed last Friday, you missed a GOOD TIME! The night started out with a packed floor for the lessons and in honor of St Patty's Day we taught Irish Stew (Had  a lot of people that didn't know it yet) and taught the partner dance  Lover Please Come back to Lover Please by Billy Swan. (That song really sticks in your head). We got a lot of positive feedback on the couples dance. Guess it's a keeper. It was great to see Pure Country back, attendance was good and the club held the crowd most of the night. (A testament to the band  doing a good job keeping everyone up  on the floor and dancing.) We closed the place down at midnight and look forward to having these guys back again soon!

Line Dance Lessons at 6:30PM
Gene's Northeast Country at 8PM

Another Boot Knockin’ and Butt Rockin’ Night

Radio Ranch

It was another Boot Knockin’ and Butt Rockin’ night with the One Eyed Parrot Dance Club. 

We had close to 40 folks show up for the lessons with additional friends coming in as the night went on. It was a busy lesson night and we started off by reviewing Baby Dance with Me (L)   Played a few times last night to a chorus of women screaming “We Want Olly!”   

(If you haven’t seen Olly yet you can  Check him out HERE ) We then taught JeffersonExpress (P) and then taught A Wind Up (L) (  Errors on Video steps 17-20) and Something Fine (P) (Which we dance to Love Done Gone by Billy Currington). We even managed to fit in a very quick review of Wild at Heart to the song by the same name from Glorianna. (Nailed it. Restarts and all!)

For our entertainment pleasure Radio Ranch was back in Chicopee keeping the energy level high and keeping us on the floor till closing! These guys really make it happen.  Like JP Said this morning

“ Another super night last night with Radio Ranch at the AMVETS in Chicopee. It's so great to look around on the dance floor and see so many couples doing partner dances. Makes the place look like a country dance club. “

Well,  That’s the goal…  ;)

It was nice to see our new friends Nicole and Glenn back, great to see how well all our new dancers are progressing. BTW Janet (Out with knee surgery) asked us to do a little grapevine for her last night and we want her to know we did more than a few. ;)  get that leg strong and get back to see us.

See ya’ll Friday. Have a great week!

Dancing with the Ranch (Radio Ranch)

Another good night with 30+ dancers on the floor for the lessons! We started off with a review of “MEAN” and the taught “Love is Better”, a new dance from Dan Albro (Mishnock Barn) to the song “Better Than That” by American Idols own Scotty McCreery. A LOT of good feedback on this one. It’s a fast but fun dance to a great song, there's no tags, and no restarts. ( and we’ll know it when we go to Mishnock. Yeah! ) For the couples lessons we taught the classic “Sweetheart Stroll” to the number one song on the Media Base Music Chart, “I Don't Want This Night To End by Luke Bryan” Another great song, gives this dance a nice feel. Click on the songs and take a listen!

To entertain us, our good friends Radio Ranch were back in Chicopee laying down those great dancing beats to keep us going till closing! What a great band! We missed Jim but it was good to see Penny & Kristen out and about and didja notice Kristen learned some couples dances? She got to do one with her Grandfather, how cool was that to see?

It was great to have our new dancers back and see how quickly they’re picking up the dances, nice people and great additions to the group! Good to have Diane and Kathleen out on the floor again this week  (Great Dancers) and you had to see Jennifer at the  end of the night throw off her coat and run to the floor when one of her favorite dances came on. (One More Dance Syndrome in action), yup she’s one of us!  Nice to have, John & Sue, Roger & Sophie and our other new couples back.

We were really happy to get to see Janet out dancing one last time before Knee surgery. Good Luck, get better and get back..  ;) We didn’t get to see our house leprechaun and good luck charm Sheila last night (Normally stands to my left during the lessons) but she wanted me to tell everyone she couldn’t be there last night because of a family commitment but will see everyone next week.  See ya’ll on the 10^th. Have a great week!

A Night to Remember!

Last Friday we had the pleasure of welcoming back one of the finest modern country bands in New England, TRUE WEST!! What a fun night it was!! The floor was packed for the lessons and we did a whirl wind of reviews, walk-throughs and new teaches to songs that we know the band plays to ensure everyone could get up and dance. 

They started out with a strong uptempo beat and kept it going all night long with songs like, Down in Mississippi -  It Happens - Stuck Like Glue - Mean - Jambalaya - You Belong with Me - Cowboy Casanova - Suds in a Bucket - Act Naturally - Drink in My Hand.....etc, etc, etc... To say they were good would be an understatement, they were outstanding! Excellent artists, musicians and great stand-up people. We're glad to be able to count them as friends... 

TRUE WEST... BACK AT THE AMVETS!!!

This Friday, January the 27th John, Tommy, Jim, Laura, & Allyn will be making the trek West to keep you up and dancing to your favorite country Hits ALL NIGHT LONG!! Yes indeed TRUE WEST will be back in town after a much too long absence, playing your favorite country dance tunes. If you have never seen True West you're in  for a treat! If you have, you know what a great time we have every time these guys come to town!

*   Down in Mississippi and Up to No Good - Up to No Good 
*  It Happens - Sugar Kane
*  Mean - Mean
*  Jackson - Jambalaya
*  Perfect Love - Heads or Tails
*  You Belong with Me - You Belong with Me
*  Cowboy Casanova - Cowboy Casanova
*  Suds in a Bucket - Suds in a Bucket
*  Act Naturally - Love Trick
*  Drink in My Hand - Drink in My Hand.....

Just to name a few....   In order to maximize the fun we'll be teaching beginners line & Partner dances to songs they Play.   See Ya there!!

Bi-Weekly OEP Update!!! (... I been goofing off )

New Dancers & Whiskey Hill  1/20/12 

Whiskey Hill was back at the AMVETS last Friday, mixing it up with a combination of Classic & Contemporary Country with a litter R&R mixed in. There was a good sized crowd overall and we had a full floor for the lessons. BTW we  HAVE NEVER had this many beginners at one time for the lessons!! (Again with the HOW COOL IS THAT!) Good dancers (Picked up quick) and nice people. Great additions to the dance crew! We kept the teaches mostly beginners reviewing Heads or Tails &  Let it Roll let it Ride then taught Little Squirt and the intermediate Partner Dance  Six Pack Summer for the couples who showed up in force as well.

OEP Country Night 1/13/12!!    YEAH!!

We kicked off the 1st OEP Country Dance night of the year on January 14th!. Another fun night of all request dancing all night long at Chicopee AMVETS. These nights really give us the  time needed to teach an extra dance or two or spend a little more time reviewing the more difficult dances. We started the new lessons with a dance to a song that's currently topping the charts"Drink in My Hand" and taught the "Wichita Waltz" for the couples dance. Speaking of couples we're getting more and more couples showing up every week for the lessons. How cool is that?? It's great to see the floor with with couples EVERY SINGLE week.  Next OEP Night is March 9th so mark your calendars.