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Tutorials we have found on YouTube to various line dances.

Dizzy by Jo Thompson (to Dizzy by Scooter Lee)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

Hi guys!

I’m spending my night quite literally getting dizzy learning one of the versions of “Dizzy” done at Saddle Ridge. Thanks to our friend, Jenn, I finally got a step sheet so I could hunt down the right videos for it. I know a few folks I’ve talked to have wanted to learn this dance… so why re-invent the wheel when there is a good video out there already!

This version of Dizzy is choreographed by Jo Thompson. It is a 32-count, 4 wall, intermediate dance. If you would like to follow along with a step sheet, click here to get the search on Kick It.

It moves quickly so I recommend going through the instruction part of the video a few times first. Who knows… maybe we’ll teach this in the Tuesday Night “Line Dance Challenge” class…

(I’ve learned a few dances from the woman in this video so I think you’ll find it easy to follow.)

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Mean (Line Dance to “Mean” by Taylor Swift)

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

We filmed our version of this tutorial on a newer post. Click here to navigate to it.

Admit it. You know you want to dislike this song. I know I do. But you’re probably like us and you can’t stop singing it. You know all the words. You sing it at the top of your lungs when the song comes on. And so… we had to look and see if there was a line dance written for it yet. And, of course, there is.

The videos we’ve found for this dance are all in German (or is that Dutch?). This video shows you the dance first and then there is a teaching lesson after it. The dance is 48-count/4-wall, beginner dance. It is choreographed by Zlatimir Geleta. The dance is pretty easy once you get it down. I was able to learn it in one night. Just remember that it begins 4 counts after the initial lines that end with “picking on a weaker man.” The only step sheet we can find right now is in Dutch. I was able to translate it with Google. I think if you click on this link you may need to run this page through Google Translator. I will get the English version up as soon as I can.

 

Get addicted and enjoy!

Update:  You can also use this dance to numerous songs.  We have used it to “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band and “What Was I Thinking?” by Dierks Bentley.

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After Five Stomp (Line Dance to “Redneck Woman”)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

“After Five Stomp” (sometimes also called the “Five O’clock Stomp”) is a dance that we tend to recommend to beginners. You can use it to so many different songs out there. At Saddleridge, we see it done to “Redneck Woman”, “Little White Church”, and “All Jacked Up” just to name three. It’s pretty easy to learn since it’s only 32 counts and it mirrors its steps left and right. If you use it with the right song (“Little White Church”), you can work up quite a sweat.

The dance is choreographed by Diane Horner, and you can find the step sheet here.

The video below shows the dance as written. Whenever we teach the dance, we use vacation #1 mentioned on the step sheet. In this variation, both of your feet travel to the right and then to the left for counts 13-16.

This week Kalli and I hope to start filming our own tutorials so we can rewrite some of these listings. This will be one of the ones we will film for you so you don’t have to imagine what the variation looks like.

Do you use the “After Five Stomp” to any other songs? One of the things we see online a lot in question/answer forums from folks are “what other songs can we use that dance too?”. So we love when folks share with us on Facebook or on the blog listing here what else they see. We certainly know that every place is different so it’s fun for us to learn as well.

Until next time! (When hopefully we’re sharing with you our OWN videos)

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Hands Up and Party. (Line Dane to “American Saturday Night”)

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

We are planning on teaching this ultra-beginner line dance this Thursday or next at The Brothers Grimm. (Click the newly added Lessons link above to learn more about where we teach.)

The name of the dance is “Hands up and Party” and is choreographed by Barbara Lowe. Step Sheet is here. This dance is only 32 counts and you repeat the first eight twice. For somebody who is new to line dancing, this dance is easy to learn on your own and to learn from the video we post below. It covers many of your basic moves: grape vines, heel digs, and heel splits (I’ll call them “dorothy”s from time to time… you know, because they are like clicking your ruby slippers together.)

Thanks, again, to Patti for posting this video. One of these years we are taking a road trip to go visit her, we swear!

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The Lightning Polka (Line Dance to “Sin Wagon”/”Kerosene”)

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

“The Lightening Polka” is my favorite dance so it’s going to be #2 on our list of staples to learn. Yeah, there are easier things out there to learn and dances that we use way more at Saddleridge… but there is something to be said about a favorite. You just have to go with it. It’s kind of like that favorite sweater you put on every winter. This is just one we get to wear twice a night when line dancing.

The dance was choreographed by Peter Metelnick and the step sheep can be found here at Kick It. As it says at the top of the step sheet, the dance can be done to “Sin Wagon” by the Dixie Chicks. This is the primary song we hear it to; however, we also use it to “Kerosene” by Miranda Lambert (which isn’t listed on the step sheet). Of course, you can use it for anything that fits the steps. So have at it!

We find that the most difficult part is remembering which way you are turning since this one is a four wall. Of course, others find the jumping the hardest part. To each their own!

I learned the dance first from this video. It is in French, but just follow her feet. (When you watch enough line dancing videos in French, you start picking up what they’re saying as it is.)


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