Category Archives: M&W Tutorials

These are video tutorials filmed by us to some of our favorite dances. You can also find these on YouTube.

Tuesday Night Lessons @ DanceExplosion Arts Center

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

Kalli & I will be teaching a Tuesday night class at DanceExplosion Arts Center in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh. The class will start on 9/13/11 and run through 11/1/11. From 7:30-8:30 PM the class will be a beginner class. Then from 8:30 – 9:00PM anybody who wants a challenge can join us for a Line Dancing Challenge class where we will see who can stand up to an intermediate line dance. We think it’s going to be an interesting and fun approach to line dance!

You can learn more about the dance studio here:
www.DancExplosionArts.com

You can download a PDF copy of the studio’s full schedule here: www.moonshineandwhiskey.com/schedule/DEAC_2011_2012.pdf

You can download a PDF copy of the country line dancing registration flier here:
www.moonshineandwhiskey.com/schedule/DEAC_Country_Line_Dance.pdf

Sessions are $65 for beginner, $75 for beginner + challenge class.
10% discount given to military, senior citizens, and DEAC families.

To register, you want to contact the dance studio to sign up. We won’t be able to register anybody ourselves. (Information is on the PDF above)

We’re super excited about this opportunity so I hope you join us!!

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“Mean” Line Dance to Taylor Swift’s Song

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Amanda| 1 Comment

I still dislike this song… and I still sing it at the top of my lungs. But I like the dance so the video tutorial was recorded this evening for you to learn.

This dance can be used for numerous songs aside from “Mean.” We have used it to “Chicken Fried” and “What Was I Thinking?” to name a few. It is 48 count, 4 walls. I translated the step sheet (with Google Translator) and have posted it online here. We submitted it to Kick It to see if they’ll put it online since it wasn’t on their site yet… so we’ll see.

Here is our YouTube video. I apologize in advance for my inability to keep my balance (happens when I slow down the song) and inability to speak… It’s 90+ degrees today so I’m all melty in the brain. 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.”

I’ve left the prior version of this post up in case you want to view it.

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Askin’ Questions Line Dance

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

“Askin’ Questions” is one of our favorite dances lately so we added that to our list of tutorials to film. (For anybody who is a Saddle Ridge regular, they taught this dance this past Saturday.) The dance is 32 count, 4 walls and choreographed by Larry Bass. You can find the step sheet here.

If your dancing establishment doesn’t play “Askin’ Questions” by Brady Seals, you can also use this dance to “Wildflower” by the Jane Dear Girls.

If you want to view our older post on “Askin’ Questions”, click here. This has the original video we learned from and other commentary about learning from YouTube videos.

Enjoy!

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Line Dance to “Red High Heels”/”Cowboy Cassanova”

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Amanda| Leave a comment

Next up for our filmed tutorials is the dance “Red High Heels.” Surprise, surprise that it goes primarily with the song “Red High Heels” by Kellie Pickler. Generally, the song sounds like nails on a chalk board to me, but the dance itself we think is a one to know because you potentially can dance it three or four times a night. It can be used to quite a few different songs that you generally will hear when out at a country bar such as “Cowboy Casanova” by Carrie Underwood and “Turn on the Radio” by Reba McEntire.

Because of the repetition, we think this dance is good for beginners. As long as you get your bearing with your walls, you should be good to go on this one.

“Red High Heels” is the name of the dance and it’s choreographed by Moses Bourassa Jr. & Barbara Frechette. The step sheet for the dance is here.

And if you really wan to confuse the drunk girls when “Cowboy Casanova” comes on, learn this dance (Be warned, this can be considered an intermediate to advanced dance.):

The dance is named “Casanova Cowboy” and is definitely an Intermediate level dance. When we’re out, yes, we pick on the drunk girls. Maybe we’re mean. But we get entertained watching them drop off one by one when they realize they are too drunk to follow our feet and/or their stiletto heels won’t let them dance. So we find a sick pleasure in learning more difficult dances to the songs that get all the girls crazy (Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, etc.) because we know that by the midnight time, there is no way they are going to figure it out.

Judge us as you will… just learn the dance first.

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Electric Cowboy. (Line Dance to “Funky Cowboy”)

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Amanda| 2 Comments

Okay guys, time to kick it up a notch. This dance is an 80 count. Yes, I said it… an 80 count dance. It takes time to learn; however, it is so much fun once you get it. The dance is called “Electric Cowboy” and is choreographed by Carter Butler. At Saddle Ridge (and Brothers Grimm, of course) we dance this to “Funky Cowboy” by Ronnie McDowell.

The step sheet is here. Good luck! I find it hard to read through. It makes more sense after watching the video, though.

We do apologize for the technical problem in the middle of the video. For some reason the video started skipping. Since it’s a 13 minute long demo, I decided that it is repeated enough that everybody will be okay. If it’s not okay, we’ll refilm that part so let us know!!

Enjoy!

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