When Betty, Steve and I got to Cagnes, the three
of us were astounded at the amount of people
GILLES BATAILLE is the
there and their obvious love of Line dance. A
lynchpin for wheelchair dancing. His incredible
whole magazine would never do the event justice
stamina and desire to integrate wheelchairs on
but here are a few of the key people who are
dance fl oors is amazing. Gilles’ team is always
joyful and excited to be on the fl oor.
making the whole of France Line dance….
Nouveaux talents
A wealth of new talent was present at the festival.
Here are just a few names that we hope to meet
soon in up and coming issues.
“Happy Charleston” is a winner in France.
One of France’s great charm ambassadors!
ROBERT WANSTREET
is Mister Linedance for many. Robert has always
worked tirelessly to get everyone dancing in
France and today, he is seen as not only one
GUYLAINE BOURDAGES
of the precursors but also as someone most
dancers look up to.
is a Canadian instructor and choreographer
from Quebec. She is very engaging and dancers
seem to pick up the most complicated routines
fast thanks to her very sunny delivery.
(aka Cri-Cri pronounce Creecree). Lovely
Christiane is a ball of fun and is a talented
instructor and choreographer. Watch out for
“Behind My Memory” a super dance written
by Cri-Cri!
Annie, Cricri and Alain
Country-France.com
is a fantastic website with details of clubs, dances,
top tens, merchandise, in other words anything and
everything you wish to know about Line dance.
Alain Mangenot (the husband of Annie Dance) is
someone else for whom 24 hours a day are just not
enough. Working with a small team, Alain has built
a website that most of the French dancers know
and use and that people the world over envy for its
wealth of information. Last year, Linedancer and
Country-France brought a DVD and CD set “Love
To Line Dance” for the French market. As this was a
huge success, Volume Deux is about to be launched
soon. Website:
www.country-france.com
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