Winnie’s Winning Team
Poets Corner
An excerpt from a poem
By Hope Kok, Cape Town
Arthritis was getting its hold on me,
and exercise was seriously needed you see
So I joined a group and took a chance
To learn and enjoy Country Line dance.
The terminology so confusing,
Nevertheless, sounded rather amusing.
Whilst visiting Canada, Annie Harris of AC’s Line Dance Club in Sussex Steps such as Rocking Chairs and Weaves,
and her partner, looked for a local Line dance class. Annie was lucky Grapevines, Jazz boxes and Military turns,
enough to contact one of Winnie Yu’s instructors, Agnus and asked if All hold the promise of calories that will burn.
they could attend one of their classes, he responded: “Yes come along The heel switches, however, I just cannot master,
tomorrow morning, we have a class at Heat Beat.” On another occasion My hips refuse, they will not move faster.
they attended Maphine’s class at the Starwalk International Buffet in The Paddle Turns, Stomps and Scuffs
Scarborough, Ontario, where you can eat and dance for four hours. Annie Are the easiest of all the Line dance stuff.
says: “We would like to thank Winnie and her team for both occasions.” After months of my feet confused,
She adds: “We were made so welcome by everyone at Winnie’s classes, My hips complaining and my husband bemused,
she is a fantastic advertisement for Line dancing, promoting friendship I fi nished the course of our Line Dance group.
and confi dence. No matter what our tastes and preferences, at the end Now in the ‘Kenridge Kountry Kickers’ troupe.
of the day we are all there to enjoy ourselves in our own way and these
ladies and gentlemen certainly know how to do that. Their generosity
was outstanding.”
10YEARSago
December 1998 saw a ‘no Shot Full Of Love, which saw him emerge with a new image, he
holds barred’ Christmas cover? said: “I adjusted my music, my attitude and my appearance.” He
It featured almost everything doesn’t seem to have done too bad on it! A dream came true for
to do with Christmas, a sixteen year old Chantelle Neville of Dalbeattie in Scotland as
small boy on his toy horse, explained in the feature on pages 34 and 35. Her dream was to
Christmas tree, Santa and dance with Lionel Blair and so she did, in front of over 5 million
presents, in fact everything except the kitchen sink. Betty was viewers in the BBC’s National Lottery Dream World programme.
unable to have her usual chat with readers in Dear Dancers due to Her favourite dances at the time were The Beast, Beethoven’s
prior commitments. It would have meant her writing her message Boogie and Out Of Time.
whilst stepping out on the dance fl oor at Disneyland, Paris. Page 39 was a feature about Maggie Gallagher being the only
In Grapevine Helen O’Malley announced her Valentine Tour British instructor to attend the annual Chicago Land Country
for the following Spring. In a feature on page 13, Andy Leach of Western Dance Festival in Rosemont. She told us: “The real boost
The Haywood Hospital in Stoke On Trent explained the benefi ts came when I performed a demonstration with my three American
of adopting Line dancing as a regular exercise pattern to relieve cousins, the audience went wild and we received a standing
most forms of back pain. On page 25 Rick Dreher, who had been a ovation.” At the time Maggie had been a Line dance instructor for
physical instructor for over 20 years, told us how he introduced Line only four years and she was also celebrating her 30th birthday.
dancing to the inmates of Dartmoor prison. He also had to persuade Whilst on holiday in the US, Alan Livett stumbled across Line
the Governor to let the inmates take part in a 12 hour charity Line dancing and became hooked. On page 41 he explained that he
dance. Hope they included Jailhouse Rock in their repertoire. stumbled no more and how he became a DJ and teacher, he also
Pages 26 and 27 is where Jo Thompson told us about how her told us about his promoting and touring with Line dance superstars
passion for Line dancing began. She said: “I know that I’ll be from North America. Pages 48 and 49 reported on a special event
involved in dance forever. If I had to choose between choreography to which children of Chernobyl were guests of honour, organised
and teaching I would choose the latter.” Well lucky for us she did by Dronfi eld’s local Rotary Club. Amongst the Stepping Of The Page
not have to. Music Matters told of the latest Billy Ray Cyrus CD, dance scripts were Ho No It’s Christmas and Greased Lightning.
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