A DAY IN THE LIFE
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BillMcKechnie
In the last of the present
series of “Day In The Life”,
Bill tells us about being a
house husband and how
he survives hen nights!
You love writing poetry. Where do you fi nd
inspiration?
Sometimes when I wake up very early in the morning
with words fl oating round in my head, I get up quick
BillMcKechnie
and write them down on paper then I try to decipher
them and usually fi nish up with a decent poem out
of it.
Tell us more about your life?
I am a full time house husband, dad and a I get home I go on the computer and have I am married to the most beautiful girl in the world
self-employed Line dance instructor, I fi nd a look at Linedancer website for any new Kate who is my rock, I have four children. My eldest
no two days are the same. In the morning I absolute beginner dances. I fi nd it very is Martyn who is 23 and has a little boy who will be
can be a bit on the grumpy side till shower diffi cult to go to bed before midnight as one soon, my daughter Afton who is 18, my little boy
time, then the world always looks a better I feel I should be doing something more Lochlyn who was two in July and Maisie Rose.
place! I am married to Kate and she is a full than sleeping. This routine has changed
time Primary School Teacher at Brookhurst recently only because Kate is off work at What would you like to achieve in your life you
school in Leamington Spa. We have a little the moment as we have had a new arrival have not as yet done?
boy whom we adore and I share my time in the shape of little Maisie Rose who was I have always hoped to be noticed as a writer and a
with looking after him, taking him to the born in 18th October. This means I am poet and LCP a Publishing Company in Leamington
swimming pool and doing all the house duty able to go out in the mornings to Nursing Spa who supply 14,000 Primary Schools in the UK
things that need doing. Homes teaching armchair Line dancing to with teaching resources have approached me to
the elderly, afternoons at primary schools put together a cross curriculum planning using a
Once Kate is back home and everyone is for seven year olds upwards and evenings thematic approach. They actually want to produce
happy and fed, it is time for me to get ready for adult classes. I fi nd working with a CD that will comprise of: Original music on CD for
to go to my dance class. I love Mondays the elderly immensely rewarding. I have twelve dances with accompanying poems Lesson
because my class are all absolute beginners, devised a variety hour. First I demonstrate plans, medium-term plans with cross curricular links
they are so funny. We really do have a good the Line dancing then I teach them how Photographs of the dances, suggested choreography,
laugh it makes teaching Line dancing all to transfer the feet to the hands then the and text of poems presented in power point
worthwhile. I also teach intermediates and I music goes on and it is fun for them and This is a very exciting opportunity for me!
generally know exactly what I want to teach. good exercise too. I also entertain them
However, when I get to the class and have a because I play keyboard, harmonica, recite How has Line dance changed your daily life and
look at who is on the fl oor, as I only teach for my Christian poetry, tell them jokes and from when?
an hour I often change my mind and tailor sing the old war songs. Occasionally I Readers know my work with wheelchair dancers and
the class and teach to my dancer’s abilities. teach at weddings, birthday parties and why I have always been at the forefront of wanting
hen nights. The hen nights are the scariest them to be seen and taken seriously. I was recently
I also have a very good memory and very because the girls are always in that frame of featured in the magazine (October 08) and told my
seldom have to look at a dance sheet after mind if you know what I mean but I don’t story but when all is said and done, Line dancing for
I have learned it so I can store it in the suppose I help matters by dancing the me is almost obsessive. I will probably end up dying
brain safe until I need to teach it. When Funky Cowboy in full hip wiggle mode! on the dance fl oor!
Day in the life DEC 1 30/10/08, 2:11:01 pm
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