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The Farmers Branch Workshop!

 

Farmers Branch 2008 Workshop.  Woooo Hoooo!  The 2008 Workshop, the best l'il workshop in Texas, will be April 18-19 (Fri and Sat).  Once again, on Thursday evening, April 17, we've reserved the dance hall in ole hist-o-ric downtown Carrollton, only this time we have it fer four hours... plenty o’ time to git in all our fav’rite dances!  The Workshop will be hosted by Nikki Simpson (rockinredrodeo@tx.rr.com).  The Workshop registration form, along with many more details on the Workshop are available on Nikki Simpson's web site.

Farmers Branch Senior Center

Farmers Branch Senior Center

Instructors.  You are familiar with the Workshop instructors... Michael Barr and Michele Burton.  Along with many other great dances, Michael and Michele, separately and together, have provided the Jamboree with dances such as Last Days of Disco, Second Chance Waltz, If the Shoe Fits, Mud on the Tires, Midnight Rendezvous, and That Cat Is High. They will lead you through the new and exciting dance selections, including some of their latest.

 

And assisting Michael and Michele, and a choreographer in her own right, will be our own Texas teacher, Mona Puente.  Mona is Director of the Texas BootScooters, the ever popular country western line dance team.  She is also the Texas State Director of the National Teachers’ Association of Country Western Dance and is a popular teacher of line dance and couples’ dance in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

 

Michael & Michele

Dances.  A complete list of dances to be taught at the Workshop is given below.  Click on the name of the dance for a step sheet... click on the camera for a video.  Videos may also be available for some of the dances at Yipee and at World Line Dance Newsletter... and you might also try the choreographer's web site... Kickit has an extensive list of choreographer's sites.

   

Dance & Choreographer

Video

Song & Artist

Amor de Hielo - Debbie Ellis Amor De Hielo - David Civera
Bandstand Boogie - Annie Saerens Bandstand Boogie - Scooter Lee
Charanga - Rachael McEnaney La Charanga Cubaila (radio mix) - Cubaila
Doors of Life - Michael Barr The Door Of The Life - Mariya Takeuchi
Firecracker - Robert Lindsay You set my Heart on Fire - Helena Paparizou
Funkafied Blues - Jo Thompson Funkafied Blues - E. C. Scott
Hey Diddle Diddle - M. Burton & M. Barr Diddle Diddle Swing - Genius + Love
If You Don't Know - Pauline Greenwood If You Don't Know Me - Human Nature
Rebel Amor - Roy Verdonk & Wil Bos Rebelle Amor - Belle Perez
Rock With You - Michael Barr Rock With You Now - The Bama Band
Rollin' With The Flow - John Rowell Rollin' With The Flow - Mark Chesnutt
Temptation - P. Metelnick & A. Biggs Temptation - Arash featuring Rebecca
Zjozzys Funk - Petra van der Velden Bacco Perbacco - Zucchero

 

Selection of Dances.  Eight of the above dances were selected in late May by vote of he Texas teachers.  See the Dance Info page for results.