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Hello and welcome to Frank Trace’s Line Dance Web Site.
Bookmark this site and stop back often for Information and Up Dates.

 

Up-Dated  July, 2008

My Summer Line Dance Classes began on Wednesday, June 4th at the beautiful LAKE CABLE CLUBHOUSE in Canton.  Classes will continue till July 30th. Many people refer to my summer classes as "LINE DANCE Boot Camp". Reason?  You can expect to get a real workout, as you learn some great new dances as well as having the opportunity of reviewing many of our favorites.

Fall Line Dance Classes will begin in September at three locations.  Watson School, Orchard Hill School and Sauder School.  For more information click here; Classes.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE DANCES WE ARE ENJOYING

Beginner Dancers are currently enjoying:
Duck Soup, Tush Push, Stealing The Best, Come On & Dance, Stroll Along Cha Cha, I Love A Rainy Night, Little Rhumba, Happy Radio, Disco Funk, Can You Feel It, Break Away, How Long, Shy Waltz, Star Shuffle, Eye Candy, You And Me In The Country, Bally's Mambo, Step Back, Ah Si, Adaptable, Cowboy Charleston, Wrong Way and many more.

Intermediate Dancers are currently enjoying:
Sea Salt Sally, Feed The Fetish, Jazz It Up, Amor De Hielo, Crazy Foot Mambo, Not Like That, Dance Like You Are The Only One, Foolish, Firecracker, Alligator Rock, Funkified Blues, Rebel Amor, Doors Of Life, Charanga, Rock This Party, Zjozzy's Funk, Sweet Sweet Smile, Hickory Lake, Hello Stranger, Feel Good Rumba, Chill Factor, Hound Dog and many more.

**  LINE DANCE EVENTS  **

JULY 6  -  “Line Dance Party” at Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Canton, Ohio. Dancing from 6:00 PM till 9:00 PM. Open to the public.  Cover $5.00.  No Lessons, just dancing.

JULY 18  -  Line Dance Party Richville Hall. Massillon, OH. Dancing from 8:00 PM till 11:00 PM. Open to the public.  Cover $5.00. This months theme is "I Love The USA".  Wear your patriotic colors.

AUGUST 3  -  “Line Dance Party” at Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Canton, Ohio. Dancing from 6:00 PM till 9:00 PM. Open to the public.  Cover $5.00.  No Lessons, just dancing.

AUGUST 15  -  Line Dance Party Richville Hall. Massillon, OH. Dancing from 8:00 PM till 11:00 PM. Open to the public.  Cover $5.00. This months theme is "I Love The USA".  Wear your patriotic colors.

September 7  -  “OHIO LINE DANCE INSTRUCTOR MEETING” at Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Canton, Ohio. Meeting and workshop from 2:00 PM till 4:30 PM. Open to all line dance teachers.  Cover $5.00.

**  MY CHOREOGRAPHY  **

I'm very exited to have been invited to join the staff of instructors this year at the JG2 Line dance Marathon in Raleigh, North Carolina.  I will debut my two newest line dances on Friday, May 30th at a 2:00 pm workshop.

DUCK SOUP - This is a Beginner level "Swing" line dance that can be done to many medium tempo songs.  It incorporates some fun steps from the 40's swing era. (Video)

FEEL GOOD RUMBA - This is an Easy Intermediate level line dance that can be done in either a smooth and slower tempo or to a fast and fun beat.  You can change the 'feel of the dance"  with the "tempo" of the selected music. (Video)

HAPPY RADIO - This Beginner Level Dance achieved the number one spot on the Kickit web site's "Most Taught" line dance chart.  The dance is choreographed to a fun song from the "Disco Era" called "H. A. P. P. Y. Radio" by Edwin Starr.  The music is happy and UP-BEAT. (Video)

ADAPTABLE - This Easy Intermediate Level Dance was my first piece of choreography and reached the #1 spot on the Kickit web site's "Most Taught" line dance chart.  It also placed first in 2007 at the JG2 Line Dance Marathon Choreographer's Competition. (Video)

**  FRANK TV  **

Watch videos of my dances: Adaptable (Video), Happy Radio (Video), Duck Soup (Video) and Feel Good Rumba (Video) on www.youtube.com. The videos were filmed by one of my students at our monthly Sunday Night Dance Party at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, at one of our classes and at the Italian American Festival in Canton, Ohio. As you can see from these videos, we have a great time.

OHIO LINE DANCE INSTRUCTORS MEETING
Sunday, September 7, 2008

The newly formed Ohio Line Dance Instructor group (OLDI) meets every other month. This group enables teachers to meet with fellow instructors to discuss issues, swap line dances and share some ideas and laughs. This organization also helps to promote line dancing in our area of Ohio by uniting us as instructors.

Meetings are open to all Line Dance Instructors and "wanna-be" instructors. Teachers take turns sharing and teaching line dances. We strive to teach a balance of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced line dances and attempt to use a mix of country and pop music.

Our next scheduled meeting is on Sunday, September 7, 2008. Time: 2:00 PM till 4:30 PM. Meetings are held at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Canton, Ohio.

If you would like to be added to the teaching schedule or for information contact,
Frank Trace at franktrace@sssnet.com

OUR FAVORITE DANCES OF 2007

After tabulating our request sheets and play lists from last year, I came up with our Top 20 Favorite Line Dances of 2007. The Top 20 list is broken into Beginner Level Dances and Intermediate Level Dances. These are the line dances that my students most enjoyed dancing.

TOP 15 BEGINNER LINE DANCES OF 2007

1 - Adaptable (Trace)
2 - Rio (Lowery)
3 - Step Back (Bader) - done to "Hold Your Horses" by E-Type
4 - Ah Si ( Masur)
5 - You & Me In The Country (Mary Lou Crowe)
6- DHSS (Teather)
7 - Almost Cha Cha (Lawsaw)
8 - New Attitude (Bass)
9 - Shy Waltz (Hewitt) - done to "Rock N Roll Waltz" by Scooter Lee
10 - Cruisin' (Hale)
11 - Eye Candy (Murphy)
12 - G I Joe (Reeves)
13 - Star Shuffle (Wilson) - done to "Love Is Strange" by Dolly & Kenny
14 - Tush Push (Ferrazzano)
15 - Happy Radio (Trace)

TOP 15 INTERMEDIATE LINE DANCES OF 2007

1 - Simplemente (Sala)
2 - East To West (Hayden)
3 - Walk Back To Me (Metelnick, Biggs, Aldro)
4 - It's Up To You (Ray)
5 - Mr. Pinstripe (Ward)
6 - Rock This Party (Ward)
7 - Say Hey (Farrell)
8 - Mucara Walk (Steel) - done to "Buttons"
9 - Don't Feel Like Dancing (Stott)
10 - One (Willis, Brockmann)
11 - Bosa Nova (Dennington)
12 - Zjozzy's Funk (Petra, Velden)
13 - Butter Beans (Petre)
14 - After Party (Rowe)
15 - Doors Of Life (Barr)
 

WOW, my Line Dance, “ADAPTABLE”, won two first place awards at last years 2007 JG2 Line Dance Marathon.

On June 3, 2007 at the JG2 Marathon in Raleigh, NC, I entered my choreographed line dance, Adaptable, in the “new” line dance competition and was shocked to win in two categories. Best new NOVICE “COUNTRY” LINE DANCE and best new NOVICE “NON-COUNTRY” LINE DANCE.

I entered the dance in both categories because it is very “adaptable” to many types of music. The songs where “Trust Yourself” by Carlene Carter (country) and “Come On Over” by Christine Aguilera (pop).

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and my dance.

                            DANCE AS THOUGH NO ONE IS WATCHING YOU!