2008 Workshop.  HOWDY PARDNERS!  We had a rip-roarin’ good time at the “Best Little Workshop in Texas” this year!  The fun started Thursday evening, April 17th with an open dance party.  The Workshop was Friday, April 18th, and continued on Saturday afternoon, April 19th, in the ballroom of the Farmers Branch Senior Center.  Check this video to relive some of the fun!  See y’all next year at the 2009 Workshop.

2009 Workshop.  We already have a date for next year's Workshop... mark your calendar!  We need each unique spark from every dancer to keep our flame a-burnin’.  Next year's Workshop is April 16-18, 2009, which includes the Thursday night party!  We hope you will return to carry on this tradition of fun and friendship.  And, if you missed the Workshop this year, don’t let it happen again! 

A Big Thank-You to Everyone!  Now, back to the 2008 Workshop.  We want to thank all them cattle rustlers, horse thieves, gamblers, flim flammers, and ladies of… uh, well, you know… that showed up at the event.  Seemed like everybody thar was a wanted outlaw…lessen, of course, they claim it was a long-lost relative whose picture was up on them wanted posters! 

Even with such questionable characters in attendance, the Workshop was a huge success and we owe a great big THANKS! to everybody who attended.  We have a loyal following of Texas and non-Texas participants whose support enables us to continue every year to hold this special event that presents and teaches the dances nominated to be a part of the Texas Line Dance Jamboree.  It was a very special group of teachers and students who attended the Workshop and we want you to know we are extremely grateful for your presence.  There were many newcomers on the scene and that was a tremendous boost for us.  Not only did we have new people from Texas, but also from Kansas, Mississippi, Florida, Oklahoma, and Washington state!!! 

A Special Thanks to the Instructors.  We want especially to thank   Michael Barr and Michele Burton for their fun-loving enthusiasm and top-notch teaching skills!  They opened the “doors” to give it “life,” “giggles,” “wiggles,” “funk,” “flow,” and just a touch of the “blues.”   Yes, at the Workshop we truly did “dance with the stars!”

We also thank Mona Puente, not only for her firecrackin’, finger-snappin’-good teaching techniques, but also for leading her team to dazzle us with another awesome performance by the TEXAS BOOTSCOOTERS!  They were, indeed, amazing and we were so privileged to have them for a second year.

And, thank you Rosalee Musgrave for a job well-done!  Rosalee good-heartedly “boogied” and “banded” along with us to give us her wonderfully professional teaching style.  

Michael Barr

Michele Burton

Mona Puente