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Farmers Branch Workshop
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2010 Workshop.
We are in high gear and gettin' ready for this year’s Workshop and it should be
a good one!
Workshop Dance Nominations. Each Jam teacher has been asked to nominate up to two dances for the 2010 Workshop. To give the Workshop Instructors time to learn the dances, the nominations need to be received no later than February 1 (the sooner the better). You can email or snail mail. Send nominations to Nikki Simpson at rockinredrodeo@tx.rr.com. For the nomination, please send the exact names of the dances and the year each dance was choreographed, the name of the choreographer(s), the names of the music, along with the stepsheets.
The dances can be any level (i.e., beginner, high beginner, intermediate, intermediate-advanced, advanced, etc.) and any style (i.e., waltz, cha, rock, country, nightclub, etc.).
The dances must be “new” to the Workshop (never previously nominated or taught at the Workshop).
No dance over two years old should be nominated and more current dances are preferred.
Please DO NOT nominate dances by local choreographers or nominate your own dances. Please do not ask others to nominate a particular dance. The nomination process should remain confidential.
If you know of a teacher who does not receive email, please pass this information on to that person.
Many lower parts of this page are out of date and
will be updated as information is available... but
they're reminders of the great fun enjoyed at the Workshop!
We hope you were able to attend.
“At
the Hop…Hop…Hop!” Like Wow!! Elvis, Jerry Lee, Marilyn, James,
Sandra, Frankie, and a host of others invite you to rock ‘n roll your chassis on
over to the
This year's theme... “At the Hop! 1950’s style.” Be sure to wear your favorite 50’s digs. We plan to have some spectacular props for group pictures.
Get on down as we be bop, shoo bop, and mop up the floor, Thursday evening, April 16th from 7 to 11pm at our open dance party in the newly renovated Plaza Arts Center, 1115 Fourth Avenue, Carrollton, Texas on the Square in downtown historic Carrollton, just minutes from the senior center and hotels.
Then, dance on Cloud 9 for two days with
world-famous choreographers,
Along with Michael and Michele will be our own
Texas choreographer,
So like… be cool! Floor your 8’s and cruise on over to the Farmers Branch Jamboree Workshop... where Jamboree dances are born!
Scroll down to the bottom of this page for some pictures from last year and relive some of the fun of the 2008 Workshop. Y'all will remember we all had a rip roarin’ good time! See you in April at the 2009 Workshop.
Dances.
Dance nominations for this year's
Workshop are listed below. The eight
dances recently selected for the Jamboree in October are marked with a blue star (
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Michele Burton
Mona Puente |
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Dance & Choreographer
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Music & Artist
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Am I? - Cato Larson |
Am I Supposed To Love Again - Veronica Akselsen |
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Amame - Robbie McGowan Hickie |
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Amame - Belle Perez |
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Doctor’s Orders -Maggie Gallagher |
Doctor’s Orders - Jane McDonald |
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Faith In Love - JR Willis & Craig Bennett |
Faith In Love - Reba McEntire & Rascal Flatts |
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Little Red Book - Dee Musk |
You’re More than A Number - The Drifters |
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Make My Day - Francien Sittrop |
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Pussycat Dolls |
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Moonlight Kiss - Maggie Gallagher |
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Moonlight Kiss - Raul Malo |
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My Veronica - Peter & Alison |
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My Veronica - Barbados |
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Never Ending Love - Maria Tao |
Never Ending Song of Love - Osmond Brothers |
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One Love - Michael Barr |
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One Love - Amazing Rhythm Aces |
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Tango Cha - Jo Thompson |
Tango - Jaci Velasquez |
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Tempted Tonight - Michele Burton |
Some Bridges Need Burning - Keisa Brown |
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Tumbling Rush - Peter & Alison |
They Call It Falling For a Reason - Trisha Yearwood Flashdance - Bjorn Again |
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Turn Down The Lights - The Dornstedts |
Turn Down the Lights - Neil Diamond |
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2008 Workshop... a Big Thank-You to Everyone! Last 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. We want to thank all them cattle rustlers, horse thieves, gamblers, flim flammers, and ladies of… uh, well, you know… that showed up at last year's Workshop. Seemed like everybody thar was a wanted outlaw…lessen, of course, they claim it was a long-lost relative whose picture was in them wanted posters! |
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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!!! |
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A Special Thanks to the 2008 Instructors.
We want especially to thank
We also
thank
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2008 Memories. We’ve put together a collection of scenes from last year’s Workshop and hope you will enjoy looking at them and remembering the fun weekend we had together... click on the thumbnail for a larger picture. Several people voiced the sentiment that even though the dances selected and the teaching and the craaaaazzy art work and the entertainment were terrific, those things were not the most important. What was uppermost in importance was the people who gathered together—and the renewing of old friendships and the making of new friendships. That was the most valued part of the Workshop. |
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Thur Night |
Thur Night |
Thur Nigh |
Bootscooters |
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Dorothy, Merilyn and John |
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Michael |
Youngest-at-Heart |
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![]() Michele
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2009 Workshop.
We hope you will return next year to carry on
this tradition of fun and friendship. And… if
you missed the Workshop last year, don’t let it happen again! We need
each unique spark from every dancer to keep our flame a-burnin’.
Remember, the date for
FARMERS BRANCH LINE DANCE JAMBOREE WORKSHOP
“The Best Little Workshop in Texas!” |