Kuching Workshop With Philip Sobrielo on this Sat 26 June

14 of us are are flying to Kuching to attend the workshop on Sat . We will bring home some exciting dances to share with all of you. Philip will share with us some styling for a Salsa dance, a country dance , a hip hop dance etc.

Take note of the cancellation of the sat class on 26 June.

A Healthy 2nd Jamming Party for 2010

Our 2nd Jamming party on 23 June 2010 was indeed successful with lots of fruits to savour and 26 dances to enjoy. A big Thank You to everyone for the healthy and delicious fruits - what a big variety ! Most of us were really exhausted after the jamming which proves that we need to dance continuously more often.

Thanks to Marianna and Michael for shooting the videos of our Jamming. Refer to youtube channels of KKLD2009 and Stepinlinedance

Oop's ! Has Yipee banned all users from using their website?

Well , you can now use http://copperknob.co.uk/ for your stepsheets and video clips from youtube.

I have extracted the explaination fron Jennifer Choo's website:-

"I heard that the real reason for Yipee being down is because the hosting company that hosts www.yipee.sg has banned them. And why did the hosting company ban Yipee? Simply because Yipee is growing too quickly and they register too many hits, way too many for the small hosting company to managed. And so, every other sites that the hosting company hosts, also went down, probably cos Yipee is taking a whole big lot of their limited bandwidth.
Meanwhile, let’s hope Yipee will resolve this asap and get up and run as usual again. I know how Yipee can be a lifeline to many line dancers out there!"
Thanks Jennifer

Time to learn Always Be My Baby

After all the many revision classes we've had I think we are pretty good with the 26 dances for our jamming next week.
For this Sat 19 June, let's enjoy a new dance , Always Be my Baby, choreographed by Philip Sobrielo. I have posted this dance earlier. For stepsheet and video clip, please go to the SEARCH column and enter the dance name.

Change in class venue and Class cancellation

Please take note:-
1. For this Sat, 19 June, class will be held in John's Dance Academy(chess competition in Luyang Hall)
2. For the following Sat 26 June, class will be cancelled as 14 of us will be attending the Philip Sobrielo Workshop in Kuching.
Reminder: Our Jamming Party will be held on next Wed, 23 June. Starts at 7pm. Please have your dinner before you come. Potluck of fresh fruits only. Come dressed in bright colours

FIFA World Cup 2010 Opening Ceremony:Shakira -WAKA WAKA -FIFA World Cup 2010 Celebration concert

Hey, our EZ Waka Waka dance copies the actions of the dancers in the chorus section of the song.

Let's add EZ Waka Waka to our Original Waka Waka Dance

This is a cute easy (EZ) line dance choreographed by Winnie Yu to our same Waka Waka song. To enjoy both choreographies we shall now dance 2 in 1, starting with EZ Waka Waka and continuing with our Waka Waka for the next half. ( refer to our sequence in the stepsheet below)





EZ Waka Waka ...refer to our 2 in 1 sequence below
Choreographed by:Winnie Yu (Dancepooh) Canada (June 10)
Music:Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira (CD: The Official 2010 Fifa World Cup Song)
Descriptions:PH count - Beginner/Intermediate level line dance



Intro:10 count

Sequence: ABCD ABCDD ABDD AE ......We shall start our WAKA WAKA after the 2nd ABCD, ie we start on D, which is our B in WAKA WAKA

*** This is dedicated to The Salvation Army Women's Camps 2010 - Line Dance Workshop

Sec AR & L (Heel Forward, Toe Back) X3, Heel Forward, Step With Clap Hands
1-2 Touch right heel forward to the L diagonal, Touch right toe back
3-6 Repeat counts 1-2 two times
7-8 Touch right heel forward to the L diagonal, Step diagonal to the R and clap hands
9-16 Repeat count 1 to 8 start with L foot (Mirror image to L)
17-32 Repeat count 1 to 16

Sec BShuffle ¼ Right, Touch, Shuffle ½ Left, Touch ¼ Right, (Touch, Step)
1-4 Make a ¼ turn right and stepping forward on right (3:00), Step left next to right, step forward on right, touch left foot next to right
Optional arms: Spread out your arms and move in a circular direction (right hand going clockwise, left hand going counter-clockwise) 2 times
5-8 Make a ½ turn left and stepping forward on left (9:00), Step right next to left, step forward on left, Make a ¼ turn right, touching right foot next to left (12:00)
Optional arms: same as count 1 to 4
9-12 Touch R forward, step right foot together, touch L forward, step left foot together
13-16 Repeat counts 9-12
17-32 Repeat count 1 to 16

Sec C(Side, Side, Chasse R, Side, Side, Chasse L) X4
1-2,3&4 Small hop right to right side, hop left to left side, hop right to right side, hop left next to right, hop right to right side
5-6,7&8 Small hop left to left side, hop right to right side, hop left to left side, hop right next to left, hop left to left side
9-32 Repeat count 1 to 8 – L, R, L 3 times

Sec DOut, Out, In, In, Step In Place X4
1-4 Step right forward to the right diagonal, step left forward to left diagonal, step right backward, step left next to right Optional arms: Put your arms in a prayer position in front of chest elbows out to side. As you step out on right foot, move your right shoulder to the right side. As you step out on left foot, move your left shoulder to the left side… X2
5-8 Step in place – R, L, R, L
Optional arms: Your arms still in a prayer position, rolling your arms outwards 2 times (count 5,6). throws arms over your shoulders 2 times (count 7,8)
9-16 Repeat count 1 to 8


*Ending (Section E): Free styling turning around your body L, R, L, R over 32 counts with your hands up like flying. And put your arms back to a prayer position & pose.