I've noticed differences in dress styles between areas and venues. At one CW place in the PNW a lot of ladies wear evening dresses and a lot of guys...
"Pontoon" is hot, in Phoenix it crossed over to non-Country WCS venues.
That's a good one. Recent good WCS release; "Pontoon" by Little Big Town. A good but oldy is "Crazy Mama" by JJ Cale.
I agree, leather soles are the way to go, and a suede sole like dance shoes is even better. I've had several shoes, and boots, resoled for dancing...
Yes Yes Yes! Verbally counting is the most effective way to learn counting, it doesn't need to be loud but the act of speaking reinforces the...
Different dances and different instructors teach pivot turns differently. For me pivot turns are basic SS pivots, but my partners does them on QQ,...
No but they need to be on the same even or odd beats. The quicks are one beat of music, and the slows are a weight transfer one beat and hold for...
Yes.
Some of the country places that I attend play cha-cha and waltz, and you cna see the difference in dancer backgrounds as they dance; some with...
Same dance, according to my source in Phoenix it started as A2S, then was renamed Rhythm 2S. A2S can sometimes have the appearance of of a slow...
I do a similar starter step, but it is more of a turning basic than a whip. Triple step forward triple step back 1, lead the lady forward as I step...
I've observed the same thing in Phoenix, lots of college age and twenty somethings attending WCS dances. WOW, they are good!!!
I also want to add some points to this fine discussion. Like the OP I also dance in the Greater Phoenix area, and attend WCS dances as well as take...
I've observed the same thing in the Phoenix area and don't know why. I've also observed the opposite in other locals. My wife keeps track of the...
Or like the Graham Brothers in the SW who put several venues in one building. The one in Tempe AZ puts three dance venues in one building plus a...
I know you've done a lot of research on WCS and this link to Wiki has some info on the coaster step as an anchor, and the change to current...
I agree on both points. WCS may have had close ties to country swing but today it is quite diverse and seems to be continually evolving....
I just gotta stir things up a bit and suggest that there are very few good CW songs for WCS but a lot of songs from other genre that are better. My...
In reading a lot of post on this forum I often think that we are describing the same thing in many different ways. I'm relatively new to CW dancing...
I wore out the soles on my evening stars and had them resoled. Just shop around shoe repair shops for a shop the resoles dance shoes. I found a...
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