Dancing With David Hoyn

David Hoyn Social with Hillbilly Rick(USA) Pedro(USA) and Malaysian Instructors

David had his social in May at Dapto. Fantastic venue, with plenty of line dancers from everywhere, just to name a few of David's guests, Alison Johnston from Perth, a couple of Malaysian Instructors, Hillbilly Rick and Pedro from USA.

All Instructors 

The Tornados (Aussie Band) kept us on the floor all night, with suggested dances to their songs.
We were taught a few dances by the overseas instructors, Jungle Freak was a popular dance and done as a contra dance. A little confusing at first but after a while we all got the hang of it.

Ian from Toukley Region such a tall man

Our girls enjoyed themselves on the night, having a go at some of the dances they didn't know. But it was nice to sit and watch as some of the Malaysian ladies did their dances, you can tell they love their dancing.

With Pedro (USA) instructor

The girls with Hillbilly Rick (USA) instructor 

Thanks David for a great night of fun and entertainment. Let us know when your next social will be on well worth the trip.

Homebush Ball & April Social Fund Raiser

Greenacres Disability Services Fund Raising Social
Our annual fund raising social for Greenacres Disability Services, was well attended this year, a big thank you to everyone that bought along food and helped set up the tables for the afternoon, a big thanks to Janet & Kathy for helping out at the front desk and also my husband Rob who kept the hot food coming and washed up and vacuumed at the end of the social, I wouldn't be able to run the social without your help thank you xx.

We had lots of fun with a set program of dances and requests, to raise extra money, I would not call any tags or restarts for all dances, those that did the dances and forgot the tags or restarts had to put coins in the box for their mistakes, some people put in a few notes before we even started, it was quite funny.

Also a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream in the middle of the floor and you toss $1 coins, the closest to the  bottle wins.

We raised $913 for the fund raiser, which was a great effort on last years total which was about $500 less. So well done everyone.











Homebush Ball

Homebush Ball was fantastic, there were about 600 people that attended and we were lucky to have secured a bus to take us to this venue with our very good driver Neil, who got us back home safe & sound.

As usual the ladies & men that had a go at most dances ticked their favourites and told me I have to teach these dances, so my work is cut out for me for the next couple of months.

We have secured the bus again for next year, and already we have half the bus filled. So many want to experience the Ball, next year will be the 10th year celebrations so this will be extra special.

A couple of weeks before the Ball, we had a group of 10 students from Ros Straw's group come down for a weekend to practice the dances for the Ball, we had a lot of fun nutting out these dances. Thanks for your company, catch you another time.

March

I can't believe we are almost into April, my last post was in November 2015. So much has happened over the last few months.

Since we started back at dancing in January, we have been learning lots of dances for the Homebush Ball coming up in April, one new dance every week, the songs are great and the dances are fun as well.

2016 started off with our first social for Australia Day, with Jenny Landsberry from Sussex Inlet. What a nice way to kick of the year. The social was well attended with everyone hanging out to dance after a long break over Xmas. Lots of laughs and Australia Day door prizes.

February was quiet for socials, but plenty of line dancing and Rock & Roll over the week and weekends. Such a busy life we lead.

March - Bateman's Bay had their social which was a fund raiser, unfortunately I was unable to attend as I was in Merimbula for the weekend with our annual Rock & Roll festival. Hope all went well for you all down there and plenty of money was raised for your charity.

Merimbula Rock & Roll weekend was fantastic, 3 great bands playing great songs and plenty of dancing Friday, Saturday & Sunday night, plenty of raffle prizes and classic cars on show, with Carol winning a trophy for her red Thunderbird and Eddie & Debbie getting a trophy for their FJ Holden. Maybe our Bedford Van might be there next year.

We did a bit of sight seeing during the day visiting Tathra to the north and Eden to the south of Merimbula, such beautiful places, we are so lucky here in Australia.

Totally exhausted we travelled back home on Monday, thanks to all those rockers from Merimbula for putting on such a great weekend.

Easter is next, then the Homebush Ball.

Fill you in on those later.

Chromefest at The Entrance

Rock & Roll at The Entrance was fantastic this year, perfect weather and heaps of classic cars lining the main street as well as the entire park. Terrific bands keeping everyone in the mood for dancing.

I was lucky enough to travel to The Entrance in a red Thunderbird Convertable left hand drive (which felt very strange) driven by Carol, she also won a prize for her car. It was raining all the way up the coast and lucky I bought a few towels with me as the car was leaking on my feet as well as the window, so I did a lot of mopping up, but we arrived safe and sound which was the main thing.

We stayed in a very nice unit opposite all the action with Ken & Carol, had a few nights out having dinner and enjoyed a dance or two at some of the clubs. It's funny how your feet don't do very well after a couple of drinks, but all fun just the same.

If you have never experienced Chromefest I would recommend it, it's one of the best in NSW and not too far away. Plenty of market stalls with lots of Rock & Roll nick nacks, plenty of dancing and  plenty of cars, well worth the trip.

Thanks Carol & Ken for your company, lots of fun. Photos later

October Socials

Milton Bootscooters Social
Bev Andriskie from Milton Bootscooters had a very special party celerbrating her 15 years of Line Dance Instructing, the party started at 10am until 5pm, there was a lot of food - morning tea, lunch, then afternoon tea all cooked by Bev's daughter, fantastic job and a great cook.

The hall was packed with dancers and friends that used to line dance at Bev's class. From 2pm -5pm lots of dancing. Thanks Bev for a great social. Photos a bit later.


Ulladulla Bootscooters Social
Helen Reeson also had a social raising money for Diabetic Children. The theme was Faeries & Fantasy, I must say everyone went to a lot of effort with their outfits.

Not only was it colourful but extremely funny especially Jenny Landsberry turning up in a Mini Mouse outfit with a very long and bouncing tail, which made it hard for her to dance, a few dressed in Mickey Mouse outfits and plenty of faeries and witches.

Lots of fun was had by all and raised $2000 great effort everyone.

Photos to come a bit later.

Roaring 20's Social

Our annual September Roaring 20's theme social was enjoyed by many visitors from all over New South Wales. All line dance instructors took a bracket of dances which lightens the load from me. Thank you to all instructors involved.

Rosalie Mackay was the guest instructor, and she choreographed some lovely dances with great country songs, just like the old days.

Rosalie Mackay & her group of ladies and Laurel

Everyone got into the swing of things and dressed up in beautiful outfits, there were plenty of flappers and gangsters and it was all very colourful.

Everyone enjoying the afternoon social

Rob Slater (my husband) did another fantastic job on the stage props. Bright and colourful, adds a lot of fun for the social. Simon Pavitt (my nephew) did the sound and lighting for the afternoon and had pops of coloured spot lights flashing all over the stage. Terrific job well done thanks Simon.

Stage props for our Roaring 20's social 2015

The Entertainment for the afternoon was D'Ban Jac and The Shoalhaven Shufflers, they all put on a brilliant show with singing and dancing that wowed the crowd. Thank you to all involved in the entertainment.

Thanks to all that travelled long distances, your support for our social is greatly appreciated and money raised from this social goes to local charities in the area.

I would like to thank all our committee and members that helped get the auditorium looking just brilliant with decorated tables and tea and coffee and cakes, The social would not be as good without your help so thank you very much for your input into making this a spectacular social.

Next year The Shoalhaven Country Line Dancers will be celebrating 20 years of dancing, the social will be on the 9th and 10th September, so please jot these dates down on your calendar.

The theme of the social is yet to be discussed, as soon as the flyers are done, I will send them out to everyone.

Maddison Glover's 21st Birthday

What a fantastic 21st Birthday party for Maddison Glover, this was held at the old favourite venue Yallah Woolshed, a lot of construction work is still being carried out on the shed, but the dance floor was terrific to dance on. 

Maddison invited a lot of instructors from all over Australia to join in with the celebrations and many family and friends from the line dancing world.

Maddison also had lots of Birthday wishes from instructors and friends from different countries.

Laurel, Brenda, Gina, Maureen 

 I didn't think that I would be attending a 21st Birthday celebration at my age, but it is a nice change.

Maureen, Brenda, Maddison, Laurel

Canberra Weekend

Here we are again braving the winter chills in Canberra, 4 of us travelled on Friday, so we could do a bit of shopping before the Friday night social. 

The social was a night with requests, it was a lot of fun, with plenty of dances, the ones we didn't know gave us the opportunity to catch up with some old friends and also meet new friends. 

Jenny, Muriel and Myself in the apartment next to the Italian club

 At Lunch time we had the workshop with Maddison Glover, she taught 6 dances, my head was spinning after 5 dances, so I watched the last dance which looked like a lot of fun.

The girls all ready for our big night out

The other 4 girls turned up whilst we were at the workshop and did a bit of shopping, then we all went back to the apartment for a rest and a nice drink, then it was time to dress for the big night.

Another shot of the girls before the big night social

Barry certainly knows how to have a great social, with entertainment, plenty of dancing and lots of laughs.
Barry's grandson did a great job singing a few songs for us, he is so young and has a great future. Maddison Glover did a solo number which blew everyone away, her feet were going a hundred miles an hour and danced with a lot of flare, just beautiful.

The girls having a great time, playing up for the camera

This shot of the girls shows that we also make our own fun. Thanks for a great weekend of dancing and fun Barry. Look forward to the next social.

Berry Demo in July

A Big thanks to all the girls that came along from different classes to entertain the residents at the Berry Bupa Nursing Home, we danced for about 1 hour and a few residents joined 

in to have a waltz or a jig on the dance floor.

The residents love the music, so it was lovely to see them smiling, singing and clapping along to their favourite songs.

July Socials

Well July has been full with socials every Saturday.

Batemans Bay Stampede
The first was Batemans Bay Stampede, always heaps of fun, Muriel, Brenda E, Lola, Margaret, Jenny and Myself attended this function.  It was great to catch up with Jo & Dave Lake and friends from all over the place.The theme was anything that started with the letter "S" so there were some interesting outfits, such as Sailors, Snow White, Sunflower and many others.

This event was raising money for "Muddy Puddles" and raised quite a bit of money in that afternoon.

Look forward to the next social.

Sussex Inlet Social
The next social was at Sussex Inlet, Jenny certainly knows how to put on a great social. We were entertained by Jenny & Margaret in their beautiful skirts dancing Girl Crush and showing the audience that had not seen competition dances just how it's done, it looked beautiful girls, great dance.

Also Johnathon and Elise entertained everyone with their two stepping around the dance floor and a rock and roll number, looked fabulous. These two always take out golds & silver medals in the comps they attend.

The theme was Red & Black, the hall look stunning with these colours. We had about 22 of our ladies and Rob attended this social. This event was a fund raiser as well, raising money for the Daniel Morcombe Funds and everyone was happy to part with their money on this afternoon.
A great program Jenny, the floor was full all of the time.

Ulladulla Social
Helen Reeson put on a fantastic social to raise money for Charity "Relay For Life" This was well attended with lots of Raffle Prizes and lucky door prizes, Great fun with Helen's crew, they love to dress up, with the theme being Pink & Purple, some crazy outfits worn, lucky they didn't have to go into a club ha ha ha.

A great time was had by all and trying some new dances is always fun. The freezing weather kept a few from attending that would normally be there, never mind Helen is having another dress up social in October the 31st with the theme being Magical or Fantasy. Looking forward to that one.