Bossa Nova Line Dance

Happy New Year to the fabulous DeCordova Line Dancers!

Starting in January 2013, the 10:00 class will be learning one of our favorite dances, Bossa Nova.

Here is a link to a video which shows a walk through of the steps and then the dance itself.

http://youtu.be/mzCvCzdN5iE

It's a bit longer than the other dances you have learned, but it is really cute and fun.  I hope you all enjoy it!

Christmas Luncheon December 2012

We had a lovely group lunch on December 17th, 2012 at Buffalo Gap.

Thank you everyone SOOOO much for your thoughtful and generous gift!  I really appreciate it.  And I really appreciate all of our DeCordova Dancers.  We are a fun group and it wouldn't be the same without each and every one of you.

Here are some pictures from the lunch:

November 2012 Performances

Our lovely dancers performed for two nursing homes in November 2012.  (We normally do it at Christmas time but decided to avoid the Christmas rush this year).

First up was Harbor Lakes on November 12.  Here are some pictures:

Next up was Trinity Mission Nursing home on November 26th, with lunch following at Fuzzy Taco's.

Started a new line dance - Besame Mucho

Our classes started a new line dance today, called Besame Mucho.  It's a slow cha cha and will be really easy!  This is a very pretty dance normally done to the song "Besame Mucho" by Trini Lopez (or I've also heard it by Elvis).  I don't have that song yet, but I have other slow cha cha songs that we can use.  I may yet download Besame Mucho and use that song.

Here is a link to a video of the dance:

http://youtu.be/IAMZbaCpnyg

Here is a link to the official step sheet:

http://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/besame-mucho-ID62945.aspx


Here is how I will cue the dance (start with your right foot):

Side, behind, side, cross, side rock recover, cross shuffle

Step together, step together, turn (or grapevine)

Left sway, left shuffle, right sway, right shuffle

Back rock recover, forward quarter turn, forward recover, cha cha cha


Note that I've included an option in the 2nd section that will replace the turn with a grapevine if anyone wants to try that.

I hope everyone will enjoy this dance!

Pictures of our dancers

Look at the tab toward the top of the page titled "Our Dancers".  Click on it to see pictures of our dancers.  I still need to get good pictures of Joyce, Martha, Mary W., Paula and Trish!

Pictures from Granbury Care

Last December (2011) we had the opportunity to dress up in fun Christmas attire and perform some of our dances for the residents at Granbury Care.  Here is a link to the photo album from that event:

http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=3895666024/a=158867554_158867554/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Here is a cute group photo from that photo album:

Videos of dances

Here are links to videos of some of our dances:

Badonkadonk
http://youtu.be/CR1ks5kpWm8

Come Dance With Me
http://youtu.be/yyclspk9mzI

Good Time
http://youtu.be/rs5f8CYyLBo

Move Your Body
http://youtu.be/eGazOaWoWuY

Something in the Water
http://youtu.be/p0J_rv4Oh6Q

Tush Push
http://youtu.be/hbGBvYm9ftg