Root Theory
Since my last two articles have been about bands, I decided to spotlight one of my local favorites, Root Theory. According to their Facebook page, “Root Theory” is the bond between music and nature that proves we are...Read More »
Country Dancing
Girls (or Guys) Night Out
For those of you who faithfully followed the Cleveland Country Magazine favorite local band contest between Julia Neville and Jessica Hannan, you know that Julia received more votes and won the spot to open for Jo Dee Messina at the Thirsty Cowboy on Saturday, September 28. Congratulations to Julia, whom I...Read More »
The Hobbs Sisters
Throughout the years, I have had the opportunity to dance to various bands and even more blessed to become friends with some of them while following their careers. In March 2016, when...Read More »
Our Trip to Tennessee
As I’ve stated in previous articles, please support your local line dance classes; however, I feel it’s also essential to travel to experience various instructors and venues.
In the first week of June, my BRAT (Back Row Assistant Teacher) drove us on a line...Read More »
Let's Dance
For this month’s article, I have two different thoughts based on contacts I had with a few people. Since both subjects involve dancing, I’ll discuss each one…
First, a few months ago I responded to a reader comment on my article titled “Eastern Ohio Dance Venues” and thought the information...Read More »
A Line Dance Step Back In Time (Part 2)
This is a continuation of last month’s article taking a line dance step back in time with Tricia Wayne-Griffin. I ended with Tricia and her husband living in Utah; so I’ll pick up the story from there. They both attended classes to obtain their CWLDA (Country Western Line...Read More »
A Line Dance Step Back in Time (Part 1)
This is the first of a 2-part article; there were too many details that I wanted to include, so stay tuned for part 2 next month! In October 2018, I met Tricia Wayne-Griffin and recently had the opportunity to interview her; I definitely took a step back in time...Read More »
Eastern Ohio Dance Venues
My coverage of local Eastern Ohio dance venues continues this month with places that either rebranded themselves or will reopen soon to offer a dance floor for people to enjoy. As we all know, dancing is important and beneficial and the following bars/restaurants are doing their...Read More »
The Local Line Dance Scene
To start out my second year of writing this monthly feature about country line dancing, I would like to thank those of you who have read all (or any) of my articles so far. I appreciate the comments you post on this website and hope that you continue...Read More »
On The Road Again
For this month’s article, I hit the road again for a quick weekend trip to check out three line dance venues, one in eastern Ohio and two in Indiana. First let me give a shout out to my BRAT for planning the whole trip, driving, and (sometimes) listening...Read More »
The Traveling Student
As I wrote in last month’s article, I teach different levels of line dance classes. Recently I was blessed to be able to travel from Ohio’s cold temperatures for a mini-vacation in Florida’s warm weather, where I took two line dance lessons at the Dallas Bull in Tampa. I briefly...Read More »
Different Levels of Line Dances
In this article, I will attempt to explain the different levels of line dances; I say ‘attempt’ because even though I have been a line dance teacher for over 25 years, I still get frustrated with these categories. I’ll explain why later; first let me give you these simple descriptions...Read More »
