Night Away’, ‘Bosa Nova’ and ‘Home to Louisiana’ for which Kate Sala joined her on stage to dance her joint dance creation ‘Louisiana Swing’. Scooter then fi nished off her set with ‘Blanket On the Ground’, ‘Dizzy’, ‘J’ai du Boogie’ and her all time classic ‘Ribbon of Highway’. Again, dancers truly enjoyed seeing and hearing her again. A wonderful singer!
In between acts, DJ Tony kept all the crowds entertained with various sets and dancers really enjoyed his choice of music and professionalism. The line up in ‘Reds’ was Glenn Rogers, Billy Curtis and C’est La Vie.
Throughout Saturday dancers were treated to dance lessons under the capable instructions of Rachael McEnaney and Kate Sala. This was done in both venues with live music acts that were brilliant. We attended Rachael’s fi rst session where she taught ‘Full Tilt Boogie’ and ‘Dancing In Circles’ before Stubby came on singing ‘People are Crazy’, ‘Walkin Backwards’, ‘Some Beach Somewhere, amongst others.
We also enjoyed Rachael’s teach of ‘Hello Dolly’ before Angie Rivers came on as Shania Twain opening with the all time classic ‘Man, I Feel Like A Woman’ followed by ‘I’m Outta Here’, before a duet with her partner for ‘Party For Two’. A quick change of costume saw her then sing ‘Any Man Of Mine’, ‘From This Moment’, ‘Honey I’m Home’ and ‘Rock This Country’.
The evening for us was spent in Centre
Stage again and we enjoyed The Henry Smith Band, a fi ve piece band from Portsmouth, They opened with ‘Hey Good Looking’, ‘ Billy B Bad’ and ‘Guitars and Cadillacs’ also playing music suitable for Black Coffee and Hot Tamales.
The second act that night was Jackson Mackay from Colmar in Eastern France. They had arrived that morning and played an enjoyable set, though we were not too familiar with many of the songs.
The fi nal act was Gary Perkins and
The Breeze from South Yorkshire. They played ‘Woman’, ‘Cowboy Has A Dream’, ‘Country Roads’ and ‘Rawhide’.
Again, DJ Tony kept us as entertained
as he had done the evening before thanks to some very lively sets. In ‘Reds’ that night were Cheyenne, Broadcaster and Scooter Lee.
I was not around most of Sunday but I
am told by other dancers that everyone kept having the best of times. I did manage to make it for the evening and I was glad I had because the highlight of the weekend for me was The Bellamy Brothers. As they came on stage to tremendous applause, there was at least fi ve rows of dancers in front of stage. They played a number of recognisable hits including ‘Vertical Expressions’, 'If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body’, ‘Let Your Love Flow’ and ‘Some Broken Hearts’. They were simply marvellous. The next
act was Raising Cain from Newcastle, who played ‘Country Boy’, ‘Copperhead Road’, ‘Dixie Dell’, ‘Lay Down Sally’, ‘You Are Always On My Mind’ and ‘Lisa Jane’. The fi nal act in Centre Stage was The Swing Commanders a Western swing sextet from Lancashire. It did not matter if you knew their songs or not, the band kept everyone amused with their stage antics! In ‘Reds’ were Jellico Road, Weston Line and Texas Tornados.
This was truly a terrific event pleasing
the most hardened of Line dancers and country fans to boot.
We certainly can't wait for next year’s, planned for the weekend starting on Friday 2nd March 2012.
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