John King from Kingshill Holidays


Cathy Hodgson’s efforts for the Line Dance Foundation have been well documented in the last few months through the pages of the magazine.


has also been a fantastic supporter of the charity and recently gave Cathy a unique opportunity at one of his famed weekends…. Here’s what happened in Cathy’s own words.


I was thrilled to be asked by John to come to one of his fab weekends to see what I could do for the LDF. I had looked at the old dance that had been written on the super track that Glenn Rogers had recorded for the charity. 'We Are Dancers' is the title and I was inspired to relaunch it with a different choreography, after Linedancer had agreed it was all systems go. You can see the script on the page next to this feature should you fancy giving it a go…


I have to thank George and Diane Jakeman who went to the Kingshill event before me, armed with LDF wristbands and lots of leaflets which they duly distributed with plenty of enthusiasm for the cause.


I arrived at the hotel at about 6.30pm


on the Saturday evening, knowing that I was going on stage in a couple of hours in front of an enthusiastic crowd of over 400 people to teach the new dance. To say I was nervous was a bit of an understatement, as never in my 15 years of Line dancing had I taught to such a large group. Alan and Jacqui Birchall were really supportive, even to the extent where Jacqui and I were doing breathing exercises and I am grateful to


both of them for showing yet again what the Line dance spirit is about. They both have that in plentiful supply…


The crowd was fantastic as I went on stage and I gave a little breakdown of what the Line Dance foundation is all about and how it works. Alan and John had also very kindly spoken before me and dancers were very enthusiastic about what was about to happen.


I was really happy with the teach and should not have worried as dancers really gave it their all. I had been sent some CD singles of Glenn’s track and they pretty much sold out in no time which was superb.


The track was danced twice through


and then was followed by a great set by Billy Bubba King and requests were played by Alan Birchall. Again, Alan proved what a pro he is as he had stepped in at the last minute and no one would have ever known.


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