February    


2002


February  


November    


A Sixth Birthday


Part of the fun of celebrating a birthday of any kind (including the magazine’s) is to involve the reader as much as possible.


In June, we printed an interview of Betty and also an interesting questionnaire designed to fi nd out more about Linedancer’s founder… Some of the questions were:  A/ Egg, chips & Beans B/ Hot Tamales and Black Coffee C/ Tripe and Onions


 A/ Police Offi cer B/ Jazz Singer C/ Nurse


 A/ Steve, have you met your deadLine? B/ 5,6,7,8…


C/ Have you seen the picture of my new grandson? (June 2002 – Page 13)


NEW DANCES INCLUDE: SWINGTIME BILLY, WHENEVER, @ THE HOP, JADE (MY ANGEL)


Irresistible Jo  


      


… Line dancing’s vivacious fi rst lady has captivated and inspired dancers for the past 22 years …. She (Jo) wanted to express her unequivocal thanks to all those who voted for her in this year’s Crystal Boot Awards. “I was so delighted with two!” she beamed. “I was talking with Peter Metelnick the other day and we were teasing each other. He said when he was at the ceremony he heard them start to announce Choreographer of the Year, “the lovely…”, and Peter said, “well, I knew it wasn’t me!”…


At Elle Jay’s Jo tap danced, west coasted, jitterbugged, disco danced and jived her way through a sparkling demo. “I’m just another person who loves dance just as much as you all do,” she told me (Linda Willis interviewer) modestly.


“It’s a sincere joy and honour for me to just keep doing it because I love dancing and I love to see other people enjoying it as well!” (July 2002 – Page 30)


No. 71 – April 2002 £2.80


The monthly magazine dedicated to Line dancing


More photographs available at www.linedancermagazine.com


Cover 71 - April


From 2001 Rob Fowler’s hat trick, we have Maggie G with FIVE boots on the cover.


Maggie’s Magic Moment CRYSTAL BOOT AWARDS - EXCLUSIVE REPORT 


The cover is also a very clean one with fewer images and fonts, we obviously did not want to cloud Maggie’s magic moment!


A blueprint of the performance is created in a chart format which pin-points exactly where each dancer should be at which time. It is vital the everyone knows and understands the role they play in delivering the vision and must know where to stand, when to move, where to move to and when to stand still.


Chart for the Dove


With only eleven counts of eight to reform, the lantern carriers (aka Line dancers) run forward to their precise spot and as the 800 take their places a beautiful shape of a dove is created. With perfect precisions they begin a series of 16-count routines that will bring the bird to life and ruffle, flap and fly. What the chart fails to show is the glare of the lights and the lashing rain that greeted the Line dancers on the night.


AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II


JJ KK LL


Moving Message


The final move is a powerful and moving message. The dove of peace dissolves and the dancers take up precise locations across the stadium and kneel in a form that spelt out ‘SEEK PEACE’. Once again no chart could ever show the overwhelming reaction of the crowd nor depict the emotion of the moment. Unforgettable!


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H G F E D C B A


-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2


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793


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872


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696


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224 210


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211 225


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46 47 48 49 50 51 52 39 40 41 42 43 44 33 34 35 36 37 27 28 29 30 31 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 7 8


45 38 32 26 20 15 9 Hand -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 4 5 2


10 6


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885 886 846 847


336 337 379


270 271 304


810 811 773


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853 854 894 895


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276 309 310


243 Body Tail


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515 510 506


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917 918 913 914


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921 927 935


943 944 954


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861


349 350 392 393


281 282 315 316


247 248 452 453


351 352 394


283 384 317 318


249 250 454 455


430 440 441


431 432 442 443


422 423 415 416


Tail


123 135


100 112


70 79 89


53 61


285 286 319


251 252 456 457


922 928 929


936 945 955 967


784 785 823 824


937 946


956 968


750 751 786


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353 395 396


903 904 864


354 355 397


287 320 321


288


253 254 458


433 434 444 445


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402


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426 427


419 413


409 405


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322 289


255 256


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438


429 421


787 825


957 969


752 788 826 827 866


789


865 905


398 356


323 290


257 461 449


906 399


357 324 291


AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II


JJ KK LL


MM NN 00 X 0 N M L K J I


H G F E D C B A


Bars, Hand & Forearm Commonwealth Games Bars, Hand & Forearm


Chart for the Body of Humanity


Amid the procession of icons and lantern carriers, slowly the body parts are carried into the stadium. As each element reaches its mark on the grid the different parts of the body flow together to create one united form.


680 678 676 674 672


358


359 361 363


360 362


364


365 367


366


681 679 677 675 673


700 698 696 694 692


329


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331 293


295


296 298


297


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226


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211


228 230


232


210 212


721 719 717 715 713


791 763 761 759 757


223


197 199 201


198 200


202


203 205


204


792 790 762 760 758


837 835 833 831 829


190


191 193 195


192 194


196


171 173


172


838 836 834 832 830


879 877 875


880 878 876


The icons, each one representing a different faith or belief, move to the perimeter of the stadium. The lantern carriers move to their next marks and form flowers of light that encircle the icons.


Elastic carriers representing the life-force or energy from the body stretch out to greet each different icon. They weave patterns of shimmering light that embrace and respect each icon.


 


Hundreds of children carrying lanterns take their marks on the grid to form spokes of a giant wheel and the whole vision rotates.


Commonwealth Games


“…The XVII Commonwealth Games


fi nale was a defi ning moment for Line dancing. With perfect timing they (800 dancers in the City of Manchester Stadium in front of 38000 spectators and one billion TV viewers) went straight into their routine, a series of 16 count steps performed at different times in different directions made the dove (image created by the dancers) ruffl e fl ap and fl y. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.


Dancers with in ear monitors could hear the cues from Doug (Doug Jack, Commonwealth Games choreographer and associate director) in the control box and would relay them but at this point the control box had collapsed in tears of joy…. The fi nal move was a really powerful and gripping message. Line dancers broke from their dove position, their dancing lights twinkling under the dark Mancunian skies as they regrouped in a giant spell out.


The words “Seek Peace” shimmered across the stadium and the crowd went wild….. (September 2002 – Page 41)


November   


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Face B (Head)


Face A (Head)


80 79 78 77 76 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 


60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 75 74 73 52 71 70 69


BEFORE ROTATION


AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II


JJ KK LL


MM NN 00 X 0 N M L K J I


H G F E D C B A


-29 -28 -27 -26 -25 -24 -23 -22 -21 -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 01 234 5 


15 6


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AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II


JJ KK LL


10


MM NN 00 X 0 N M L K J I


7 -29 -28 -27 -26 -25 -24 -23 -22 -21 -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 BEFORE ROTATION BEFORE ROTATION


H G F E D C B A


691 690


689


688 686


687 685


684 682


683


711


710 708


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705


704 702


703 709


756


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724 722


723


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828


801 799 797


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796


795 793


794


874


872 870


869 868


867 839


840


873 871


961 960


962


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964 966 968


955 954


956 957


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814


789 788


826 827


739 741 743


740 742


744


746 745


747


748 750 752 959


749 751 958


948 947


949


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951 953 776


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780


781 783 785 787


782 784 786


928 927


929 930


932 934 936


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939


940 942 944 946


941 943 945


931 933 935


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909


910 912 914 916


911 913 915


918 917


919


923 925


920 922 924 926


921


545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564


525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544


503 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524


502 865 866 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 398 399 504


501 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864


377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396  88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81  201 200 199 198 197 196 195 194 193 192 191 190 189 188 187 186 185 184 183 182 


321 322 323 324 290 291 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356


357 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 1 2 3 4 5 6


7 8 9


10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26


27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46


47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66


14 13 M 12 11 K J I 1 9 H 8G F E D 4 C B L N O P Q


A R


2 17


670 671


645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664


669


625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644


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666 667


606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624


665


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566 567


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569


590 570 591 571 592 572 593 573 594 574 595 575 596 576 597 577 598 578 599 579 600 580 601 581 602 582 603 583 604 584


278 277


279


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252 251


253


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442


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417


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257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276  277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 


256 255 254 253 


Bars (Tail)


368 370 372 325 327


369 371 373 326 328


258 260 262 264 224


259 261 263 265 225


213 215 217 219 221


214 216 218 220 222


206 208 184 186 188


207 209 185 187 189


174 176 178 180 182


175 177 179 181 183


232 231 230 229 228 227 226 225 224 223 222 221 220 219 218 217 252 251 250 249 248 247 246 245 244 243 242 241 240 239 238 237


288 287


289


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245 247 249


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455


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407


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313


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69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86


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87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99


100 101 102 103 104 105 106


169


107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126


127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146


170- 147


148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166


881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891


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843


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774 802 803 804


805 806


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733 734


735 736 737 738


764 765 766


233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240


241 242 243 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274


275 276 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308


309


332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342


374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384


Bicep & Body


8 7 6


5 4 3 2 1  180 179 1 177 176 175 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 165 164 163 162 161  79 192 191 190 189 188 187 186 185 184 183 182 181 


Elbow & Bicep


Elbow & Bicep


196 195 194 193 





Bars (Tail)


160 159 158 157 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 143 142 141 


140 139 138 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 130 129 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 121 


236 235 234 233 


Bars (Tail)





28 27 26


25 24 23 22 21 


20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 40 39 38 37 36 35


48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 


34 33 32 31 30 29


357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376


337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 





324 323 322 321 320 319 318 317


312 311 310 309 308 307 306 305 304 303 302 301 300 299 298 297


316 315 314 313 


89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100


120 119 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 


140 139 138 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 130 129 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 121 


100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 


217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236  237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 


120 119 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 


212 211 210 209 208 207 206 205 204 203 202 201 200 199 198 197


216 215 214 213 


202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 


60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41


80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 


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20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2


40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 


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317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336  297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 


292 291 290 289 288 287 286 285 284 283 282 281 280 279 278 277


272 271 270 269 268 267 266 265 264 263 262 261 260 259 258 257 296 295 294 293 


276 275 274 273 


173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 165 


 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 143 142 141


181 180 179 178 177 176 175 174 


160 159 158 157 156 155 154 153 152 151


164 163 162 161


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