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Birth of LDF
“….I hope (the 11th CBA) will be remembered for it being the time and place when we launched LDF (Line Dance Foundation) the very fi rst Line Dance registered charity. The purpose of the Foundation will be to raise and distribute funds to provide practical and fi nancial assistance to any person who has earned their living or a signifi cant part
October
A lady of letters Movin’on
Carol Craven daily e mail newsletter was the subject of this feature, highlighting the fact Linedancer never shied away from speaking about other endeavours to do with Line dance communication.
of it through the development of Line dance, and for whatever reason are no longer able to do whether temporary or permanently.
… Every month in Linedancer we see pages of line dancers involved in fund raising activities for various charities but we seldom see an event or fundraiser that is dedicated to supporting dancers in distress and the sad things is we have many of them. This is something I would like to change but I need your help to make it happen.
I believe we should continue our work supporting all the charities that we usually support but I am asking that we try to host at least one event, hold one raffl e or one fundraising activity once a year to support the work of the Foundation…”.
(Excerpt of Betty’s Dear Dancers – March 2007)
www.linedancermagazine.com
“…In 2000, the newsletter was born. Originally designed for a handful of friends it is today sent out to over 4000 people on a daily basis throughout the world making it one of the biggest Line dance information pools available worldwide. …“The dancers ARE the newsletter” she says, “I am just the messenger. It always amazes me that people are so diligent about sending in reports from events, what they are teaching and how their classes are responding to the dances, discussions about all kinds of things, questions, and just interesting points they want to share. I get the nicest notes from folks all day every day thanking me for doing it but I really need to thank them for reading and contributing to it. It truly is a joint effort by thousands of dancers all over the world.” (September 2007 – Page 29)
If the debate pop vs country has raged almost since the beginning of Line dance, Newline (not to be confused with Alison Johnstone’s Nuline) certainly made no bones about what it wanted to create. BigDave Gastap spoke to Linedancer in July. “….Newliners still go to other classes and socials so that we keep a broad spectrum of the dance fl oor. At fi rst people just heard about the sorts of dances we were doing and lots of like-minded dancers joined us at the classes. “Personally, I felt it was specialised and needed an identifi cation. I wanted people to see the classes and socials advertised and know exactly what it was they were signing up for.
The monthly magazine dedicated to Line dancing
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Ryan Hunt and the Dudley Newline
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“Like lots of instructors I want everyone to enjoy a Line dance social. I feel there is nothing worse than someone turning up at a Newline event when they are expecting a traditional Country theme. Or vice versa, being faced with a Country playlist when they are expecting a pop playlist… “We don’t strictly dance to advanced dances and nothing else. Recently I have taught Grace Kelly, Say Hey and Head Over Heels. .. We just want people to know what they are getting so that they don’t turn up to a Newline event expecting One Step Forward, likewise we don’t expect to turn up at a Country venue to hear Eminem!” (July 2007 – Page 38)
Cover 137 – October BRAD PAISLEY Fifth and full gear for the Country star 14 DANCES INCLUDING : THE LEMON TREE · UP A CREEK · HEY BIG SPENDER · COOLER ONLINE
Every so often a picture tells a story good enough to be a cover and this is exactly what October that year was about. With almost cinematic power, this was one a stunning cover that every reader could gaze at and “feel” involved in.
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