The 1st East Coast Masters took place on Saturday 26th June 2010 at Blue Dolphin Holiday Park in Filey, Scarborough. Event Staff for the day were MC Nicola Lafferty, DJ Jamie Whalley, Judges Danny Last, Jodie Seedel & Emily Drinkall, with Anne Buchan & Zoe Powell apprentice judging, scorer Alison Eadie, Photographer Paul Rhoades, floor coordinator Elizabeth Lafferty with John Lafferty on the door. Also making an appearance was Mr Rob Fowler who’d flown over from Spain.
The day kicked off to a great start with a long queue outside for doors opening at 10:00am. With almost 100 solo dance entries as well as Pro-Am, duos, quads & teams it was going to be another busy day. The room soon filled up as practise music was played.
The day kicked off to a great start with a long queue outside for doors opening at 10:00am. With almost 100 solo dance entries as well as Pro-Am, duos, quads & teams it was going to be another busy day. The room soon filled up as practise music was played.
First off the block was Pro-Am, danced by our Pro dancers Anne Buchan and Nic Bartlem & their students. After they’d danced it was apparent that everyone was itching to get on the floor & show us what they’d got.
On to the line dance divisions & heats were danced by Division 4 Junior. It was a great competition with lots of closely fought battles on the dance floor. Following dance 1 it was time for a spot of lunch so a 25 minute recess was in order to allow everyone to grab a bite to eat. With a restaurant, Burger King, Pastry shop, Spar & Smooth stall on site everyone was spoilt for choice.
The break was closely followed by dances 2 & 3 respectively bringing us up to 5:00pm. A 45 minute break for some social dancing took place with everyone flooding Jamie with requests for right then and for the evening social later on. 5:45pm brought around the awards with some surprises & tears of elation. Everything wrapped up right on schedule at 6:30pm an hour break was needed to give everyone the chance to change & the Haven staff the opportunity to set the room for the evening.
At 7:30pm the evening social got underway. This would promise to be probably our most diverse social yet. In a unique twist to our usual set up, the room was not only open to our dancers, but was also made available to holiday makers at Haven, meaning by door open we already had a huge crowd of couples, families & groups intrigued to see what all this line dance malarkey was about. And our dancers wasted no time showing them. Requests included:
Louisiana Saturday Night, Shoes Of Another Man, Latin Crazy, Man in the Mirror, Telephonic, Cha Cha Slide, Rita’s Waltz, Coochie Bang Bang, Sister Kate, Trouble Is, Jesse James, Cha Cha Loco, Jukebox, Good Ol’ Boys, Acapella, Quarter After One, Have Fun Go Mad, Americano, Chill Factor, Tik Tok Drop, With These Eyes, NY Cha, Spotlight, Inside Your Heaven, Broken Heels, Patient Heart, Fuego, Playing With Fire, 5678, Wild Wild West, Drive Me Wild, Swing Your Chains, Ain’t Goin Down, JR Drop, Hands Up, 5,6,7,8 and Cupid Shuffle (9 Times!!!)
Phew! With the majority of requests played everyone was happy. Rob taught a fun little dance, the 16 count "Upside Down" originally choreographed to a the song of the same name by the A*Teens, but instead danced it to the Madagascar version of “I Like to Move It” which also saw not only the Haven guests get up and have a try, but the Haven staff too! He then showed them it could be danced a little more shall we say “funky” to Justin Timberlake’s “Sexyback”. The non dancers definitely had the “Oh My Gosh, this can’t be line dancing” look on their faces!
The break was closely followed by dances 2 & 3 respectively bringing us up to 5:00pm. A 45 minute break for some social dancing took place with everyone flooding Jamie with requests for right then and for the evening social later on. 5:45pm brought around the awards with some surprises & tears of elation. Everything wrapped up right on schedule at 6:30pm an hour break was needed to give everyone the chance to change & the Haven staff the opportunity to set the room for the evening.
At 7:30pm the evening social got underway. This would promise to be probably our most diverse social yet. In a unique twist to our usual set up, the room was not only open to our dancers, but was also made available to holiday makers at Haven, meaning by door open we already had a huge crowd of couples, families & groups intrigued to see what all this line dance malarkey was about. And our dancers wasted no time showing them. Requests included:
Louisiana Saturday Night, Shoes Of Another Man, Latin Crazy, Man in the Mirror, Telephonic, Cha Cha Slide, Rita’s Waltz, Coochie Bang Bang, Sister Kate, Trouble Is, Jesse James, Cha Cha Loco, Jukebox, Good Ol’ Boys, Acapella, Quarter After One, Have Fun Go Mad, Americano, Chill Factor, Tik Tok Drop, With These Eyes, NY Cha, Spotlight, Inside Your Heaven, Broken Heels, Patient Heart, Fuego, Playing With Fire, 5678, Wild Wild West, Drive Me Wild, Swing Your Chains, Ain’t Goin Down, JR Drop, Hands Up, 5,6,7,8 and Cupid Shuffle (9 Times!!!)
Phew! With the majority of requests played everyone was happy. Rob taught a fun little dance, the 16 count "Upside Down" originally choreographed to a the song of the same name by the A*Teens, but instead danced it to the Madagascar version of “I Like to Move It” which also saw not only the Haven guests get up and have a try, but the Haven staff too! He then showed them it could be danced a little more shall we say “funky” to Justin Timberlake’s “Sexyback”. The non dancers definitely had the “Oh My Gosh, this can’t be line dancing” look on their faces!
Onto more social dancing with a break at 9:30pm for the Haven show “Boogie Fun with the Allstars”!!!! A 20 minute high energetic dance routine medley to entertain the youngsters, but would you believe the dance floor was…..you guessed it, completely full of line dancers!
Followed by even more social dancing, we were treated to a live show from one of the Haven Cabaret singers. This went even further to show those non dancers in the room that line dancers really can dance to anything at the drop of a hat. She sang a variety of songs including “9 to 5” (Mojo Rhythm), “Stuck in the Middle” (Walk The Line), “Summer of 69” (Got To Be Funky), Ego (Cupid Shuffle again!). Her set was finished off nicely with The Sway to her rendition of Leona Lewis’ version of “Run” by Snow Patrol.
And would you believe it, even MORE social dancing, with a “demo” by Rob of THE BEAST, being joined halfway by some of our dancers, took us right up to midnight. It was time to say our goodbyes & take our tired feet off to bed.... or to the Galaxy Bar in some cases! We would like to thank our Masters staff for the day, the staff at the Blue Dolphin holiday complex who couldn’t have done enough for us, offer our congratulations to those who competed & extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended.
Don’t forget the 8th World Dance Masters is being held in Manchester 6-8 Aug. Visit our website for information on entry, accommodation & more.
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