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Lessons

Couples Dance    Line Dance

 


Couples Dance Lessons

The Twisters are excited to announce
the debut of a new series of couples dance lessons on Wednesday nights!

May Series:

Cha-Cha
5/7, 5/14, 4/21,
4/28

  Put some Cuban motion into your hips!

Check out these YouTube videos to see the dance in action:
Beginner level
Advanced level

   
When: Wednesday nights from 7:45pm - 8:55p
Location: Reverchon Recreation Center in Reverchon Park
3505 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX
Who: Anyone is welcome to attend!  Feel free to bring friends, family, boy-friends, girl friends, significant others and just about anybody who wants to learn how to dance. Spread the word to everyone you know and everyone you don't!
 Dance Level: The basics will always be covered at the beginning of each class then moves and patterns will be taught based on the skill level of the folks attending the class.
It is highly recommended that you not miss the first class of the month because that is when the basic footwork will be presented.
Cost: Twister Members: $10 per lesson
Non-Twister: $15 per lesson
Membership forms will be available at every lesson so that you may join on the spot and get the discount.
Instructor: Our FAB-U-LUS award winning, national champion, professional dance instructor (not to mention lovely) Gretchen Lutz. Gretchen also happens to be the new Team Twister Coach. Gretchen competes in both ACDA and UCWDC the Pro-Pro and Division I and has a number of competitive students with whom she dances in the Pro-Am divisions.
   
Future Series May Include: Waltz
Night Club Two Step
West Coast Swing
Triple Two Step (known at the Round-Up as the "Shuffle")
Cha-Cha
Two-Step
   
Series Recently Completed: Night Club Two Step
Cha-Cha
Two-Step
Triple Two Step

 

We hope that by offering these classes we can create a community of dancers who know a wide variety of dance styles. That way, no matter what night you're at the Round-Up or at Best Friends, you'll always spot someone from the classes who knows the same dance style, and when a great song comes on, you can whisk them onto the dance floor!
 


Line Dance Lessons

Texas Twisters proudly offered line dance lessons on Wednesday nights for over six years.  Aptly titled "Twister Wednesday", we were generously hosted by The Round-Up Saloon for over five years as well as by Throckmorton Mining Company.  Sadly, in June of 2007 Twister Wednesday was discontinued.

Over the years we taught a variety of traditional country western dances as well as many other cutting-edge dances to other styles of music.  We built a long list of favorites along the way (see below), and we hope they will continue to be learned, danced, and enjoyed for years to come.

Our Favorite Line Dances

Dance Choreographer
Adaptable Frank Trace
After Party Maurice Rowe
Anybody Wanna The Lady In Black
Backseat Blues Dan Albro

Backstreet Attitude

Jamie Marshall
Badonkadonk Hot Pepper
Bartender Stomp
(A.K.A. Moo-Moo Land)
 
Bayou City Twister Alfred Watkins
Beer For My Horses Christine Bass
Bomshel Stomp Jamie Marshall & Karen Hedges
Buck Wild Stomp Kathy Brown
Cajun Skip
(A.K.A. The Skip)
P. Griffiths
Caliente Jennifer Pasley-Smith
Cannibal Stomp Lisa Firth
Chihuahua Yvonne Anderson
Chill Factor Daniel Whittaker & Hayley Westhead

Cool Whip

Judy McDonald

Corine, Corina

Alan Gaskell

Country Walkin'

Teree Desarro

Crazy Legs

Greg Underwood

Crossover

Scott Lanius

Cruisin

Victor van der Meer

Dancing in the Dark

Jo Thompson

Dare 2 Luv

John H. Robinson

Do Your Thing

Barry & Dari Anne Amato, Max Perry & Kathy Hunyadi

Enchantment

Jo Thompson

Fais Do Do

Michelle Chandonnet

Georgia Winder

Scott Schrank

Got To Be Funky

Dawn Beecham

Hideaway Cha

Joanne Brady, Jamie Davis, Jo Thompson

Hillbillies in the Hay

Barry Amato & Robert Boyston

Hold Your Horses

A.T. Kinson & Tom Mickers

Honky Tonk Stomp

Phyllis Watson
Hooked on Country  
I Like It Loud Doug & Jackie Miranda

I Play Chicken With the Train

Barry Amato, Guyton Mundy & Robert Royston

Irish Stew

Lois Lightfoot

Island Cha Cha

Vicki E. Rader

Jive Walkin’

John H. Robinson

Jose' Cuervo '97

Max Perry

Junkie

Junior Willis

Key Line

Kellese Key
Leaving of Liverpool Maggie Gallagher

Lonesome Cry

John Dembiec

Lord of the Dance

Charles R. S Bowring

Mambo Shuffle

J.W. Grimes

Midnight Rendezvous

Michelle Burton & Michael Barr

Midnight Waltz

Jo Thompson
Mr. Pinstripe Simon Ward

Mucara Walk

John Steel
My Greek No.1 Maria Rask

Newcomer Cha

Brian Barakauskas
Oilcan Slide  

Picnic Polka

David Paden

Power Surge

Stephen Sunter

Push

Michele Perron

Reggae Cowboy

Gene Schrivener

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Kathy Gurdjian

San Diego Sundance

Cito
Second Chance Waltz Michael Barr

Sho'nuf

Jamie Davis

Slappin' Leather
(TGRA/IAGLCWDC version)

Gayle Brandon

Soakin’ Wet

Larry Bass

Someday-Someway

Scott Schrank

Start to Sway

Sandra Le Brocq

Swamp Thang

Max Perry

Too Funky For Me

Yvonne Anderson, Mark Cosenza & Glen Pospieszny

Triple J

Michael Barr

Waltz Across Texas

Lois & John Nielson

Watermelon Crawl

Sue Lipscomb

Wave on Wave

Alan G. Birchall

Wishful Thinking

Jim O'Neill

 

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Last update: May 05, 2008.