danzbuddies in the news - The BEAT LD Dance Magazine

hi danzbuddies,

here's news about danzbuddies in the latest issue of The Beat, New Zealand Line Dance magazine..........

danzbuddies Wednesday Class - new dances

hi danzbuddies,

Details of dances we are sharing this week are as follows.

The new dances are:

- 'Funky Fire Dance' by John Ng. 64 count, 2 wall, intermediate level. Danced to 'Fire' by 2NE1. A very popular dance on the party circuit. Good choreography with some really funky moves.....

- 'Fiesta' by Robbie McGowan Hickie. 64 count,4 wall, intermediate level. Another easy nice dance fro Robbie McGowan. Danced to a nice latin number 'Como Te Quiero Mi Amor' by El Simbolo. Looks like it will be a popular dance at parties in future......

- 'Ah Mei Ah Mei' by Emily Ding. 32 count, 4 wall, beginner level. Easy to execute dance steps that goes well with the nice mandarin song "Ah Mei Ah Mei".

- 'Chiki Cha Cha' by Liu Sum Loong. 32 count, 2 wall, beginner level. Danced to a great song that makes you really 'wanna dance' . Steps are easy - an enjoyable dance...

We bring back two nice classics which will be featured in our May 22nd party:

- 'Mickey' by Mike Yoong. 64 count, 4 wall, beginner level. Danced to a great 'aerobic type' number 'Mickey' by Toni Basil. A hugely popular dance when first introduced, still well loved today.

- 'Royal Rock' by Sadiah Heggernes. 64 count, 2 wall, intermediate level dance. Dance to 'Rock 'n' Roll is King' by Electric Light Orchestra. Nice 'Rock n Roll' dance routine that suits the song well.....a nice dance, destined to become a classic.....

danzbuddies Party 17th April

Saturday 17th April 2010



It was time for another rip-roaring line dance get-together at Tanglin CC as 100 over danzbuddies and friends came together to enjoy another successful party.



It was great to see the Tanglin CC hall once again filled to capacity - as they say, you know its a 'danzbuddies party' when you see one with a real crowd.......so, a BIG 'thank you' to all who came - your BIG support really made it a great party.......

This month's fringe promotion was on 'Staying Healthy with Chinese Herbal Soups' - the poster display put up on popular chinese herbs and their use in preparing Healthy Soups proved to be popular with the crowd......many had asked for the web-site for this information and so, here's the website:

http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/

Check out this great website for its thousand and one wonderful ideas about chinese herbal soups.

For dinner, we had a special treat - served up by our hardworking 'Food&Beverage Brigade' -delicious longtong from Haji Rosli @ Newtown Food Centre. Once again, he did not disappoint and , as usual, everyone gave him and his longtong their 'thumbs up'......

Many thanks to danzbuddies William, Philip, Kim, Sam, Bessie, Amy, Florence and Peggy for helping with the Food catering........

Table 6 had their 'extra special' - Khong Bak Pao - mmm , tasted real good, unfortunately they could spare me only just that one portion........

Tables 4 and 5 even got red wine to drink....!?

James Nee gave us his "Very OK" for the free flow of coffee and teh tarik.......

Nellie, Ivy, Esther and Yvonne in their nice danzbuddies t-shirts

Maggie, Ivy and Lay Kuan also want to show off their danzbuddies t-shirts

so do these others - Cynthia, Esther, Violet and Siok Im......

even Chwee Kim and K L Lee......

also Shi Chi.......... Mary and Jeannie

Everyone enjoyed the company of their danzbuddies and friends - even our youngest danzbuddy, 18-month-old Philuez Ho ..........way to go, boy boy !

Once again we want to thank our 'DJs On Duty' - Tang, May, Maizie and Lay Kuan....

Special 'THANKS' to Alan for his help with the photos.....

The next 'danzbuddies line dance party' takes place at Tanglin CC on May 22nd - we look forward to seeing all of you again.......

Tanglin CC danzbuddies - Wednesday Class - new dances

hi danzbuddies,

here are details and links for step-sheets and videos of new dances for this week:

- 'Little Mockin' Bird Cha' by Winnie Yu. 32 counts. 4 walls. Beginner Level. No tags, no restarts. Danced to the Ross Mitchel song 'Mockin' Bird Cha' used for the earlier dance 'Mockingbird Cha'. This is a much easier, 'no stress' dance. Should go quite well.


- 'Get Loud & Swings' by Sebastiaan Holtland & Brandon Cheung. 48 counts, 4 walls. Intermediate level. No tags, no restarts.....A nice fast-beat song 'Let's Get Loud' by The Baseballs. Steps may seem complicated but are actually quite easy once you manage the syncopated weaves.....

- 'Latin Crazy' by Dee Musk, Fred Buckley, Craig Bennett & Vivienne Scott. 64 counts, 4 walls, intermediate level. One restart at Wall 3, after 16 counts......Great song by DJ Bobo 'I'm Crazy' with the dance steps going quite well to the beats. A well choreographed dance - it's fast becoming a hot favourite on the dance floor.......

We shall also be doing the following very simple dance:

- 'Edelweiss' by Alison Johnsone. 24 counts, 4 walls, beginner level. Nice music by Ray Coniff. A good 'warm up' dance.......

Best 'Steamed Yam Cake' Stall in Chinatown

Friday 16th April 2010

Our Friday danzbuddies were treated to the 'best steamed yam cake' from the famous Yam Cake stall in the Smith Street Food Centre in Chinatown......

Many of you asked for details about the stall's location.....so here it is:

Ah Lo Cooked Food

Stall #02 -03

Go right to the front end of the 2nd Level Food Centre - nearest to New Bridge Road, the stall is at the first row. It opens at 5.00 pm and closes as soon as all the stock are sold.....watch out for the long queue with many people buying up to 10 packets at one go!

danzbuddies Wednesday Class - new dances

hi danzbuddies,

here are details of new dances for this week:

- 'La Maria' by Jocelyne Pim. 48 counts. 4 wall. Beginner level. No tag, no restart. Nice song used for the dance -'Probre La Maria' by Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy. Steps are very easy. It is one of those no stress, relaxing, slow-paced dances........

- 'Swing Time' by Niels Poulsen. 48 counts. 2 walls. Beginner level. No tag, no restart. Great dance number from Dancelife called 'It's Chitlin' Time', music is fairly fast, lively and upbeat. steps are well-choreographed.

- 'Secret Love' by Sandy Daykin. 64 counts. 2 walls. Intermediate level dance. Song used is 'Secret Love' by Kathy Kirby. Good choreography - although at 64 counts, steps are easy without any complicated moves......

danzbuddies in the News - 'The Beat' , New Zealand's Line Dance magazine

hi danzbuddies,

here's the latest installment of New Zealand Line Dance magazine news report about danzbuddies activities........

danzbuddies Wednesday class - new dances

hi danzbuddies,

here are the new dances we will be sharing this week.........

- 'Sugar Candy' by Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris. 64 counts. 4 walls. Beginner level. No tag, no restart. Danced to the song 'Sugar Sugar' by Inner Circle. An easy to learn and enjoyable dance - should go far.

- 'Quitter' by Maggie Gallagher. 64 counts. 4 walls. Beginner level. One restart. Nice song used - 'Quitter' by Carrie Underwood. Song as strong beats, steps are well choreographed.....

- 'Feel Right' another great dance from Robbie McGowan Hickie. 64 counts. 2 wall. Beginner level. As with most of Robbie's dances, steps are easy, no complications, no tag and no restart. Nice country song 'Feel Right' by Tanya Tucker.

Sojourn in Shunde China I

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

It's Day 1 of our trip to Shunde (Shuntak in cantonese), the hometown of Roemary's mum in Guangdong. The group of six of us (which included brother Weng Chiew and sis-in-law, brother Steven and nephew Mark) were making a visit to see the many cousins still living in the 'old home town' from where mum had fled to Singapore in the 1930s.

We met up at the Budget Terminal at 4.00 am, had a quick breakfast and caught the Tiger Air 6.30 am flight to Guangzhuo......it was our first time going with Tiger Air - and we were pleasantly surprised that everything went off without any problem.......


We arrived at the BaiYun Airport at about 10 am, got our bus tickets for the trip to Foshan where we were to meet our Shunde hosts......

It took an hour for us to reach the Foshan bus terminal where we were met by Cousin No. 1 and 3rd Cousin's wife and in their two cars we were whisked to our hotel in Sunde - the Le Yuan Hotel, not a 4-star hotel but adequate for our short stay there......

First order of the day - a 'welcome lunch' organised at the Restaurant where 1st Cousin worked . It was a sumptuous seafood meal with lots of the classical cantonese dishes....

There were a lot of catching up to do - so much to tell each other, so many stories to share.....
We reluctantly ended the first 'reunion session' with a group photo.

At 4.00 pm, we were picked up for the trip to the town of Rongui where Cousin no. 3 stays. The town was nice and so was 3rd Cousin's house - very nice house indeed.........

it is a four-storey mansion, with great design, marble furnishing.........

a large koi pond and rose garden.....

a roof garden and a mahjong room complete with 'automatic tiles washing' mahjong table....

The catching up continued with more sharing of old tales, we especially enjoyed those related by old Uncle Loh, mum's brother (from grandpa's 3rd wife - he had four in all! )........

Although we did not make it for the neice's wedding, we still were able to watch the wedding ceremony on video.........

3rd Cousin gave us a nice dinner at the same restaurant where the wedding dinner was held.

We had so much to eat, but more importantly were able to meet more relatives who turned up

to meet us....

After dinner it was back to 3rd Cousin's house where we took more photographs with each family......starting 1st Cousin's family

then 3rd Cousin's family.....

4th Cousin's family

and....5th Cousin's family

After that we went house visiting and ended the night with a nice 'Chinese Tea Party' at the nearby house of the sister of 3rd Cousin's wife.......