Thursday, Sep 3oth 2010

We wish our danzbuddy Esther Khaw a Very Happy Birthday and best wishes for a happy retirement.....

danzbuddies Wednesday Class - new dances

hi danzbuddies

Details of new dances for this week are as follows:

'One Plus One Is Two' by Marie Sorensen. 64 count, 2 wall, Beginner level dance. No Tag, No Restart, using a Lou Bega number - 'One Plus One Is Two'. Although its a 64-count dance, the steps are really easy - a 'no stress' dance.

'Bossa Nova Twist' by Ria Vos. 48 count, 4 wall, intermediate level dance. Song used is 'Bossa Nova Baby' by James Reyne. Music is quite fast. The steps are well choreographed. A nice dance.

'Amor Mafioso' by Wil Bos & Roy Verdonk. 68 count, 2 wall, intermediate level dance. Song used is 'Amor Mafioso' by Musical JM. Steps seems quite daunting, but not to worry, they are quite manageable once learned.The song is nice, grows on you......

We shall bring back an old favourite:

'Oh Suzannah' by Bill Larson & Chris Watson. 32 count, 4 wall dance, beginner level dance. Steps are very easy , quite a fun dance.

danzbuddies jam sessions with Mary's Mob

Sep 15th & 17th - Wednesday and Friday jam sessions with Mary's Mob

New Zealander line dance instructress Mary Stanley-Shepherd led a group of 17 of her line dancers from the Cathedral City Line Dance Club to visit the Singapore danzbuddies for the week. Mary's Mob, as they are known, enjoyed two line dance jam sessions plus a great 'Mid-Autumn Festival' Celebration party which we were organising on Saturday 18th September at Tanglin CC.......






The danzbuddies and Mary's Mob hit it off right from the start during our Wednesday class - we were presented with a momento - what an adorable baby lamb - with the cute name: 'Shari Sheep'







Mary shared with us a NZ dance and we shared with the Mob, plenty of the dances currently being danced at our jam sessions......

On Friday, we had a 'Kiwi Nite' party with plenty of great local dishes prepared by our danzbuddies, accompanied by some great New Zealand wines and cheese, courtesy of the Cathedral City Line Dancers

It was our turn to present a momento to Mary's Mob and we were glad that our rat mascot - 'Mee Kee Mao' will now go to a nice new hometown in Christchurch....

While dinner was being served, the danzbuddies ukulele band entertained us with a couple of their favourite songs - they had everyone joined in a rousing sing-along........

However , the dance floor beckoned and we wasted no time in resuming the line dancing....

danzbuddies Mid-Autumn Festival Party - Part 1

Saturday, September 18th

Our danzbuddies were prepared for a great 'Mid-Autumn Festival' Party with many of them arriving well before the 4.30 pm party start time....

The stage decor was just being readied, the lanterns were being put up



Our overseas guests had also arrived.........



Everybody can't wait for the party to start....

The party hostess and DJ was getting herself ready....and finally got the party started........

Mary's line dancers showed us some great dance moves.....

Don't know some of our dances....? No problem....., just do some cha cha cha - Lyn Foon showed the way.........

danzbuddies Mid-Autumn Festival Party - Part 2

Our Line Dance session was called to a halt by the noisy arrival of the dancing Lions which signalled the forthcoming arrival of our Guest of Honour.......

The 'p u r r formance' put up by the two lions really delighted the crowd, especially our NZ guests - even for us danzbuddies, it is not often that we get to be so 'up-close' with these dancing lions.....

It was 6.30 pm - and arriving right on time was our Guest of Honour - RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister and Member of Parliament.

We had him visit the 'Food Hall' first to visit some of our volunteers who were there to demonstrate various F&B art forms.

The Tanglin Indian Activities Executive Committee members showed off their skills in making delicious 'chapati'....

Members of Tanglin CC Tea Club were on hand to demonstrate how to make that great cup of Chinese tea.......

And from the Goldhill Gardening Club, we had Ms. Khatijah demonstrating how to weave a malay 'ketupat' using coconut leaves - a fast dying art..........sad to say.

Next stop, it was the Main Hall for our VIPs, where the big crowd was waiting......

The MC warmly welcomed everyone and make the announcement for the start of the curtain-opener - an 'International Fashion Parade' put up by the children from San Yu Adventist School

This was followed by a photography session with the Guest of Honour, who was then led by the 'International Models' to the Tanglin CC Courtyard for dinner.....