My Interests

Line Dancing

I started line dancing in 1995 when a friend suggested I give it a try. In no time at all I was hooked!! A fun way to exercise and interact with other people. You don't need a partner and it is not just country western. There were several of us who soon were into more advanced dances and we formed our own group called 'Boot Scootin' Attitude'. We perform for groups and ave been asked to appear on floats in the Rhododendron Festival Parade on several different occasions. I have attended several workshops in Oregon, Washington and Vancouver B.C.

The dances we do most often are: Boot Scootin' Boogie (Vancouver Verson) -- Bye Bye Love -- Come Dance With Me -- Cruisin' -- Shoop Shoop -- Poor Boy Blues -- Bad Bad Leroy Brown -- Bar Room Romeo -- Coyote -- Just For Grins -- Memphis Queen -- Reggae Cowboy -- Smokey Places -- Dirty Dancing -- Honky Tonk Twist -- Jai du Boogie -- Sugar Moon -- The Outback -- Uno Dos Tres -- Black Dresses -- Blue Moves -- Chabella -- Fly Like A Bird -- Kansas City Strut -- Kickin' The Blues -- King Of The Road -- My Maria -- Rock Around The Clock -- Silk & Satin -- Heavenly Waltz.

We learned new dances at the workshop which are great fun -- Can't Stop Loving You -- Wave On Wave -- Get Used To It -- Nasdravia -- Drinkin' Bone Boogie and D.H.S.S. The Dance for the Dream Workshops hosted by Scooter Lee have provided a wealth of new, easy and fun dances.

Newest favorites are Cheek To Cheek, Enchantment and Bosa Nova.

Not too many places to dance here in Florence but the local Elks lodge has live music on the weekends and they will play our favorite tunes for dancing.

I started teaching a few years ago and now have three classes. Sunday afternoons at the local Elks Lodge and Tuesday mornings in a gated community here in town known as Greentrees and Wednesday afternoons at the Booster Senior Center.

Now when I need to sit down and give the feet a rest I enjoy a good novel whether it is Tom Clancey or Danielle Steele and I knit my own sweaters and dresses. When I want a different form of exercise, I head for the beach, especially the areas where you can find agates.