The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party
- Thread starter Wyliefan
- Start date
I now have images of line dancing to Achy Breaky Heart (which I thought I'd blocked out of my elementary school memories) on ice, and hankering for the days of 1998 Riverdance.
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
Is there any further update since Euros, which was 4 weeks ago already?
Junior worlds. but official news is still coming out after Boston.
And possible patterns: Quickstep & Rhumba
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
Quickstep for senior? Rhumba for junior? And will be an actual pattern with key points for the seniors or more of this current BS?
no pattern news for Sr now. Jr has two patterns, which is quite a challenge to choreograph.
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
What in the ever-loving... That's absolute insanity.
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
I don't know what country music you were listening to in the '90s, but... 1) that was the best era of country music (along with the '00s), and 2) there is plenty of great country music from that era that would be amazing for ice dancing. George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina McBride... my list is very, very long.
And no way would Garth Brooks release the rights for any of his music, which is an absolute shame because his catalog has so many wonderful songs ("The Dance" wouldn't be allowed, though, since it was released in 1989).
kwanfan1818
RIP D-10
- Messages
- 39,598
Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Mattea, Clint Black. (Nothin' but the Tail Lights is a really catchy tune. But, honey, those keys are on your porch, and if you're lucky, they're only sitting in a jar of honey.)
I was lucky to see all but Yearwood live.
I was lucky to see all but Yearwood live.
tangerine dream
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 595
+5 GOE and my neverending uberdom to anyone who would dare a Dixie Chicks Goodbye Earl RD.Country music is perfect for ice dance
Last edited:
Jay42
Between the click of the light
- Messages
- 5,966
If the ice dancers let me down by not skating to Shania Twain like they let me down by no one skating to Never Gonna Give You Up when the theme was 80's I will be so annoyed.Uhm….Shania Twain would like a word…
From This Moment On is perfect skating music and that's just one of her songs.
Not country but I will uber anyone who skates to an Eiffel 65 medley.
Wyliefan
Ubering juniors against my will
- Messages
- 48,567
What on earth gets into them when they're making these decisions? Do they hate the choreographers?
And the fans?
Junior RDs look so much more cohesive than seniors with 2 rounds of the same pattern and no choreographic step sequence on the short axis that destroys any flow the seniors achieved. So let’s take the RD that’s working and make it worse.
Former Lurve Goddess
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 3,700
I’m convinced that the Ice Dance Technical Committee secretly hates ice dance.
Wyliefan
Ubering juniors against my will
- Messages
- 48,567
It must be bewildering for the juniors to learn all those patterns and then move up and get hit with this "LOL YOLO nothing matters!" approach.
- Messages
- 49,708
Oof. That’s a French idea of country music (John Denver, GMAFB) and dance. Similar to Americans using Jacques Brel, doesn’t translate. I hated that dance.Country music is perfect for ice dance
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Tesla
Whippet Good
- Messages
- 4,431
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
The judges have no taste.
But, I also think that most of the "country" themed programs we've seen in the past have been hokey, bordering on ridicule. Belgosto's "Green Acres" program was pure schtick. Les Gacs wasn't country, it was spaghetti western soundtrack, which is completely unrelated to actual country music.
There are a lot of great country waltzes, quicksteps, etc which would lend themselves to beautiful skating programs, but most of the choreographers, skaters & coaches really don't have much knowledge about the genre & certainly don't listen to it as a choice, so what little we do get of country music in the sport is completely limited to stereotypes & not much else.
IIRC, B/A’s original music had more Appalachian bluegrass but TPTB made them change it to be more
- Messages
- 49,708
Imagine a RD to this: https://youtu.be/OKSSfUPtdsY?si=lbXvenOgtvoL5UFN
Or this: https://youtu.be/CBQ01X-1AlI?si=r1VUKvTlY5zqQAhO
Or this: https://youtu.be/d05tQrhNMkA?si=PNma_az_HxOlUcC5
Or this: https://youtu.be/CBQ01X-1AlI?si=r1VUKvTlY5zqQAhO
Or this: https://youtu.be/d05tQrhNMkA?si=PNma_az_HxOlUcC5
skategal
Bunny mama
- Messages
- 13,580
“Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under…” with “From This Moment On” would be epic.
I hope SOMEONE is reading this who can make this happen.
And this is better than my idea of an Opera themed RD with a Walz pattern? I think not
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
Really, what I want to see is a RD or FD to this, even if it would go over like a lead balloon with the judges, lol.
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
www.youtube.com
Former Lurve Goddess
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 3,700
There's also tons of great alt-country artists like Neko Case and KD Lang's early cowpunk and Toronto's The Sadies. Alt-country music might be way of avoiding the really corny, hackneyed country programs of the past (although I don't trust most choreographers to know what to do with the genre). And I agree that a country waltz would be way cool.
Karen-W
YMCA is such a catchy tune!
- Messages
- 51,056
And it will never be as good as Pate/Bye's original offering!All this talk about country and what we’re really going to get is “Backstreet’s back, alright!”
Users who are viewing this thread
Similar threads
- Sticky
