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In fact, the Ozeroffs are so hooked on line dancing that they always pre-register for the fol- lowing class. “There is no generation gap, and you don’t need a partner to join the class. Part of the appeal in line dancing is that it’s a group thing. When Stan works shift work I can still go because I don’t need a partner to dance with. It's lots of fun too.” Debbie Briggeman, a long time line dance student said, “Western music is upbeat nowa- days. It’s good dance music and line dancing is an activity that doesn’t involve drinking. Every- body has fun doing it.” Susan Campbell, recreation co-ordinator at the Castlegar and District Recreation Complex, said line dancing started getting popu- lar in Castlegar last year—but this year, it just went crazy. “Registration for the class was _ held on a Monday night, and by 11 am. on Tuesday we were full, and had a waiting list for the next class.” Last year about 10 or 12 cou- ples registered. This year another class had to be offered due to the increase in line dance popularity. “We still have a wait list of at least 15 people. We have two classes a week, and each class has about 35 people.” The complex will be offering another session November 5. “I suggest that if anyone is interested they register as soon as (L-R) Danielle Jmieff,10, and Andrea Zaytsoff, 10, the two youngest participants in the line dancing class, are proof that line dancing is for all ages. STORY KAREN KERRHOF PHOTOS JOHN VAN PUTTIN Pp We already have people signed up for that class, some are coming from Fruitvale and Ross- land.” Yvette and Roy McNeil have taught line dancing classes at the complex for over two years. “We are in our third year of teaching. I took lessons from Anne Robertson, who taught cou- ples dancing, as well as line danc- ing. I talked Anne into letting me into her class with another girl as my partner. Anne’s classes were couples only. After that season disco dancing in the seventies. “Travolta took it one step fur- ther in Urban Cowboy with all the choreographed dance moves. So basically men started this dance, it’s a men’s dance,” McNeil said. “What helps to make it popu- lar is that the sound of country music is bigger and better than ever, sometimes it can spill over on to the pop charts. Also the western look is really ~in’ right now. Wester clothes and boots ‘Westem music is upbeat nowadays. It's good dance music and line dancing is an activity that doesn't involve drinking. Everybody has fun doing it.’ — DEBBIE BRIGGEMAN Line dance student Roy got involved, and he has been hooked ever since,” said Yvette. “One of the problems is find- ing men who would come out This year we have more men than ever before, so maybe it's tuning. around.” One theory suggests that Tine dancing was started by men Originally it was a men’s dance done by the workers in mining camps. It was usually accompa; nied by a fiddle. “It seems to be women who are mainly doing it. We went out to the bar on Thursday after classes and there were 14 women and only three men dancing. It was a man’s heaven,” said McNeil. Another theory suggests that line dancing originated from are very popular. I have more jeans than I've ever had in my whole life before I got into line dancing.” Line dancing is so popular McNeil is having a problem find- ing a dance floor that is large enough to accommodate line dancers and their steps. “IT remember going to dances in Saskatchewan and the dancers all moved in one direc- tion. If you weren't moving with the crowd, you were danc- ing in the middle while the whole flow went around you. Those were the days when there were real dance floors, not postage sized dance floors like you find today. It would be a dream come true for a west- ern dancer to have big dance halls back again.” In the United States, line dancing has been popular for several years, while in Canada, line dancing is just starting to catch on. Though in Alberta, the Lower Mainland, and the Okanagan, line dancing has been so popular that several clubs have formed a tour to the US and Canada for competition and show. There are line dance clubs being formed all over the world. It has become so popular that there are even western dance totally geared towards the west- ern theme. Popular western enter- tainment is offered along with on-board western dance lessons. Last spring McNeil and her husband Roy went on a “We started line dancing one night in one of the lounges, and about six to eight people from New York who were just get- ting into line dancing approached us. For about three nights after that we were giving dance lessons to the New York- ers, and quite a few more who had joined us. The band started telling everyone we were giving line dance lessons. It’s a great way to meet people.” In May some of the line dancers performed for the resi- dents of Mountain View Lodge, and are hoping to perform for the residents of Castleview Care Centre in the near future. They are also trying to arrange a dance in next year’s Sunfest activities. If you want to find out what line dancing is all about, the complex still has spots avail- able in their November classes, and they will be offering class- és again in the spring. So Castlegar, get in line! ly Roy McNeil, one of two teachers in the line dance class, instructs students in the next step of the ‘Boot Scoot Boo- gie.’ Line dancing is growing in popularity across North America and Castlegar is no exception. There is currently a waiting list of people who are anxious to begin classes in line dancing at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. ee re