New Dance: The New Watermelon Crawl

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | March 21, 2020

Description: 70 count 2 wall country style line dance

Music: Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Byrd

Copperknob Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/the-new-watermelon-crawl-ID140621.aspx

Linedancerweb: https://www.linedancerweb.com/dance.php?id=63692

I normally don’t choreograph to music that already has a dance to it. However, someone really dear requested me to choreograph to it to keep up with the group of (modern) dancers who prefer to dance to music phrases. I agreed as other dances were set in unphrased for beginners. This dance is intermediate, phrased and with tags. Part A is danced to the verses and has 38 counts while Part B is danced to the chorus and has 32 counts. The tag is really simple with just a grapevine to the right and another to the left.

I actually used the lyrics of the 4th verse as the basis of my choreography. “She rocked back on her heels dropped down to her knees
Crawled across the floor then she jumped back on her feet.” So part A was just that, Rocking back, Do some heel & footwork, Hitch the knee (no way majority of line dancers would drop down to their precious knees and crawl across the floor!) Jazz Box and jumping back… I try to hit the crescendo with a flick etc. Do dance it with the music and you’ll know what I mean 🙂 Hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.

Try to learn it and dance at home in the global pandemic. I know classes and events have stopped but I’ve decided to release the dance anyway to keep you guys dancing at home. I’ve done a step by step teach video while I was in Mumbai India. Quite unplanned but there was a lovely dance studio at the Clubhouse where we stayed so I made use of it to do a teach video. Also taught my 2 nephews and boy, were they good in picking up the steps!

Anyway, I hope we all stay healthy! Stay at home and hope this pandemic will soon pass and we could all go back to our classes and dance events and NORMAL LIFE.

Demo Video:

Teach Video:

Video  by Angeline:

Demo & Teach by Pony Chen:

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New Dance: 1001 Nights

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | October 22, 2019

Dance Name: 1001 Nights
Choreographed by: Winson Eng, Philip Sobrielo, Jennifer Choo
Description: 2 Wall Phrased Intermediate
Music: 1001 Nights Arabian Nights by Ch!pz
Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/1001-nights-ID137169.aspx

Behind The Dance…

The dance was conceptualised for Wynette and my Arabian Nights themed LDF event held in Klang on 19 Oct 2019. So Philip Sobrielo and Winson Eng came by my place on the eve of the event to finalise the dance steps, until wee hours of the morning.

About the Song & Phrasing

We chose the music 1001 Nights Arabian Nights by Ch!pz, a pop group from the Netherlands to fit the theme of the event. The dance is called 1001 Nights with signature moves from the artists themselves, showing the 1-0-0-1 arm movements which are really cool. We had the dance phrased to fit the different melody and tempo and lyrics of the music, but the steps are fairly simple and repetitive in nature. The music will tell you when to do what, it’s pretty obvious.

We hope you will enjoy this fun dance, esp the arms bit. We did and the music is catchy and awesome. Do take a look!

On a side note, we raised RM8000 from ticket sales, donations and proceeds from stalls, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have contributed in one way or another, making the event a great success. Love you all <3

Videos of the dance

Dance Video:

Walk Thru Video:

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New Dance: Run Run Runaway

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | August 28, 2019

Dance name: Run Run Runaway
Description: 64 count 2 wall intermediate phrased line dance
Choreographers: Adeline Cheng, Winson EWS, Jennifer Choo & Philip Sobrielo
Music: Runaway by Sebastian Yatra & Daddy Yankee feat Jonas Brothers
Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/run-run-runaway-ID135810.aspx

Behind the dance…

Philip got us together on a Whatsapp group to create a dance for his Glitz and Glam event as we confirmed our attendance (roughly 2-3 weeks before his event) so we were throwing in some music suggestions. In the end, we chose the song Runaway by Sebastian Yatra & Daddy Yankee feat Jonas Brothers due to its catchiness. We provided some parts each and so a new dance was born, which we thought is FUN and FITTING to the lyrics. Hope you could feel our choreography too 🙂 Can anyone guess which part was choreographed by whom? 😀

About the song & phrasing…

The song is a mix of English and Spanish lyrics. It’s catchy and the song gets into your head. Part A is the verse while Part B is the chorus (runa-runa-runa-runa-runa-runaway). You will be able to know which part to dance from the song. Just in case you can’t, just remember these for the phrasing: AA-BB-AAAA-B-AAA-B-AA

  1. 2-4-3-2 as the number of A’s in sequence
  2. B’s always starts on 12:00 except the 2nd B which starts at 6:00.

For the ending, just run another 1/2R (4 counts) instead of the press slides to end on 12:00.

Videos of the dance

We taught the dance during Glitz and Glam 2019 but completely forgotten to video the dance teach/demo. So we did a little mock-up after the party. Here it is:

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New Dance: GRADUALLY…

Jennifer Choo Sue Chin | July 19, 2019

Dance name: Gradually…  (Chim Chim)
Description: 48 count 2 wall intermediate waltz line dance
Choreographers: Jennifer Choo & Wendee Chen
Stepsheet: https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/graduallychim-chim-ID134982.aspx

Behind the dance…

I heard this beautiful “bom cha cha” Cantonese song on radio one day last year and found out it’s sung by Eason Chan, a popular Hong Kong singer. Being so busy with my work, I forgot about it then, but had casually mentioned it to Wendee Chen to check it out early this year. Like me, she loved it “at first sight” and quickly put some steps together and sent me. And it sat for the longest time in my inbox waiting to be unveiled. After the success of Diamond Lover (co with Tracy Hoo), I began to feel more energized and motivated to choreograph again. Wendee reminded me of the dance in my cold storage and encouraged me to complete it. Within several days and amidst our several trips out of town, we finalised the dance. Taught it to my classes and, thanks to the song, they all loved it too “at first sight”. Not often, my students would clap their hands instinctively after dancing a dance for the first time (not even my dances) but they did, and the feeling is absolutely satisfying.

About the song…

Several people told me (at different times) that all of Eason Chan’s songs are very nice. Wow, I think we should look into his songs for more future choreography! This particular song Chim Chim (cantonese) or Jian Jian (mandarin) means “gradually”, and the artist sang about the nostalgia of a gradual lost love. Lyrics of his song can be found on his music video MV.

Videos of the dance

I taught the dance at Sally Mak’s party in early July. Here are some videos taken on that day. Before the party ended, they requested for the dance once more.

 

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