Hi, I’m Brian and I love country dancing! I am a single dad to 4 amazing adult kids and live in Fullerton, California. In 2016 I went through a divorce, and like many going through something like that, I was pretty devastated. In my journey toward recovering and moving on, a recurring theme I heard was that there’s hope! People talked about finding silver linings in things like this. Maybe you’ll do things and discover things you never would have before! Well, in 2017 some friends of mine invited me to go to a country bar where there was dancing. But this wasn’t just any country bar, this was the Ranch in Anaheim California! A very nice premier place for live music and country dancing. I joined them and had a really good time. And over time, even without my friends, I kept going just to sit, have a beer, and hang out. (better than being all alone at home). I wasn’t dancing immediately at all–that terrified me! But what I found was that just sitting and watching people dance was nice, even therapeutic. Something about just watching people dance was very cool. But you can’t be at a place like that too long before you try it out yourself. So began my journey into country dance. At first, it was line dancing, but then after a few lessons, I actually tried the two-step as well. There were some rather terrifying moments to that of course! But now, here 6 years later I have enjoyed many many nights of dancing. In that time I learned the basic Two Step, learned several partner dances, and now know close to 50 line dances and tried out hundreds. It has really become a very fun outlet and activity. A place for meeting new friends and enjoying some great nights of live music and dancing. Looking back, I would never have guessed I'd be so caught up with, of all things, dancing! But here I am, and I'm happy to have found it and all the things and people that surround it. And now to write about the discoveries and hopefully put out some interesting and helpful information about it is a bonus!
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Attention All Line Dancers!
For this month's email, I have something a little different to share! Remember a few months back I talked about line dance lists and asked if anyone keeps track of what they know with a spreadsheet?
Well, I kept thinking about that and decided to try to make something that might help with this. I have a simple preprogrammed spreadsheet I am making available on my blog for the low cost of $1.50.
But for all you folks (all 850 of you!) who have signed up for my emails, in appreciation for subscribing, I am just giving it to you FREE!
I'm hoping that you click below to download it and try it out! This is for line dancers that want to keep track of dances they know, the dances they want to learn and also mark their progress.
Download is a zip file with a few different versions including a Google Sheets version (link).
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More to check out...
But for the Blog I also have a few new articles! Check out 4 recent blog posts on some great dance halls:
The Ranch Saloon, Anaheim California
On my blog are a lot of articles about places to dance. But I had never written about where I go dancing... until now! I'm excited to finally have an article about my favorite country dance hall: The Ranch Saloon in Anaheim CA!
It is a long article, since the place is very near and dear to my heart, but also one of the best places ever to go dancing! I hope you find it interesting! There are lots of photos and a few videos as well.
Three more!
Cowboy Country Saloon, Long Beach California
Stoney's Rockin' Rodeo, Sacramento California
Mavericks of Pflugerville, TX (the North Austin Mavericks)
Check these out as well! When it comes to these cool dance halls and dance clubs, please know that I’m still on the lookout! Where are the best places to go dancing?
As a subscriber to my blog please let me know where YOU go dancing! I’d love to know! This might help me create a new blog post for BEST PLACES TO COUNTRY DANCE in a city near YOU!
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Vegas Dance Explosion!
Lastly! So, since its now November, that means it is Vegas Dance Explosion month! In a few short days beginning Tuesday, November 8-Sunday, the 13th will be 6 awesome days of concentrated line dance immersion! If you are interested check out my blog post from last year covering the event to give you an idea of what it is all about and get your tickets and hotel reservations! It's not too late! Hopefully I'll see you in Vegas next week!
Vegas Dance Explosion, 2021 – Line Dancing Heaven!
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WRITERS NEEDED! Also, for my country dancing blog, I am on the lookout to hire writers to help me put out some good, helpful content for the dance community!
So, looking for writers and even suggestions for the blog in general!
Thanks for reading!
Brian
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Country Dancing Tonight
I love country dancing and all things around it - line dancing two step, county music and a great honky tonk bar or dance hall.
Hi, I’m Brian and I love country dancing! I am a single dad to 4 amazing adult kids and live in Fullerton, California. In 2016 I went through a divorce, and like many going through something like that, I was pretty devastated. In my journey toward recovering and moving on, a recurring theme I heard was that there’s hope! People talked about finding silver linings in things like this. Maybe you’ll do things and discover things you never would have before! Well, in 2017 some friends of mine invited me to go to a country bar where there was dancing. But this wasn’t just any country bar, this was the Ranch in Anaheim California! A very nice premier place for live music and country dancing. I joined them and had a really good time. And over time, even without my friends, I kept going just to sit, have a beer, and hang out. (better than being all alone at home). I wasn’t dancing immediately at all–that terrified me! But what I found was that just sitting and watching people dance was nice, even therapeutic. Something about just watching people dance was very cool. But you can’t be at a place like that too long before you try it out yourself. So began my journey into country dance. At first, it was line dancing, but then after a few lessons, I actually tried the two-step as well. There were some rather terrifying moments to that of course! But now, here 6 years later I have enjoyed many many nights of dancing. In that time I learned the basic Two Step, learned several partner dances, and now know close to 50 line dances and tried out hundreds. It has really become a very fun outlet and activity. A place for meeting new friends and enjoying some great nights of live music and dancing. Looking back, I would never have guessed I'd be so caught up with, of all things, dancing! But here I am, and I'm happy to have found it and all the things and people that surround it. And now to write about the discoveries and hopefully put out some interesting and helpful information about it is a bonus!
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