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 have 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 Dance for the Dream Workshops hosted by Scooter Lee have provided a wealth of new, easy and fun dances.

These are some of our Play Lists:

I have included the choreographer as so many of them have the same name.

My First Steps---Barbara Hile
A-B Rumba---
Cut A Rug---Jo & Rita Thompson
Bring Me Down---Lisa LeMier
Sweet Baby---Jenifer Wolf
Ah Si!---Risa Masur
Chica Boom Boom---Vikki Morris
Shuffle Boogie Soul---Ira Weisburd
Georgette's Cadillac---Doug & Jackie Miranda
Where I Belong---Maggie Gallagher
Jo N Jo Tango---Jo Thompson Szymanski & Rita Jo Thompson
Red Hot Dancer---Jo Miller
Bad Bad Leroy Brown---???
Bosa Nova---Phil Dennington
Blue Night Cha---

A Beautiful Girl---Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Anuenue Strut---Rena Rainbow
Stray Cat Strut---??
789-Stroll---Max Perry
All of Me---Paul Dornstedt
455 Rocket---Karen Hedges
Boot Scootin' Boogie---Bill Bader
Bacchus Shuffle---Steven Schafer
Good Time---Jenny Cain
Under The Sun---Kathy Chang & Sue Hsu
Memory--Irene Groundwater
Rio---Diana Lowery
Uno,Dos,Tres---Sherry McClure
Burlesque---Norman Gifford
Waltz Across Texas---Lois & John Nielson

Georgia Peach---Pat Meikle
Eye Candy---Gerard Murphy
Bally's Mambo---Rosie Multari
Bar Stools---Ken & Bunny Fargo
Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans---David Pytka
Blue Rose Is---Donna Lent
Country As Can Be---Suzanne Wilson
Cowgirl's Twist---Bill Bader
Hello Dolly---Lorraine Kurtela
Cruisin'---Neil Hale
Cheek To Cheek---Rob Fowler
Chattahoochee Hustle---Lana Harvey
Wave On Wave---Alan G Birchall
Rivers of Babylon---John Bishop & Karen Wilkinson
Second Chance Waltz---Michael Barr

Hit The Road---Joanne Brady
Cowboy Charleston--- ???
E.M.S.---Bill Bader
Dancing In White---Jan Wyllie
Stroll Along Cha Cha---Rodeo Cowboys
Speak To The Sky---Keith Davies
Beer For My Horses---Christine Bass
Enchantment---Jo Thompson
Crazy Foot Mambo---Paul McAdam
Come Dance With Me---Jo Thompson
Kowboy Krazy---John H Robinson
Quarter After One---
Caught In The Act---Ann Wood
Big Blue Note---Jan Smith
Rita's Waltz---Jo & Rita Thompson

EeeZee Boogie---Kathy Brown
Go Cat Go---Gaye Teather
Shoop Shoop---Jo Thompson
Hooked On Country---Doug Miranda
Just For Grins---Jo Thompson
Hustle Bustle---Berry Clarke
Blue Hawaii---Irene Groundwater
Covered In Kisses---Michele Burton & Michael Barr
Watermelon Crawl---Sue Lipscomb
The Ants Dance---Michele Burton
Cowboy Cha Cha---Kelly Gellette & Michelle Stremche
Tush Push---Jim Ferrazzano
Country Roads---Kate Sala
Can't Stop Loving You---Andy Skidmore
Midnight Waltz---Jo Thompson

Seduced---Ira Weisburd
Slidin' Home---Jo Thompson Szymanski
Mamma Maria---Frank Trace
Stealing The Best---Rosie Multari
Ghost Train---
The Wharf Strut---Bob and Gene Thorne
Sweet Sweet Smile
Boogie Woogie
Billy B Bad
Stomp!
Wild, Wild West Boogie
Smokey Places
Kickin' The Blues---
Summer Fly
Got You Too--

K-Step Boogie---Michele Burton & Jo Thompson Szymanski
Big Bang Boogie---Michele Burton
One Step Forward---
On The Straight and Narrow---
Mister-In-Between---


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 several classes at various locations.

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.