Dance it out: Brothers Osborne - Pawn Shop

Brothers Osborne - Pawn Shop 

Partner dances to Billboard’s 2016 Top 20 Hot Country Songs

Partner dances to Billboard’s 2016 Top 20 Hot Country Songs 

1) Florida Georgia Line — H.O.L.Y. (78 BPM) ~~ Slow West Coast Swing, Buckle Polisher, Slow Two Step
2) Thomas Rhett - Die A Happy Man ~~ Slow Slinky West Coast Swing
3) Tim McGraw - Humble & Kind ~~ Waltz

Shuffle: 6 popular country songs for a good triple-two

Shuffle Songs

Thomas Rhett - Crash and Burn

Eric Church - Drink In My Hand

Dierks Bentley - Different for Girls (slow, lesson speed)

Brothers Osbourne - 21 Summer

Dierks Bentley - Drunk on a Plane

Chris Stapleton - Parachute -- Love this song! (it would make for a fun, upbeat west coast in the middle too)

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16 West Coast-able Pop Country Songs

Country songs out on country radio now that you could west coast swing to:

Sam Hunt - Take Your Time
Brett Eldredge - Drunk on Your Love
Old Dominion - Snapback
Chris Lane - Fix
Drake White - Living The Dream
Dierks Bentley - Different for Girls
LOCASH - I Know Somebody
Jake Owen - Beachin’
Brothers Osbourne - 21 Summer {nice Cha-Cha or El Paso too}
Chris Stapleton - Parachute {nice shuffle too}

SLOW
A Thousand Horses - Smoke
Jason Aldean - A Little More Summertime
Big & Rich - Lovin’ Lately
Blake Shelton - Lonely Tonight
Little Big Town - Girl Crush
Keith Urban - Blue Ain’t Your Color

See also:
Good popular country two-step songs

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Couple's dance suggestions: Popular songs paired with popular dances

Here we go again: random songs we heard on "Today's Country Radio" Pandora channel . Popular songs paired with popular dances. 

Woman Like You - Lee Brice  

Shuffle vs. Two Step 

Fastest Girl in Town - Miranda Lambert

Line Dance - Calamity
Couple's Dance - East Coast Swing
Shuffle vs. Two Step

Dance suggestions: 4 popular country songs

The first 4 country songs I heard on "Today's Country Radio" Pandora channel inspired me to pair them with a handful of popular dances:

5-1-5-0 - Dierks Bentley - Home  

Line Dance - Nice tempo for Suicide Blonde
Couple's Dance - Slower 16 Step
Couple's Dance - Shadow
Shuffle vs. Two Step

(Kissed You) Good Night - Gloriana

Line Dance -Elvira's Cha Cha
Couple's Dance - Lorrie's Cha Cha
Couple's Dance - El Paso
Couple's Dance - Nice Country Rhumba
 Shuffle vs. Two Step

Drink in My Hand - Eric Church

Line Dance - Freeze
Line Dance -Sleazy Slide 
Couple's Dance - Swing (East Coast or West Coast) 
Couple's Dance - Wooden Nickle 
Shuffle vs. Two Step

Postcards from Paris - The Band Perry 

Shuffle vs. Two Step 
Good tune. Grab a beverage 'n sing along ;)

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Country Dancing Don'ts for dancers and DJ's

Honestly, a certain stomping ground of mine has been quite frankly irritating lately. Dance nights have crossed the boundary of annoying onto the no-longer-fun side. At the risk of sounding like a dance snob, I'm going to throw some of my gripes into the universe. Why not? It's my blog right?


Dear DJ:

• First and foremost: There is absolutely no excuse for a bad two step song
• Two-stepping was designed for country music, please one of the thousands of fantastic songs that go with this dance
• BTW it's Cha-cha not Chachaka 
• Chachaka isn't cute or funny - learn the names of the dances. It's your job. 
• Pay attention to the dance floor (hint: most people go out to have fun) [see Dear Dancers]
• There is an art to DJing a country dance. Not to point out the obvious but if the floor is rocking & everyone's having a great time to an easy upbeat dance, do not follow up with some obscure request to a slow song that 6 people in the bar know.
• Please don't kill the buzz by calling a slow dance while there is quality momentum. 
• Notice if certain crowds always do certain dances. Cluster them together. 
• If you absolutely feel the need to kill the buzz during peak dance time with an obscure dance, slower song, or some other random bad idea, KINDLY cluster that nonsense so we can at least enjoy our drinks and conversation. 
• No one really likes the cha cha slide, casper slide, cupid shuffle or electric slide regularly.
• Every once in a while for nostalgic purposes acceptable but for the love of dance - please remember it's not a wedding or a high school dance.

Dear Two steppers:

• Attention leads: prep on the slows, spin her on the quicks
• Even the most experienced dancers aren't cartoons - there are real weight & balance issues if you yank her on the wrong foot the wrong way. 
• A good lead gently guides the woman the way he would like her to go. It's a suggestion - not a command.
• All right NASCAR fans: Women are not cars, two stepping is not a race 
• Super sweater? Bring a change of shirt. 
• planting your hand on the shoulder / back of your partner shouldn't cause a squishing sound... like, ever.
• Wear deodorant (yeah, list necessary :/ ) 
• Under no circumstance is it ok to grab a woman by the wrist n drag her across the floor, caveman
• Women are NOT arm racks

Dear Dancers:

• If you don't know a dance, standing in top of someone who does will not help you learn it
  
  • to watch & follow someone, they need to be able to dance 
• Don't forget dance floor etiquette - couples on the outside, line dancers on the inside. If the floor is crowded, line dancers should still be aware of the couples. If the floor isn't crowded, couples, that doesn't mean make the outside smaller. DJs, to you that means c'mon - if you call 2 popular inside dances and a popular outside dance, the bar clears and you see people knocking each other down, don't keep calling that combo

Are you with me? Am I being fickle? Thoughts & opinions welcome. 

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DJ Joe White to bring a good time to 38 West, 4 Sure!

Tonight DJ Joe White will dust off his cowboy boots & line dance playlists to bring some great line dancing music back to South Jersey line dancers.

Joe White DJ'ed and taught line & couples dances in the Philadelphia area at Prospectors for years. Playing GOOD dancing music, he had a knack for pairing new songs with classic dances. It's been about a year since his departure from Prospectors where he is greatly missed by many boot-scootin' bar-goers. "Where's the Hell Yeah button" and "Wouldn't miss it for the WORLD" are what some said on facebook event, The Return of DJ Joe White. Choreographer of the line dance, 4 Sure , Joe keeps the dance floor moving.

If you can't make it out tonight, we've heard some buzz about another DJ Joe White appearance at 38 West on July 29th.

38 West
1533 West Route 38
Lumberton, NJ 08060
609-267-3578

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