Printable country gift tags: Cowboy Boot Stockings

Thank you for being faithful 38 Step line dance blog readers! For being so fabulous, we made these adorable printable cowboy boot stocking gift tags just for you. We made 2 versions: color and black & white. Just click and print.

I printed mine out, rubber cemented them to ordinary manila file folders & cut them out. I imagine spray glue would work just as well. You could print them out on card stock too... whatever suits your fancy! 

Enjoy the fancy free country country cowboy boot gift tags!

Most of all, have a very Merry Christmas from 38step.com! 

Artwork by @linedancegirl.

Check out -> Big band era Starlight story

Just finished reading this article by Jacob Schaad Jr. in the Wildwood Leader. Though recounting a massive fire, this story captures the essence of an era that can ignite dancing love all over again.

In another time > Hot times at the Starlight, but the fire was hotter

"... a different time when romance and dance came together at the ballroom in imitations of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and to the music of the big bands of Glenn Miller, Vaughn Monroe and the like."

I'll dance it off, thanks

Hope y'all had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

I don't know about you but after this week, I could totally use a good night of dancing off all the stress, and that festive food! Whether you feasted on Turkey or Tofurky, it's going to feel great to get in some dancing time.

Where do you plan to dance off your Thanksgiving feast this weekend?

We're headed over to Prospectors tonight... one of our fellow dancers is celebrating a birthday tonight & he's throwing a 'dress to impress' party complete with a food drive. Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Have you been back to Prospectors?

Have you been back to Prospectors in Mt. Laurel, NJ since the grand reopening with a larger dance floor? What are your thoughts? I'm curious to hear if your experience was anything like mine. 

The Scooch Line Dance Step Sheet

The Scooch
Choreographed by Jo Thompson
Description:32 count, 2 wall, intermediate line dance
Music:   C-O-U-N-T-R-Y by Joe Diffie
455 Rocket by Kathy Mattea
Start dancing on lyrics

SYNCOPATED STOMPS AND CLAP
1 Stomp right forward (do not transfer weight).
2 Clap
& Step right beside left.
3 Stomp left forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step left beside right.
4 Stomp right forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step right beside left.
5 Stomp left forward (do not transfer weight).
6 Clap
& Step left beside right.
7 Stomp right forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step right beside left.
8 Stomp left forward (do not transfer weight).
& Step left beside right.

FORWARD ROCK, STEP, SHUFFLES BACK RIGHT & LEFT, BACK ROCK, STEP
1 Step right forward bending knees slightly
2 Replace weight back to left straightening legs.
3&4 Right shuffle back.
5&6 Chassé back left, right, left
7 Step right toe back.
8 Replace weight forward to left.

¼ TURN LEFT INTO RIGHT SHIMMY SLIDE, 3 STEP TURN LEFT, ¼ TURN LEFT & CLAP
1 Turn ¼ left and step right to right side with optional shoulder shimmy.
2 Snap fingers
& Step left beside right.
3 Step right to side.
4 Clap
5 Step left to side starting left full turn 3 step turn.
6 Step right beside left continuing left full turn 3 step turn.
7 Step left to side completing left full turn 3 step turn
8 Clap and turn ¼ left on ball of left.

SCOOCH FORWARD, CLAP, BACK, CLAP & FORWARD 4 TIMES
&1 Small slide right foot forward, small slide left foot forward
2 Clap
&3 Small slide right foot back, small slide left boot back
4 Clap
&5  Small slide right foot forward, small slide left foot forward
&6Repeat above 2 counts
& 7Repeat above 2 counts
&8 Repeat above 2 counts

REPEAT THE SCOOCH

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Line dance girl gets her toes out of the sand

... and back in my boots =) 

Howdy,

It's been a busy spring & summer. Perhaps I personified Terry Clark's song, "I Wanna Do It All", Zac Brown Band's "Toes" and Craig Morgan's "Redneck Yacht Club'". I think Keith Urban said it best... "Days Go By".

I took some road trips, went to some baseball games, and took some down time at the beach. It's been a great summer missing only one thing, large quantities of line dancing!

Getting back in the swing of things, I'm sure you've heard Prospectors has been closed through July & August for renovations. They have been working all summer to get the club back in proper dancing order come  September. They're making the dance floor larger [yesss!!!] and rearranging the layout to better accommodate our needs. We look forward to getting back to some 'pros' dancing when they reopen.

In the mean time, good ol' Friendly Tavern in Carney's Point (Rt. 40) celebrated it's grand reopening on July 17. It's a great place with a slick floor to dance some Two Step & Shuffles on a Saturday night after the Cowtown Rodeo! Friendly Tavern does country music Weds. - Sat. night. They're big on Two Stepping & Shuffling and slightly less focused on line dancing than other local venues. If you haven't been there lately, it's worth venturing out!

We went out last weekend to Friendly's and I heard that Kathy Mattea tune "455 Rocket". Let me tell you how I couldn't have cared any less about what dance they were doing, I WAS gonna learn it. They were doing The Scooch choreographed by Jo Thompson. Easy to pick up, I had the dance down by the end of the song. Cool dance, awesome song.

Dancing on Sunday?

There's a new place to go country line dancing on Sundays in Bellmawr, NJ. The Stardust Ballroom holds a dance every second Sunday of the month with DJ Pat Gould. I hear some dancers venture out all the way from Cape May for some quality dancing.  I heard they have the largest floating hardwood floor in the tri-state area.

Stardust Ballroom
Bellmawr, NJ
2 - 6 pm every second Sunday
(Lesson at 2:30)
Admission: $7

Foot Candy - Line Dancing Boots

Line Dance Girl's favorite cowboy boots of 2010

Cowboy boots are trendy this spring! Here are the boot's I'd drool over, ponder and after consideration, justify splurging on ;)

Cowboy boots: quality wins over quantity!!!
Gotta have great cowgirl foot candy!! Especially since you'll be rockin' your boots for a long time.

Ideal line dancing boots have a leather sole for sliding, scootin' & shuffling... as cute as some fashion boots may be, they didn't make the list. There's nothing worst than trying to dance in rubber sole boots... well, maybe trying to dance in flip flops but that's another story.

Click for in-store boot details.

Line Dance Girl's boots:
I bought these from "Cowboy Blue" at Trail West in Nashville in 2008. The quickly replaced my favorites.


by Lucchese

I Like My Cowboys Dirty Line Dance Video & Step Sheet

I LIKE MY COWBOYS DIRTY
32 count, 4-wall beginner line dance
Choreographed by: lindy Bowers, Janis Graves & Sue Ann Ehmann
Music: (I Like My) Cowboys Dirty by Bridgette Tatum - Click to download from itunes
Exclusive mix by Marco Club Connection

STEP, TOUCH, STEP BACK, KICK, SLOW COASTER STEP, HOLD
1-4 Step forward R, touch L next to R, step back on L, kick R forward
5-8 Step back on R, together with L, step forward on R, hold

CROSS STEP FORWARD, HOLD, CROSS STEP FORWARD, HOLD,
JAZZ BOX ¼ TURN, TOUCH
1-2 Step forward L across R (prissy walk), hold
3-4 Step forward R across L (prissy walk), hold
5-8 Cross L over R, step back on R, step L ¼ turn L, touch R (9:00)

SHIMMY R, TOUCH, HOLD, SHIMMY L, TOUCH, HOLD
1-4 Step R to side, shimmy, touch L beside R, hold
5-8 Step L to side, shimmy, touch R beside L, hold

STEP OUT, OUT, HOLD (CLAP), BALL STEP, STEP FORWARD,
HOLD (CLAP), PIVOT ½ TURN, WALK, WALK
&1-2 Step R out to right side, step L out to left side, hold (clap)
&3-4 R ball step back, step L forward, hold (clap)
5-8 Step R forward, pivot ½ turn left, walk forward R-L (3:00)

REPEAT I LIKE MY COWBOYS DIRTY LINE DANCE

lindy Bowers (407-721-5106) Email: kicknboot@cfl.rr.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lindyslines/
Janis Graves (407-330-7420) Email: dancinjan@hotmail.com
Sue Ann Ehmann (276-957-4479) Email: saehmann@kimbanet.com
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How bout these lyrics girls?! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout @BridgetteTatum!

25 Most Popular Line Dances | March 2010

Top 25 country line dances here on 38step.com, March, 2010

1. Good Time Line Dance
2. Toes Line Dance
3. Cassanova Cowboy
4. Copperhead Road Line Dance 
5.  Tush Push  Line Dance
6. Tailgating Line Dance
7. Chill Factor Line Dance
8. The Freeze (aka Strokin') Line Dance
9. Electric Slide  Line Dance
10. Badonkadonk Line Dance
11. Watermelon Crawl Line Dance
12. Rio Line Dance
13. Cupid Shuffle Line Dance
14. Walk The Line  Line Dance
15. Foot Boogie
16. Big Green Tractor Line Dance
17. Men In Black  Line Dance
18. Swamp Thang Line Dance 
19. Elvira's Cha Cha Line Dance
20. Chica Boom Boom Line Dance
21. Ghost Train
22. Dizzy Line Dance 
23. Applejacks
24. Crazy Foot Mambo
25. Cruisin'