I Love Fan Dances

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Watching them dance with the fans made me cry. Fan dances are my favorite. Lee Hong did a great job teaching them.

Dance Party

Sunday, 15 August 2010

This was indeed a surprise for me. I was looking forward to meeting my dancing friends and have dinner with them but didn't expect they would made it 'official'.

What striked me was the T-shirt the host group was wearing. It was also their new T-shirt and tonight was their first time using them. I liked it!

Happy to meet my friend, some have hung up their dancing shoes.

Nobody....

Dancing Inmates

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

What a great way to keep them out of trouble and also healthy physically and mentally - dancing. I really enjoy the dance tremendously.

Kelabit Dance

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Thanks, Sha, for these picture, that you took at Robert's son's wedding, of Kelabit dancing - graceful and the attire is beautiful.





Here are videos that I found on the YouTube on kelabit dances, without their traditional costumes

Jump Rope Team - A Sensational Performance

Monday, 9 November 2009


Thanks, Brother Telford, for sharing this video. I love the performance.



Video:

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Physical education teacher Lynn Kelley, who founded the Kings Firecrackers 13 years ago, said the video of their performance at an Army vs. Navy game in February 2009, was posted to the team’s Website in early April and has ignited national interest.
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Nobody

Friday, 6 November 2009

I love this video. I think it is funny and entertaining. Thanks for posting the video, queerclick.

Dance 舞

Thursday, 21 October 2010

As I watched this video again, I cried again. The Chinese word was just the perfect word for their performance - DANCE.

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Sister Schmitt knows that I would enjoy the video even though I am not ballet dancer. Yes, I do. I cried watching this video probably because I am touched by these 2 young dancers for their talent despite of their handicaps.



Actually I have seen this video before and just passed on. Back then, I was probably too preoccupied with other things that it didn't stir the desire, that I have now, of keeping the video in my blog.

Thank You For the Music

Sunday, 29 March 2009

This song "Thank You for the Music" by the Abba, is for my Heavenly Father. Thank thee for the Music, for without that, I cannot imagine how my life would be. For without it, there is nothing to dance to.



I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
'Cause everyone listens when I start to sing
I'm so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
She says I began to sing long before I could talk
And I've often wondered, how did it all start?
Who found out that nothing can capture a heart
Like a melody can?
Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair
I wanna sing it out to everybody
What a joy, what a life, what a chance!

So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

Line Dance - Waltz Across Texas

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

One of my favourites - Could I Have This Dance With You? It is the not the lyrics. It is the dance movements that lifted up my spirit for this day. The name of the line dance that I learnt was "Waltz Across Texas"

1-2-3......Cross left foot over right, step right foot in position, step left foot in position.
2-2-3......Cross right foot over left, step left foot in position, step right foot in position.

3-2-3......Step forward left foot, close in right foot, step left foot in position.
4-2-3......Step forward right foot, close in left foot, step right foot in position.
5-2-3......Step back left foot, close in right foot, step left foot in position.
6-2-3......Step back right foot, close in left foot, step right foot in position.

7-2-3......Step left foot to west (9 o'clock), step right foot behind to face south (6 o'clock), cross left foot behind and turn facing north (12 o'clock).
8-2-3......Cross right foot over left foot, step left foot to the west, cross right foot behind left foot.
9-2-3......Rock left foot forward, rock right foot backward, rock left foot forward.

10-2-3......Step right foot to east (3 o’clock), step left foot behind to face south (6 o’clock), cross right foot behind and turn facing north (12 o’clock).
11-2-3......Cross left foot over right foot, step right foot to the east, cross left foot behind right foot.
12-2-3......Rock right foot forward, rock left foot backward, rock right foot forward.

13-2-3.......Step left forward and turn to face west,step right foot forward behind left foot and turn to face south, close in left foot.
14-2-3......Step back right foot, close in left foot, step right foot in position.
15-2-3.......Step left forward and turn to face east, step right foot forward behind left foot and turn to face north, close in left foot.1
16-2-3.......Step back right foot, close in left foot, step right foot in position.

Note: After 2 sets, in position, 4 beats – in position – step left foot, right foot, left foot and pause. Only start the steps for 1-2-3 when the singing starts otherwise stay in the above 4 beats movement.

Watch this video of Annie Murray singing "Could I Have This Dance With You"!

Miri Che Sing Khor Moral Uplifting Folk Dancing Class

Saturday, 6 September 2008

Once upon a time, I was one of them .................. (sigh) ..... and one of the teachers (sigh) and I still love dancing, especially the fans dances. There is a season for everything, don't you agree?

The Anaconda Night Show by the Jewels of the Desert

Saturday, 12 July 2008

Except for the lightings, I really enjoyed watching the belly dancing show, put up by the Jewels of the Desert, last night in San Luis, Yuma County.

Can't see all the dancers clearly, especially those in the 2nd row! Teacher Shirley, who was dancing on the stage, later expressed the same feelings too. She said she almost collided with another dancer on the stage.

They have only colored lights beaming onto the stage and only a few minutes during the whole 1 hr show were a few of the ceiling white lights switched on. I guess it was better that way, with their kind of dressing and movements.




Can't help smiling so widely when the guy, taking this picture, said "Kung Fu". My oriental look must have spurred him to utter that word! But when he assisted to take another picture for my white looking teacher, he said "cheese".

14th Annual Arizona Asian Festival, Phoenix

Saturday, 19 April 2008

It was the 2nd of the 3 days festival. There were booths of different countries, displaying their respective products and food. What attracted most was the stage shows.

Doing the Tinikling, a traditional and popular Philippines Folk dance, that involves the hitting of two bamboo sticks by 1 person at each end.

This was not a dance. It was a Taiko performance - very interesting. Taiko drumming is a Japanese culture.

Indian dance

I would like to see Thai dancing because I think they are beautiful and very graceful, but the performance was only on Sunday, and I wouldn't be coming back. However I got to see Thai fashion. It is funny seeing non-Asian ladies modelling in Thai dresses, but anyhow both the models and the dresses are pretty.

What was disappointing for me is there were no Malaysian representatives? Someone told me there are Malaysians in their association but there is no director for the festival. I also noticed there weren't any Singaporean booths as well.

Stake Relief Society Birthday Celebration

Saturday, 8 March 2008

I thought the card was cute! White colored and in the shape of a women with a long dress, with the date and time of the function stamped on it.


I asked if I could contribute a dance to the Ward's celebration on the 21 February, and since the program had already been confirmed, the RS presidency said I dance for the Stake's celebration instead. I did the same dance that I did at the Gawai Dayak's talent show in the Miri branch in 2006.


This was a cultural dance by the San Luis branch. Reminded me of a Mexican dance that I did together with a few other ladies, in a talent show in the mid 90's. Our costumes then were so simple compared to these lovely ladies.



Lunch was served after the performances. These chairs are waiting for them to come back with their food!


Sister Lourdes and her daughter Sara waiting in the queue!


Me and the 'Mexican' dancers from San Luis branch! We are the only 2 branches that danced.