27. OLD 97


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27. "OLD 97"
4-wall line dance 32 counts, CCW Direction, Easy/Intermediate Level,
Choreographed by Diana Dawson, April 2006
Music Suggestions – “Country Mega Mix” by Magill (126bpm) (CD Most Wanted 3)
Dance named from “The Wreck of the Old 97” by Boxcar Willie , Johnny Cash, and others.

Taught at Weekend Workshops at Blairgowrie - April 2006,
Bannockburn May 2006 and Blackpool (Norbreck) - April 2007

Published in the magazines pictured below and Mentioned in Dispatches

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Country Music & Dance
In Scotland & NI (CMDS)
June/July 2006
published in CMDS - June/July 2006
Up Country Magazine
June issue 2007

Published in Up Country magazine June 2007

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MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES
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Thank you for your votes, reviews and teaching my dances
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World Linedance Newsletter - Teaching Survey showed OLD 97had been taught in North Carolina, USA in April 2008

Bernadine Boyd, Barrow In Furness, voted OLD 97 No4 in her TOP TEN Dances in Up Country Magazine - April 2008

World Line Dance Instruction Survey for March 2008 showed that Old 97 was taught in Scotland

World Line Dance Newsletter for 3rd December 2007 showed that Old 97 receive one vote - from somewhere in the world

World Line Dance Newsletter for 18th Nov 2007 showed that Old 97 receive one vote - from somewhere in the world

Mrs M McCafferty voted Old 97 - No 10 on Linedancer magazine on-line Charts - November 2007

World Line Dance Newsletter for 4th Nov 2007 showed that Old 97 receive one vote - from somewhere in the world

Up Country Magazine's TOP 10 dances included Old 97 at No 5 in Di's Dance Ranch, Upholland, Lancashire, Martha Davenport Tennessee, USA said...."I love the dance Old 97. I have the music Wreck of the old 97, but I saw the video on You Tube of the dancers doing Old 97 and love the music - is it the Magil mix?...." (e-mail October 2007)

World Line Dance Instruction Survey for September 2007 showed that Old 97 was taught in the UK

Daniel Whittaker taught OLD 97 in September 2007 - LDUK e-mail group

K Sturmey taught and commented on OLD 97 - LDUK e-mail group....." through this one in as a easy teach, healthy number got up for the 2nd go later on in the evening. novel little dance, with a novel little train song track. - 12 September 2007

Monty Stompers + Ravin Stompers, Tal-y-Bant voted OLD 97 No 6 in their Top Ten Country Dances in Up Country Magazine - September 2007 issue

Panthers Linedance Class, Caerphilly, South Wales voted OLD 97 No 8 in their Top Ten Country Dances in Up Country Magazine - September 2007 issue

Gary Lafferty included OLD 97 in his Podcast (no. 13) on Linedancer Magazine's website - 19 July 2007

Glynn Holt wrote....."I have been teaching your dance OLD 97 for the past couple of weeks and it has gone down extremely well it's a massive hit with all levels of dancers in my class" - e-mail July 2007

Magill - The Dancers Band told me Old 97 was taught at an event in Lincolnshire in June and when they (Magill) played "Country Megamix" the dance went down a storm (e-mail from Magill)

Jeanette Robson reporting on the Deans Harrogate Weekend in June 2007, said that OLD 97 was included in the dancing programme - LDUK e-mail group