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This review was published in the June edition of Linedancer Magazine
SPOOKY
With just a single restart, at a very obvious point (and making this a 3-wall dance), the flow of this dance makes it seem somewhat less than the 64 counts it actually is. It's a really smooth track by Peter Grant and the Stop/Hold/Pivot/Hold sequences are quite dramatic. Alan had the distinction of being awarded second place for this dance last year at the Chicago event - Windy City. It's easy to see why.
Pam Hodgkiss
Newton-Le-Willows
This comment was posted 02 April, 2007 on Linedancer Magazine's Message Board
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JIVE ACES
Taught Jive Aces on Friday to both my Improver & intermediate, was very well received by both sections, like the jive music, easy steps with 3 restarts, music does help on these, well done Alan Haywood.
Nell From: Derbyshire
SPOOKY
This review has been taken from the Dance Reviews page on Peter Metelnick and Alison Biggs' website:
Spooky – Alan Haywood
This is a fun dance to an excellent version of the classic song by Peter Grant. The dance is really only 2.5 walls long because of the one re-start. We’ve now taught this to all our intermediate classes and it’s a really good dance to wind down with. If you’ve not tried it, give it a go you won’t be disappointed. It would be the perfect dance to do around Hallowe’en! LOL!
SPOOKY
This review has been published in Linedancer Magazine - December 2006 edition - thanks Derek!
"It's not too hard a dance but certainly one that you have to think about. The 2nd (9 o'clock wall) seems to catch everyone out. Lots of shuffles in the first 32 counts and of course the 3 wall description is most unusual. This because there is a restart on the 2nd wall"
Derek Cartwright - Ponderosa LDC, Liverpool
ARE YOU PROUD
Are You Proud, by Alan Haywood, music is to Do I Make You Proud by American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, night club 2 step rhythm, very, very nice and well liked, I just taught this last week here in this area but I'm sure it will become popular Evelyn Khinoo, ekhinoo@sbcglobal.net
ARE YOU PROUD
This charity event was held in Over, Cambs, and as I used to live there before moving to Oxfordshire I decided to go along and I was pleased to meet up with a few 'old' friends. I really enjoyed the event and Fiona, Alan, Jo & John made me very welcome.
Of the dances taught my favourite was "Are You Proud" (music "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks) choreographed by Alan Haywood. Lovely dance to a beautiful piece of music.
Chris Cleevley
Both of these are from Linedancer Magazine Site's Message Board
SPOOKY
Barbara P
Full Member
Member # 2134
posted 24 August, 2006 09:18
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Michelle taught this dance on Monday at Peace-Train, after seeing Alan demo it at
Kim Ray's workshop recently. It is a lovely dance to great music. Alan has written some interesting step combinations and the step, hold, click bit is awesome! The dance fits the music beautifully and you can put a lot of styling and attitude to it.
Highly recommended!
Barbara
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Kim Ray
Full Member
Member # 1989
posted 24 August, 2006 15:59
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I also taught this dance to my Tuesday intermediate class this week after seeing
Alan and Fiona demo it at my recent workshop. I found it a very easy teach to this
level and the class enjoyed the dance. A very good mainstream dance. Well done
Alan and good luck with it.
Kim
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SPOOKY
Spooky, by Alan Haywood, really nice dance done to a familiar song of course, so you can sing along! Picking up in popularity
Evelyn Khinoo, ekhinoo@sbcglobal.net
Hi, I would like to comment on the dance that you choreographed *spooky* I LOVE it. I am not a professional dancer, I only go line dancing once, maybe twice a week sometimes. but do enjoy it...This dance hasn't been taught at any of the clubs I've been to yet...But I am definitely going to recommend it. I pulled the step sheet off and taught it to myself, and found it very enjoyable to learn. I learnt it to the Dusty Springfield track. I really do hope that it becomes popular. Good luck with it...best wishes
From: Nikki x
NOT MISSING YOU
Great to meet you and Alan and I also want to say how much I really enjoyed the event as well. I also want to say that Alan's dance "Not Missing You" was very popular indeed and went down really very well - a very nice dance indeed.
From: Val Myers
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Last week learnt ALL AROUND THE WORLD to a track to Andy Abraham (The
dustbin man off X-Factor). Dance by Alan Haywood and I think it goes
really well with the music and so did the Tuesday and Wednesday class
this week.
From: Ryan Hunt
Just wanted you to know I like your dances. I teach senior citizens and you had some nice dances-Beautiful Baby, Roll Back and Dance.
B. Gillotti
Pgh. PAbgofarden@msn.com
DO YOU MEAN IT, IN THE DOGHOUSE, AIN'T NO MAN
Do You Mean I - When You Say You Love Me by Clay Aiken - 64 count Int. This was indeed a great dance with an unusual timed ending - quite clever! I loved it. Could stay for a long time.
In The Doghouse - Doghouse by Lonestar - 48 count, easier, happily danced and understood, quality choreography and a great entertainer.
Also danced one of Alan's Ain't No Man Dina Carroll but then I loved this dance before Alan came to us! Great for the mod dancer.
Hillary Kurt, Hills 'n' Toes
hillsntoes@ntlworld.com
SOME HEARTS
Dance to American Idol Winner 2005
Carrie Underwood (Some Hearts)
HI ALAN, JUST TO SAY BRILL DANCE
MANY THANKS MALC
Malcolm Hogben" <2hogies@tiscali.co.uk>
I NEED HELP
On Wednesday I taught Alan Haywood's I NEED HELP (Crazy chick by Charlotte Church). I had played with Tina Argyle's 32 counter but thought the dance seemed a little short for the track so opted for Alan's 64 counter).
Unfortunately, I forgot to transfer the music from my mp3 player (which I left at home too) to CD so we practised the dance to "My heart's gonna roll" from Fever 2. We'll put the tag in next week! The dance is quite fast (and in this heat too!) but I think it's gonna be popular.
Jill McBride (www.b92.co.uk/ld)
FOR YOUR LOVE
Funky/smooth ones going well include Alan Haywood's For Your Love
bigdavegastap@aol.com
DO YOU MEAN IT
Love your dance. I passed it on to one of my instructors. she is going to teach it on a cruise we are going on in Oct.
Thanks and regards,
Frances Frances.Lind@analog.com
I NEED HELP
I just wanted to let you know that I reviewed "I Need Help" on the Linedancer Magazine site. I'm also sending notes to several instructors and hopefully they will try out the dance and share it with their classes. Another instructor here in Florida taught this to her class this week. This dance is one of the few that received a round of applause after the teach. That tells me it will be a keeper for my class. I've been to your website and will check back and be sure to look over Alan's new choreography.
Terri - jalexan5@tampabay.rr.com
MY FAVOURITE VIEW
Nice to hear from you. Well, I have taught it in Malaysia and they love it as they don't get to learn these type of dances. They find it very relaxing as they have been following Singapore dances and theirs are mostly funky and fast.
Sueyeoh@aol.com
JUST MY LUCK AND I NEED HELP
Have taught your dance Just My Luck - well received - and am looking
for the proper version of the Charlotte Church song for I Need Help
michele.carver@sympatico.ca
I NEED HELP
Recapped Alan Haywood's I NEED HELP (Crazy chick by Charlotte Church). Remember I didn't have the correct music last week? Well this week I did. It's a bit fast for this weather but the class managed OK. Let's see how long it lasts. They all stayed on the floor for it.
Jill McBride (www.b92.co.uk/ld)
BUILDING OUR MEMORIES AND HOW WILL I KNOW
Building Our Memories, and taught it today to my class, its really good, in fact I'm enjoying a lot of yourself just found your web site. Keep up the good work, also working on How Will I Know.......
Sandy West Palm Beach, Florida
DO YOU MEAN IT
Just to let you know we had a great class Thursday night with Alan Haywood teaching his brand new dance "Do You Mean It" to a lovely track "When You Say You Love Me" by Clay Aiken this went down really well and I will be carrying this one on along with his dance "I Need Help" which was also well received once again a great night, thank you Lisa Thurley.
I NEED HELP
I did enjoy the evening. I'm glad you and Alan did too. It was great to meet you both and I really enjoyed Alan's dance.
Jane-ccdl23511@blueyonder.co.uk
HOLIDAY DREAMS
Holiday Dreams, by Alan Haywood, as Alan stated it does fit a number of different choices of music, the music i used was Precious Time by Van Morrison, fits perfectly to this music. Even though it's listed as a beginner it is also popular with the intermediates as well.Julie - jrebec30@aol.com
I NEED HELP
It's an excellent dance in my opinion. I'd never met Alan until he taught it at my club this week. I found him to be a very good teacher and very pleasant. And I genuinely thought the dance was great. I will definitely be teaching it at all my classes.
anniesaw@mac.com
DO YOU MEAN IT
Alan and Fiona came to our social on Monday night and he taught this dance. it went down really well. so well that Tuesday night, some who had been there asked me to go over it again. ( a frantic phone call to my daughter to read me the steps again over the phone) and we had a full floor, every bum off the seat for the twice we danced it and again at the end of the night for the 3rd time. lots of i like this, so i taught it again tonight, and same result again smiling faces on the dance floor, people going home happy.
K.STURMEY@NTLWORLD.COM
DO YOU MEAN IT
Week 2 by far the biggest floor filling being taught in all our classes at the moment. huge success.
K.STURMEY@NTLWORLD.COM
I NEED HELP
I Need Help-(Alan Haywood) A MUST do dance. 64 count, Int., easy steps but fast paced. One restart (my class hates restarts and tags, but I keep telling them they will get used to it and this one is easy to hear) Be sure and check this one out. Great job Alan!
Terri Alexander
jalexan5@tampabay.rr.com
DO YOU MEAN IT
Would like to thank Alan & Fiona for there kind words, it was nice to have you @ are club, they are a great bunch & i did thank them for making you so welcome. I asked to see if they wanted to learn "Do you Mean it" after you had demoed it last week, they did & I'm pleased to say it went down great, i personally love that track by Clay Aiken. Well done & hope to see you around soon. Kate. Ps you must get down to Bossy's one Sunday.
DO YOU MEAN IT
I also taught Do You mean it, while on a Mexican Vacation in Puerto Vallarta, it took a few times for the girls to get the timing (it is a tad fast for this group) but once they finally got it they liked it, one of the girls had just come from a Cruise in Hawaii and was taught the dance on the cruise ship by one of our local instructor's Sharon Emmett. I also taught it this week in my evening class they picked it up quite quickly however a couple of them were also on the cruise. We in the bay area are looking forward to doing the dance at our local venue's. If you haven't had a look at it yet be sure you do...Diana ward
DO YOU MEAN IT
Following Alan and Fiona Haywood's visit to Kate Potts Thursday class (KT's in Knypersley) last week and their demo of his dance "Do you mean it"; Kate taught the dance to the class this week. Took some of us a few tries to get the penultimate 8 counts right with the timing, but otherwise it went very smoothly. The music (When You Say You Love Me by Clay Aiken) is nice too. We did the dance a couple of times and then it got requested again later in the evening, so I guess people liked it!
Well done, Alan.
Regards,
Gary
I NEED HELP
I admire what you are doing to promote your new dance I Need Help... I was wondering if you could pass on a word doc of the step sheet.. or a pdf of the sheet... I have the music and would like to take a look and see what I can do with it here.. I teach a small group on Thursdays and we like to "test run" new dances out there and then introduce them to our local dance halls... be glad to see what I can do for you in this area.. I live in Ohio, USA...
Thank you..
Sharlene (shar_97@yahoo.com)
BUILDING OUR MEMORIES
Building Our Memories to Keith Urban is a firm favourite in my classes
Julie Cole
jollystompersjulie@hotmail.com
DO YOU MEAN IT AND CAN'T FORGET YOU
Alan.....Just a note to tell you "Do You Mean It" is going over GREAT. Class loves it. Going to start working on "Can't Forget You" this week. Keep up the good work.
Carolyn
Port Orange, Florida
"Carolyn Craska" <ccraska@earthlink.net>
DO YOU MEAN IT
Hello Alan !
I just want to tell you that I've teached your 'Do you mean it" in both of my classes.
Everybody is singing along with the song...hahaha
My ladies love it...
Thanks for that dance !
Bye bye
Katrin - silverlady@home.nl