BAY AREA HOOFERS PLANNING TO MAKE LINE-DANCE HISTORY.Byline: Heidi Van Zant Van Zant is an American country rock duo composed of older brother Donnie and younger brother Johnny Van Zant. Both are brothers of the late Ronnie Van Zant, former lead singer for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). This ain't the hokeypokey, pardner pard·ner n. Regional A partner, companion, or friend. [Variant of partner.] Noun 1. . It's called the line dance, and folks in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. are so serious about it, they're saddling up to form the world's largest country line dance ever. Come July 4, residents will wave their American flags and shake their boots to the ``Cowgirl Twist'' down Middlefield Road all in hopes of making the Guinness Book of Records. The title is held by Rowlett, Texas Rowlett is a city in Dallas County and Rockwall County, Texas, United States. The population was 44,503 at the 2000 census. Rowlett is a quiet upscale bedroom community near Dallas, Texas in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, located on Ray Hubbard Lake. , which drew 3,197 dancers to its shindig shin·dig n. 1. A festive party, often with dancing. Also called shindy. 2. See shindy. [Probably alteration of shindy. July 1, 1995, Guinness officials said Wednesday. Redwood City hoofers will be asked to line up immediately after the 57th annual Independence Day Celebration parade, which has drawn 100,000 spectators in recent years. Organizers of the contest, which is co-sponsored by the KSAN country music station in San Francisco, want at least 4,000 dancers to stick around and shake their stuff to the ``Cowgirl Twist,'' with moves along the lines of the old Chubby Checker dance. ``This thing has acquired a life of its own Memory Burn A Life Of Its Own was released by Noise Kontrol in 2002. Memory Burn is made up of several high profile musicians who came together to create this special work. . About 10,000 fliers about the event have been snatched up already,'' coordinator Peter Van Beckum said. ``We're setting up a huge stage, and we'll have a helicopter filming from overhead.'' Redwood City Mayor Jim Hartnett has agreed to serve as an official witness to Guinness that indeed, a massive group of flag-waving, parade patrons did form said line in front of God and country. Line dancing - which is a choreographed set of dance steps performed in a line to country music - is one of the most popular forms of dancing today, said dance teacher Jamie Hogan, who will lead the dance line. ``We are in one of the hottest pockets for line dancing, here on the Peninsula. I came from Arizona, and it's hotter here,'' Hogan said. The parade and line dance is sponsored by the nonprofit Peninsula Celebration Association, which is springing for a 15-piece band and stage for the contest. The line dance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Middlefield, between Jefferson and Winslow streets behind Sequoia Station shopping center. After a brief lesson on how to perform to the 32-count routine, and with help from dance monitors interspersed throughout the crowd, the line must step lively in unison for at least five minutes to set the record. |
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