LILY WAS AN EXCELLENT HOST AND WAS EVERYWHERE MAKING SURE HER GUESTS WERE HAVIN' A GOOD TIME.THE SPECIAL GUESTS OF HONOUR, SCOTT AND HIS LOVELY WIFE DEBORAH. FUN LOVIN' DANCERS CAME OUT TO PLAY!I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TIGERS LINE DANCED!GUESS WHO IS WHAT?!!!!LOTS OF CREATIVITYTHE DJ KEEPS THE DANCE FLOOR MOVIN' AND THIS FLOOR DIDN'T STOP FOR A MINUTE!MICHELE WAS AMAZING, SHE LED AROUND 130 DANCES! SHE HAD A BAD COLD BUT IT DIDN'T STOP HER, WHAT AN EXCELLENT JOB.EVERYONE WANTED THEIR PHOTO TAKEN WITH SCOTTANOTHER PHOTO OPPORTUNITY -- VERY HAPPY DANCERS INDEED!SMILE FOR THE CAMERA!EVEN MORE SMILES!OUR YOUNGEST PARTICIPANT! SHE CAME PREPARED FOR CANDIES, IT WAS HALLOWEEN AFTER ALL!'HEY MAMA' WAS A FLOOR FAVOURITEEVEN RACHEL AND GUYTON TURNED UP FOR THIS BIG EVENT!THE COSTUMES WERE GREAT, GAVE US ALL BIG SMILES!FUN WAS HAD BY ALLLOTS OF COLOUR AND IMAGINATION.THE BUMBLE BEE WAS THE WINNER OF THE BEST COSTUME -- SCOTT'S MUM KAREN PRESENTED THE PRIZEMOST CREATIVE COSTUME WENT TO 'ONE NIGHT STAND'! PROUD WINNER HERE WITH DEBORAHMOST POPULAR CHARACTER WENT TO RACHEL -- SHE CERTAINLY CAME A LONG WAY JUST TO WIN A COSTUME CONTEST!!!ALL THE COMPETITORS AND JUDGES HAD A GREAT TIME.
HALLOWEEN DANCE WITH SCOTT

Toronto, October 2009
For the last few years Lily Choi has been bringing Scott Blevins up to Toronto so the line dancers in the Chinese LD community can celebrate his birthday with him.  He has a huge fan club here.  This year,she reckoned they could celebrate Halloween at the same time!  They all enthusiastically embraced the idea as you will see from the photos below.

The Dance started early, at 3 in the afternoon.  There was a set play list that was sent out weeks ago so dancers could check through and practise ahead of time if they wished.  As could be expected, we went down memory lane (including one of my all-time favourites 'Have Fun Go Mad') until we came completely up to date with Scott's dances.   His latest contra dance 'Hey Mama' completely filled the floor and everyone had a wonderful time with it.  Scott was explaining to me how he found the music for one of my favourites 'Coochie Bang Bang'.  I bet that I am the only person in the whole Line Dance world to know (or at least it's nice to think that I've got an exclusive!) that Scott heard the song on 'Oprah'!!   Scott explained how the second tag  (the tricky one) came about and suggested that we dancers must listen carefully to the music rather than dance by count to get that tag correct.   I tried and it sure helps.   Also another tip --  for section 6 of the dance, 56a7; it's not a hold, you step on the lyrics 'burn burn burn'.  Once I looked at the the video of Scott dancing at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy7kGpOzhFE  I could see exactly what he meant.    Scott seemed to have a great time with the dancers and gave a very nice speech during the evening telling everyone how much he appreciated their support and enjoyed his visits up to Toronto.  This time around his delightful wife Deborah and his Mum, Karen, came with him.

Lily is a tireless event organizer and goes out of her way to ensure that all the dancers have a good time.  She whizzes around the floor always with a smile on her face.   She had arranged for a Chinese buffet from 6-7 but the music kept going so the dancers didn't have to sit still even during the dinner hour.  The costume compeition was a lot of fun as you will see from the photos below.  The dancers were a terrific bunch, out to enjoy themselves, which is what our line dancing is all about.  Thanks for all your hard work, Lily, it was much appreciated.