Please visit the Music Download page for additional information on how to obtain a legal copy of the music.

Also, please visit the Rules links for information on the perpetual release and usage schedule.

Showcase ProAm Music

• ProAm Triple Two-On My Own-Reba McEntire - Special Edit
• ProAm Polka-Dirt Road Dancin' Tonight-Matt Stillwell - Special Edit
• ProAm Nightclub-Wonderful Tonight-David Kersh - Special Edit
• ProAm Cha Cha-Woulda Coulda Shoulda-Amanda Shaw - Special Edit
• ProAm Waltz-Trouble-Chiara Civello - Special Edit
• ProAm Two Step-Dance Some More-Austin Cody - Special Edit
• ProAm East Coast swing-A Little Less Lonely-Jace Everett - Special Edit
• ProAm West Coast Swing-On the Rocks-The Wrights - Special Edit

• ProAm Triple Two-Little By Little-Whitney Duncan - Special Edit

• Couples Triple Two-Tell me what you dream-Restless Heart - Special Edit
• Couples Polka-Shreveport To New Orleans-Roger Creager - Special Edit
• Couples Nightclub-You've Got The Touch-Alabama - Special Edit
• Couples Cha Cha-Walk Away-Kelly Clarkson - Special Edit
• Couples Waltz-Since You've Asked-Dan Fogleberg - Special Edit
• Couples Two Step-Nothin' About You Is Good for Me-Trisha Yearwood - Special Edit
• Couples East Coast Swing-I'm Gonna Burn For This-Jameson Clark - Special Edit
• Couples West Coast Swing-Cool cool thang-Everett Bradley - Special Edit

• Couples Triple Two-I Will-Jimmy Wayne - Special Edit

• 2009TeamShowcaseFunkySolo - Special Edit

• Cuban Showcase-Beauty And The Beast-Jump 5 - Special Edit
• Funky Showcase-Boom Boom Pow-Black Eyed Peas - Special Edit
• Lilt Showcase-Long Long Way-Alan Jackson - Special Edit
• Novelty Showcase-Le Jazz Hot-Julie Andrews - Special Edit
• R&F Showcase-God Give Me Strength-Bette Midler - Female Special Edit
• R&F Showcase-God Give Me Strength-Elvis Costello - Male Special Edit
• Smooth Showcase-Have You Ever Been In Love-Celine Dion - Special Edit

• Lilt Showcase-Cry Cry Cry-Trick Pony - Special Edit

Welcome to another year of competition!

For qualification criteria for each division please refer to the official UCWDC rules.

About the Step Sheets:

• The step descriptions are downloadable in Acrobat (pdf) format.
• For clarification, the direction of a step, weight change or the direction a dancer faces may be defined by points of the clock.
• Forward shall be denoted as 12:00; Right shall be denoted as 3:00; Back shall be denoted as 6:00; and Left shall be denoted as 9:00.
• Diagonal directions of travel shall be denoted around the clock as 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, and 10:30, respectively.
• The amount of rotation for pivots and turns is determined from the amount of change in clock direction and refers to the rotation of the dancer’s footwork, but does not necessarily indicate the amount of body rotation, or the body’s “facing” contra or open alignment while stepping.
• Used in conjunction with the step sheets, the videos are designed to aid in the learning of the vanilla patterns for the dances. If there is a discrepancy between the dance script and the video, the dance script takes precedence.
• Several of the video files are large and may take a minute or two to load, please be patient.

Date of Use Schedule
Usage dates for new dances are listed in the table below. For all dances and Showcase songs, there is a 15-day “window” before or after the date where Event Directors may choose to use either the “old” or “new (next)” released dance or song. Please contact the Event Director for specific titles to be used at their event.

If you have comments or suggestions for future dances, please contact me.Thanks, and have a great competitive year!

Judy McDonald
Line Dance Chairperson
judymcdonald@cogeco.ca

A: On July 19, 2009, the UCWDC® log-in process for Associate Members will change. Because of errors created by the use of duplicate usernames (typically caused by shared eMail addresses), our upgraded system will now require each Associate Member to create a new, unique username and password. Beginning July 19, 2009, your current username and password will no longer work. You should have received an eMail on July 13 from the UCWDC that included a temporary username and password for you to use to access your personal profile where you may create a new, unique username and password. To obtain a TEMPORARY Username and Password, click here.

Q: Why is the Associate Membership page changing?

A: The upgraded Associate Membership Website will allow you to renew your annual Associate Membership, view your Points Championship totals, verify your Worlds eligibility and track your progress toward graduation to the next competitive level. You may now also indicate your willingness to volunteer to help the UCWDC provide more and better service to dance enthusiasts worldwide.

Q: Once I receive my TEMPORARY Username and Password, how do I update them?

A: Here are the steps you need to take:

1. Go to http://www.ucwdc.org/wordpress
2. Enter your TEMPORARY Username and Password in the appropriate boxes and then click the Login button.
3. Click on Change Password/Edit Profile
4. Type in your preferred Username, any combination of letters and numbers that is unique to you ( 4-32 letters, digits or _ )
5. Scroll down 11 lines and type in your preferred Password, any combination of letters and numbers that is unique to you ( 4-32 letters, digits or _ )
6. Record your new Username and Password somewhere safe.
7. Review all remaining personal contact information in your profile. Make whatever corrections are necessary and update all of the required fields.  Please make sure that your record includes
   1. Your correct date of birth as some divisions are defined by age ranges
   2. Your phone number(s) and your personal eMail address
   3. Your parcel mailing (street) address
8. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save Profile button.

That’s it, you’re done! Good job!

The confidentiality of your personal data has always been a very high priority. As in the past, only you and the UCWDC Event Administrators can view your data.

We receive many eMail requests to recommend teachers. If you wish to be listed here as a UCWDC Professional Dance Instructor, and your Associate Membeship dues are current, you may purchase a full, one year listing here for $20.00 which includes a link directly to the eMail address in your profile. Simply select the Web Site Listing product. Click the Order button, then complete the transaction.

When you are ready to begin your renewal, search for your name again and click the word RENEW at the left side of the last block that has your name in it. ]]> http://ucwdc.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=425 http://ucwdc.org/wordpress/?p=124 http://ucwdc.org/wordpress/?p=124#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 18:32:46 +0000 admin http://ucwdc.org/wordpress/?p=124 Rex and Rachel Jones have donated much effort to setup and maintain the UCWDC YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/ucwdc.

A sample of the Videos is below:

1. Beth’s Overview of the 2010 Rules Changes

2. 2010 Rules

Click here to download the Syllabus Videos

These new syllabi are intended to help all Country Western Dance enthusiasts, students and teachers learn to dance, or improve their skills in, and knowledge of all our Worlds dances. It is the first step in our Vision 2012 focused on turning all dance forms, including Line Dance and Country Western Dance into recognized Olympic Sports.

The entire UCWDC® is committed to helping every School, College and University around the world start or extend their physical education program by including Line Dance and Country Western Dance in their curricula by providing free video study aids as well as free dance instruction classes for their instructors.

If your computer is a PC, you will need an MP4 Player of some kind, such as Apple Quicktime, to view the video files. To get a free version of Quicktime, follow this link and download their free Windows player.

For faster viewing, you are also welcome to save the videos to your hard drive. Just Right Click on the video, select “Save Target As” and then find/select the directory on your computer where you want the syllabus video file saved.

I want to personally thank all those who made these videos possible. The three Masters Couples who volunteered to demonstrate the patterns for you: Rex & Rachel Jones, Albert & Antoinette Tailleur and Rowdy Dufrene & Maryanne Harvey. Those who helped create the syllabus: Jeff Bartholomew, Kathi Bittner, Sue Boyd, Mark Bradburn, Mona Brandt, Melissa Culbertson, Dave Getty, Kelly Gellette, Rachel Jones, Rex Jones, Judy McDonald, Clive Stevens, Brigitte Zerah and myself. The UCWDC® members who helped direct this video: Jeff Bartholomew (thanks for your advice, too!), Kathi Bittner, and Kelly Gellette. And Rex and Rachel Jones for their time, editing expertise, and hospitality. Rex edited this video for you on his computer; there was so much video he had to take everything else off to make it fit! Thanks, Rex!

Finally, I thank all the Rules Committee members for their continuing work: Sam Arvidson, Jeff Bartholomew, Kathi Bittner, Sue Boyd, Mona Brandt, Barry Durand, Dave Getty, Tony Lee, Judy McDonald, J.P. Oster, and Bill Robinson.

I hope you notice we’ve been paying attention to widely differing requests. We listen to each of you and carefully discuss each suggestion, continually working to improve our sport and attract new people to our Country Western dance family. We hope you’ll share this syllabus with friends who have never experienced Country Western Dance. Click on the link to the 2009 Rules Overview to see a list of rules changes and clarifications, and the syllabus outline.

Have a fabulous 2009 Dance Season, and, as always, have fun dancing!

Beth Emerson
UCWDC® Vice President, Rules

P.S. Click the link to download each syllabus. Be patient, they’re large files.

The UCWDC® owns and protects the copyrights to every pattern in the syllabus videos. However, anyone who acknowledges and credits the UCWDC® for their use, is welcome to download and use these materials free of charge in order to promote good, authentic American Style Country Western Dance and Line Dance around the world. Volunteers to help teach Educator Dance Classes at nearby schools are most welcome. Apply to the UCWDC® Office.