BiographyA dedicated western dance instructor, who bases his classes on a very friendly, fun but informative format.
Steve started western partner dancing in 1993, after seeing and hearing new country on C.M.T.V in 1990.
As a youngster, brought up with C&W fans as parents, he was used to hearing Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride, Slim Whitman, George Hamilton, Hank Williams etc etc around the house and in the car.
During 1995, after attending several country nights at a poorly supported venue in Hull, Steve was asked to teach the western dancing he was doing for pleasure at each event. After a few weeks persuasion he agreed. It started with 6 or 7 students and grew to 30 or 50 in a couple of weeks, rising to a 100 plus very quickly.
Not happy with teaching without qualifications, and also wanting to know more about western dancing, Steve joined the B.W.D.A in 1996, took Part 1 exam in April 96, Part 2 in July 96, and was part of a group of 90 to take the first ever B.W.D.A Part 3 exam at the newly opened Oasis Club in Preston, during November 96.
During October 96, Steve also joined the D&G school for western dance instructors. Its Principals are Americans and the syllabus they use is The National Teachers of America (N.T.A) for western dance instructors.
The Part 1 exam for line dancing was taken in February 97, Part 2 for partner dancing in July 98 and Part 3 for freestyle waltz, two step, polka and east coast swing during June 99.
Steve regards the D&G as very thorough, informative, and probably the best instructors school around. He has now been asked to consider being a D&G training officer.
Steve started choreographing dances in 1996 for a Hull duo, "The Souths" and was asked to write dances for Doncaster duo, Waylander. All of these dances can be found on the site.
Steve was featured in the Autumn 1999 edition of Trail Blazer magazine and has just been interviewed by the B.W.D.A for their magazine.