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Old 05-10-2016, 14:56
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Lesley doing a QS to "A Couple of Swells" doesn't seem right to me either.

Expecting an announcement....
Agree. It's very slow for a QS
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Old 05-10-2016, 14:58
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Agree. It's very slow for a QS
Exactly - I know she's 70 but c'mon...
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Old 05-10-2016, 15:13
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Happy to oblige!

Danny & Oti's Paso to those songs will be EPIC - 100% certain on that! Top of the leaderboard material if ever there was.

Claudia & AJ have a great Charleston tune that will see her rising up the ranks - 60%

Laura has fantastic Salsa music (the best song for me) this week but not sure if she will do it the credit it deserves - 30%

Good-o

Although I suspect predicting Danny will finish top is less to do with choice of music and more to do with the fact he's a proven excellent dancer and top of the week 2 leader board. Much as last year.
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Old 05-10-2016, 15:23
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Laura has fantastic Salsa music (the best song for me) this week but not sure if she will do it the credit it deserves - 30%
In the film, didn't they do more of a samba to it than a salsa?
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Old 05-10-2016, 15:56
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In the film, didn't they do more of a samba to it than a salsa?
Not seen it I'm afraid Ellie...
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Old 05-10-2016, 19:01
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Lesley doing a QS to "A Couple of Swells" doesn't seem right to me either.

Expecting an announcement....
I take it back as its just been confirmed on ITT that this is correct.

What a strange choice...
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Old 05-10-2016, 19:09
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Just looked at Claudia's training, I wouldn't be surprised if she gets 9's or even 10's!
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Old 05-10-2016, 19:37
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Danny & Oti's Paso to those songs will be EPIC - 100% certain on that! Top of the leaderboard material if ever there was.

I've just listened to both of the Zorro pieces of music, and if you'd put a gun to my movie-geek head I couldn't have told you where that music was from, and I doubt many others would either, so it won't benefit from the recognisability factor. If he does well in this dance it won't be because of the "contender gifted with a peachy piece of music" trope, it'll be because he's a good dancer.

Unless you count having a piece of trad music which actually matches the dance as a huge advantage.

Wait- I take it all back- you're right
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Old 05-10-2016, 19:45
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I tnink Claudia could well top the leader board that Charleston looks great - Dan looks good but he will have to work on those spins far too stagey and not latin enough
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Old 05-10-2016, 19:53
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I'm looking forward to Flintstone Rinder, flapper Cloudia, policeman Gorka getting Tameka in line and the sambaing 'Mask' Ed. Everyone else will be scenery.
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Old 05-10-2016, 21:02
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I hope with Ed's dance this weekend we don't get a repeat of Dave Myers and Karen Clifton's performance to the same song a couple of years ago.
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Old 05-10-2016, 21:06
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Me too! Tbf D&K were dancing salsa and Dave lacks the timing of Ed, who will be doing a samba with Katya.
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Old 06-10-2016, 12:10
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Hi cwickham. Hope you well

Do we have the definitive, corrected, confirmed lol dances for this week yet? If so could you please post up thanks.
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Old 06-10-2016, 15:40
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Claudia, Daisy, Lesley & Ore have the best music this for me week .

I just don’t hear or feel the connection between these songs & dances IMO:

Greg – I don’t know which type of American Smooth fits to Everything I Do (I Do It For You) .

Naga - The theme from Mission:Impossible is in 5/4 time signature, so I can’t hear how a Tango will fit to this .

Rob – I can’t hear how a Charleston fits to the theme from The Flintstones .

Tameka – Again I can’t hear how a tango will fit to The Heat Is On .

It just sounds to me like whoever chose the music this week picked (for some dances) songs from films & then just shoe-horned any random dance into them, & didn’t care if they fitted each other or not.
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Old 06-10-2016, 15:46
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It just sounds to me like whoever chose the music this week picked (for some dances) songs from films & then just shoe-horned any random dance into them, & didn’t care if they fitted each other or not.
Isn't that what they do every week?
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Old 06-10-2016, 16:02
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Isn't that what they do every week?
yes !
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Old 06-10-2016, 16:08
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I don't think "A Couple Of Swell" is a disaster for a Quickstep; it'll need to be sped up a bit, but I can see a nice, smooth-and-genial rather than fast-and-frantic routine in there somewhere, which to be fair fits the general air of the song nicely.
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Old 06-10-2016, 17:24
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Hi cwickham. Hope you well

Do we have the definitive, corrected, confirmed lol dances for this week yet? If so could you please post up thanks.
Ed is doing a Samba to Cuban Pete, not a Jive to Great Balls of Fire as previously reported, and Daisy is doing QS, not VW. Other than that everything is as initially reported.
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Old 06-10-2016, 18:13
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I don't think "A Couple Of Swells" is a disaster for a Quickstep; it'll need to be sped up a bit, but I can see a nice, smooth-and-genial rather than fast-and-frantic routine in there somewhere, which to be fair fits the general air of the song nicely.
I've never been that keen on Irvin Berlin songs and I've never liked that one.
Older generations, or those who like classic musicals will know the original, as a comedy routine with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland from "Easter Parade."

As they say "Follow That!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xxfm5-zRHo
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Old 07-10-2016, 11:40
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Hello all,
Just popping by to add that I wish Ed and Judge Rinder's dances could have been swopped (had Ed not done the Charleston last week!) Rinder would have been the most perfect Cuban Pete, he would have done a great version I think - which we will now never see . He's got the bendy body for it, and his facial expressions would have been perfect for it ! He could have done it very like Jim Carrey (different choreo). The producers missed a trick there- sometimes the decisions from 'on high' don't make much sense! I also don't get how a Charleston will fit with the Flintstones music - like somebody here said. Guess they are doing Flintsones as the Judge mentioned F.Flintsone in training last week?!
Likewise Ed would have made a perfect Fred Flintstone - he's got the phsyique for it - all they needed to do was stick him in a dark wig, and there they'd have it! Opportunity lost folks!!
Anyway I'm just imagining and wishing they could have swooped! It will be as it is!
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Old 07-10-2016, 11:45
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Hmmmmm...with the way Claudia's Charleston seems hyped , I hope that they deliver Saturday. Too many times dances that could have been incredible turned out to be pants on the night. ...mostly because of mistakes. Guess we'll see.
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