Line Dance Connection: |
What's your name? Do you have any
dance nicknames that you're known by? |
Donell McFadden: |
My name is Donell McFadden and I go by "PrimeTime". |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Where are you
from and what city do you call home? |
Donell McFadden: |
I am from Baltimore, MD…..born
and bred. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
What do you do in your
professional life? Any hobbies outside of dance? |
Donell McFadden: |
I am an IT Transmission
Support Analyst. I like to play Chess |
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Line Dance Connection: |
So what do they call this dance
craze in your home town? Line Dancing, Hustling, Sliding, Other? |
Donell McFadden: |
It’s called Line
Dancing. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Are you affiliated with any group
or groups? |
Donell McFadden: |
Yes. I’m affiliated with Primetime
Productions, Baltimore-LDF, Bro-Phi-Bro, D&M Productions, GOLD, DAMP, UnionCrew and the DMV. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How long have you been dancing? |
Donell McFadden: |
I have been Line Dancing
for approximately 15 years. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How did you get involved in
dancing? |
Donell McFadden: |
Randy Dennis invited me to
the 5 Miles House. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
After you attended your very first
class, how did you feel? |
Donell McFadden: |
It felt great!!! I was hooked and just wanted to line dance
again and again. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How did you get into choreography? |
Donell McFadden: |
It was a feeling for me ...
I love music, beats and dancing...
choreography just became a part of me. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How many dances have you created
and what was the very first dance you created? |
Donell McFadden: |
I have created 20 line
dances. My first line dance is
called "Primetime" which is
also a name that was given to me by A.J. the D.J. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Of all your dances which one would
you say is your favorite? |
Donell McFadden: |
I’d have to say “SouthSide Baby”!!! |
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Line Dance Connection: |
In your own words, what makes
dancing special? |
Donell McFadden: |
Line Dancing is special
because it is so much FUN, a great way to exercise and interact with the best
people in the world. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
If you could change one thing
about dancing, what would it be? |
Donell McFadden: |
I would have the dancers
face the audience when they start and not the DJ. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Tell me one thing about yourself
that the dance community would find surprising. |
Donell McFadden: |
I am a Bible Student a
seeker of the whole truth for well over forty years. God Almighty has given to me the full
understanding of his Word and a testimony of the whole Spirit truth. Please my Line Dance Family... Love God
with all your might and treat people the way you
want to be treated. |
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