Line Dance Connection:

What's your name? Do you have any dance nicknames that you're known by?

Mark Wynn:

My name is Mark Wynn a.k.a Big Mucci Dat 71 North Boi.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Where are you from and what city do you call home?

Mark Wynn:

I'm from the city of Cleveland, Ohio -- The Birth State of Line Dancing

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

What do you do in your professional life? Any hobbies outside of dance?

Mark Wynn:

I am an International Recording Artist.

 

My hobbies are producing & recording music also riding my motorcycle.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

So what do they call this dance craze in your home town? Line Dancing, Hustling, Sliding, Other?

Mark Wynn:

In Cleveland we call it Line Dancing.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Are you affiliated with any group or groups?

Mark Wynn:

Yes, 71 North Boyz.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How long have you been dancing?

Mark Wynn:

I have been Line Dancing Since 1986, so that’s 27 years.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How did you get involved in dancing?

Mark Wynn:

I have been dancing since I was a child.  I majored in Dance at the Cleveland School of the Arts, but as for Line Dancing it was a Cleveland Ohio Culture. Since the early 80's it was like the entire city did Line Dances such as The Trans Europe Express and The JB's Monorail From Children as young as 12 and 13 to the elders All Line Dance.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

After you attended your very first class, how did you feel?

Mark Wynn:                  

After my first class with one of Cleveland, Ohio's own Line Dance King "Rob Johnson", it gave me a boost on teaching my own dances.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How did you get into choreography?                                               

Mark Wynn:

WOW... In 1997 I came up with a song and Line Dance called
“Boodie Bounce” (which has been stolen and is now called "The K Wang Wit- It" in some states). After it became a MEGA smash hit in Cleveland people kept telling me to make more Line Dances, so I just kept going none stop for 16 years now and still counting.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How many dances have you created and what was the very first dance you created?

Mark Wynn:

I have 20 dances and my first was call "Let me C dat Boodie Bounce".

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Of all your dances which one would you say is your favorite?

Mark Wynn:

To tell you the truth I love all of them, but if I was to pick one…….hmm that’s hard.  But I will go with "The Bikers Shuffle".

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

In your own words, what makes dancing special?

Mark Wynn:

What makes Line Dancing special to me is that it is a way of life.  It's used as therapy to aid and also cure many types of disabilities and diseases believe it or not. Line Dancing also brings many different races and creed of people together and have a good time. Dancing has been around since the beginning of time and it will never play out.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

If you could change one thing about dancing, what would it be?

Mark Wynn:

I would not change a thing. It's perfect to me because everyone has their own taste and it's out there.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Tell me one thing about yourself that the dance community would find surprising.

Mark Wynn:

Oh WOW! Well I’m going to keep it real But Shhhhh keep this on the hush hush…..LOL. When in school I was a Ballet/Drama Major and Modern Dance was my Minor. I have performed many Ballet & Modern Dance showcases at The Karamu House located in Cleveland Ohio, which is the oldest African-American theater in the US.