Line Dance Connection: |
What's your name? Do you have any
dance nicknames that you're known by? |
Ronnie Goode: |
My name is Ronnie Goode and
I am also known as Poca or DJ Suga
Snaps! |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Where are you
from and what city do you call home? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I was born and raised in
Baltimore Maryland. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
What do you do in your
professional life? Any hobbies outside of dance? |
Ronnie Goode: |
My
professional life is in the medical field. I enjoy crafts and being companion to the elderly. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
So what do they call this dance
craze in your home town? Line Dancing, Hustling, Sliding, Other? |
Ronnie Goode: |
In MD we call this dance
craze Line Dancing. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Are you affiliated with any group
or groups? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I
am the founder of DAMP which stands for DANCE AWAY MY PAIN! |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How long have you been dancing? |
Ronnie Goode:` |
I have been line dancing
for 14 years. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How did you get involved in
dancing? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I
heard a commercial on the radio where line dancing was being advertised so I
dragged my sister-in-law with me. I have been hooked ever since. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
After you attended your very first
class, how did you feel? |
Ronnie Goode: |
My first class was weird
because I just jumped in but after I attended my first class I felt slow. LOL
My brain doesn't function that way. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How did you get into choreography? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I
heard a nice song so I started dancing to it and decided to do a dance. I was
terrified that no one would like it. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
How many dances have you created
and what was the very first dance you created? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I have created 25 dances
and my first was done to Alicia Keys' Heartburn. Thus the name of dance was
Heartburn. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Of all your dances which one would
you say is your favorite? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I have to say I have 2
favorites. My favorites are Tokyo Drift and TD Bounce. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
In your own words, what makes
dancing special? |
Ronnie Goode: |
Dancing
allows you to be yourself. You can forget all the problems in your life and
the world for a short time. Hence the name of my group DAMP! |
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Line Dance Connection: |
If you could change one thing
about dancing, what would it be? |
Ronnie Goode: |
I
would love for dancing to be the way it used to be. We use to come to dance
and fellowship without the drama. Those were the days where there were no
competitions and jealousy…..just good ole fun. |
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Line Dance Connection: |
Tell me one thing about yourself
that the dance community would find surprising. |
Ronnie Goode: |
I enjoying spending ME TIME
watching The Big Bang Theory (haha) and I love
sitting with my seniors. |
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