Line Dance Connection:	What's your name? Do you have any dance nicknames that you're known by?
Sharon Holmes:	My name is Sharon Holmes.
Line Dance Connection:	Where are you from and what city do you call home?
Sharon Holmes:	I am from Mitchellville, MD and it’s my home.
Line Dance Connection:	What do you do in your professional life? Any hobbies outside of dance?
Sharon Holmes:	I have a MS in human resources management and have my own small businesses. I am a professional consultant and realtor. My hobbies are swimming, reading novels with stories in the 1400 – 1800’s. I also mentor young athletes working with my son in our company, Ignite, Inc. I love movies!
Line Dance Connection:	So what do they call this dance craze in your home town? Line Dancing, Hustling, Sliding, Other?
Sharon Holmes:	We call it Line Dancing.
Line Dance Connection:	Are you affiliated with any group or groups?
Sharon Holmes:	Yes. I’m the President of Lyn Dancn Club (LDC) and Executive Director of the International Consortium’ of Line Dance Instructors (ICLDI).
Line Dance Connection:	How long have you been dancing?
Sharon Holmes:	I started in 1999, so 14 years.
Line Dance Connection:	How did you get involved in dancing?
Sharon Holmes:	I went to a night club called the Silver Shadow in Columbia, MD with a friend in 1999. They were teaching hand dancing and line dancing. Since I knew how to hand dance, I learned the Baltimore Bounce and New Jersey Step line dances because I did not know any line dances.
Line Dance Connection:	After you attended your very first class, how did you feel?
Sharon Holmes:	I was hooked and loved the line dance art because I could add my personality and creativity to the dance moves.
Line Dance Connection:	How did you get into choreography?
Sharon Holmes:	I had been an award winning cheerleader coach previously. I created cheers and competition routine cheers for the young ladies I coached. I learned I had a gift or ability to create easily. Back in the day, I had won art contests when I was in high school and was also noted the best dancer in my high school. I represented the school in dance events.
Line Dance Connection:	How many dances have you created and what was the very first dance you created?
Sharon Holmes:	I have created nine (9) line dances, two (2) 2nd place award winning line dance competition routines and 10 showcase routines. .My first line dance was created in 2000 and was called “Mitchellville”.
Line Dance Connection:	Of all your dances which one would you say is your favorite?
Sharon Holmes:	Chuck Baby.
Line Dance Connection:	In your own words, what makes dancing special?
Sharon Holmes:	Dancing provides the opportunity to self-actualize myself in the execution of the dance steps as I interpret the music.
Line Dance Connection:	If you could change one thing about dancing, what would it be?
Sharon Holmes:	To find a fair reasonable method to slow down the dances being presented to the public so that the dances could remain in the inventory for a longer period of time.
Line Dance Connection:	Tell me one thing about yourself that the dance community would find surprising.
Sharon Holmes:	I always wanted to be a doctor; I went to WVU as a pre-med major. I met my husband as a freshman and fell in love. Later, I changed my major to Psychology, got married to my husband. Currently still married to the love of my life. We have three adult children, two sons and a daughter. They have given me seven grands, two girls and five boys. They range in age from 20 to 7 years of age.