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February Issue 2012

Country Music News.........

I am sure that you readers are in the same mind as myself as I think about where to go to dance and enjoy Country music with so many events, festivals and concerts already set to take place this year. Up Country and our sister magazine, Cross Country, have so many events advertised and I would like to go to them all. Unfortunately work and family and a busy social life get in the way but we are grateful to our readers who share their experiences about some of the places we cannot get to.

I do manage to go to a social or line dance event at least once a week for most of the year and sometimes two or three. I also love weekend breaks where I can find time to relax and catch up with fellow dancers from around the UK.
While checking out the internet, it made me wonder if line dancing and music in general is going the way of the dinosaur. Maybe they got it wrong millions of years ago too. Maybe we are too self-centred which may also be our downfall.

While writing about events etc that are advertised in Up Country, it makes me ponder as to why so many instructors no longer advertise their social events and even their classes. We offer an unbelievable free of charge advertising section in the magazine where, if you sell all the magazines we send to you, the advertising is free. Beat that if you can! Mind you, I often see messages on the internet from instructors asking for others to send a single song because otherwise they will have to buy the whole cd.
Therefore, I ask the question ... Are they not charging their pupils or dancers to be taught? I answer it myself. Yes, in most cases they are, so are they not stealing. Anyway, why would you pass on a song that you have probably paid good money to buy only to give it away or even go to that class or social and pay to hear it.
We used to offer Up Country as a download, only to find out that the file was being passed to other readers free of charge. It is a self-destroying philosophy, no magazines, no dances, no music, no dances.

Here¹s hoping you all have a very happy 2012 and continue to support line dancing to Country music as much as you have in the past. We like to think that Up Country magazine and you, our readers who spread the word of which line dances are being done to which Country music helps so we can travel anywhere in the world and dance the same steps as the rest of the Country music fans. It sure worked for me in Spain where, even though the languages were different, the steps were the same.

Thank you for all your good wishes and Festive Cards, they are much appreciated and adorned the office throughout the holiday period.

Keep listening, keep dancing, keep it Country.

Contents...
Cities In Line - Spain
Up Country magazine visited this weekend event at the end of November which is a line dancer¹s dream.

Country Weddings
It seems 2011 was the year for getting hitched in the Country music world with 10 Country artists saying I do.

Collin Raye
Ahead of Collin Raye¹s two UK gigs we thought we would delve deeper into the man who many of us will have danced to. Such songs as Angel Of No Mercy, Every Second and April Fool being just some of them.

Record Labels - Decca
Originally used as the name of the Decca Dulcephone portable gramophone, Decca, the record label, didn¹t come into being until 1929 when it was bought by English financier, Edward Lewis.

Reba
Reba has had 33 number one singles to date and has won numerous awards. We look at her life and career so far.

British Tour - Cheshire
Cheshire also known as the County of Chester is a ceremonial county in the north west of England.

Famous Characters from Alabama
Taking its name from a tribe of Native Americans, Alabama was the 22nd state to join the Union on December 14th, 1819.

Country Artists of the 21st Century
We continue with our occasional series of looking at 21st century Country artists with Trick Pony, Bucky Covington, Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Wreckers and Jennifer Hanson.

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