Boots on the Bay Panama City Line Dancers

09/28/2026

🛞LET’S ROLL! 🛞

A BODY ROLL in line dancing is a smooth, wave-like spinal isolation that travels either from your chest down to your hips (forward) or from your hips up to your chest (reverse).

Here is a step-by-step breakdown to mastering the perfect body roll.

👇✨ The 4-Step Breakdown
Step 1: Chest Forward. Start the wave by lifting and pushing your chest outward while keeping your lower body back.
Step 2: Contract the Midsection. Pull your chest back and suck your stomach in, creating a hollow feeling in your upper spine.
Step 3: Push the Hips. Roll the movement down into your pelvis, pushing your hips forward as your knees soften.
Step 4: Release and Sit. Finish by shifting your weight back and down into a neutral posture with bent knees.

💡 Pro Tips for Styling
🧱Try the Wall Drill: Stand half a foot from a wall. Sequentially press your chest, stomach, and hips forward to build muscle memory.
📐Angle Your Stance: Don't face dead-on! Turn your body slightly to the side for a much cleaner visual aesthetic.
🚶Isolate First: Drill the chest and hips separately before connecting them into one fluid, continuous wave.

Save this post, shake it out, and let’s get rolling!

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09/26/2026

Sound like anybody you know? 🤔 We just MIGHT resemble that remark! 😂🤣

🚫🏃🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🚫 ✨👍💃🏾🕺💃🕺👍✨

09/25/2026

🥰🤩😍Friday Fri-YAY Favorites 🥰🤩😍

We wanted to share some of our ✨favorite✨ dances and 😎popular 🤠dances you will see on our playlist, at other line dancing venues in the area, as well as on dance floors around the country 🇺🇲 and even around the world! 🌍 Watch a tutorial, follow along and have fun! 🤩

This “Friday Favorite” is:

Dance: Codigo
Choreographer: Pat Stott
Song: Codigo
Artist: George Strait
Level: High Beginner

https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/V5WXF2H/codigo

09/23/2026

📋LAST NIGHT’S LIST📋

🌧️ A Little Rain, A Lot of Dancing! 🤠💃 The rainy weather may have kept our group a little smaller than usual, but that didn't stop us from having a great time at Boots on the Bay! 🤠❤️

We learned some fun new dances, spent time reviewing dances from the past few weeks, and of course, made sure to dance some of our favorites! There's nothing better than good music, great company, and a dance floor full of smiles. 🥰👢

A big thank you to everyone who braved the rain and came out and danced with us last night! Whether you danced with us last night or would like to give last night's dances a whirl for the first time, you can use last night's playlist to practice the dances we stomped out last night!

You can find demos and tutorials on our Copperknob list here 👇

https://www.copperknob.co.uk/lists/3TJ8FCN/boots-on-the-bay-panama-city-florida

📅 Upcoming Schedule Reminder:
🚫 No dancing on September 29th
🚫 No dancing during October while FrightNights takes over the gallery at the Panama City Center for the Arts! 🎃👻

🎉 We'll be back on the dance floor Tuesday, November 3rd, at 6 PM! 👢💃

09/22/2026

😁🤩 Who cares about the wrong wall when you're having this much fun?! 🎉

In reality, you can still be a LINE DANCER, even if you end up facing the wrong wall once in a while! We look forward to dancing with everyone tonight at 6 pm... and hopefully ending up facing the correct wall at least once in a while! 🧭❤️

09/21/2026

💃 New to Line Dancing? Try Counting! 🎶

One of the best ways to get more comfortable with line dancing is to learn how to count the steps with the music.

Most line dances are built around 8-count patterns:
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8

Instead of trying to memorize an entire dance at once, break it into small pieces of 8 counts.

For example, you might think:
👉 1-2-3-4: grapevine
👉 5-6: step together
👉 7-8: step touch

As you practice, try saying the steps out loud while you count. Eventually, your body will start remembering the pattern, and you won't have to think about every individual step.

🎵 Don't forget the “and” counts!
Some dances have movements between the main beats, such as 5-and-6-and-7-and-8. Learning to feel those half-beats can really help with faster dances.

And here's an important tip: If you get lost, don't stop! Keep moving to the beat and listen for the next 1. Once you find your count again, jump back in.

The goal isn't to be perfect. It's to learn to hear the beat, feel the counts, and let your feet follow. ❤️

So next time you're practicing, don't just learn the steps—count them! You may be surprised how much easier line dancing starts to feel. 🤠💃🎶

09/20/2026

💃 Want to know how to have a dancer’s body?

Easy.

1️⃣ Have a body.
2️⃣ DANCE! 🤠💃🕺

There’s no special size, shape, age, or fitness level required to be a line dancer. If you’ve got a body, you’ve already got a dancer’s body! ❤️

So stop worrying about how you look and start thinking about which dance is coming next! 😂

Come dance, laugh, move, and have a great time with us at Boots on the Bay Panama City Line Dancers! 👢🌊 Tuesdays at 6 pm!

09/18/2026

Want more line dancing this weekend? Come out tomorrow night, Saturday, September 19 to the Horse Power Pavilion in Freeport. Great food, music, and dancing. No cover charge.
6:00-9:00 pm 🤠 👢👢

09/18/2026

🥰🤩😍Friday Fri-YAY Favorites 🥰🤩😍

We wanted to share some of our ✨favorite✨ dances and 😎popular 🤠dances you will see on our playlist, at other line dancing venues in the area, as well as on dance floors around the country 🇺🇲 and even around the world! 🌍 Watch a tutorial, follow along and have fun! 🤩

This “Friday Favorite” is:

Dance: Country Girl Shake
Choreographers: Michele Adlam & Maria Hennings Hunt
Song: Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
Artist: Luke Bryan
Level: Improver

📽 You'll notice some variations in how Country Girl Shake is danced when you watch some of the demos on Copperknob. 📹 The way we dance it here at BotB tends to have some differences from how the step sheet is written by the choreographers. 👯 Dancing is definitely an art, and we can have a lot of fun taking creative liberties! 🎨

32 Count 4 Wall Improver Line Dance - Michele Adlam & Maria Hennings Hunt (UK) - April 2011

09/17/2026

🤠🤠 TUESDAY TEACHES - SEPTEMBER 22 🤠🤠

Hey, Boots Crew!! 🤠Are you a country king who likes to drink wh***ey? Whether you are or aren’t, these are some fun, simple dances to really catchy tunes! Click the links for a preview, and come out to see us at Panama City Center for the Arts on Tuesday for step by step lessons for these three fun dances, additional walk-throughs, requests and open dancing! 💃🕺

🚶🚶 Dance: Country’ Walkin’ - Teree Desarro
🚶🚶 Song: Walkin’ in the Country - Keith Urban & The Ranch
https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/D2KSY7H/country-walkin

🥃👓 Dance: I Need My Wh***ey Glasses - Step5678
🥃👓 Song: Wh***ey Glasses - Morgan Wallen
https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/131712/i-need-my-wh***ey-glasses

👑♣️ Dance: King of Clubs - Duke Alexander
👑♣️ Song: Drink Drank Drunk - Cowboy Troy (feat. Big & Rich & Big Smo
https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/S2VSJYQ/king-of-clubs

Doors open at 5:45 pm
Warm Ups & Lessons start at 6 pm
Open Dance from 6:30 - 8:30 pm
$5 Cash Admission
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