I got webbie of the year!!!! 2008 Australian
Line Dance Awards

Voting for the 2008 awards is now open

Please Read! Held in conjunction with the Australian Country Line Dancing Championships. Results announced January 2009, Tennis Club, Tamworth.

You can vote in as many of the categories as you like, every month. Instructors are encouraged to collect votes from their classes & socials and submit them monthly (sample voting form - right click & save). See below for rules. Please include your name when voting! The more people & classes that vote, the more truly representative the results.

Please note that these awards are not for technical merit ('the best', 'most prolific', 'most talented' etc). The winners are those dances & people with the most votes in each section. It's that simple. As such these are popularity awards. It's not necessarily the best dance that wins, just the one with the most votes. Voting is open to anyone living in Australia (and votes come from almost every state .. hello Tasmania? Anyone there?). Voting is not restricted in any other way - you don't need to pay for a magazine subscription in order to vote! Voting is also open from Tamworth until the end of the year so that dances released early in the year have a chance - this isn't perfect but at least the results do not show what's the most popular in December. Just remember, there's no such thing as a perfect voting system (just look at the elections!) If you disagree with a result, make your opinion count and vote!

While the rules do not exclude older dances, ideally voting is for dances released since November, 2007
Click here to vote:
Australian Beginner to Improver dance of the Year
(your favourite dance of beginner or improver level)
Australian Intermediate to Advanced dance of the Year
(your favourite dance of intermediate or advanced level)
International Line Dance of the Year
(your favourite dance by a non-Aussie choreographer. NZ dances go here)
Australian Line Dance Website of the Year
Australian Choreographer of the Year
International Choreographer of the Year
Australian Linedance personality of the Year
(those who have contriubuted to line dancing on a national level not just your favourite instructor)
Click here to vote:



Voting
 rules etc:
Email your votes (you don't have to vote in every category) to Dave Powell. Internet votes will be combined with votes personally collected by committee members& those submitted via The Grapevine magazine to determine the winners in each category. Voting open to Australian residents.
In order to encourage more individual votes and votes from smaller classes and reduce the bias from large groups, class votes will be scaled on a monthly basis (individual votes are counted as is). Class votes are totalled for the month and any one instructor/club is assigned 10 votes per category a month and the actual votes will be scaled accordingly. This means instructors with large classes will not swamp the votes. The following tables illustrate:
More than 10 votes from a class in a category:  
Dance
 Original Vote
 Scaled Vote
Fly Baby Fly 18
 7
Burn It 5
 2
Bootscootin' Boogie 3
 1
Less than 10 votes from a class in a category:
Choreographer
 Original Vote
 Scaled Vote
Robbie McGowan Hickie 4
 8
Barry Amato 1
 2
You may vote once every month until voting closes (around 1st week January).  When voting for a dance please include the choreographer's name since there may be more than one dance with the same name. You need to include your name when voting. Anonymous votes are not counted.
The awards committee reserves the right to alter a voter's categories where necessary (eg: a foreign dance is voted in an Australian category) and to reject multiple monthly votes.

Winners for 2007 were:

Australian Beginner/Improver dance:
 It Hurts - Gordon Elliott
Runnerups:
An Irish Waltz - Jan Wyllie
Dancing In the Tub - Sandy Kerrigan
Australian Intermediate/Advanced dance: Champagne on Ice - Michael Vera-Lobos
Runnerups:
Someone 2 Love - Tim Gauci
If Only - Tracie Lee
Cowboy Up! - Tim Gauci
International Dance:
 Don't Feel Like Dancing - Patricia Stott
Runnerups:
A Gigolo - Robbie McGowan Hickie
Get Your Feet Down - Michelle Chandonnet
Cherry Poppin - Neville Fitzgerald & Julie Harris
Australian Linedance Personality:
 Tracie Lee
Runnerups:
Chris Watson
Stephen Pattterson
Australian Choreographer: Tim Gauci
Runnerups:
Sandy Kerrigan
Tracie Lee
Mark Simpkin
International Choreographer: Robbie McGowan Hickie
Runnerups:
Maggie Gallagher
Neville Fitzgerald
Australian Line Dance Website:
 Bootscootin' Western Sydney
Runnerups:
Dance Fever (Tracie Lee)
Dancin Down Under
Northern Riders


Winners for 2005

Australian Beginner/Improver dance:
 Walk On - Chris Watson & Brett Jenkins
Australian Intermediate/Advanced dance: Birmingham - Karen Jennings
International Dance:
 Ready to Fly - Robbie McGowan Hickie
Australian Line Dance Website:
 Runaround Sioux
Australian Choreographer: Chris Watson
International Choreographer: Rachael McEnaney
Australian Linedance Personality: Gordon Elliott
Winners for 2006
Australian Beginner/Improver dance:
 I Gotta Brand New Girlfriend - Tim Gauci
Australian Intermediate/Advanced dance: Hoe Down - Jessica Lamb & Adrian Lefebour
International Dance:
 Come Tomorrow - Michele Perron
Australian Line Dance Website:
 Bootscootin' Western Sydney
Australian Choreographer: Mark Simpkin
International Choreographer: Michele Perron
Australian Linedance Personality: Gordon Elliott

Winners for 2004
Australian Beginner/Improver LinedDance:
 Jump In - Chris Watson
Aust. Intermediate/Advanced Line Dance: Sway - Carl Sullivan
International Line Dance of the Year:
Slow Burn - Robinson & Hunyadi
Australian Line Dance Website of the Year:
Bootscootin' Western Sydney

Winners for 2002 & 2003

2003
 2002
Australian Dance of the Year:
 One Heart - Chris Watson Someone Like You - Michael Vera-Lobos
International Dance of the Year:
 Shakatak - Kate Sala
Evergreen - Karen Hunn
Australian Website of the Year:
 Dancin' Downunder
Dancin' Downunder


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