Online Resources
Useful sites from around the line dance world—newsletters, surveys, awards, charities, and more—plus BootStepper’s own podcast and radio catalogues. External cards open in a new tab; catalogue cards stay on BootStepper.
Line Dance Courtney
Courtney’s weekly newsletter covers new releases, a global events calendar, Tunesday music picks, and news from the line dance world—sent every Thursday at 9pm UK time.
- New dance releases and spotlights
- Global events calendar
- Music finds that may spark choreography
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World Line Dance Newsletter
Carol Craven and Stacy Garcia’s long-running hub for the line dance community: a free newsletter, Carol’s weekly favourite-dance survey (with results archived since 2001), Stacy’s event playlists with videos, an event calendar, and a worldwide where-to-dance directory.
- Weekly survey of favourite dances (vote by Sunday)
- Free newsletter and Facebook community
- Event playlists with videos and global class listings
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Crystal Boot Awards
The Crystal Boot Awards celebrate line dance excellence each year in Blackpool. Browse nominations, winners, Hall of Fame, dances taught, and event updates for the next anniversary weekend.
- Annual awards weekend in Blackpool
- Nominations, winners, and Hall of Fame
- Organised with the Line Dance Foundation
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Line Dance Foundation
The Line Dance Foundation supports people involved in line dance on a professional basis anywhere in the world—choreographers, instructors, DJs, performers, service providers, and event organisers.
- Grants and support for professionals
- Proud membership and donations
- Linked with the Crystal Boot Awards
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KickIt
KickIt is a long-running line dance archive used across the community to look up dances, choreographers, and step sheet details.
- Searchable dance archive
- Choreographer and step sheet records
- A long-standing community reference
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Linedancer
Linedancer Web hosts the Linedancer Charts—community-voted rankings searchable by level and country—plus dance pages, script submissions, and related extras like instructor and DJ charts.
- Main and extra community charts
- Vote by level, country, and profile
- Dance pages and script submissions
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VENU
VENU is a Discord community for line dance networking and collaboration—dancers, competitors, choreographers, and superfans sharing what’s being taught, learned, and danced across regions and time zones.
- Channels for learning, teaching, and community topics
- Connect across areas and time zones
- Kind, respectful space focused on line dance
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Backroad Boots UK
A hub from Backroad Boots UK tracking the socials across the UK and Ireland in one place, with media coverage of floors and scenes on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
- Organised social calendar filterable by location, dates, and types
- Media coverage of the UK and Ireland line dance scene
- Floors and scenes covered on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok
Podcasts
Line dance podcasts from the community—browse shows, filter by people and country, and catch up via the episode timeline.
- Search and filter the full catalogue
- Episode timeline across shows
- Linked to hosts and choreographers
Radio Stations
Line dance radio streams from around the world—find stations, hosts, and live listens without leaving BootStepper.
- Search stations by name, host, or bio
- Open live streams from station pages
- Growing worldwide catalogue
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