Maggie G - News

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💎 💎 CRYSTAL BOOT AWARDS 💎 💎

I was so honoured to have been asked to be part of the 25th Annual Crystal Boot Awards this year which was just wonderful. It was so lovely to see so many beautiful memories and look back on the special memories and special friends who have made the awards what they are today. A massive thank you to Betty for working so so hard putting all this together and to Kelly for broadcasting the show to all our homes. It was lovely to see Betty & Steve together presenting the awards.

This year I was fortunate enough to be able to teach a Brand New Dance with Gary. Gary & I have not had the opportunity before to teach together at the awards so this year was extra special for us both. We taught our Brand New dance "Blindsided" and are thrilled with the response from the dancers. Thank you so much to Margaret Hains for sharing this gorgeous music with us. Gary & I adore it 💚
For Blindsided script, please see the Latest Dances page.

I enjoyed all the workshops and look forward to sharing them in the coming weeks online. It was so nice to see the wonderful Blaire teaching her new little dance. She is a star.

I was very proud to see Celtica perform. It brought back many great memories for me seeing them online. Thank you Betty for including Celtica.

Gary & I are over the moon to have won Intermediate Dance of the Year with "Faithful Soul", Advanced Dance of the Year with "All I Need To Know" and overall Dance of the Year with "Faithful Soul". We cannot thank everyone enough who voted for our dances and in particular we are thrilled to have won with "Faithful Soul" two years running. We just can't believe it.

"Faithful Soul" is a haunting track & we know it has touched so many hearts and we look forward to dancing it with you all for many years to come. Winning with "Faithful Soul" has been very bittersweet as it brings back great memories and equally very sad memories of losing our lovely Padraig ❤️

I am very proud of Gary on winning Male Personality again this year. He deserves every success for all he has done all year. Congratulations to each and every nominee and winner. You are all superstars.

As a member of the Hall of Fame, it was lovely to see Big Dave welcome our new inductee Chris Watson from Australia. This is a very special recognition of someone's work and I know that Chris & his family will be so proud of him.

I would like to thank all of those who have joined me online in 2020 and also those who have continued to support Gary & I's Celtic Duo Live events. A special mention to Debbie, Keeley & my son Sean for all your support online over the last 10 months.

Thank you so much Betty for a truly amazing weekend. You have reminded us all of how connected we can all be in the Linedance world even if we are not physically together.

Maggie ☘️

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Gary & I were very excited and honoured to be teaching at the CBA on the Sunday morning, where we launched a brand new beautiful waltz. Thank you to Margaret for suggesting the music.

We've been teaching together online during lockdown in our Celtic Duo events and were thrilled to be teaching for the first time together at the Awards.

I feel very honoured to have taught at the CBA over the years and also performing with my Irish dancers, Celtica.

We have many wonderful memories of our performances during the Saturday evening shows and are grateful to Betty for giving us the opportunity to perform. We were thrilled that despite Betty's very busy schedule she and her husband, Mike, were able to join us at our Charity Show in 2018 at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 💚 💚

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☘️ A Man Is In Love ☘️

I am thrilled that Gary & I's dance "A Man Is In Love" has been nominated in the Wild Card section of this year's Crystal Boot Awards.

This song is very special to me as it was played on John & I's wedding video many moons ago. My sister Annette chose the music for our wedding video and I recalled the track when Gary & I were looking for new music for our Celtic Duo 2.0. I sent the track to Gary and he loved it as much as I do 💚

We are so pleased that so many dancers are enjoying it especially during these difficult times.

Thank you all for taking the time to vote and nominate our dance!

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Due to the national lockdown in England, I will be continuing with my 2-hour on-line classes on both Tuesdays & Thursdays. Everyone welcome!

Commencing on Tuesday 12 January the classes will run for 5 WEEKS starting at 19:00-21:00 UK time. For more details, please see the Classes page.

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☘️ CRYSTAL BOOT AWARDS ☘️

I am so excited for the Crystal Boot Awards this January. The CBA online event will be like no other. Betty has been working tirelessly to bring you the event of the year. The CBA will celebrate everything new and old about linedance. You do not want to miss it.

Thank you so much for teaching & dancing Gary & I's dances this past year. It has been a hectic but very enjoyable time online & a huge learning curve for me.

💚 IMPROVER 💚
⭐ Keep Young ⭐

💚 INTERMEDIATE 💚
⭐ Wintergreen ⭐
⭐ I Wonder ⭐
⭐ Kingdom Come ⭐
⭐ Faithful Soul ⭐
⭐ React ⭐

💚 ADVANCED 💚
⭐ All I Need To Know ⭐

I am extremely proud of Gary also being nominated in the Personality, International Choreographer, International Instructor & DJ categories!

Maggie x

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☘️ 💚 🎄 A CELTIC CHRISTMAS "CD5" 🎄 💚 ☘️

🎁 THANK YOU 🎁

Thank you so much for joining Gary & I on Saturday 12th December for A Celtic Christmas, our 5th live event together!

We loved sharing our new dance "Tears Of Gold" with you and are so pleased you all enjoyed it!

Assumpta was up to her old tricks again HAHAHAHA 😂 😂

Thank you to my boys & Dad for performing so brilliantly for us too ☘️

I was also very proud to share footage of The Celtica Dance Academy Show 😍

Our CD5 event included:
🤶🤶 MERRY MAGGIE G 🤶🤶
🎅🎅 GINGER BREAD GARY O'REILLY 🎅🎅
☘️☘️ CANDY CANE CELTICA ☘️☘️
🎻🎻 THE GORGEOUS GALLAGHER BOYS 🎻🎻
👵👵 ANGELIC ASSUMPTA MURPHY 👵👵
🚶🚶 WINTERTIME WORKSHOP 🚶🚶
⏰⏰ SEASONAL SOCIAL DANCING ⏰⏰
⛄⛄ FESTIVE FUN & MORE ⛄⛄

Did you miss the live show?

It's never too late to join! Our show is saved & available to playback at anytime 💚

Joining details and our CD5 Advert Video are included below on this News Page.

Finally, here's our CD5 Thank You Video. Please click:

CD5 Thank You Video

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I am very excited to announce I now have an On-Line Shop for all my merchandise under the Maggie G Design brand. Please take a look as a donation from all my merchandise sales will be made to the Line Dance Foundation.

My On-Line Shop includes information on how to order by email. I hope you like this method of purchasing my merchandise. 😊 Please click:

Maggie G Shop

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I just want to say a massive thank you for all the lovely messages I have received over the last six months. I truly miss not being able to travel and seeing everyone on the events I was booked on for this year. I love to teach and always enjoy catching up with everyone personally.

Also a massive thank you to everyone who comes to see me in my kitchen online every week. Your support is very much appreciated. It is a busy household, "Beautiful Madness", but I really enjoy dancing with you all in my kitchen every week. It has been a great way of keeping in touch and I am really looking forward to dancing with you again online.

In the meantime, please keep safe everybody until we can one day meet again on the dance floor.

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