tobias nicolai

South West Country Club hosts their annual general meeting in the local hall. Last year they were given a flag from Count Ingolf.

The Danish linedance culture can be divided into two camps. The mainstreamers are dancing to top-40 music. On the other side of the spectrum you find the countryliners. The country linedancers lives in small clubs all over Denmark. They attend meet-ups and events, as it was religion. As a countryliner cowboy boots and Stetson hats are as important, if not more, than dancing in lines with the others.

As per tradition everyone attends the show when participating in the Border meet-up in Tønder. This year they could not get enough speakers so they had to stand in two lines.

Extra curricular activities.

Obsessed with stars and stripes.

Niels Rasmussen is the oldest in Border Line-Dance club. He has been linedancning since it was introduced to the danes back in the 70’s. Niels is always a beat behind everyone else.

The wild west. In the course of two weeks the campingsite in Glyngøre is inhabited largely by linedancers. There are scheduled dances from noon to night.

The attraction. The meet-up in Skærbæk is one of the biggest in Denmark. Every year all the dancers walk through the streets of the small town.

"We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt. We got a little crazy but we never got caught" (Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee)

Discarded flags in a pile of garden trash to be burned.

Two weeks a year the road is called country road. The campers stay on the exact place every year and book the spot again when they leave.

Tage Nyrup, DJ.

Jørgen Malmkvist travels to all the linedance events and sells accessories.

Many steps are basic, but the more experienced adds their own take.

Susanne Mose teaches a workshop. She is often seen as a pioneer in the danish linedance culture.