Young line dancers stepping on the scene in southeast Manitoba

Ava Craker just hosted her first line dancing event, teaching about 140 people dances throughout the evening in Rosenort. Roughly half of the participants were under 30. The 23-year-old and her friend started silver line dancing six months after taking their first line dance class. Since then, Craker has wanted to teach other young people the steps. I'm like, hey, well, why don't we make the community that we are quite finding yet? and just kind of expand the circle for line dancing for people to have another event to go to. So yeah, the more the more stuff we can do with line dancing I think the better and especially for the younger generation to be able to have come out of their shell and feel comfortable in this space. Craker says it's also been a great way to stay active while having fun. One expert says that's a huge appeal for line dancing. You're doing it together but also you can put your own spice, your own flavor and creativity in there so I think it strikes a really nice balance of having that choreography that you can follow along. Here we go. Chantelle Zawadzki runs Stomp It in Niverville, where Ava Craker took her first class. Zawadzki says most participants come for the community. She adds interest has been growing for this type of class, especially with younger people. The country vibe in general seems to be trending. I'm a little bit older, I think I'm kind of just maybe guessing if it's trending, but I do think that it is, even the dress, the apparel, the look, it's becoming more and more popular with younger people. There's all the new songs that are coming out, there's dances for that as well too. Zawadzki is planning to expand classes into Steinbach in the spring. As for Ava Craker, she hopes to step into the new year and get more young people to get their boots on and out on the dance floor. Jura McIlrape, CBC News, Rosenort.