Joan Minnery tush pushes from Brantford Ontario Canada. She began line dancing in April of 1994 when the big
Line Dancing craze hit hard. Later that same year, she began teaching in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and quickly became a community ambassador with the formation of the Graceliners -- All Female Tribute To Elvis -- who were Line Dancing Elvis Impersonators and gained international fame. She was honoured with numerous awards for her choreography, and that team won myriads of entertainment awards too.
Her teaching career started under her Dancin' Thunder classes and show team and she continued teaching in the community and at shows until the early 2000s when the Zumba faze took over. Joan hen became a Zumba instructor and taught Dance Fitness but still ventured into Line Dancing throughout the decade.
In 2013, Joan rekindled her love with line dancing and began teaching on a regular basis, forming Brantford Line Dancing and her dance team, the Waistliners, and entertaining around Ontario Canada. The Waistliners appeared and were special guests at the Grand Ole Opry in 2018 – they also performed at the Wild Horse Saloon and Nashville Night Life Club in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2024, a new focus emerged with a name change, and team STOMPtastic has now entered the world of competition.
Joan has had the honour of winning the Diamond award for the Brantford Readers' Choice Awards and the Platinum award for the Community Votes Awards for Best Dance Instructor in her home town of Brantford. Joan has taught line dance lessons
on local community television, on several national news broadcasts and at 100s of special events, festivals, community functions and parties. She is a mainstay through the local Brantford & Brant County school boards and teaches thousands of young people to line dance in their physical education programs.
Joan teaches professionally with her life partner; Keith Curley and she is the captain/choreographer for STOMPtastic. Their team is competing in 2025 at the World Dance Showdown in Indianapolis, Indiana. Keith and Joan are thrilled to be special guest instructors as they will be conducting four (4) workshops during the 4-day line dance extravaganza.
YEE FREAKING HAW!!!
In Joan's Words: "I eat, live and breathe line dancing -- and while it is one of my livelihoods, it is my truest passion. I am grateful that my classes are always full, and our students are loyal and happy. Let's face it I've been at this a long time and my track record speaks for itself as a fixture in the dance community. My extensive repertorie, impeccable memory, effervescent over-the-top enthusiam and dynamic interactive classes make us Dancin' Thunder Legends. My favourite dance of all time is Honky Tonk Twist – I miss the Old School Dances and their flavour but a few newer ones are growing on me. Time to Boot Scoot add a Honky Tonk Twist & Create Our Own Special Brand of Tush Pushing Magic!!!"
