Month: December 2022

As the year draws to a close we begin to think about a period of celebration and spending time with family and friends. Of course, now that travel restrictions have been lifted, Boris is looking forward to having time off in Bearmuda with all his chums in order to recharge the batteries and prepare for the year ahead.

He tells me that it is wonderful how you have all progressed this year and is pleased to see how resilient everyone has been in supporting the dance school, events and most importantly, each other. It is easy to forget that, this time last year we were still not fully back to normal and events did not really get going properly again until March.

Boris commented that he is really proud to be the school’s Chief Mascot and whilst eager to have well earned rest he can’t wait to get started again in January. We hope you all have an amazing Christmas and a New Year to remember for the right reasons this time!

Best wishes,

Robert, Louise and Boris.

To kick off the party season, Saturday night saw our first Christmas party for three years and the venue this time was Risley Hall Hotel. It was a chance to put our ‘glad rags’ on and meet up with others we maybe hadn’t seen for some while in a relaxed and social environment. We had a good turnout, virtually taking over the whole place and everyone seemed determined to have a good evening which we did.

Then, the return of the Tuesday breaking up class giving everyone another chance to meet up again for a fun evening and reacquaint themselves with traditional favourites such as the Lancers (or Spears as it is known by some), Paul Jones and the Dashing White Sergeant. Naturally, Boris was keeping an eye on proceedings along with big and little Des.

A great way to kick off the forthcoming festivities and to put the trials of the last few years firmly behind us.

Our NATD exam session is always a big weekend in our dance calendar and with two full days of examinations this time was no exception. We had an examiner who had not been to us before so this would be a new experience for everyone.

Of course everyone was brilliantly turned out and determined to give a good account of themselves which they did, there were a few nerves and missteps along the way but by and large everyone gave a good performance. The examiner complemented us on the high standard and said she had had a very enjoyable weekend. Boris was of course on hand, watching every step taken but says next year he must remember to take a cushion to sit on!

We can now look forward to the preparations for Christmas and we have our first Christmas Party for three years at the weekend followed shortly afterwards by our first Christmas dance at the studio for some while.

Make sure you have the diary dates for next year and in particular take note of the medal presentation dance on 19th February and our competition on 5th March.