Is it really a year since our last presentation dance? Once again the school comes together for an afternoon of dancing, socialising and most importantly, cake!
It’s a relaxed event and one which Boris enjoys enormously as he gets to meet people who don’t come to the competitions and to see young and old mixing together enjoying their dancing. During the afternoon we are treated to displays of dancing by both the younger dancers (Rosie, Alisha, Olivia, Alisha Rose, Kaitlyn, Brooke, Chloe and Sophie) all keen to show off the skills they have acquired. Next came the older children (now young adults): Josh, Grace, Craig, Charlotte and Emily dancing a montage of Ballroom together with some of the professionals. Everyone was fabulous and thank you for those partnering the younger dancers alongside taking part themselves. Whilst enjoying the demonstrations, spectating, it seems, can also be a hazardous activity though!
Finally we were treated to a Classical Sequence demonstration by the recently crowned All England Amateur Classical and Modern Sequence Champions, Josh and Grace.
We have a mix of ballroom, Latin, sequence and fun dances to get everyone involved whether dancers or not and of course the tea and cake supplied by the church volunteers. We also have a raffle with most prizes generously donated which this year was raising money for the end of life care unit of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in Derby. A fantastic amount of £126 was raised so thank you for all your contributions. Following the presentation we always present the School Award which this year went to Andrew and Dawn both for their achievements last year in winning both their Over 35 years and Over 50 years competitions at the British Sequence Championships in Blackpool alongside their dedication and many other achievements over the last 15 years.
All too soon we came to the end of the day with the traditional Virginia Reel. There is of course always more to come, in two weeks we have our own competition at Kirkby when once again we have a full turnout. Make sure you are there. Boris will be, along with his chums.