For many of the team this was the last competition of the year. Not long after attending Blackpool for the ISTD event we were thinking about qualifying again for Blackpool next summer and we are are pleased to say everyone did so. That said there was a good turnout and some decent competition, in some of the sections. All of the juveniles and most of the juniors needed a recall to make their finals and many of the adults had other dancers to try and beat.
Rosie had two new dances (to her) to perform today, the quickstep and jive which are tricky when you are only six year’s old. Nevertheless she danced them both admirably and secured a final place finishing third in her quickstep.
Ashleigh finished second in both of her events whilst Brooke, Tabatha and Megan were all recalled to both their finals. Brooke took first place in her ballroom and second in the latin, Tabatha was third in ballroom and sixth in her latin and Megan was placed fourth in ballroom and fifth in latin.
In the adult section there were first places for: Paige, Alison T, Lisa and Kathryn whilst Rebecca and Karen won both of their events. All of the adult events were straight finals and Craig, Chris, Paul, Stephen, Angela and Hazel, sadly had no competition but it is still good practice to get out on the floor and dance in front of an audience in a competition setting and try and put into effect what has been learnt in lessons.
Boris and friends, of course, were in attendance and it will also be their last formal gathering of the year so they were excited to all be together once again. They do like this event as they get to sit on the table, have room to spread out and get a good view of everyone’s dancing!
Still to come, we have the NATD exams in a few weeks before the party season kicks in so Boris will be kept busy.
Congratulations to everyone.
Carla & Neil xx
This is always a fun competition. There is a lovely atmosphere and you get to play ‘name that tune’ with the classic songs that have been re-recorded in to the most unexpected dances. I completed my quickstep to Karma Chameleon. I was on my own as the other competitor in my category did a runner after the warm up. The lady who makes the slowest hot drink in history in the cafe said he looked scared when he ran away. Thank you to Louise for dancing with me!