Duesbury Aldred Dance Centre Blog

Last Sunday a few of us took a trip to the seaside at Whitby to sample the local cuisine at the famous Magpie Cafe, oh! and whilst we were there Sue and Dennis and Dawn and Andy decided to enter a dance competition!

The Pavilion ballroom is a lovely venue, spacious with a large wooden floor and a great view over the bay. It is one of the nicest places for dancing and usually attracts a good crowd.

All our dancers had a great day making all of their finals with Dawn and Andy taking first place in both of the senior events and Sue and Dennis taking second place so we really could not have done better. Dennis also took first place in the adult and child event and they were all placed in the open events which was a fabulous achievement.

The next outing will be the British Sequence Championships at Blackpool  and competing in that we have Luke and Sophie, Liam and Alex, Andy and Dawn, Dennis and Sue and Neil and Carla. We wish them all the very best and hope to return with some silverware!

Following closely behind that will be the ISTD Grand Finals also at Blackpool. It seems some time since we had a team outing and we look forward to having a great weekend. Boris sends his best wishes and looks forward to being re-united with old freinds.

 

Four couples ventured to the Sequence competition at Dudley on Sunday, Liam & Alex, Andy & Dawn, Dennis & Sue and Carla & Neil.

This was the last competition before the Blackpool Sequence Festival in October and so all were keen to have a final outing before the main event.

Liam and Alex won both the Amateur Classical and Amatuer Modern Sequence events with some assured dancing and hope to retain the title they won at Blackpool last year.

Our other three couples all danced well and are starting to make an impact in the sequence field which is still a relatively new experience for them. Dawn and Andy won three out of their four events which was an excellent result and Sue and Dennis and Carla and Neil shared a variety of second, third and fourth places between them. All three couples will be dancing their first Blackpool Sequence Festival this October so best wishes to you all.

Each year for the past four years the British Dance Council has run a special event as part of it’s Inventive Dance Competition to find a new Modern Sequence dance suitable for Amateur Competitors.

We are delighted to announce that this year’s competition was won by Luke Shepherd with the Green Emerald Waltz, a lovely flowing arrangement which I am sure will be enjoyed by the competitors. The name was chosen by Luke as Emerald is the birth stone of Charlie.

This was a great achievement since it was the first time Luke has entered an Inventive Dance Competition and he gave an excellent demonstration, partnered by Louise.

Louise and I have been fortunate to win this event on two previous occasions with the New York Quickstep and the Brooklyn Tango so it was brilliant to see Luke upholding the traditions of the School.

Well done and many congratulations!!