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ISDC 65th Annual Sequence Dance Festival.

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 5, 2009

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Like us, many of you see this as the opportunity for a late summer break in Bridlington. Bridlington is a beautiful Yorkshire seaside town,  and the location of the fantastic  newly refurbished Spa Ballroom.

 Stuart and Audrey Singleton host  an unique four day experience for all Sequence Dancers, and whether  a  beginner or one of the regulars  you will enjoy the same hospitality and made very welcome.

The  Competition is always of the highest standard.
The General Dancing is for everyone to enjoy at their own level, the priority is that everyone has fun.
If you like getting dressed up for your dancing this is for you.

Four Days of Dancing 10th to the 13th September 09

 

 The 65th Annual Inventive Sequence Dance  Competition

 will be held on the Saturday 12th September  09

(the teaching of the new dances is on the Sunday 13th.)

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Doors for the Inventive Competition will open at 9.30 the competition starting at 10-0-clock

I will post a full four day programme of dancing very soon.

Your Dance Hosts are two  very popular couples, Neil and Lesley Marshal and Angela and Michael Hayton (who run the Brockbank Lane script service)

Admission is open to all and if you are not a dancer but enjoy great music, why not come along to listen and watch the proceedings.

4 Day Festival  ticket Including an reserved seat £45

3 Day Festival Ticket Including a reserved seat £37

1 Day Ticket (without reserved seat) £12

Evenings only £6 per night

Contact Stuart Singleton on 01772729406

Closing Date for Competition Entry and Festival Seat Tickets is August 14th.

Remember the ISDC hold the only Festival that works closely with but, retains its  independence from the BDC. Its focus is on  Sequence Dancing and Sequence Dancers. I will post more details about the Association later.

Winning Dances at the ITDA Comp.

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 4, 2009

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Our thanks to Bill Erlam and the David Bullen Scripts for their prompt service.

The Modern Section

Czardas Tango

Barry Earnshaw and Beverley Murch-Fowkes

Alternative Music Czardas By Richard Keeling. On Days like these CDTS 161

(Go to Maestro Records to listen to the music) click into Maestro in the blogroll.

Latin Section

Wattle Bossa Nova

Ian and Sue Webster

Music: Blame it on the Bossa Nova, Jane McDonald DMGTV013

Classical Section.

Seacrest Saunter

Deborah Catlow and Anne Brown

Music: The very best of Petula Clark, Track 2 Sailor

Our Thanks to all the competitors, judges and organisers for putting on the day.

Script Providers are listed in the Blogroll on the right of the page.

 David Bullen Script Services

Keith@Churchfielddanceservices

Brockbank Lane  Script Service

End of Term Dance with Tea included

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 4, 2009

DANCING FOR PLEASURE

With Maureen and George.

Present.

50/50 Dance is on July 12th 

 

In the Dance Lab

 

Dance City Newcastle

 

We have a lovely spring floor and lots of room.

 

2p.m. 5pm.

 

A Tea is provided by the Cafe Urban and included in the price.

 

We dance to live music provided by Colin and Stuart Haikney

 

Our Theme this year is Mid Summer Madness, and if enough people dress up with that theme we will provide a prize for the winner.

 

We are currently in the process of  booking two local ballroom competitors who will provide a demonstration.

This will be followed by our own  competition for Social Dancers.

 

Over recent years many young people have learned to Ballroom Dance .

 

As in all other activities in life some are more competitive than others, so we have decided to run a

 

  Dancing for Pleasure Ballroom Competition.

The competition is for dancers who are not competition trained but would like to have a go.

The dances will be the Catherine Waltz and the Sindy Swing

The Winner and runner up will receive a medal, a certificate and a bottle of wine.

The Rules.

1.This competition is strictly for dancers who have not  competed before.

2. There is no age restriction

3. The competition is open to everyone, so come and have a go.

4. Competitors have to pay to come into the dance but there is no charge to enter the competition.

5. The Judges decision is final. We will send details of judging criteria to the couples as they register.

6. Anyone who does not fit this criteria  will be excluded from  the judging.

 

We hope you will join in the fun.

Contact us on www.dancecity.co.uk or telephone 0191 2610505

or if you want to contact me directly www.dance.script@googlemail.com

Results of to-days competition

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 4, 2009

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Bill Earlam from David Bullen’s Script Services has contacted us to say the scripts that give us the official results of the competition, will be sent out around midnight. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that it is a little earlier than that.

July Editorial – My Thoughts for the Day.

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 4, 2009

My thoughts for the day are that if the world of dance would start to work and co-operate  with one another instead of competing, we would have a happier and progressive future.

Once again I have written and asked for information from another Association, about the competition times dates and costs and have had no reply.

I know we have new dancers coming into this site looking for information on when and where competitions are so they can attend. Names, familiar to the regular dancer, means nothing to them. They have all those Who, What, Where, Why and When questions they want answered. If we want new dancers to be part of the family we need to inform and encourage.

Basic information on times dates and entrance costs is all that is necessary. It would be nice to have the names of competitors and the running order and the names of the judges prior to the comp. but, this is a very busy time for the organisors and the basic information is at least a start.

On the other hand there are people who are considering the role of the Dance Teacher and wanting to know about Associations and what their objectives are before taking up membership, and that is why we direct readers to their web sites.

New dancers, and we have between 120 and 160 every term in our own classes so we do have some idea about the information they seek, could be a potential customer of your service.

They use this site because it provides the links they want and can explore. So what is stopping you. You may have your advertising on another site but readers of this blog may not visit that site.

 The advertising is free, the promotion of your  holidays and services is also free but, we can only do this if we know where you are and what you are offering.

We do this because we want dancing to be part of the lives of as many people as possible, and seek your support.

Note for the Diary

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 4, 2009

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Just a reminder that it is the IDTA Sequence Dance Competition in Southport tomorrow.

Go to www.idta.co.uk for further details of times.

We will have the results for your tomorrow evening.

Saturday Humour

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 4, 2009


 Our Humour Editor is on a Cruise in the Med and it is not that I am jealous or anything, and I know this is a bit jangly and not to her normal standard but, I have printed it anyway.

 

 


Girlie Wisdom! 

 

 

1. A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills… she has 14 kids but doesn’t really care.  

 

 

2. One of life’s mysteries is how a 2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5 lbs.

3. My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.

4. The best way to forget your troubles is to wear tight shoes.

5. The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you are doing, someone else does. 

6. The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.

7. Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. 

 

 

8. Sometimes I think I understand everything, and then I regain consciousness. 

 

 

9. I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting fire to my knicker’s.

10. Amazing!  You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks 2 sizes! 

11. Skinny people irritate me!  Especially when they say things like…’You know sometimes I forget to eat!’ ……Now I’ve forgotten my address, my mother’s maiden name and my keys, but I have never forgotten to eat.  You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat! 

12. The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him.

13. I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding?  That’s my idea of a perfect day! 

 

 

 

 


LIVE SIMPLY….LAUGH OFTEN….LOVE DEEPLY

 

Keep her walking

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 2, 2009

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   Pass it on so

 

   she can get there!

  

 
PLEASE KEEP HER GOING.

 

 

This woman is walking the

World for Breast Cancer. Please

pass her on so

that she can reach her

 destination. Say a prayer for all

 those who are affected by this

terrible disease. She’s walking

 around the world via e-mail!!

 

July 12th is the Walk for Life Day,

 

if you can perhaps you would like to

 

give a donation to one of our Cancer

 

 Charities to help fund research to

 

 stop Cancer in its tracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New addition to the Blog.

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 2, 2009

We have  access to a lot of advertising offering Work in Dancing, Training  and Dance and Theatre Workshops. 

The new Page will be called

WORK IN DANCING AND INFORMATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ARTISITS

AND ACCESSIBLE BY CLICKING INTO THE PAGE IN THE HEADING.

If you have information please contact us at

www.dance.script@googlemail.com

Dance Shoes in Newcastle.

Posted by: sequencedancemag on: July 2, 2009

We noticed someone was looking for a dance shoe shop in Newcastle. We are going into Stage Struck, Percy Street Newcastle (opposite the Haymarket Bus Station) today to buy dance shoes for ourselves and our Children.  There is also another branch of the same shop in the Metro Centre Gateshead.

There is a chain of these shops across the country and their online service is at

www.stagestruck.co.uk

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