Weekly Update Sunday 7th April 2024
- What are we doing this week?
- Adult Group: Rumba & Foxtrot
- Beginner – Sun 7pm, Mon 8pm, Wed 12.30pm
- Improver – Sun 8pm, Mon 9pm, Wed 1.30pm & 8pm
- Improver 2 – Wed 9pm
- Intermediate – Thu 7pm (Int 1) Thu 8pm (Int 2)
- Advanced – Thu 9pm
- ‘Over 50s’ – Tue 1pm
- Weekly Tea Dances – Mon & Fri 1.30pm-3.30pm
- FitSteps Dance Fitness – Wed 10.30am
- Workshops:
- Sun 6pm – Start of 5 week Beginner Waltz course
- Mon 7pm – Tango Course final extension
- Wed 7pm – Start of American Smooth course
- Adult Group: Rumba & Foxtrot
- News
- Instagram…back to life…
- YouTube…Waltz course trailer
- Beginner Waltz Course – starts Sunday!
- Tango Course Extension
- American Smooth Course – starts Wednesday
- Anniversary Party – 40% booked
- Kristina Rihanoff Workshop Day – NEW DATES & TIMES
- Simply Swing Live Band Event
- Bournemouth Dance Weekend – over 60% booked, only 1 single room remaining
- Looking Further Ahead (within the next month)
- Download latest print-outs
News and Notices
Instagram…back to life…
Dropped some friends off at a spa retreat this week…noticed this sign on our way back out!
YouTube…Waltz course trailer
Just a quick trailer this week for our upcoming Beginner Waltz course. Companion videos will be added to our channel to help those on the course to practice.
Feel free to check out our YouTube channel for more videos. The more you watch and like our videos it really helps us to be recommended to other viewers so we’d appreciate that too.
Beginner Waltz Course
We have a Beginner Waltz course starting on Sunday 7th April at 6pm.
The course is 5 weeks long and costs £42pp. Read more…
Tango Course Extension
Our Monday night Tango Course will be extending for another 6 weeks from Monday 8th April.
Experienced dancers are welcome to join the course at this point.
The course extension costs £50pp for the 6 week extension.
American Smooth Course
Starting on Wednesday 10th April will be an American Smooth course.
This course will focus on some of the more ‘Fred & Ginger’ style steps that you can incorporate into your existing Ballroom dances.
There will be NO LIFTS on this course!
The course costs £50pp for the 6 weeks and will be extended as long as there is demand. Read more
Anniversary Party
We will be hosting our Anniversary Party on Friday 26th April from 7pm-11pm.
The ticket price of £10 includes a welcome drink.
Dancing starts from around 8.30pm.
We are already 40% booked for this event.
Kristina Rihanoff Workshop Day
Our Kristina Rihanoff workshop day has moved to Saturday 18th May at Kristina’s request.
The sessions will start now in the morning and run as follows:
10am Rumba
11am Cha Cha
12pm Samba
1pm Jive
The workshops cost £25pp, £42.50 for any two, £57.50 for 3 or £70 for all four.
Simply Swing Live Band Event
For our June social we have invited a wonderful Ballroom and Latin American band, Simply Swing, to come to the studio.
The evening will feature 3 x 40minute live sets, with recorded music provided during the breaks.
Tickets cost £50pp and the event is available to book now. To reserve a space for another person please click here.
Bournemouth Dance Weekend
Our Bournemouth Dance Weekend will take place at The Queens Hotel & Spa this year from Friday 4th-Sunday 6th October.
As well as DB&B our students will also have access to their indoor pool and jacuzzi, as well as discounted spa treatments.
This year’s break will be Quickstep & Jive with a ‘Guys & Molls’ theme to the Saturday night.
The cost will be £315pp, with a £70 single person supplement. You can save £15pp if you book and pay in full before 30th April.
There are also upgrades available (based on 2 sharing) of £20pp to a Supreme Double or £40pp to a Junior Suite.
We only have 1 Solo Rooms, 3 Supreme Doubles and 1 Junior Suite remaining.
Photos of the Queen’s Hotel & Spa
Upcoming
Dance Workshops
- Sunday 7th April – Beginner Waltz Course
- Monday 8th April – Tango Course Extension
- Wednesday 10th April – American Course Extension
Social Events
- Every Monday & Friday – Weekly Tea Dance
- Friday 26th April – Anniversary Party
Downloads
Download our most recent schedules
- Dates for your Diary – updated 16/03/2024
- Schedule of Dances – updated 20/03/2024
- Class Timetable (Landscape) – updated 08/01/2024
- Class Timetable (list) – updated 08/01/2024