Weekly Update Sunday 20th October 2024
- What are we doing this week?
- Adult Group: Jive & Quickstep
- Beginner – Sun 7pm, Mon 8pm, Wed 12.30pm
- Improver – Sun 8pm, Mon 9pm, Wed 1.30pm
- Improver 2 – Wed 8pm
- Improver 3 – Wed 9pm
- Intermediate – Thu 7pm (Int 1) Thu 8pm (Int 2)
- Advanced – Thu 9pm
- ‘Over 50s’ – Tue 1pm
- Weekly Tea Dance – Mon 1.30pm-3.30pm
- FitSteps Dance Fitness – Wed 10.30am
- Workshops:
- Monday 7pm – Quickstep Extension
- Wednesday 7pm – Foxtrot ‘American Smooth’ Extension
- Adult Group: Jive & Quickstep
- News
- Instagram…Blackpool Experience
- Quickstep & Foxtrot American Smooth Course Extensions
- Halloween Social – 33% booked
- Winter Dinner & Dance – only 10 places left!
- Erin Boag Workshop Day – 35% booked
- Solo Charleston Beginner Course
- Blackpool Experience Break? – shall we visit in January 2025???
- Glastonbury Dance Break – over 50% booked!
- Like What We Do? – leave a review!
- Looking Further Ahead (within the next month)
- Download latest print-outs
- Latest Videos
News and Notices
Instagram…Blackpool Experience
Interested in experiencing dance in Blackpool?
Fill out our interest form and we’ll let you know once we have more details.
Quickstep & Foxtrot ‘American Smooth’ Course Extensions
Both our Quickstep course, and our Foxtrot ‘American Smooth’ course, will be extending from the week of 21st October.
The courses cost £50pp and are available to book now.
Halloween Social
Our annual Halloween Social takes place on Friday 25th October. Dressing in fancy dress is not a requirement but always appreciated.
We’re already 33% booked for this event.
To reserve a space for another person please visit the Full Booking System.
Winter Dinner & Dance
Our Winter Dinner & Dance takes place on Friday 8th November. Doors open 7pm with a welcome drink and dinner served from around 7.45pm
You can choose from Beef Wellington, Fillet of Seabass, or a Pumpkin and Sage Risotto. Dietary requirements and allergies are also catered for.
Tickets cost £40pp and we only have 10 places left! Bookings close 1st November.
Book below, or to reserve a space for another person click here.
Erin Boag Workshop Day
Join us on Sunday 10th November for an afternoon of Ballroom Dance workshops as we welcome back Strictly legend Erin Boag.
Four workshops
- 2pm Waltz
- 3pm Foxtrot
- 4pm Tango
- 5pm Viennese
Each workshop costs £25pp but you can get a block booking discount of all four for £70, £57.50 for any three workshops, or £42.50 for any two.
Solo Charleston Beginner Course
We will have a beginner Solo Charleston course starting from Sunday 17th November at 6pm.
The four week course costs £35pp and is available to book now.
To reserve a space for another person please visit the Full Booking System.
Blackpool Experience Break?
A number of people have requested that we reintroduce our Blackpool Experience Breaks.
We are considering resuming these as early as this January and so want to find out how many students would be interested.
Please complete this form to register your interest.
Estimate of costs to follow once we have an idea of interested numbers.
Glastonbury Dance Break
Next year’s Glastonbury Dance Break will take place from Friday 7th – Sunday 9th March 2025.
This break will focus on Viennese Waltz, and the theme of the Saturday night will be ‘Viennese Ball’.
The break costs £225pp but you can save £15pp if you book and pay in full by 30th November 2024.
All solo rooms are now fully booked and we’re over 50% booked in total! There are only 7 double rooms remaining.
To reserve a space for another person please use the Full Booking System.
Like What We Do?
A reminder that we are still aiming to get to 100 reviews on Google Maps. Please visit https://bit.ly/DanceReviews and tell the world what you like about us!
Upcoming
Dance Workshops
- Monday 21st October – Quickstep Course extension
- Wednesday 23rd October – Foxtrot ‘American Smooth’ Course Extension
- Sunday 10th November – Erin Boag Workshop Day
- Sunday 17th November – Start of Solo Charleston beginner course
Social Events
- Every Monday & Friday – Weekly Tea Dance
- Friday 25th October – Halloween Social
- Friday 8th November – Winter Dinner & Dance
- Friday 6th December – Christmas Social
- Sunday 15th December – Christmas Afternoon Tea
- Friday 3rd January 2025 – potential Blackpool Dance Experience weekend
- Friday 31st January 2025 – Ceilidh Night
- Thursday 13th February 2025 – Viennese Ball Weekend in Austria
- Friday 7th March 2025 – Glastonbury Dance Break
Downloads
Download our most recent schedules
- Dates for your Diary – updated 27/09/2024
- Schedule of Dances – updated 24/09/2024
- Class Timetable (Landscape) – updated 05/10/2024
- Class Timetable (list) – updated 01/10/2024
Latest Videos
Missed this week’s videos? Check them out below:
Beginner Salsa group hard at work
Little Foxtrot exercise demonstration
Beauty and grace
We hope you enjoy these little peeks into lessons and classes, and look forward to seeing you soon.
