Weekly Update Sunday 31st August 2025

Name: Learn To Dance
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29th August 2025

What are we doing this week?
- Adult Group: Waltz & Rumba
  - 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
  - Learn To Teach – Sun 9pm
- Weekly Tea Dance – Mon 1.30pm-3.30pm
- FitSteps Dance Fitness – Wed 10.30am
- Workshops:
  - Sun 7th Sep – Beginner Waltz Course
  - Wed 10th Sep – Tango Course
  - Mon 15th Sep – Rumba Course Extension 2
News
- The Loss of a Student – Karl Palmer RIP
- Instagram…brilliant ballroom
- Bournemouth Dance Weekend – final places, save £25pp!
- Beginner Waltz Course – starts Sunday 7th September
- Improver Tango Course – starts Wednesday 10th September
- Rumba Course Extension 2 – starts Monday 15th September
- Like What We Do? – leave a review!
Looking Further Ahead (within the next month)
- Dance Workshops
- Social Events
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News and Notices

The Loss of a Student

A number of you may be aware that Karl Palmer has battled with cancer for the last few years.

Whilst he managed to fight it a lot longer than predicted, we are sad to announce that unfortunately he passed on Saturday 23rd August.

Our thoughts go out to his friends and family, and in particular Barbara who introduced him to the joy of dance with us over a decade ago.

Donations in his memory can be made to either Thames Hospice or Help for Heroes. We are also happy to pass on any messages to Barbara (including any photos/videos or memories you may have of Karl).

Instagram…brilliant ballroom

Thank you Annette for a wonderful review left for Learn To Dance this week. Annette has been a student with us since 2013!

If you haven’t left a review for Learn To Dance before we’d really appreciate it.

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Bournemouth Dance Weekend

Queen's Hotel & Spa Bournemouth Ballroom

We are down to our final weekend for booking on to our Bournemouth Dance Weekend from 3rd-5th October.

To fill out our remaining spaces we are offering a £25pp discount on any bookings before the end of the month.

Places start from ~~£325pp~~ £300pp and you can book using the option below, or visit our full booking system to reserve a space for you and someone else.

Beginner Waltz Course

Our next beginner course will be the Waltz starting from Sunday 7th September.

The course runs for an initial 6 weeks and is extended in 6 week blocks subject to interest.

Places are limited and cost £50pp.

For more information check out our blog post.

Improver Tango Course

Learn To Dance Group Lesson at Cherry Orchard Studio

Our next Improver course will be the Tango, starting from Wednesday 10th September.

The course costs £50pp and will run for an initial 6 weeks, extended subject to interest.

Rumba Course Extension 2

Our Improver Rumba course will be extending from Monday 15th September.

The course costs £50pp and is moving into the silver syllabus steps. It is possible to join the course at this point if you have sufficient knowledge of the bronze (up to Improver 3) level steps.