Dear Dancers,
Just a little note to reassure that all classes are running as normal this week despite it being half term.
If you are coming dancing tonight I'm afraid I have some sad news to tell you.
One of our lovely intermediate dancers has sadly passed away after a short illness.
Stephanie Hartley died last week from Cancer. She wasn’t diagnosed with the illness until two weeks before she passed away. She hadn’t known she was ill until suffering a stroke whilst out with her husband one day. It was a terrible shock to hear that she had terminal cancer, but an even bigger shock to hear that she had succumb to this terrible illness so quickly.
Last week we knew she was nearing the end and sent a card from all of us to her, and her family. Sadly Steph passed away the next day.
We will miss her in our classes, she was a lovely girl, always smiling and happy. She was only 53 years old and had so much more to live for.
Her funeral is to take place next Monday in Beckenham at 12.45. If you knew Steph well and would like more information about this please come and ask me for details.
We are doing a collection today for charity in Steph’s name – and all contributions would be gratefully received. We will send
the money to St. Christopher’s Hospice, who are one of the chosen charities her family have suggested we send our donations to.
If you were a close friend of Steph's and are only hearing this news for the first time, my apologies for delivering it to you in this way, we are hopeful that those that were close to her will already have been told and do not want to shock anyone, but want to make sure that those that did know her get the chance to pay their last respects by donating to charity or attending the funeral itself.
Sorry once again for being the bearer of such sad news.
SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER.....SELSEY....
This Saturday is the last one of the current season at the Viking - and we are going out in style with a HALLOWEEN PARTY!
If you would like to dress up on Saturday night please feel free!! we have Darren Busby and Fools Gold to entertain us on the final night of the season and I have a feeling its going to be a good one!
FOLKESTONE WEEKEND BREAK
Thank you to everyone for paying your balance in full - you will receive a letter giving you details on coach/arrival next week.
Thats all for now folks - take care and see you all soon.
Julie x
The Katz Modern Line Dancers!
Monday 26 October 2009
Monday 12 October 2009
This week at the club.....12th October 2009
Dear Dancers,
Just a quickie to let you all know that all classes are running as normal this week! Well, apart from the Selsey class of course!
Monday - class as normal in Oak Lodge Primary school - tonight we are going to be on week two of BAD INFLUENCE, Week one of TIME TO SWING...and for our beginners ...THE LEMON TREE... plus lots of reviews of all your fave dances....
I am thinking of changing to a different way of teaching - in essence it would mean teaching new dances for three weeks, and on week four, we have a party night instead! Please do let me know your thoughts on this tonight..... :D I think it could work very well for our 7.30 - 9.45 dancers...!
Wednesday - Westergate school
Class is on as normal - and again, the same system of three weeks of learning new dances, followed by a party night is being considered......all we need to do is to work out which week to start on.!!! should be fun! a show of hands late in last Wednesdays class showed a unanimous YES for this idea......I think it could have been the mention of 'bring your own drinks' that did it? :D This week we will sort out which Wednesday will be our first PARTY NIGHT.......! watch this space...
Friday - Aldingbourne social club.
My apologies for last weeks class being cancelled a the last minute! I woke up with raging toothache and the only time the dentist could see me was 1p.m!!! Again - my apologies - i only had time to call one or two people before i had to make my way to the surgery...so I hope not too many of you had a wasted journey?
This week we are almalgamating the new dancers into the 1.30 class as the turn out has been very poor for our new AB class unfortunately - any new dancers reading this - please do come along at 1.15 for 15 minutes of separate tuition before the main class begins...dont worry - you will catch up in no time as the 1.30 class is still very much at beginner level....my apologies for this also - our class in Aldingbourne is our newest venture and these things often take a little time to establish - so stick with us, Im sure we will get there in the end!
Saturday and Sunday at the Viking
This week we have the OCTOBER VIKING PARTY WEEKEND so my lessons are at 10.45 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday morning and are £10 each which would include staying on for live music from 1 p.m. til 4! Tickets are available for the whole weekend at a cost of £40 which will get you in for all FIVE sessions of entertainment - please go to Andys website for all details about the party www.vikingcwdc.co.uk
If you usually come along to my lessons at 1 p.m. and cant make this weeks special event, I will see you again the following week as usual.
Other news:-
Thank you for your money for the Folkestone trip - you will shortly receive letters with information on about coach travel and a basic itinerary - in the meantime please dont forget to start on those fancy dress costumes - the theme for Saturday night is of course THE SENSATIONAL SEVENTIES!!! The 70's was the era of Glam Rock, The Osmonds, The Bay City Rollers, Punk Rock, Soul, Saturday Night Fever and so much more - there will be prizes for the most inventive outfits - but a word of warning here - it is NOT possible to dance in 6 inch platforms - i know - ive tried it!!! haha!
Charity Night Update.
Thank you to everyone for their support of Sylvia's charity night for the West Sussex Learning Links - we raised a grand total of around £650.00 and we had a great time doing so! Thank you to the school for allowing us to use their facilities for free, to Michaela for offering to caretake for free too! to Steve for his fabby singing, and Andy for his DJing skills, Sylvia and her friends for the delicious Ploughmans they provided, John for the Wishing Well (that i got my head stuck in) and to everyone else who helped with this event - it went so smoothly it was almost too easy!
Im looking forward to the next one!
Thats all for now folks - (and quite enough for you to have had to read IM sure!!) see you all in class sometime very soon...
Take Care
Julie xxx
Just a quickie to let you all know that all classes are running as normal this week! Well, apart from the Selsey class of course!
Monday - class as normal in Oak Lodge Primary school - tonight we are going to be on week two of BAD INFLUENCE, Week one of TIME TO SWING...and for our beginners ...THE LEMON TREE... plus lots of reviews of all your fave dances....
I am thinking of changing to a different way of teaching - in essence it would mean teaching new dances for three weeks, and on week four, we have a party night instead! Please do let me know your thoughts on this tonight..... :D I think it could work very well for our 7.30 - 9.45 dancers...!
Wednesday - Westergate school
Class is on as normal - and again, the same system of three weeks of learning new dances, followed by a party night is being considered......all we need to do is to work out which week to start on.!!! should be fun! a show of hands late in last Wednesdays class showed a unanimous YES for this idea......I think it could have been the mention of 'bring your own drinks' that did it? :D This week we will sort out which Wednesday will be our first PARTY NIGHT.......! watch this space...
Friday - Aldingbourne social club.
My apologies for last weeks class being cancelled a the last minute! I woke up with raging toothache and the only time the dentist could see me was 1p.m!!! Again - my apologies - i only had time to call one or two people before i had to make my way to the surgery...so I hope not too many of you had a wasted journey?
This week we are almalgamating the new dancers into the 1.30 class as the turn out has been very poor for our new AB class unfortunately - any new dancers reading this - please do come along at 1.15 for 15 minutes of separate tuition before the main class begins...dont worry - you will catch up in no time as the 1.30 class is still very much at beginner level....my apologies for this also - our class in Aldingbourne is our newest venture and these things often take a little time to establish - so stick with us, Im sure we will get there in the end!
Saturday and Sunday at the Viking
This week we have the OCTOBER VIKING PARTY WEEKEND so my lessons are at 10.45 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday morning and are £10 each which would include staying on for live music from 1 p.m. til 4! Tickets are available for the whole weekend at a cost of £40 which will get you in for all FIVE sessions of entertainment - please go to Andys website for all details about the party www.vikingcwdc.co.uk
If you usually come along to my lessons at 1 p.m. and cant make this weeks special event, I will see you again the following week as usual.
Other news:-
Thank you for your money for the Folkestone trip - you will shortly receive letters with information on about coach travel and a basic itinerary - in the meantime please dont forget to start on those fancy dress costumes - the theme for Saturday night is of course THE SENSATIONAL SEVENTIES!!! The 70's was the era of Glam Rock, The Osmonds, The Bay City Rollers, Punk Rock, Soul, Saturday Night Fever and so much more - there will be prizes for the most inventive outfits - but a word of warning here - it is NOT possible to dance in 6 inch platforms - i know - ive tried it!!! haha!
Charity Night Update.
Thank you to everyone for their support of Sylvia's charity night for the West Sussex Learning Links - we raised a grand total of around £650.00 and we had a great time doing so! Thank you to the school for allowing us to use their facilities for free, to Michaela for offering to caretake for free too! to Steve for his fabby singing, and Andy for his DJing skills, Sylvia and her friends for the delicious Ploughmans they provided, John for the Wishing Well (that i got my head stuck in) and to everyone else who helped with this event - it went so smoothly it was almost too easy!
Im looking forward to the next one!
Thats all for now folks - (and quite enough for you to have had to read IM sure!!) see you all in class sometime very soon...
Take Care
Julie xxx
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