Dear Dancers,
Before you ask the 'M' stands for modern! haha - just thought Id see what it looks like :D hehe...
Ok - firstly I would like to let you know that all classes are running as normal this week despite it being Half Term...most of you dont have school aged children and all my venues were available and so I may as well open don't you think!?
So to clairfy:
Monday 6.30 - 9.45 - Oak Lodge primary School - Chamberlain Crescent, West Wickham,Kent. We cover all levels from beginner to intermediate in a progressive fashion - playing everyones favourite dances inbetween teaches!
Wednesday 6.30 - 9.45 - Six Villages Sports Centre - Westergate (opp petrol station), Lime Avenue... (near Fontwell/Chichester). Again, We cover all levels from beginner to intermediate in a progressive fashion - playing everyones favourite dances inbetween teaches!
Friday Afternoons - 1.15 to 2.45 p.m. - The Newell Centre - Tozer Way, Chichester (off St. Pancras - with large free car park!) Currently covering beginners/improvers until January when we will add a brand new Absolute Beginners class...
Saturday Afternoons - 1 - 4 p.m - The viking Music and Dance club - Bunn Leisure Holiday park, Selsey, West Sussex. 1 - 2 p.m. beginners - 2 - 4 improver thru to advanced dances taught....this is a FREE class and this coming Saturday (30th October) will sadly be our last one of the season as the park closes for the winter)
COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday Evenings - Boxgrove Village Hall - off roundabout between Chichester (sainsburys) and fontwell........INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CLASS......this brand new class is all set to begin on Thursday 9th DECEMBER....one week after this brand new hall's grand opening!!! keep an eye on this blog for further details.....
OTHER NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOURNEMOUTH TRIP!!!!
Please note that there has been a VAT increase imposed on the hotel which has unfortunately been passed on to everyone that has booked on the break, but it is only an extra £1 per night so please adjust your balance when writing your cheques to include an extra £2....I am very sorry about this, and did fight your corner for you but the hotel have said it's not something they have any control over either and we all have to pay the extra VAT as the increase takes place in January.
COACHES!!!
There are now TWO coaches going to Bournemouth - one is going from West Wickham/Beckenham in Kent directly to Bournemouth.
And the other one is going from Westergate with an additional collection point in chichester (precise locations to be decided...so please let me know if you have any good ideas for a coach to pick you up from, ideally in a wide enough road for your cars to be parked there for a weekend!)...all suggestions welcome!
Kellie and Lin will be taking care of the London dancers enroute to the hotel, handing out itineraries (and jokes so I believe!) and Linda and Jane (ably assisted by young Charley) will be taking care of West Sussex dancers.....on their journey to Bournemouth - again handing out itineraries and humour en route!
Andy & I will be at the hotel ready to greet you on arrival......suddenly February doesn't seem that far away does it?
CHRISTMAS PARTIES!!
Oak Lodge's party will be on December 13th...and will be a pure request night with added fun dances being taught, a raffle and as usual it will be bring your own drinks and a plate of nibbles to share (the list will be going out soon for you to write down what you would like to bring!) Entry is £5 each and is payable on the night....
Our Christmas party in West Sussex will be held at The Newell Centre, Tozer Way, Chichester....on Saturday December 11th......doors open at 7 p.m.....we have Westonline booked to come along and entertain us this evening, with all your requests being played by our very own DJ Andy inbetween sets.....we will also have a Crimbo raffle, and you can bring your own drinks and a plate of nibbles to share...this party is strictly BY TICKET ONLY!!!
Tickets will be going on sale this Saturday and to the people that have already written their names down on the 'reserved' list....as we have almost completely sold out - if you would like to come and havent written your name down, please contact me soon and I will see how many spaces are available...we are going to set the food up in the kitchen and only have chairs around the hall so as to maximise the dance floor space...luckily the venue has a separate room for people to sit at tables and eat if they so wish......tickets are £7.50 each.......
Ok thats all for now folks! Have a lovely Sunday and Ill see you all in a class very soon....
Julie x
The Katz Modern Line Dancers!
Sunday 24 October 2010
Monday 18 October 2010
Monday 18th October 2010
hello everyone!
Just a quickie today!
firstly YES WE ARE OPEN tonight in Oak Lodge....so see you there!
Secondly A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came to the Viking Party it was fab! Those of you who missed it, really need to try to get to the next one as we always have such a lot of fun at them!
Thirdly - my apologies - but the proposed new class starting on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND has been CANCELLED!!! I have been informed that there are other classes operating on Tuesday evenings that clash with the times of the new class, and so as to not upset the applecart I am currently looking for a hall on a THURSDAY evening as originally planned. So sorry to keep messing about with this, but I was completely unaware that these other classes existed (trust me eh!? haha) and now I do I think it's only fair to do my best not to 'compete' with long running clubs for customers.
So do keep an eye on this page for updates on the new Intermediate/Advanced class and Ill try my best to find a venue in or around Chichester very soon.
Thats all for now - see you in a class sometime very soon...
Julie x
Just a quickie today!
firstly YES WE ARE OPEN tonight in Oak Lodge....so see you there!
Secondly A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came to the Viking Party it was fab! Those of you who missed it, really need to try to get to the next one as we always have such a lot of fun at them!
Thirdly - my apologies - but the proposed new class starting on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND has been CANCELLED!!! I have been informed that there are other classes operating on Tuesday evenings that clash with the times of the new class, and so as to not upset the applecart I am currently looking for a hall on a THURSDAY evening as originally planned. So sorry to keep messing about with this, but I was completely unaware that these other classes existed (trust me eh!? haha) and now I do I think it's only fair to do my best not to 'compete' with long running clubs for customers.
So do keep an eye on this page for updates on the new Intermediate/Advanced class and Ill try my best to find a venue in or around Chichester very soon.
Thats all for now - see you in a class sometime very soon...
Julie x
Sunday 10 October 2010
FLASHMOB AT THE VIKING (and other things....)
Dear Dancers,
Firstly I have to say a huge THANK YOU to all the Viking crew for joining in yesterdays FLASHMOB for the worldwide film being made by Ira Weisburd..there were so many countries all over the world taking part in this phenomenom that I just couldnt bear the UK to be left out......and as I thought - the Viking dancers would be happy to be on film dancing for all the world to see !!! (They aren't shy is all I will say!)
Just watch them in action....the idea is that people 'standing around, or passing by' suddenly 'know' how to do a dance and randomly join in - keep watching the video as more and more people join in - we did this in one take with just a couple of minor 'variations' being danced....haha...
Here it is .......
Fab isnt it!!!
Other news:
Signing in for classes: As you know Kellie from Monday's class has moved away (sob sob) and we currently do not have anyone permanently 'on the door' to take the money or hand out raffle tickets....from tomorrow I will be trying a 'self service' method - including bingo balls (dont ask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and the retirement of the 'raffle' being replaced by a 'Lucky Number Draw' instead.....oh dear - I have a feeling this could lead to a little bit of giggling - but give it a chance, and lets see if it works! haha...see you on Monday girls!!
Aldingbourne class moves to The Newell Centre permanently from this coming Friday (15th October)....
it is easy to find, just take the A27 to Chichester and head towards Sainsburys.....turn left at the roundabout and continue on that road over two mini roundabouts...just a short distance after the second roundabout you will see a road called Tozer Way on your left hand side, go down there and turn left again and then into the Newell Centre Car Park...you will find us in the hall ready to start the class at the newer slightly earlier time of 1.15.......for the time being only the 'Experienced Beginners/improvers' class will be running until we have time to re advertise in our new area. Again, a self service to paying on arrival will take place - along with those Bingo balls (as long as I havent lost any from Mondays class!)
That's all for now folks - see you in a class very soon....
Take care
Julie x
Firstly I have to say a huge THANK YOU to all the Viking crew for joining in yesterdays FLASHMOB for the worldwide film being made by Ira Weisburd..there were so many countries all over the world taking part in this phenomenom that I just couldnt bear the UK to be left out......and as I thought - the Viking dancers would be happy to be on film dancing for all the world to see !!! (They aren't shy is all I will say!)
Just watch them in action....the idea is that people 'standing around, or passing by' suddenly 'know' how to do a dance and randomly join in - keep watching the video as more and more people join in - we did this in one take with just a couple of minor 'variations' being danced....haha...
Here it is .......
Fab isnt it!!!
Other news:
Signing in for classes: As you know Kellie from Monday's class has moved away (sob sob) and we currently do not have anyone permanently 'on the door' to take the money or hand out raffle tickets....from tomorrow I will be trying a 'self service' method - including bingo balls (dont ask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and the retirement of the 'raffle' being replaced by a 'Lucky Number Draw' instead.....oh dear - I have a feeling this could lead to a little bit of giggling - but give it a chance, and lets see if it works! haha...see you on Monday girls!!
Aldingbourne class moves to The Newell Centre permanently from this coming Friday (15th October)....
it is easy to find, just take the A27 to Chichester and head towards Sainsburys.....turn left at the roundabout and continue on that road over two mini roundabouts...just a short distance after the second roundabout you will see a road called Tozer Way on your left hand side, go down there and turn left again and then into the Newell Centre Car Park...you will find us in the hall ready to start the class at the newer slightly earlier time of 1.15.......for the time being only the 'Experienced Beginners/improvers' class will be running until we have time to re advertise in our new area. Again, a self service to paying on arrival will take place - along with those Bingo balls (as long as I havent lost any from Mondays class!)
That's all for now folks - see you in a class very soon....
Take care
Julie x
Saturday 9 October 2010
Wednesday 6 October 2010
CHANGE OF VENUE FOR FRIDAYS!
Dear Dancers,
NEWSFLASH RE ALDINGBOURNE - FRIDAY AFTERNOONS!
Hi there - if you are an Aldingbourne dancer you will know that the dancefloor has been severely water damaged this year. As I expected the hall is to close next week - so that this coming Friday 8TH OCTOBER will be our last session in the hall before we change venues!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our new venue is to be THE NEWELL CENTRE IN CHICHESTER - click here for the address and map http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6779&contactid=8249 (if this link doesnt work please cut and paste the above link and put it in your search bar)
As this is a hall that is always in high demand it has not been possible to book it for a short space of time only so I have had to make the decision to move the class here for the foreseeable future. We have no real idea how long it would take to repair the floor in Aldingbourne, and also we have tried to improve the numbers at the hall recently with little success, moving the class back and forth between venues will only damage our numbers further - so I have taken the executive decision (get me!) to transfer to The Newell Centre indefinItely.....the hall is lovely, warm and much larger than Aldingbourne, affording us the chance to increase our numbers and taking away the threat of our small class closing down altogether.
I love our Friday afternoon classes as much as the evening classes - they are always such a good laugh and easy going - so please do let me know if you have any difficulty in getting to the Newell Centre and I will see if I can get you there myself! (I have a nice big car and come from Barnham).
I will be sad to leave Aldingbourne tho, we have had such laughs in there - but sometimes it's just better to cut your losses and move forwards - or onwards and upwards as they say! When we move across we will start with our current experienced beginner class from 1.15 TO 2.30 and leave the absolute beginners class out until we have had time to readvertise in this new area.
Lets all hope for good things for our two new classes - I have a feeling in my bones that it's all going to turn out for the best!!
NEWSFLASH RE ALDINGBOURNE - FRIDAY AFTERNOONS!
Hi there - if you are an Aldingbourne dancer you will know that the dancefloor has been severely water damaged this year. As I expected the hall is to close next week - so that this coming Friday 8TH OCTOBER will be our last session in the hall before we change venues!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our new venue is to be THE NEWELL CENTRE IN CHICHESTER - click here for the address and map http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6779&contactid=8249 (if this link doesnt work please cut and paste the above link and put it in your search bar)
As this is a hall that is always in high demand it has not been possible to book it for a short space of time only so I have had to make the decision to move the class here for the foreseeable future. We have no real idea how long it would take to repair the floor in Aldingbourne, and also we have tried to improve the numbers at the hall recently with little success, moving the class back and forth between venues will only damage our numbers further - so I have taken the executive decision (get me!) to transfer to The Newell Centre indefinItely.....the hall is lovely, warm and much larger than Aldingbourne, affording us the chance to increase our numbers and taking away the threat of our small class closing down altogether.
I love our Friday afternoon classes as much as the evening classes - they are always such a good laugh and easy going - so please do let me know if you have any difficulty in getting to the Newell Centre and I will see if I can get you there myself! (I have a nice big car and come from Barnham).
I will be sad to leave Aldingbourne tho, we have had such laughs in there - but sometimes it's just better to cut your losses and move forwards - or onwards and upwards as they say! When we move across we will start with our current experienced beginner class from 1.15 TO 2.30 and leave the absolute beginners class out until we have had time to readvertise in this new area.
Lets all hope for good things for our two new classes - I have a feeling in my bones that it's all going to turn out for the best!!
Friday 1 October 2010
NEW CLASS COMING SOON!
Dear Dancers,
NEW INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED LINE DANCE CLASS.....THURSDAY EVENINGS 7.30 - 9.30 P.M. CHICHESTER (VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED)
Please could you indicate if this is a class you would like to attend - Ive been asked by several people now to continue to run classes during the Viking's 'closed' season....and the only evening I am free to teach is a Thursday (so I hope it doesnt clash with anything else you do!)...the class will be totally aiimed at the very experienced dancer, with up to date intermediate/advanced dances ONLY being taught/danced.
This is not a class for the dancer that likes to do their old favourites every week (please come to Westergate on Wednesday evenings if that is what you prefer) mixed in with current dances. NO, THIS IS FOR THE HARDENED LINE DANCER ONLY! who likes to keep up to date with the latest and greatest dances to enable them to dance socailly anywhere in the world! So, if you are interested - please do let me know, either by email on julieandthekatz@msn.com or via facebook, many thanks!....Julie
NEW INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED LINE DANCE CLASS.....THURSDAY EVENINGS 7.30 - 9.30 P.M. CHICHESTER (VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED)
Please could you indicate if this is a class you would like to attend - Ive been asked by several people now to continue to run classes during the Viking's 'closed' season....and the only evening I am free to teach is a Thursday (so I hope it doesnt clash with anything else you do!)...the class will be totally aiimed at the very experienced dancer, with up to date intermediate/advanced dances ONLY being taught/danced.
This is not a class for the dancer that likes to do their old favourites every week (please come to Westergate on Wednesday evenings if that is what you prefer) mixed in with current dances. NO, THIS IS FOR THE HARDENED LINE DANCER ONLY! who likes to keep up to date with the latest and greatest dances to enable them to dance socailly anywhere in the world! So, if you are interested - please do let me know, either by email on julieandthekatz@msn.com or via facebook, many thanks!....Julie
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