Dear dancers,
Happy New Year to you all!!!
I hope you all had a peaceful Christmas and haven't eaten too much? (actually I can't say that, as I obviously HAVE eaten too much and am now paying the price having put on half a stone!)....so let's move on from this subject and get you all up to date with the goings-on in the Katz Modern Line Dance Club....
Classes are back from Wednesday 4th January in Six Villages - Westergate
Friday 6th January in The Newell Centre - Chichester
and
Monday 9th January in Oak Lodge - West Wickham, Kent.....yes you did read that correctly!
The Monday class is no longer going to move to Azelia Hall as the trustess have decided that dancers are not the kind of groups they want using the hall as we are damaging the floor...!
But that's ok with me, as I was already missing Oak Lodge, and am happy to return there once more with a promise from Colin that the floor will be polished for us to use every week from now on, hopefully solving our issue of 'sticky jelly floor' that occasionally hinders the dancers at the back of the hall....(Monday is Jelly day for the children, and the cleaners don't always manage to get the floor as they should!)......
Oak Lodge is a lovely bright hall, and the dancers that use it are lovely and bright and bubbly too - a perfect match - so that's where we will stay for the foreseeable future...!
Please note that there is a small increase for Monday's class of 50p each.....starting from Jan 9th........
Other news...
ANDY & JULIE'S NEW YEAR'S BASH!!!
This party will take place in Six Villages Sports Centre on Saturday 14th January from 7 - 11.30 p.m. for only £5 each......there is no need to pre purchase tickets, but please do let me know if you are intending to come along that night so I can keep a little eye on numbers......
The party is NOT going to be in the hall the classes run in, but will be in the HUGE SPORTS HALL instead just past reception........we can't wait to try out this new hall and to give you all the space you need to dance the night away...from a dancer's point of view I love having the luxury of lots of dancefloor to do my own thing in, and I'm sure you will all love it too!
Please do bring your line dance friends along to our party and help Andy and I bring the New Year in with a BANG!!! (albeit a fortnight late!)....under 18's are only £2 each....please bring along your own drinks and nibbles for your OWN table if you wish.....
BOURNEMOUTH!!!! IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!
Well, can you believe that it's almost time for our Annual Club Holiday once again!!? Doesn't time fly!?
A big thank you to those that have already paid your balance, and for those of you that have yet to pay please note that the balance is due by the end of January.....if you can pay it directly into my bank account that would be great! I will email you with the bank details once more, if you would prefer to pay by cheque then that's fine too of course, you will find my address on the tear off slip at the back of your booking form...if you need a copy of this I can email it across for you too.
I would just like to finish this email with a big THANK YOU to everyone for all your lovely Christmas cards and gifts, Andy and I are very touched that you go to so much trouble to remember us...my house is FULL of Cards, and it's just lovely...
I look forward to seeing you all in a class again very soon!!
Take care peeps!
Julie xxx
p.s. if you are new to linedancing please do take a look at www.linedancingevents.com and click on 'classes' for details of what's on offer in the West Sussex and Kent areas......thank you!
The Katz Modern Line Dancers!
Friday 30 December 2011
Sunday 11 December 2011
Christmas Party Week in The Katz Line Dance Club!
Seasons Greeting to all my lovely dancers!
This week is our Christmas Party Week - and we will be celebrating the season in style in all of the classes AND Holding a HUGE Christmas party on Saturday night in Chichester too!!
But let's start at the beginning with the first of our Christmas Parties, and that is:
Monday 12th December and will be held in Azelia Hall (more on this later), Beckenham! (please note that there 'may' be some gas works in the area in the local roads)....
Doors open at 7 p.m. and we party on til 10.15! Only £5 each!
Please bring your own drinks for your own table - and a plate to 'share' with the class for our buffet table. Don't worry if you haven't yet decided what to bring - a small dinner plate of tasty nibbles, either savory or sweet will be perfect! I will supply the plates and cutlery - the music and the dancing - and prizes for the Christmas Raffle!!
This will be our last class until January 9th (due to the Bank Holiday).
We are doing our 'trial run' in Azelia for three weeks in January 2012 to see if you prefer dancing there as it has a larger, wooden dance floor and a stage..........on the last session in Azelia (23rd January we will have a vote to see if you would like to stay in Azelia permanently or return to Oak Lodge - the majority wins!).
Please do support me as I try out this new hall - your feedback and opinions are very very important to me - and I have listened to your concerns over Oak Lodge and understand them, hence the trial in a different hall.
However, Oak Lodge are very sorry to lose us and really would like us to come back - they are holding the booking space for us until after the vote takes place (aren't they lovely!) and have promised to look into our minor disappointments if we do want to return.
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow girlies!! And have a lot of fun in store for you all - hehe...or should I say - Ho Ho Ho!!
WEDNESDAY CLASS - SIX VILLAGES - 14th December...
For tonights class I will be bringing along lots of lovely Mince Pies and Cakes!!! Please feel free to bring along some more nibbles if you wish and your own drinks........I have in store a Class with a Festive Feel!!! Class times are as normal - 6.45 p.m start for the beginners......let's have a good ol' knees up shall we!!?
This is our last Wednesday night until January 4th as we close for the Christmas and New Year season.
FRIDAY CLASS - NEWELL CENTRE - 16th December....
We are having a CHRISTMAS PARTY this afternoon for the Newell Centre Class, please do all come along at 1.15 and stay the whole afternoon for only £4 each...!
Please do bring along a plate of nibbles to share with the class - and it doesn't matter if you haven't had a chance to write down what you are bringing on the list - anything sweet or savory will do!! Feel free to bring along your own drinks for your own table, for a class party with a Fun Festive Feel! There will also be a Christmas Raffle if you would like to join in...and as always - tea, coffee and biccies are free!
We are then closed until January 6th - when classes resume at normal times - 1.15 p.m. for Improvers/Easy Intermediate and 2.30 for Absolute Beginners....!
SATURDAY NIGHT - BIG PARTY NIGHT - NEWELL CENTRE - 17th December!
Doors open at 7 p.m. and we party on til 11.15 p.m.! You will be allocated tables to ensure you are seated with your friends, with careful note made of friendship groups and those that get very hot on the dance floor having seats by the doors........at the same time ensuring that those that are not keen on a draught, being placed on the opposite side of the hall....whew!! it took a little planning but I think I may have just got it right this time! Ha ha!
If you would like to dress up in FANCY DRESS please do - we will have prizes for the best costumes! There is also a CHARITY RAFFLE being held - and all donations will be welcome - ALL proceeds from the raffle will go to St. Wilfrid's Hospice (our chosen charity).
This party is completely SOLD OUT unfortunately so if you missed out on tickets this time, we can only apologise and let you know that our next Line Dance Social will be held at Six Villages Sports Centre in the BIG Hall (not the one we use for classes) on January 14th from 7 - 11.45 p.m.!!! Tickets are available on the door for £5 each - no need to buy tickets in advance as there will be room for everyone! This will be a BYO Drinks and Nibbles for your own table event....and Andy and I will be there to play all your requests allllll night long....!!
Ok peeps - I think that's all I need to tell you for now......I very much look forward to entertaining you all this week, and will see you very soon!
Julie xxx
This week is our Christmas Party Week - and we will be celebrating the season in style in all of the classes AND Holding a HUGE Christmas party on Saturday night in Chichester too!!
But let's start at the beginning with the first of our Christmas Parties, and that is:
Monday 12th December and will be held in Azelia Hall (more on this later), Beckenham! (please note that there 'may' be some gas works in the area in the local roads)....
Doors open at 7 p.m. and we party on til 10.15! Only £5 each!
Please bring your own drinks for your own table - and a plate to 'share' with the class for our buffet table. Don't worry if you haven't yet decided what to bring - a small dinner plate of tasty nibbles, either savory or sweet will be perfect! I will supply the plates and cutlery - the music and the dancing - and prizes for the Christmas Raffle!!
This will be our last class until January 9th (due to the Bank Holiday).
We are doing our 'trial run' in Azelia for three weeks in January 2012 to see if you prefer dancing there as it has a larger, wooden dance floor and a stage..........on the last session in Azelia (23rd January we will have a vote to see if you would like to stay in Azelia permanently or return to Oak Lodge - the majority wins!).
Please do support me as I try out this new hall - your feedback and opinions are very very important to me - and I have listened to your concerns over Oak Lodge and understand them, hence the trial in a different hall.
However, Oak Lodge are very sorry to lose us and really would like us to come back - they are holding the booking space for us until after the vote takes place (aren't they lovely!) and have promised to look into our minor disappointments if we do want to return.
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow girlies!! And have a lot of fun in store for you all - hehe...or should I say - Ho Ho Ho!!
WEDNESDAY CLASS - SIX VILLAGES - 14th December...
For tonights class I will be bringing along lots of lovely Mince Pies and Cakes!!! Please feel free to bring along some more nibbles if you wish and your own drinks........I have in store a Class with a Festive Feel!!! Class times are as normal - 6.45 p.m start for the beginners......let's have a good ol' knees up shall we!!?
This is our last Wednesday night until January 4th as we close for the Christmas and New Year season.
FRIDAY CLASS - NEWELL CENTRE - 16th December....
We are having a CHRISTMAS PARTY this afternoon for the Newell Centre Class, please do all come along at 1.15 and stay the whole afternoon for only £4 each...!
Please do bring along a plate of nibbles to share with the class - and it doesn't matter if you haven't had a chance to write down what you are bringing on the list - anything sweet or savory will do!! Feel free to bring along your own drinks for your own table, for a class party with a Fun Festive Feel! There will also be a Christmas Raffle if you would like to join in...and as always - tea, coffee and biccies are free!
We are then closed until January 6th - when classes resume at normal times - 1.15 p.m. for Improvers/Easy Intermediate and 2.30 for Absolute Beginners....!
SATURDAY NIGHT - BIG PARTY NIGHT - NEWELL CENTRE - 17th December!
Doors open at 7 p.m. and we party on til 11.15 p.m.! You will be allocated tables to ensure you are seated with your friends, with careful note made of friendship groups and those that get very hot on the dance floor having seats by the doors........at the same time ensuring that those that are not keen on a draught, being placed on the opposite side of the hall....whew!! it took a little planning but I think I may have just got it right this time! Ha ha!
If you would like to dress up in FANCY DRESS please do - we will have prizes for the best costumes! There is also a CHARITY RAFFLE being held - and all donations will be welcome - ALL proceeds from the raffle will go to St. Wilfrid's Hospice (our chosen charity).
This party is completely SOLD OUT unfortunately so if you missed out on tickets this time, we can only apologise and let you know that our next Line Dance Social will be held at Six Villages Sports Centre in the BIG Hall (not the one we use for classes) on January 14th from 7 - 11.45 p.m.!!! Tickets are available on the door for £5 each - no need to buy tickets in advance as there will be room for everyone! This will be a BYO Drinks and Nibbles for your own table event....and Andy and I will be there to play all your requests allllll night long....!!
Ok peeps - I think that's all I need to tell you for now......I very much look forward to entertaining you all this week, and will see you very soon!
Julie xxx
Monday 21 November 2011
Week beginning November 21st 2011
Dear Dancers,
Just a quickie to say all your classes are on as normal this week.........
for times and locations of all of our classes simply go to www.linedancingevents.com
Please note that Wednesdays Beginners class now starts at 6.45 p.m
and
Fridays Improver class starts at 1.15 p.m.
The Saturday classes at the Viking will resume in March 2012..!!
All other times and prices are correct!!
Take care and hope to see you soon!
Julie x
Just a quickie to say all your classes are on as normal this week.........
for times and locations of all of our classes simply go to www.linedancingevents.com
Please note that Wednesdays Beginners class now starts at 6.45 p.m
and
Fridays Improver class starts at 1.15 p.m.
The Saturday classes at the Viking will resume in March 2012..!!
All other times and prices are correct!!
Take care and hope to see you soon!
Julie x
Tuesday 1 November 2011
November in the Katz MLDC
Hi Peeps!
Well can you believe it's November already?! Me niether but it is! Arriving at class last night in the dark was very strange I have to say, but because it was Halloween and there was a gorgeous crescent moon in a slightly misty sky made it perfectly acceptable and perfect for the occasion!
Our Halloween party was a SCREAM quite literally as during the beginners class a rather scary figure walked through the door......never spoke a single word and moved around our dancers in a menacing fashion.....dressed in black from head to toe with a scream mask on and skeleton bones painted down their front, we were all a 'tad' concerned for a while.....trying to work out just who this frightening figure was........when 'it' let out an ear piercing scream we all jumped about ten foot in the air and ran for our lives!!! If it hadn't been for the tell tale sign of 'small delicate feet' in line dance boots I would have been convinced this was a psycho let loose to come and get us.....however, our 'pyscho' turned out to be the (usually) very lovely and quiet LIN!!! She kept up the act all night long scaring the beeeeeeejeezers out of every unsuspecting soul at every possible opportunity and undoubtedly made the party as good as it was!! Thank you Lin but please please PLEASE - never do it again!! I'm still shaking from top to toe!! hehe
Thank you to everyone else that dressed up too and joined in with the fun by bringing in goodies and accesories for our hall....we had a lovely spooooooky time!!! Next year Halloween falls on a Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (help!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Last Saturday was the final day of the current Viking season and therefore there are no more line dance lessons or socials until we re -open in March 2012. Thank you to everyone that has joined in the fun with us this year, and we are looking forward to doing it all over again next year!! Andy has booked most of the acts for next year, and will be publishing a list of whos on and when shortly...........I have leaflets of the opening acts which I will be bringing along to the Wednesday and Friday classes this week if you would like one, they will be on the table....
Sunday was the Macmillan Danceathon in Arun Leisure Centre...and it was a hoot!!
I'd like to say a personal thank you to all of the lovely girls that agreeed to join me in my team for the event:
Helen, Sam, Chris, Mary, Sally, Nikki and Georgia - you are all superstars and danced far far more than I managed that day! Thank you all too for 'agreeing' to be in our little demo - you were all foot perfect as I knew you would be...hehe.....it was lovely to see Kim and her two friends there too, and great to have them on our table.....
If you sponsored me for this event I am now collecting in monies in my classes - thank you all so much for your support and want to take this opportunity also to just how proud I am to be asked to teach at such a wonderful event organised by three lovely young sisters who's mum suffered from cancer a couple of years ago - they raised over £15,000 last year for Macmillan cancer support and I'm sure this year they will top that figure by miles! You may be able to see some of the photos by clicking here: http://www.facebook.com/macmillan.danceathon#!/media/set/?set=a.210964102308417.51430.100001844865470&type=1
Fingers crossed!!
This weeks classes are on as normal in Six Villages Centre (Wednesday from 6.45 p.m.) and The Newell Centre (Friday from 1.30 p.m.)....... for details of our classes click here www.linedancingevents.com and click on 'classes'
TWO SUSSEX SOCIALS!!
On Saturday 12th November we have the first of our Winter Special Socials in the Newell Centre from 7 pm...I will be selling tickets in this weeks classes.......
Our Sussex Christmas Party is on Saturday 17th December......again, we start at 7 pm...and tickets are on sale NOW!
Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis but as we only advertise our parties to our own dancers (and a few of their friends) you never need to worry that you won't get in....you are our dancers and we look after you FIRST!.......
Tickets are only £5 each - with under 18's paying £2 each.....
Ok folks - thats it for now!!
Take care and I hope to see you in a class sometime very soon....
Julie xxx
Below is a list of recent teaches:
BEGINNER DANCES TAUGHT:
ON THE ROOF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3OKqyJiuc
I SAW LINDA YESTERDAY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gue1k-oOuk
IMPROVER DANCES:
INSPIRATION - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtzyJ-f719Y
ALWAYS TOGETHER - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQNOIOcvSlI
A LOVE WORTH WAITING 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsvMHIWcR0o
DON'T DRINK THE WATER - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHW-ssU-t8
INTERMEDIATE DANCES:
MOVE A LIKE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivbpX26ztIo
IF YOU WERE MINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CATPq2906gU
ELVIS & CHIPS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC6FEtmzWzs
YOU AND I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKcRB0Cgco
ON THE LINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg-FNkVDLuU
KISS OFF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtrahxGL3nw
and finally.....
JUMP IN DA LINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3MeIGCLwg
scripts for all of the above dances are on www.copperknob.co.uk FREE OF CHARGE!
Well can you believe it's November already?! Me niether but it is! Arriving at class last night in the dark was very strange I have to say, but because it was Halloween and there was a gorgeous crescent moon in a slightly misty sky made it perfectly acceptable and perfect for the occasion!
Our Halloween party was a SCREAM quite literally as during the beginners class a rather scary figure walked through the door......never spoke a single word and moved around our dancers in a menacing fashion.....dressed in black from head to toe with a scream mask on and skeleton bones painted down their front, we were all a 'tad' concerned for a while.....trying to work out just who this frightening figure was........when 'it' let out an ear piercing scream we all jumped about ten foot in the air and ran for our lives!!! If it hadn't been for the tell tale sign of 'small delicate feet' in line dance boots I would have been convinced this was a psycho let loose to come and get us.....however, our 'pyscho' turned out to be the (usually) very lovely and quiet LIN!!! She kept up the act all night long scaring the beeeeeeejeezers out of every unsuspecting soul at every possible opportunity and undoubtedly made the party as good as it was!! Thank you Lin but please please PLEASE - never do it again!! I'm still shaking from top to toe!! hehe
Thank you to everyone else that dressed up too and joined in with the fun by bringing in goodies and accesories for our hall....we had a lovely spooooooky time!!! Next year Halloween falls on a Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (help!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Last Saturday was the final day of the current Viking season and therefore there are no more line dance lessons or socials until we re -open in March 2012. Thank you to everyone that has joined in the fun with us this year, and we are looking forward to doing it all over again next year!! Andy has booked most of the acts for next year, and will be publishing a list of whos on and when shortly...........I have leaflets of the opening acts which I will be bringing along to the Wednesday and Friday classes this week if you would like one, they will be on the table....
Sunday was the Macmillan Danceathon in Arun Leisure Centre...and it was a hoot!!
I'd like to say a personal thank you to all of the lovely girls that agreeed to join me in my team for the event:
Helen, Sam, Chris, Mary, Sally, Nikki and Georgia - you are all superstars and danced far far more than I managed that day! Thank you all too for 'agreeing' to be in our little demo - you were all foot perfect as I knew you would be...hehe.....it was lovely to see Kim and her two friends there too, and great to have them on our table.....
If you sponsored me for this event I am now collecting in monies in my classes - thank you all so much for your support and want to take this opportunity also to just how proud I am to be asked to teach at such a wonderful event organised by three lovely young sisters who's mum suffered from cancer a couple of years ago - they raised over £15,000 last year for Macmillan cancer support and I'm sure this year they will top that figure by miles! You may be able to see some of the photos by clicking here: http://www.facebook.com/macmillan.danceathon#!/media/set/?set=a.210964102308417.51430.100001844865470&type=1
Fingers crossed!!
This weeks classes are on as normal in Six Villages Centre (Wednesday from 6.45 p.m.) and The Newell Centre (Friday from 1.30 p.m.)....... for details of our classes click here www.linedancingevents.com and click on 'classes'
TWO SUSSEX SOCIALS!!
On Saturday 12th November we have the first of our Winter Special Socials in the Newell Centre from 7 pm...I will be selling tickets in this weeks classes.......
Our Sussex Christmas Party is on Saturday 17th December......again, we start at 7 pm...and tickets are on sale NOW!
Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis but as we only advertise our parties to our own dancers (and a few of their friends) you never need to worry that you won't get in....you are our dancers and we look after you FIRST!.......
Tickets are only £5 each - with under 18's paying £2 each.....
Ok folks - thats it for now!!
Take care and I hope to see you in a class sometime very soon....
Julie xxx
Below is a list of recent teaches:
BEGINNER DANCES TAUGHT:
ON THE ROOF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3OKqyJiuc
I SAW LINDA YESTERDAY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gue1k-oOuk
IMPROVER DANCES:
INSPIRATION - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtzyJ-f719Y
ALWAYS TOGETHER - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQNOIOcvSlI
A LOVE WORTH WAITING 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsvMHIWcR0o
DON'T DRINK THE WATER - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHW-ssU-t8
INTERMEDIATE DANCES:
MOVE A LIKE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivbpX26ztIo
IF YOU WERE MINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CATPq2906gU
ELVIS & CHIPS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC6FEtmzWzs
YOU AND I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKcRB0Cgco
ON THE LINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg-FNkVDLuU
KISS OFF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtrahxGL3nw
and finally.....
JUMP IN DA LINE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3MeIGCLwg
scripts for all of the above dances are on www.copperknob.co.uk FREE OF CHARGE!
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Sunday 23 October 2011
This week in the Katz MLDC...Week beg...October 24th October 2011
Dear Dancers,
Hope you are all fit and well!
Just a little update about this week's classes:
Monday 24th - Class on as normal at Oak Lodge - Easy class 6.30 - 7.45 p.m. Experienced Class 7.45 - 9.45 p.m. Or pop in any time and do half of one class and half of the other - or just stay all night for £5!
Wednesday 26th - Six Villages, Westergate - NO CLASS THIS WEEK - my apologies - see you next week as normal on November 2nd! Easy Class - 6.45 - 8 p.m. Experienced Class 8 - 9.45 p.m. or pop in any time and do half of one class and half of the other - or just stay all night for only £4! (It's cheaper in West Sussex to hire halls lol!)
Friday 28th - Newell Centre, Chichester. Class on as normal
Classics/Easy class - 1.30 - 2.45 p.m. suitable for anyone that likes an easy going class - dancing old classics such as Strollalong Cha Cha, smokey places, lamtarra rhumba - and newer easy dances such as My Pretty Belinda and Hello Dolly!
REAL BEGINNERS CLASS - 2.30 - 3.45 p.m. this class is for real beginners only - learning the basic steps and dances only - dances such as the Electric slide, fuzzy duck slide, county line cha cha and country walkin are the level of dance to expect in this hour - with a 15 'overlap' as a 'warm up' with the earlier class...
We have recently introduced a 'tea/coffee and biscuits break' during each class - after 30 minutes of dancing we break for ten minutes to replenish and refresh before continuing on with a further 30 minutes of dancing - making this class most suitable for the person requiring gentle exercise and thoughtful teaching.....
Saturday 29th October - THE LAST VIKING CLASS OF THE SEASON!!!
come along at 1 p.m. and join me for our last FREE class of the season at the Viking Club in Selsey - let's have three hours of non stop reviews and requests and go out of the year with a BANG!!!
Stay in Selsey for the rest of the day and join Andy and I again in the evening from 6.30 p.m. til 1 a.m. and enjoy live music from Broadcaster and Livewire! Andy will play all of your requests inbetween the sets of live music and will also throw in a few dances to test those memories and keep you thinking!!
OTHER OTHER NEWS!!
As the season is due to end soon - you may be wondering where you can go and dance on a Saturday night? Well Andy and I are running TWO line dance parties in Chichester and you would be most welcome..!!
I WILL BE BRINGING ALONG TICKETS TO THE VIKING ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THEM FROM ME - BOTH PARTIES ARE ONLY £5 EACH - AND DOORS WILL OPEN ON BOTH PARTIES AT 7 P.M.!!
These are the dates:
Saturday November 12th - 7 - 10.45 Optional theme 'Autumn Colours' The Newell Centre, Tozer way (off St. Pancras) Chichester.......huge free car park.......bring your own drinks and nibbles for your own table.....only £5 each
and
Saturday December 17th - 7 - 11.15 Optional Theme 'Christmas!!' The Newell Centre (address as above!)......Bring your own drinks, there will be a 'Bring a plate to share' buffet.....please contact me with what you would like to contribute - or if you already come to my other classes on Wednesdays or Fridays, then I will have the Buffet List with me so that you can add your name to it.....tickets are only £5 each....
Both parties are by TICKET ONLY.....please give me a call on 07799741288 or email me back and I would be happy to reserve tickets for you on the door if I won't see you before then....otherwise you can buy your tickets from me in class!
Andy and I will be playing ALL your requests all night long - operating split floors to keep you all up and dancing the whole time............. plus of course I will be there to help you out on the dancefloor if you need me !
Even more news: BOURNEMOUTH 2012
If you are booked to come on our trip to the Wessex Hotel in February - please remember that I do NOT need your balance until January next year!!!! I will be giving out my bank details so that you can pay directly into our account online - making transfer of funds to the hotel much simpler. If you prefer to pay by cheque then that of course, will be fine too..
Ok folks - thats about it for now - take care and look forward to seeing you in a class sometime very soon!
with love
Julie x
Hope you are all fit and well!
Just a little update about this week's classes:
Monday 24th - Class on as normal at Oak Lodge - Easy class 6.30 - 7.45 p.m. Experienced Class 7.45 - 9.45 p.m. Or pop in any time and do half of one class and half of the other - or just stay all night for £5!
Wednesday 26th - Six Villages, Westergate - NO CLASS THIS WEEK - my apologies - see you next week as normal on November 2nd! Easy Class - 6.45 - 8 p.m. Experienced Class 8 - 9.45 p.m. or pop in any time and do half of one class and half of the other - or just stay all night for only £4! (It's cheaper in West Sussex to hire halls lol!)
Friday 28th - Newell Centre, Chichester. Class on as normal
Classics/Easy class - 1.30 - 2.45 p.m. suitable for anyone that likes an easy going class - dancing old classics such as Strollalong Cha Cha, smokey places, lamtarra rhumba - and newer easy dances such as My Pretty Belinda and Hello Dolly!
REAL BEGINNERS CLASS - 2.30 - 3.45 p.m. this class is for real beginners only - learning the basic steps and dances only - dances such as the Electric slide, fuzzy duck slide, county line cha cha and country walkin are the level of dance to expect in this hour - with a 15 'overlap' as a 'warm up' with the earlier class...
We have recently introduced a 'tea/coffee and biscuits break' during each class - after 30 minutes of dancing we break for ten minutes to replenish and refresh before continuing on with a further 30 minutes of dancing - making this class most suitable for the person requiring gentle exercise and thoughtful teaching.....
Saturday 29th October - THE LAST VIKING CLASS OF THE SEASON!!!
come along at 1 p.m. and join me for our last FREE class of the season at the Viking Club in Selsey - let's have three hours of non stop reviews and requests and go out of the year with a BANG!!!
Stay in Selsey for the rest of the day and join Andy and I again in the evening from 6.30 p.m. til 1 a.m. and enjoy live music from Broadcaster and Livewire! Andy will play all of your requests inbetween the sets of live music and will also throw in a few dances to test those memories and keep you thinking!!
OTHER OTHER NEWS!!
As the season is due to end soon - you may be wondering where you can go and dance on a Saturday night? Well Andy and I are running TWO line dance parties in Chichester and you would be most welcome..!!
I WILL BE BRINGING ALONG TICKETS TO THE VIKING ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THEM FROM ME - BOTH PARTIES ARE ONLY £5 EACH - AND DOORS WILL OPEN ON BOTH PARTIES AT 7 P.M.!!
These are the dates:
Saturday November 12th - 7 - 10.45 Optional theme 'Autumn Colours' The Newell Centre, Tozer way (off St. Pancras) Chichester.......huge free car park.......bring your own drinks and nibbles for your own table.....only £5 each
and
Saturday December 17th - 7 - 11.15 Optional Theme 'Christmas!!' The Newell Centre (address as above!)......Bring your own drinks, there will be a 'Bring a plate to share' buffet.....please contact me with what you would like to contribute - or if you already come to my other classes on Wednesdays or Fridays, then I will have the Buffet List with me so that you can add your name to it.....tickets are only £5 each....
Both parties are by TICKET ONLY.....please give me a call on 07799741288 or email me back and I would be happy to reserve tickets for you on the door if I won't see you before then....otherwise you can buy your tickets from me in class!
Andy and I will be playing ALL your requests all night long - operating split floors to keep you all up and dancing the whole time............. plus of course I will be there to help you out on the dancefloor if you need me !
Even more news: BOURNEMOUTH 2012
If you are booked to come on our trip to the Wessex Hotel in February - please remember that I do NOT need your balance until January next year!!!! I will be giving out my bank details so that you can pay directly into our account online - making transfer of funds to the hotel much simpler. If you prefer to pay by cheque then that of course, will be fine too..
Ok folks - thats about it for now - take care and look forward to seeing you in a class sometime very soon!
with love
Julie x
Thursday 13 October 2011
The Viking this weekend - Oct 14th - 16th 2011 and other West Sussex news..
Dear West Sussex Dancers,
Just a quickie to remind you all (as if you didnt know already!) that this weekend is our fabulous VIKING PARTY WEEKEND...we start on Friday night and party right through til very late on Sunday night - with three days and nights of non stop line dance and great music from the best of the line dance acts on the circuit!
here is the line up:
FRIDAY NIGHT: PLAIN LOCO AND LASS VEGAS. Doors open at 7 p.m.
SAT FROM 1 PM: WESTCOASTERS.
SAT NIGHT: THE THRILLBILLIES AND THE CURTIS BROTHERS. Doors open at 7 p.m.
SUNDAY FROM 1 P.M. PAUL TAYLOR
SUNDAY NIGHT: TEXAS TORNADOS AND NATALIE!! Doors open at 7 p.m.
My classes are on Saturday and Sunday mornings - Doors open at 10.45......and continue until 1 p.m. Andy will take over from me playing all your requests all afternoon between two sets of live music from your afternoon bands!
Doors close again at around 4 p.m. and re-open at 7 p.m.
tickets are £10 per sesson (five in all) or £40 for the whole weekend (which gives you one for free!)
If you are a member of the viking you only pay half price for the whole weekend!! great value for money indeed!
I will be teaching six brand new dances this weekend and really hope you can make it and join in the fun...:)
Other news!
There are only three more weekends left of this season (boooo!) so please do pop along and see us before it's too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As of yet we do not know the line up for 2012.......watch this space and I will let you know just as soon as I get the information......
If you are on facebook - why not add yourself as a friend to our 'The Viking, Selsey' group? Or find the official 'Bunn Leisure' Facebook page and share your best memories of this season in the Viking and give yourself a chance of winning a free holiday!!
OTHER OTHER NEWS!!
As the season is due to end soon - you may be wondering where you can go and dance on a Saturday night? Well Andy and I are running TWO line dance parties in Chichester and you would be most welcome..!!
These are the dates:
Saturday November 12th - 7 - 10.45 Optional theme 'Autumn Colours' The Newell Centre, Tozer way (off St. Pancras) Chichester.......huge free car park.......bring your own drinks and nibbles for your own table.....only £5 each
and
Saturday December 17th - 7 - 11.15 Optional Theme 'Christmas!!' The Newell Centre (address as above!)......Bring your own drinks, there will be a 'Bring a plate to share' buffet.....please contact me with what you would like to contribute - or if you already come to my other classes on Wednesdays or Fridays, then I will have the Buffet List with me so that you can add your name to it.....tickets are only £5 each....
Both parties are by TICKET ONLY.....please give me a call on 07799741288 or email me back and I would be happy to reserve tickets for you on the door if I won't see you before then....otherwise you can buy your tickets from me in class!
Andy and I will be playing ALL your requests all night long - operating split floors to keep you all up and dancing the whole time............. plus of course I will be there to help you out on the dancefloor if you need me !
Even more news: BOURNEMOUTH 2012
If you are booked to come on our trip to the Wessex Hotel in February - please remember that I do NOT need your balance until January next year!!!! I will be giving out my bank details so that you can pay directly into our account online - making transfer of funds to the hotel much simpler. If you prefer to pay by cheque then that of course, will be fine too..
Ok folks - thats about it for now - take care and look forward to seeing you in a class sometime very soon....;)
Julie xxx
Just a quickie to remind you all (as if you didnt know already!) that this weekend is our fabulous VIKING PARTY WEEKEND...we start on Friday night and party right through til very late on Sunday night - with three days and nights of non stop line dance and great music from the best of the line dance acts on the circuit!
here is the line up:
FRIDAY NIGHT: PLAIN LOCO AND LASS VEGAS. Doors open at 7 p.m.
SAT FROM 1 PM: WESTCOASTERS.
SAT NIGHT: THE THRILLBILLIES AND THE CURTIS BROTHERS. Doors open at 7 p.m.
SUNDAY FROM 1 P.M. PAUL TAYLOR
SUNDAY NIGHT: TEXAS TORNADOS AND NATALIE!! Doors open at 7 p.m.
My classes are on Saturday and Sunday mornings - Doors open at 10.45......and continue until 1 p.m. Andy will take over from me playing all your requests all afternoon between two sets of live music from your afternoon bands!
Doors close again at around 4 p.m. and re-open at 7 p.m.
tickets are £10 per sesson (five in all) or £40 for the whole weekend (which gives you one for free!)
If you are a member of the viking you only pay half price for the whole weekend!! great value for money indeed!
I will be teaching six brand new dances this weekend and really hope you can make it and join in the fun...:)
Other news!
There are only three more weekends left of this season (boooo!) so please do pop along and see us before it's too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As of yet we do not know the line up for 2012.......watch this space and I will let you know just as soon as I get the information......
If you are on facebook - why not add yourself as a friend to our 'The Viking, Selsey' group? Or find the official 'Bunn Leisure' Facebook page and share your best memories of this season in the Viking and give yourself a chance of winning a free holiday!!
OTHER OTHER NEWS!!
As the season is due to end soon - you may be wondering where you can go and dance on a Saturday night? Well Andy and I are running TWO line dance parties in Chichester and you would be most welcome..!!
These are the dates:
Saturday November 12th - 7 - 10.45 Optional theme 'Autumn Colours' The Newell Centre, Tozer way (off St. Pancras) Chichester.......huge free car park.......bring your own drinks and nibbles for your own table.....only £5 each
and
Saturday December 17th - 7 - 11.15 Optional Theme 'Christmas!!' The Newell Centre (address as above!)......Bring your own drinks, there will be a 'Bring a plate to share' buffet.....please contact me with what you would like to contribute - or if you already come to my other classes on Wednesdays or Fridays, then I will have the Buffet List with me so that you can add your name to it.....tickets are only £5 each....
Both parties are by TICKET ONLY.....please give me a call on 07799741288 or email me back and I would be happy to reserve tickets for you on the door if I won't see you before then....otherwise you can buy your tickets from me in class!
Andy and I will be playing ALL your requests all night long - operating split floors to keep you all up and dancing the whole time............. plus of course I will be there to help you out on the dancefloor if you need me !
Even more news: BOURNEMOUTH 2012
If you are booked to come on our trip to the Wessex Hotel in February - please remember that I do NOT need your balance until January next year!!!! I will be giving out my bank details so that you can pay directly into our account online - making transfer of funds to the hotel much simpler. If you prefer to pay by cheque then that of course, will be fine too..
Ok folks - thats about it for now - take care and look forward to seeing you in a class sometime very soon....;)
Julie xxx
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Autumn In The Katz Line Dance Club
Dear Dancers,
Well what a lovely September we are having here in the UK......long may it last, those gorgeous blue skies and beautiful autumn leaves are enough to lift anyones spirits about the end of Summer.....
But if mother nature isn't making you happy enough, then you always have your line dance classes to look forward to as well!
Classes are up and running once more - please go to http://www.linedancingevents.com/ and click on 'classes' to check class times and venues!
'Back to school' Fever appears to have struck some of you - with class numbers being very healthy indeed, especially on Monday and Wednesday evenings.....! Thank you all for coming out to have fun whilst learning the latest and greatest linedances being taught across the UK (and indeed the world)....
If you are a complete beginner - you will be made very welcome in all of our classes, and especially so on Friday afternoons in The Newell Centre in Chichester which has just gone 'back to basics!'...class starts at 2.30 p.m. so why not take the plunge and come and join us and see what we get up to when everyone else is watching daytime TV?
Saturday afternoons at the Viking will soon be coming to an end for this season - classes will continue until the end of October......please note that during the Viking October Party weekend (14th - 16th) there will be two classes on Saturday and Sunday morning from around 10.45 a.m. til 1 p.m. - if you are coming for the class only - it will be free of charge as always. However the class will be followed by live music and if you would like to stay the cost will be £10.
Please find below a list of acts that will be appearing at the Viking that weekend:
Friday night: Plain Loco and Lass Vegas
Saturday afternoon: The Westcoasters
Saturday night: The Thrillbillies and Curtis Brothers Band
Sunday afternoon: Paul Taylor
Sunday night: Natalie and Texas Tornados!
As you can see the club have a fabulous line up that weekend - each session costs £10 each - or to come to all five sessions for £40 all you need to do is to buy a 'viking party pass' either beforehand by calling the Viking on 01243608427 or let us know you are coming and we can have your passes ready for you at the door on the Friday Evening.
During the party weekend the doors will open at 7 p.m. and Andy will play all of your line dance requests, to all genres of music, all night long until the early hours of the following morning!!
So make sure you start taking your vitamins now! haha
If you live too far to come down each evening - why not book a caravan on the Park and stay all weekend? Simply call Bunn Leisure on 01243606080 and tell them you need a caravan for the Viking Party and they will do the rest - preferably you need a caravan on Green Lawns - or White Horse as they are walking (staggering) distance from the Viking Music & Dance Club..
Other news:
MACMILLAN DANCEATHON!
This year the danceathon will be held in Arun Leisure Centre on Sunday october 30th. Details below:
Well what a lovely September we are having here in the UK......long may it last, those gorgeous blue skies and beautiful autumn leaves are enough to lift anyones spirits about the end of Summer.....
But if mother nature isn't making you happy enough, then you always have your line dance classes to look forward to as well!
Classes are up and running once more - please go to http://www.linedancingevents.com/ and click on 'classes' to check class times and venues!
'Back to school' Fever appears to have struck some of you - with class numbers being very healthy indeed, especially on Monday and Wednesday evenings.....! Thank you all for coming out to have fun whilst learning the latest and greatest linedances being taught across the UK (and indeed the world)....
If you are a complete beginner - you will be made very welcome in all of our classes, and especially so on Friday afternoons in The Newell Centre in Chichester which has just gone 'back to basics!'...class starts at 2.30 p.m. so why not take the plunge and come and join us and see what we get up to when everyone else is watching daytime TV?
Saturday afternoons at the Viking will soon be coming to an end for this season - classes will continue until the end of October......please note that during the Viking October Party weekend (14th - 16th) there will be two classes on Saturday and Sunday morning from around 10.45 a.m. til 1 p.m. - if you are coming for the class only - it will be free of charge as always. However the class will be followed by live music and if you would like to stay the cost will be £10.
Please find below a list of acts that will be appearing at the Viking that weekend:
Friday night: Plain Loco and Lass Vegas
Saturday afternoon: The Westcoasters
Saturday night: The Thrillbillies and Curtis Brothers Band
Sunday afternoon: Paul Taylor
Sunday night: Natalie and Texas Tornados!
As you can see the club have a fabulous line up that weekend - each session costs £10 each - or to come to all five sessions for £40 all you need to do is to buy a 'viking party pass' either beforehand by calling the Viking on 01243608427 or let us know you are coming and we can have your passes ready for you at the door on the Friday Evening.
During the party weekend the doors will open at 7 p.m. and Andy will play all of your line dance requests, to all genres of music, all night long until the early hours of the following morning!!
So make sure you start taking your vitamins now! haha
If you live too far to come down each evening - why not book a caravan on the Park and stay all weekend? Simply call Bunn Leisure on 01243606080 and tell them you need a caravan for the Viking Party and they will do the rest - preferably you need a caravan on Green Lawns - or White Horse as they are walking (staggering) distance from the Viking Music & Dance Club..
Other news:
MACMILLAN DANCEATHON!
This year the danceathon will be held in Arun Leisure Centre on Sunday october 30th. Details below:
Register today, join us and get sponsored to take part in 10 fun easy dance classes and in-between each class enjoy some great entertainment whilst you rest.
Companies, friends or families, get a team together or come on your own, this fundraising event is all about having fun, laughing a lot and raising lots of money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
(NO dance experience required!)
Dance classes for 2011 are;
· Jazz with Lisa from Art of Dance and Fitness
· Bollywood with Shalini from Just Jhoom
· Latin Ballroom with Jools Ellis from That’s Rhythm
· Burlesque and Can Can with Kay from Pole Passion
· Line Dancing with Julie from The Katz Modern Line Dance Club
· Disco with Dominique from Capella UK
· Hip Hop with Vikkie from T21
· Zumba with Jodie from Peppy Fit
· Jazz with Naomi from So Fierce Productions
Date: 30th October 2011
Venue: NEW VENUE Arun Leisure Centre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Time: 10am – 8pm
10 dance classes in 10 hours, all participants must be aged 11+ (under 18's must be in a team with an adult), teams can be up to 8 people (at least half your team must dance each dance class), individual’s can enter if you want more of a challenge and fancy dress is optional.
Registering could not be easier, go to www.macmillandanceathon.co.uk and print off a form or call Kristina on 07737617605
alternatively you can get a registration from from me during your classes...please do your best to join in with us this year - last year was loads of fun and great exercise to boot!!
Ok peeps thats all for now - take care and I'll see you in a class sometime very soon!
Julie x
Monday 22 August 2011
Back to School.......from August 31st! And A Summer Beano Report....
Dear Dancers,
Today is Monday 22nd August 2011 - and I just thought I should update my blog to remind you all that there are NO classes this week on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.......Oak Lodge is also closed next Monday on Bank Holiday Monday - 29th August.
Classes are back at Six Villages on Weds 31st August...
The Newell Centre re opens on Friday 2nd September
and
Oak Lodge re opens on Monday 5th September!
Summer Beano Report!!
Well what can I say about this event?!!
First of all we arrived safely at the hotel and were very well looked after by the hotel staff who gave us all gorgeous bedrooms to stay in.....our room had a double aspect....the sea to the front - and a building that was being demolished to the right!!! You may think this disappointed me, but you would be wrong - it was the talking point of the whole trip! - watchin the HUGE demolition DINOSAUR chomping away at the building brick by brick with such a delicate 'hand' was fascinating and many Southsea regulars obviously agreed as people on the beach had their deck chairs facing the demolition instead of the sea!! hehe!! Since I've been home I have been wondering how they are getting on, and am considering a drive back down there sometime to see for myself!!
Anyway - exciting demolition apart....we had a FABBY time for three days and nights in the Royal Beach....the dancefloor was gorgeous, shiny and new (intitial problems with a dry floor were soon overcome)...and we whooshed over the floor with ease from then on!
The restaurant food was delicious.......the staff were very helpful and quick to sort out any minor problems immediately....and with all of this in mind we have already booked to return to the hotel next Summer!! Please do put this date in your diary - August 17th - 20th 2012! We will have around 70 places to fill and it will be strictly first come first served.....keep an eye out for booking forms in your classes sometime in the Autumn.....please do email me on julieandthekatz@msn.com if you would like to be put on the list for information as soon as it is finalised!
Tuesday night was our Giant Raffle and Quiz night......and our first chance to try out this brand new dance floor which has recently been laid to make it over twice the size it once was...there was plenty of room for everyone and we partied until after Midnight........
Wednesday night was our Hawaiian night - and everyone made so much effort to dress up it was just beautiful to see......we started off with Aloha!!! a specially choreographed Hawaiian style line dance written to Lilo and Stitch's song Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride.....everyone looked gorgeous swaying their grass skirts along to this lovely track. The fancy dress parade incorporated a Limbo competition which was something to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hema from our Oak Lodge class was the winner, and she astounded us all with her flexibility!! Rosemary won the Fancy Dress with her beautiful home made Hawaiian Leis......gorgeous!
We were lucky enough to have four lovely children along on the trip who became my assistants during the week - helping with the raffle......waving pom poms, and playing musical instruments along with the singers on our Thursday night 'Sing and Dance' night.........which was just like the X factor without Simon Cowell......St. Theresa and the Sinners were first up with their rendition of Hello Dolly (replaced with Hello Phyllis - which they sang to my lovely mum!)........they were stunning - and they left me speechless....which is something that is not often acheived by anyone if Im honest....
The Line-Istics were up next with a gorgeous rendition of My Pretty Belinda......to say it took my breath away would be an understatment...so I wont...;)
The Cha-lites took their place in the spotlight next, and warbled their way through Blue Night.....whilst accompanied ably by Rosie and co from the Chichester classes......it was truly tear jerking...no, seriously....I definately felt a tear or two in my eye whilst they were singing.....
I joined Pat C and we became the Cheeky Girls and we sang (well Pat sang - I yelled!) our way through Chica Boom Boom and I now know for sure that the £800 we spent on mums hearing aid was worth every penny when she said to me afterwards 'oooh Julie - I didnt know you could sing!'....hahahaha!!!
St. Theresa and the Swingers - oh - sorry I mean Sinners - belted out two more classics for us to dance along to - Mr Man In the Moon (whom I expected could actually hear them!) and Islands in the stream which would have made Dolly and Kenny wish they had never recorded the track in the first place had they known just how much 'better' this new girl band would have made the song sound just a few decades later.....
No seriously Ladies you were all WONDERFUL and I thank every single one of you for joining in with such gusto - and have to say a big thank you to St. Theresas group for their matching outfits made that very day just for the event!!
Another big thank you goes to all my other dancers that popped in to see us during the week - it was lovely having you all along...if you keep an eye on your email inboxes you should be receiving some photos very very soon....
I will also bring along some piccies to class to show you just how fabulous you all looked!
Many thanks to Viv for taking such lovely photos - to Lin for taking care of the register on the way home, to Maxine for helping out on the dance floor the whole time and for helping me decorate the hall so beautifully...and to my hubby Andy for being so understanding of my hairbrained schemes and quietly going along with all of them....
Love to you all - have a great week and see you all soon!!
Julie xxx
Today is Monday 22nd August 2011 - and I just thought I should update my blog to remind you all that there are NO classes this week on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.......Oak Lodge is also closed next Monday on Bank Holiday Monday - 29th August.
Classes are back at Six Villages on Weds 31st August...
The Newell Centre re opens on Friday 2nd September
and
Oak Lodge re opens on Monday 5th September!
Summer Beano Report!!
Well what can I say about this event?!!
First of all we arrived safely at the hotel and were very well looked after by the hotel staff who gave us all gorgeous bedrooms to stay in.....our room had a double aspect....the sea to the front - and a building that was being demolished to the right!!! You may think this disappointed me, but you would be wrong - it was the talking point of the whole trip! - watchin the HUGE demolition DINOSAUR chomping away at the building brick by brick with such a delicate 'hand' was fascinating and many Southsea regulars obviously agreed as people on the beach had their deck chairs facing the demolition instead of the sea!! hehe!! Since I've been home I have been wondering how they are getting on, and am considering a drive back down there sometime to see for myself!!
Anyway - exciting demolition apart....we had a FABBY time for three days and nights in the Royal Beach....the dancefloor was gorgeous, shiny and new (intitial problems with a dry floor were soon overcome)...and we whooshed over the floor with ease from then on!
The restaurant food was delicious.......the staff were very helpful and quick to sort out any minor problems immediately....and with all of this in mind we have already booked to return to the hotel next Summer!! Please do put this date in your diary - August 17th - 20th 2012! We will have around 70 places to fill and it will be strictly first come first served.....keep an eye out for booking forms in your classes sometime in the Autumn.....please do email me on julieandthekatz@msn.com if you would like to be put on the list for information as soon as it is finalised!
Tuesday night was our Giant Raffle and Quiz night......and our first chance to try out this brand new dance floor which has recently been laid to make it over twice the size it once was...there was plenty of room for everyone and we partied until after Midnight........
Wednesday night was our Hawaiian night - and everyone made so much effort to dress up it was just beautiful to see......we started off with Aloha!!! a specially choreographed Hawaiian style line dance written to Lilo and Stitch's song Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride.....everyone looked gorgeous swaying their grass skirts along to this lovely track. The fancy dress parade incorporated a Limbo competition which was something to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hema from our Oak Lodge class was the winner, and she astounded us all with her flexibility!! Rosemary won the Fancy Dress with her beautiful home made Hawaiian Leis......gorgeous!
We were lucky enough to have four lovely children along on the trip who became my assistants during the week - helping with the raffle......waving pom poms, and playing musical instruments along with the singers on our Thursday night 'Sing and Dance' night.........which was just like the X factor without Simon Cowell......St. Theresa and the Sinners were first up with their rendition of Hello Dolly (replaced with Hello Phyllis - which they sang to my lovely mum!)........they were stunning - and they left me speechless....which is something that is not often acheived by anyone if Im honest....
The Line-Istics were up next with a gorgeous rendition of My Pretty Belinda......to say it took my breath away would be an understatment...so I wont...;)
The Cha-lites took their place in the spotlight next, and warbled their way through Blue Night.....whilst accompanied ably by Rosie and co from the Chichester classes......it was truly tear jerking...no, seriously....I definately felt a tear or two in my eye whilst they were singing.....
I joined Pat C and we became the Cheeky Girls and we sang (well Pat sang - I yelled!) our way through Chica Boom Boom and I now know for sure that the £800 we spent on mums hearing aid was worth every penny when she said to me afterwards 'oooh Julie - I didnt know you could sing!'....hahahaha!!!
St. Theresa and the Swingers - oh - sorry I mean Sinners - belted out two more classics for us to dance along to - Mr Man In the Moon (whom I expected could actually hear them!) and Islands in the stream which would have made Dolly and Kenny wish they had never recorded the track in the first place had they known just how much 'better' this new girl band would have made the song sound just a few decades later.....
No seriously Ladies you were all WONDERFUL and I thank every single one of you for joining in with such gusto - and have to say a big thank you to St. Theresas group for their matching outfits made that very day just for the event!!
Another big thank you goes to all my other dancers that popped in to see us during the week - it was lovely having you all along...if you keep an eye on your email inboxes you should be receiving some photos very very soon....
I will also bring along some piccies to class to show you just how fabulous you all looked!
Many thanks to Viv for taking such lovely photos - to Lin for taking care of the register on the way home, to Maxine for helping out on the dance floor the whole time and for helping me decorate the hall so beautifully...and to my hubby Andy for being so understanding of my hairbrained schemes and quietly going along with all of them....
Love to you all - have a great week and see you all soon!!
Sunday 24 July 2011
SUMMERTIME IN THE KATZ MODERN LINE DANCE CLUB!
THE KATZ SUMMER NEWSLETTER! AUGUST 2011
Hello peeps! Well we are at that time of year again, when some of us are off on our hollibobs for a week or two, and the long summer evenings are here for us to enjoy.......!Please read through this letter to see what will be happening at YOUR club during the month of August....
MONDAY NIGHTS – OAK LODGE – WEST WICKHAM, KENT...
Classes remain open for the first three weeks of August, and for the first year since opening we are being allowed to use Oak Lodge and do not have to use any alternative venue! Yipee!
Classes are OPEN on the following dates:
July 25th, August 1st, August 8th (OUR SUMMER PIMMS PARTY NIGHT!), and August 15th.......
We will NOT be open on the last two Mondays of August, those dates are: August 22nd and 29th.
Class will resume on September 5th.......at normal times.....
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS – SIX VILLAGES SPORTS CENTRE – WESTERGATE, SUSSEX
Classes are OPEN on the following dates:
July 27th, August 3rd, August 10th (OUR SUMMER PIMMS PARTY NIGHT!)...
We will NOT be open on August 17th or 24th...........
Class will resume on August 31st – our new class times will be as follows:
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. beginners class....
8 p.m. to 9.45 p.m. improvers/intermediate/advanced class
The reason for the slightly later start is that the Sports Centre are starting a class on Wednesday evenings in the hall just before our session begins....we need to allow time for setting up and have agreed with the management to begin our classes 30 minutes later than usual. This will not affect the level of your dances, and you will be welcome, of course, to stay until 8.15 for our usual ‘overlap’ of classes for your social dance time!!
FRIDAY AFTERNOONS – THE NEWELL CENTRE, CHICHESTER. WEST SUSSEX.
Classes are OPEN on the following dates:
July 29th, August 5th, August 12th (OUR SUMMER PARTY DAY!!! WITH PIMMS!)....
We will NOT be open on August 19th or August 26th.........
Class will resume on Friday September 2nd........our new class times of 1.30 p.m. for Improvers and 2.30 p.m. for Beginners will remain the same.......each class is only £3 each – or £4 to stay for both......
CLUB NEWS FOR ALL DANCERS IN ALL CLASSES!!!
SUMMER BEANO NEWS!!!
ROYAL BEACH HOTEL – SOUTHSEA (JUST OPPOSITE THE PIER)
TUESDAY 16TH AUGUST TO FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST £179 (INCLUDING COACH)
Well the time is almost upon us – it won’t be long before we head off to Sunny Southsea and the very lovely Royal Beach Hotel for our three long days and nights of line dance fun!! The coach will pick up our West Wickham dancers from our usual ‘pick up point’ of Manor Way on the junction of Kelsey Way (behind Kelsey park, Beckenham) at 10.15 a.m.
We will arrive at our second collection point outside Westergate School, Westergate, West Sussex at approx 12.30 p.m. (that’s just after noon!) to collect our Sussex dancers......we aim to arrive at the hotel at around 1.30 p.m. Rooms are available from 2 p.m. but may be ready earlier.
Andy and I popped in to the Royal Beach last weekend to see how much bigger they had made the dance floor and were both very impressed with how ENORMOUS the dance floor is now!! We could easily have taken twice as many people on this trip had we known the extent of the enlargement of the dance floor as the hotel has plenty of rooms to accommodate almost the whole club!!!
So, with that in mind, we are more than happy to accept any new bookings (as many as you like!) on this trip and would be happy to talk to anyone who would like to ‘self drive’ to the hotel for a last minute arrangement.....give me a call on 07799741288 or drop me an email....
Also, we have started to collect names of people that are going to pop in to see us on any of the three evenings that we are there.......if you are already booked on the whole trip – this bit does not apply to you, so don’t worry, you have NO extra to pay........
Tuesday evening – 16th August – 8 til late! Only £5 each – you can pay on arrival – but would like an idea of numbers beforehand so that we can set aside a table for you...tonight is our first night at the hotel and Andy and I will be spinning the discs (what discs???) by playing all of your requests all night long without interruption!! We will also hold our raffle that night, and will have one of our legendary quizzes to take part in during the course of the evening (don’t worry, Andy is not doing the quiz this time and there will be NO questions about piers!! Haha)
Wednesday evening – 17th August – 8 til late! Only £5 each, again, you can pay on arrival but please do let us have an idea of numbers......tonight is our themed night and we will be donning our grass skirts and getting out those flowers for our HAWAIIAN PARTY NIGHT! .........there will be prizes for the best costumes and if I can find my poles an inpromtu limbo competition for anyone brave enough to lean backwards!!
Thursday evening – 18th August – 8 til late! Only £5 each, and yes, you can pay on the door – but please do text me to let me know how many of you are coming down....tonights theme is BLACK AND SPARKLY and is the also the very first time that YOU are the entertainment!!! Because, tonight Mathew, YOU will be singing along, up on stage, whilst your friends dance their favourite line dances!!.....we will put out a list of Songs/dances you can choose from – and give you a sheet with the lyrics on – pass you a microphone and off you go!!!
You can choose to do this as a solo performance or as a group – we really don’t mind!! At the end of the night there will be a prize for the best ‘performance of the night’ so get your thinking caps on and please do let me know if there is a song you would just LOVE to sing along to that we use in our classes to dance to!! I predict a night of fun and laughter with our SONG AND DANCE night.......but, as always, joining in is optional.....alternatively you could be the backing dancers if you like – bring along your tambourines, shakers and anything else you would like to play to make your ‘performance’ as ‘professional’ as you like!! Hehe!!
Oh and!!! I MAY SING TOO!!! HAHAHA!!! (that’ll teach you a lesson!! Never let me sing again!! Haha)
SUMMER PARTIES
Monday 8th August, Wednesday 10th August and Friday 12th August in your respective classes......the dress code is ‘SUMMERY AND FLOWERY!’
....please feel free to bring along drinks for your own tables, and a plate of something to share with the class.....I will put lists out in your classes for you to write down what you would like to bring (so we don’t get too many sausage rolls!’...
I will provide the Pimms as always, and run the classes by way of requests for all of your fave dances!!
There will be a summery raffle in all classes, and the return of the PIGGY POT - WINNER TAKES ALL!!
So do please bring along £1 for the piggy – and £1 for a strip of raffle tickets.....this is NOT a charity raffle so I do not require any donations for the raffle thank you...please keep your donations for our next charity raffle.......
Ok, well I think that’s all the news for now peeps!! Sorry to keep you reading for so long, I do hope you haven’t nodded off!?
WAKE UP! I’M DONE!
Take care everyone, and I’ll see you in a class sometime very soon....
Julie x
p.s. my mobile number is 07799741288 – if you have any queries about anything mentioned in this letter (particularly if you find a mistake!) please do send me a text, or give me a call!!! x
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Getting back to normal!! Week beginning 11th July 2011
Dear Dancers,
Thank you to my lovely Oak Lodge Girlies for coming out in force for my first day back teaching.......it was lovely to feel 'normal' once more !
tonights class (13th july) is on as normal!!! yes folks, I will be back teaching you all a little later on today.......after a whole month away due to illness.....I'm now on the road to recovery and am really looking forward to seeing some friendly faces later!
Fridays class in The Newell Centre is on this week (15th July)
Saturdays class at the Viking will be taken by my good self....many thanks to Lesley for holding the fort the past few weeks...!!
NEXT WEEKS CLASSES - WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 18TH JULY
Mondays class will be taken by Vivienne and Lin - working from a playlist....as announced in class due to Andy and I taking a short break from work.....sorry about the terrible timing! Isn't it always the way!
Wednesday 20th July - Six Villages - NO CLASS - due to my one and only annual holiday....only a few days away tho, so all back to normal the week after.....!
Firday 22nd July - class will be on as normal, but with the new class times of 1.30 to 2.45 for the early class, and 2.30 to 3.45 for the absolute beginners class.......it's time we had a bit of an 'overlap' allowing for some social dancing of the two groups together! :)
Saturday 23rd July- Viking class on as normal!! Please come along at 1 p.m. if you are new to linedancing - otherwise its 2 - 4 p.m. for experienced dancers from improver to advanced.....
Ok thats all for now folks - thank you all so much for being so paitient with me....and I'll see you soon.....
Take care
Julie xxx
Thank you to my lovely Oak Lodge Girlies for coming out in force for my first day back teaching.......it was lovely to feel 'normal' once more !
tonights class (13th july) is on as normal!!! yes folks, I will be back teaching you all a little later on today.......after a whole month away due to illness.....I'm now on the road to recovery and am really looking forward to seeing some friendly faces later!
Fridays class in The Newell Centre is on this week (15th July)
Saturdays class at the Viking will be taken by my good self....many thanks to Lesley for holding the fort the past few weeks...!!
NEXT WEEKS CLASSES - WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 18TH JULY
Mondays class will be taken by Vivienne and Lin - working from a playlist....as announced in class due to Andy and I taking a short break from work.....sorry about the terrible timing! Isn't it always the way!
Wednesday 20th July - Six Villages - NO CLASS - due to my one and only annual holiday....only a few days away tho, so all back to normal the week after.....!
Firday 22nd July - class will be on as normal, but with the new class times of 1.30 to 2.45 for the early class, and 2.30 to 3.45 for the absolute beginners class.......it's time we had a bit of an 'overlap' allowing for some social dancing of the two groups together! :)
Saturday 23rd July- Viking class on as normal!! Please come along at 1 p.m. if you are new to linedancing - otherwise its 2 - 4 p.m. for experienced dancers from improver to advanced.....
Ok thats all for now folks - thank you all so much for being so paitient with me....and I'll see you soon.....
Take care
Julie xxx
Monday 4 July 2011
Week beginning 4th July 2011
Hello there!!!
Well the good news is that all classes are ON THIS WEEK!!
I am on the road to recovery now and will be back teaching from next week 11th July...
This weeks classes will be covered by :
Monday - Viv and Lin
Wednesday - Andy (running a request night)
Friday - Pat and Val
Saturday - Lesley
I would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to everyone covering my classes for me this week and to all of YOU lovely lovely people for being so patient and also for sending me some beautiful get well cards, choccies and flowers....
Thanks also to Jenny and Amy from Mondays class for coming all the way to visit me on Saturday to bring me my belated Birthday presents from you all.....I cant wait to go shopping to spend those M&S vouchers!! The choccies and plant were lovely - and Amys special flower arrangement has pride of place in my fireplace....
Have fun in your classes this week folks - and I'll see you next week fingers crossed!!
Whoopie!!
Julie xxx
Well the good news is that all classes are ON THIS WEEK!!
I am on the road to recovery now and will be back teaching from next week 11th July...
This weeks classes will be covered by :
Monday - Viv and Lin
Wednesday - Andy (running a request night)
Friday - Pat and Val
Saturday - Lesley
I would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to everyone covering my classes for me this week and to all of YOU lovely lovely people for being so patient and also for sending me some beautiful get well cards, choccies and flowers....
Thanks also to Jenny and Amy from Mondays class for coming all the way to visit me on Saturday to bring me my belated Birthday presents from you all.....I cant wait to go shopping to spend those M&S vouchers!! The choccies and plant were lovely - and Amys special flower arrangement has pride of place in my fireplace....
Have fun in your classes this week folks - and I'll see you next week fingers crossed!!
Whoopie!!
Julie xxx
Monday 30 May 2011
Oak Lodge on Tuesday this week! (May 31st)
Dear Dancers,
Just a short note to remind all West Wickham dancers that Oak Lodge is on Tuesday night this week - 31st May (class times as normal)....hope you can make it!!
A BIG THANK YOU - is due to everyone that came along to our fundraiser last night at the Newell Centre in Chichester - you raised a grand total of just under £400 from ticket sales and the raffle....My thanks go to Steve and Jayne Riley for all their help and to The Newell Centre for allowing us FREE use of their venue to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross to use towards their continued efforts to help the most stricken people following the devastating earthquake and tsunami they suffered earlier this year....the monies will be sent off to the fund tomorrow morning!
Many thanks once again - you are very generous lovely people :)
On a personal note I would like to thank Jim and Mary for my gorgeous Chilli Cha Cha bear who I happily danceed with on stage for most of the night hahaha!! Someone said to me during the evening 'so it's not just men that don't grow up then?' and they were spot on!! hahaha!! I love toys! :)
Other news....
SUMMER BEANO ALMOST SOLD OUT!!!
If you would like to join us on our first EVER Summer holiday in August (16th to 19th) to Southsea please do get in touch and ask for details - we are staying in the Royal Beach Hotel for three lovely long days and nights for only £179 per person for dinner, bed and breakfast and the price INCLUDES return coach travel from Beckenham (Kent) and Westergate (West Sussex)...three nights dancing is included along with three dance workshops and plenty of time to relax and take in the sights and sounds of Southsea and nearby Portsmouth...renowned for its famous ships and fabulous shopping area!! I will be bringing along some more booking forms to classes this week, so if you haven't had one yet - please do take a look and consider coming along on our first EVER Summer Break!
BIG JUNE PARTY AT THE VIKING COMING SOON!
on the weekend June 10th to 12th we are having the second of this years 'all weekend long' line dance parties at the Viking Music and Dance Club in Selsey (part of the Bunn Leisure park) Tickets for the event are just £40 each - which will gain you entry on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights (doors open at 7 p.m. and close at 1 a.m. each night!!!), plus TWO Dance workshops from yours truly on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 10.45 to 1 p.m. followed by live music from 1 - 4 p.m.!!!!
Friday Nights performers are: TONY ROUSE AND CALICO!
Saturday afternoon we have: RICHARD PALMER
Saturday night we have: MUDDY BOOTS AND THE DIABLOS!
Sunday afternoon we have: BOB KEELEY
and finally on
Sunday night we have: LAS VAGAS and another fantastic act (yet to be confirmed)
If you can only make part of the weekend, don't worry - you can pay for each individual session on the door for only £10 each.......accomodation can be booked via Bunn leisure holiday park - on 01243 606080
The Viking club is situated in Green Lawns Caravan park - if this park is full ask for availability on White Horse (which is walking distance from the club)....and should that park also be full, you can book caravans on West Sands caravan park - which has a Holiday bus to ferry you to and from the Viking at regular intervals....
That's all for now folks - take care and I'll see you in a class sometime very soon..
Julie xxx
Just a short note to remind all West Wickham dancers that Oak Lodge is on Tuesday night this week - 31st May (class times as normal)....hope you can make it!!
A BIG THANK YOU - is due to everyone that came along to our fundraiser last night at the Newell Centre in Chichester - you raised a grand total of just under £400 from ticket sales and the raffle....My thanks go to Steve and Jayne Riley for all their help and to The Newell Centre for allowing us FREE use of their venue to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross to use towards their continued efforts to help the most stricken people following the devastating earthquake and tsunami they suffered earlier this year....the monies will be sent off to the fund tomorrow morning!
Many thanks once again - you are very generous lovely people :)
On a personal note I would like to thank Jim and Mary for my gorgeous Chilli Cha Cha bear who I happily danceed with on stage for most of the night hahaha!! Someone said to me during the evening 'so it's not just men that don't grow up then?' and they were spot on!! hahaha!! I love toys! :)
Other news....
SUMMER BEANO ALMOST SOLD OUT!!!
If you would like to join us on our first EVER Summer holiday in August (16th to 19th) to Southsea please do get in touch and ask for details - we are staying in the Royal Beach Hotel for three lovely long days and nights for only £179 per person for dinner, bed and breakfast and the price INCLUDES return coach travel from Beckenham (Kent) and Westergate (West Sussex)...three nights dancing is included along with three dance workshops and plenty of time to relax and take in the sights and sounds of Southsea and nearby Portsmouth...renowned for its famous ships and fabulous shopping area!! I will be bringing along some more booking forms to classes this week, so if you haven't had one yet - please do take a look and consider coming along on our first EVER Summer Break!
BIG JUNE PARTY AT THE VIKING COMING SOON!
on the weekend June 10th to 12th we are having the second of this years 'all weekend long' line dance parties at the Viking Music and Dance Club in Selsey (part of the Bunn Leisure park) Tickets for the event are just £40 each - which will gain you entry on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights (doors open at 7 p.m. and close at 1 a.m. each night!!!), plus TWO Dance workshops from yours truly on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 10.45 to 1 p.m. followed by live music from 1 - 4 p.m.!!!!
Friday Nights performers are: TONY ROUSE AND CALICO!
Saturday afternoon we have: RICHARD PALMER
Saturday night we have: MUDDY BOOTS AND THE DIABLOS!
Sunday afternoon we have: BOB KEELEY
and finally on
Sunday night we have: LAS VAGAS and another fantastic act (yet to be confirmed)
If you can only make part of the weekend, don't worry - you can pay for each individual session on the door for only £10 each.......accomodation can be booked via Bunn leisure holiday park - on 01243 606080
The Viking club is situated in Green Lawns Caravan park - if this park is full ask for availability on White Horse (which is walking distance from the club)....and should that park also be full, you can book caravans on West Sands caravan park - which has a Holiday bus to ferry you to and from the Viking at regular intervals....
That's all for now folks - take care and I'll see you in a class sometime very soon..
Julie xxx
Friday 13 May 2011
May in the Katz Line Dance Club
Dear Dancers,
Well we are almost half way through May already so I am a little late with my monthly newsletter as you can see!
Today is Friday 13th May!
Tomorrow's class at the Viking is on as normal - 1 - 2 p.m. for beginners/holidaymakers - and 2 - 4 p.m. for improver/intermediate and advanced dancers!
Dances currently being taught at the Viking in the 2 - 4 p.m. class are:
MY PRETTY BELINDA - GAMBLLING MAN (MAGGIE G) - PARTY ROCKIN' (SHAZ WALTON)
among many others still being reviewed such as:
CHICKEN WALK JIVE - PARTY FREAK - MAKE THIS DAY and many more...
The class is FREE on a Saturday all we ask is that you refrain from bringing in your own drinks/snacks and purchase at least one drink from across the bar to show your appreciation of a free three hour class...:)
Other classes...
Oak Lodge - Monday nights - West Wickham - Kent.
This class has now returned to MONDAYS!!! whooop!!! But please do remember that there is yet another Bank Holiday Monday right at the end of the month on the (30th) and so that week's class will be on Tuesday 31st May instead...
Six Villages Sports Centre - Wednesday nights - Westergate - Chichester, West Sussex (yes, I do get around! haha)
There are NO closures expected on Wednesdays for the coming month....
The Newell Centre - Friday afternoons - Chichester, West Sussex
There are NO closures expected on Fridays for the coming month...
SUNDAY MAY 29TH - NEWELL CENTRE - CHICHESTER - CHARITY NIGHT 7 - 10.30 P.M. only £5 each!! Please do support us as we raise money for the Japanese Red Cross to help those most in need following the devastating earthquake their country suffered earlier this year...we will play all of your line dance request and have the very lovely and talented STEVE RILEY singing for FREE! The venue have given us FREE use of their facilities for the evening so every single penny raised that night will go directly to the Red Cross.......and you will get a great night's dancing to boot!! (no pun intended!) Tickets are going fast - I have them with me at all classes so please do come up to buy yours as the party is in only a couple of weeks time!
For full details of times and locations please to to www.linedancingevents.com and click on 'classes'.......new people are always given a very warm welcome in all classes and classes are incredibly good value for money from only £3 to £5 per session....depending on area...
SUMMER BEANO ALMOST SOLD OUT!!!
If you would like to join us on our first EVER Summer holiday in August (16th to 19th) to Southsea please do get in touch and ask for details - we are staying in the Royal Beach Hotel for three lovely long days and nights for only £179 per person for dinner, bed and breakfast and the price INCLUDES return coach travel from Beckenham (Kent) and Westergate (West Sussex)...three nights dancing is included along with three dance workshops and plenty of time to relax and take in the sights and sounds of Southsea and nearby Portsmouth...renowned for its famous ships and fabulous shopping area!
Ok thats all from me for now - I hope to see you in a class sometime very soon....have a fabulous weekend...
Much love
Julie x
Well we are almost half way through May already so I am a little late with my monthly newsletter as you can see!
Today is Friday 13th May!
Tomorrow's class at the Viking is on as normal - 1 - 2 p.m. for beginners/holidaymakers - and 2 - 4 p.m. for improver/intermediate and advanced dancers!
Dances currently being taught at the Viking in the 2 - 4 p.m. class are:
MY PRETTY BELINDA - GAMBLLING MAN (MAGGIE G) - PARTY ROCKIN' (SHAZ WALTON)
among many others still being reviewed such as:
CHICKEN WALK JIVE - PARTY FREAK - MAKE THIS DAY and many more...
The class is FREE on a Saturday all we ask is that you refrain from bringing in your own drinks/snacks and purchase at least one drink from across the bar to show your appreciation of a free three hour class...:)
Other classes...
Oak Lodge - Monday nights - West Wickham - Kent.
This class has now returned to MONDAYS!!! whooop!!! But please do remember that there is yet another Bank Holiday Monday right at the end of the month on the (30th) and so that week's class will be on Tuesday 31st May instead...
Six Villages Sports Centre - Wednesday nights - Westergate - Chichester, West Sussex (yes, I do get around! haha)
There are NO closures expected on Wednesdays for the coming month....
The Newell Centre - Friday afternoons - Chichester, West Sussex
There are NO closures expected on Fridays for the coming month...
SUNDAY MAY 29TH - NEWELL CENTRE - CHICHESTER - CHARITY NIGHT 7 - 10.30 P.M. only £5 each!! Please do support us as we raise money for the Japanese Red Cross to help those most in need following the devastating earthquake their country suffered earlier this year...we will play all of your line dance request and have the very lovely and talented STEVE RILEY singing for FREE! The venue have given us FREE use of their facilities for the evening so every single penny raised that night will go directly to the Red Cross.......and you will get a great night's dancing to boot!! (no pun intended!) Tickets are going fast - I have them with me at all classes so please do come up to buy yours as the party is in only a couple of weeks time!
For full details of times and locations please to to www.linedancingevents.com and click on 'classes'.......new people are always given a very warm welcome in all classes and classes are incredibly good value for money from only £3 to £5 per session....depending on area...
SUMMER BEANO ALMOST SOLD OUT!!!
If you would like to join us on our first EVER Summer holiday in August (16th to 19th) to Southsea please do get in touch and ask for details - we are staying in the Royal Beach Hotel for three lovely long days and nights for only £179 per person for dinner, bed and breakfast and the price INCLUDES return coach travel from Beckenham (Kent) and Westergate (West Sussex)...three nights dancing is included along with three dance workshops and plenty of time to relax and take in the sights and sounds of Southsea and nearby Portsmouth...renowned for its famous ships and fabulous shopping area!
Ok thats all from me for now - I hope to see you in a class sometime very soon....have a fabulous weekend...
Much love
Julie x
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Post Easter classes...
Dear Dancers,
Tonight (Wednesday 27th April) we are open for business as usual at Six Villages Sports Centre (behind Westergate Community School) from 6.30 (beginners) to 9.45 p.m.) for a mere £3 for one hour 15 mins....or £4 to stay all night!
This Fridays class in the Newell Centre is cancelled due to a royal family somewhere having a Wedding and someone is filming the shenanigans on TV and making us all stay home to watch it! Tee Hee....I for one WILL be watching - I like a wedding! especially a big fancy one! So I will see you all next week (Friday 6th May)..
Saturdays class at the Viking is on from 1 p.m. as usual - if you are an absolute beginner your class is from 1 - 2 p.m. please do come along as early as possible.....Improvers/intermediates and advanced dancers classes run from 2 - 4 p.m.!
next Monday is yet another Bank Holiday and so we are open on TUESDAY instead..(just like we were this week - thank you to everyone that came out and had a boogie with me!)......so Ill see you then!
Thats all for now folks! See you in a class sometime very soon..
Julie xxx
Tonight (Wednesday 27th April) we are open for business as usual at Six Villages Sports Centre (behind Westergate Community School) from 6.30 (beginners) to 9.45 p.m.) for a mere £3 for one hour 15 mins....or £4 to stay all night!
This Fridays class in the Newell Centre is cancelled due to a royal family somewhere having a Wedding and someone is filming the shenanigans on TV and making us all stay home to watch it! Tee Hee....I for one WILL be watching - I like a wedding! especially a big fancy one! So I will see you all next week (Friday 6th May)..
Saturdays class at the Viking is on from 1 p.m. as usual - if you are an absolute beginner your class is from 1 - 2 p.m. please do come along as early as possible.....Improvers/intermediates and advanced dancers classes run from 2 - 4 p.m.!
next Monday is yet another Bank Holiday and so we are open on TUESDAY instead..(just like we were this week - thank you to everyone that came out and had a boogie with me!)......so Ill see you then!
Thats all for now folks! See you in a class sometime very soon..
Julie xxx
Monday 18 April 2011
Week beginning April 17th 2011!!
Dear Dancers!!
Well the sun is shining and April is getting its act together - with lovely light evenings line dancing is more fun than ever....tonight we will fling the windows and doors open at Oak Lodge and boogie on down to some fabulous summery, happy smiley music!!
All classes are open this week as normal apart from Friday at the Newell Centre which is closed for Good Friday....next Monday Oak Lodge is closed for the Bank Holiday BUT WE ARE IN ON TUESDAY INSTEAD!!!!! whooopie I hear you cry haha....
Well Im off to get ready for class now......
See you in a class sometime soon!
Julie x
Well the sun is shining and April is getting its act together - with lovely light evenings line dancing is more fun than ever....tonight we will fling the windows and doors open at Oak Lodge and boogie on down to some fabulous summery, happy smiley music!!
All classes are open this week as normal apart from Friday at the Newell Centre which is closed for Good Friday....next Monday Oak Lodge is closed for the Bank Holiday BUT WE ARE IN ON TUESDAY INSTEAD!!!!! whooopie I hear you cry haha....
Well Im off to get ready for class now......
See you in a class sometime soon!
Julie x
Friday 15 April 2011
Friday 15th April - CLASS CANCELLED!
Dear dancers, many apologies but I have a very bad migraine that got a whole lot worse when I drove to the hall today at midday.......I put a notice on the door - Im so sorry I didnt get time to give you a warning not to come along, and hope you understand the reason why?
Our Friday classes are closed for the next two weeks also due to Good Friday and the Royal Weddding - so I will see you all again on the 6th May..
My apologies once again...
Julie (going for a lie down in a darkened room....)
Our Friday classes are closed for the next two weeks also due to Good Friday and the Royal Weddding - so I will see you all again on the 6th May..
My apologies once again...
Julie (going for a lie down in a darkened room....)
Tuesday 5 April 2011
April in The Katz Line Dance Club!
Dear Dancers.....
Firstly can I just thank you all for taking party in this year's Daffodil Dance at Oak Lodge, Six Villages and (unexpectedly!) also at The Newell Centre in Chichester!
I am very pleased to announce that YOU raised a grand total of £179.52p in your combined efforts of buying Daffodil Pins, raffle tickets for Easter Bunnies, glasses of lemonade, cups of tea and coffee and biccies!! Every penny was added up and I have today (Tuesday 5th April) banked the cash and posted the cheque to the Marie Curie Cancer Care group on your behalf! Many many thanks for all your efforts, and, I have to say this bit too, for agreeing to learn said 'Daffodil Dance' even tho the music may not have been to everyones taste!! tee hee....The dance in question that was taught is called 'Baby Tonight' and is by Robbie McGowan Hickie (for those of you who may want to look it up and have a practice at home)
OAK LODGE NEWS....MONDAY NIGHTS...
As you all know there are THREE Bank Holiday Mondays coming up - one in april (25th ) and two in May (2nd and 30th)....because closing the classes on Bank Holidays puts us all out so much, the school have agreed to let me run the classes on THE TUESDAYS of those weeks instead......so there are NO CLASS CLOSURES AT ALL - NOT IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS - EASTER HOLIDAYS - OR ANYTIME SOON!!!
Classes are ON as normal EVERY Monday - apart from on the three bank holiday Mondays when the classes will run on TUESDAYs instead..
I hope Ive made this clear - haha - I know people often get confused by my attempts to get information across - so if you have any doubts as to what Ive just typed - PLEASE DO CONTACT ME ON 07799741288, either by a quick text or a quick call.....Im happy to help! hehe...
SIX VILLAGES - WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
There are NO class closures imminent at all for the next few months....yipee!
THE NEWELL CENTRE - FRIDAY AFTERNOONS
There is ONE class closure in April - and that is the day of THE ROYAL WEDDING! Friday 29th April........we did a quick show of hands and the vast majority of dancers would not be able to make dancing that day even if I were to open - so lets all take the day off and watch the wedding on the telly.....nice....!! Tea, biccies and cucumber sandwiches at our sides - haha....
VIKING CLASSES - SATURDAY AFTERNOONS...
there are NO closures to take place on these classes for the foreseeable future.....
SPECIAL SOCIAL IN AID OF THE JAPANESE DISASTER FUND....
ON SUNDAY 29th MAY (THAT'S MAY AND NOT APRIL!!) I will be holding a special line dance social to raise funds for this incredibly worthy cause...I'm sure we all sat and watched in horror as the tsunami swept across the coastline of Japan and felt totally helpless? I know we did....and there isnt anything we, so far away, CAN do except raise much needed funds to send to those places that need so much help to put their lives back together. So, with those charitable thoughts in mind, we really hope you will support Riley for an evening of LINE DANCING at the Newell Centre, Tozer Way, Chichester.....
Doors will open at 7 p.m. and close at 10.30 p.m.
We have been given the hall FREE OF CHARGE by the committee (thank you very much!!)
I am giving my services FREE OF CHARGE, and the lovely Steve Riley (of Westcoasters fame) is also giving his services FREE OF CHARGE...which means that every single penny taken on the door that night will go straight to the charity!!!
Tickets are only £5 each....you can bring your own drinks and nibbles - and if you have something you would like to donate to a 'Raffle Table' please do that also....we are keeping costs to the barest minimum so that we can raise as much money as we can.
We have a maximum of 60 tickets to sell - and tickets for our socials SELL OUT FAST!! so Please do let me know ASAP if you would like me to reserve tickets for you...
Tickets will be on sale in all West Sussex classes soon......
Other news....
If you have yet to pay your deposit for next years trip to Bournemouth - returning to the lovely Wessex Hotel...please do ask me for a booking form in class.....everyone that came on this years trip has a guaranteed reserved place (unless you have told me otherwise) so do NOT panic if you havent booked yet....we have had to close the books for any new dancers wanting to join us now as we have had several new people giving us deposits (thank you!) and do not want to overcrowd the venue....however IF you are bitterly disappointed that the annual trip is full, do not dispair as we have laid on a SECOND LINE DANCE BREAK!!!
This August sees our first ever SUMMER TIME SPECIAL three day midweek break to SOUTHSEA.......staying at the rather lovely Royal Beach Hotel (right across from the beach in Southsea) from Tuesday August 16th to Friday August 19th...we are offering three days and nights of line dance fun for only £179 each......this includes return coach travel!! (sorry we are unable to give a discount for any self drivers as the cost has been equally spread across the trip to enable more people to join us!)..however if you do not require the coach, you are, of course, very welcome to self drive and join us at the hotel....
Please do email me on julieandthekatz@msn.com for a booking form - or ask me for one in class...
Ok folks!! I thinks thats all our news for now...(I can hear you all saying 'ABOUT TIME!!!') so I look forward to seeing you all in a class, somewhere, sometime, very soon....
oh there is something else!!
Dances recently taught in class (all levels ) are:-
SPEAK TO THE SKY - WALK THE LINE - ONE STEP FORWARD - BABY TONIGHT - STUCK WITH YOU - I'M NO GOOD - DR. WANNA DO - DANCING IN CIRCLES - and our 'blast from the past' KIND OF MAGIC!!!
take care peeps!
Julie xxx
Firstly can I just thank you all for taking party in this year's Daffodil Dance at Oak Lodge, Six Villages and (unexpectedly!) also at The Newell Centre in Chichester!
I am very pleased to announce that YOU raised a grand total of £179.52p in your combined efforts of buying Daffodil Pins, raffle tickets for Easter Bunnies, glasses of lemonade, cups of tea and coffee and biccies!! Every penny was added up and I have today (Tuesday 5th April) banked the cash and posted the cheque to the Marie Curie Cancer Care group on your behalf! Many many thanks for all your efforts, and, I have to say this bit too, for agreeing to learn said 'Daffodil Dance' even tho the music may not have been to everyones taste!! tee hee....The dance in question that was taught is called 'Baby Tonight' and is by Robbie McGowan Hickie (for those of you who may want to look it up and have a practice at home)
OAK LODGE NEWS....MONDAY NIGHTS...
As you all know there are THREE Bank Holiday Mondays coming up - one in april (25th ) and two in May (2nd and 30th)....because closing the classes on Bank Holidays puts us all out so much, the school have agreed to let me run the classes on THE TUESDAYS of those weeks instead......so there are NO CLASS CLOSURES AT ALL - NOT IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS - EASTER HOLIDAYS - OR ANYTIME SOON!!!
Classes are ON as normal EVERY Monday - apart from on the three bank holiday Mondays when the classes will run on TUESDAYs instead..
I hope Ive made this clear - haha - I know people often get confused by my attempts to get information across - so if you have any doubts as to what Ive just typed - PLEASE DO CONTACT ME ON 07799741288, either by a quick text or a quick call.....Im happy to help! hehe...
SIX VILLAGES - WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
There are NO class closures imminent at all for the next few months....yipee!
THE NEWELL CENTRE - FRIDAY AFTERNOONS
There is ONE class closure in April - and that is the day of THE ROYAL WEDDING! Friday 29th April........we did a quick show of hands and the vast majority of dancers would not be able to make dancing that day even if I were to open - so lets all take the day off and watch the wedding on the telly.....nice....!! Tea, biccies and cucumber sandwiches at our sides - haha....
VIKING CLASSES - SATURDAY AFTERNOONS...
there are NO closures to take place on these classes for the foreseeable future.....
SPECIAL SOCIAL IN AID OF THE JAPANESE DISASTER FUND....
ON SUNDAY 29th MAY (THAT'S MAY AND NOT APRIL!!) I will be holding a special line dance social to raise funds for this incredibly worthy cause...I'm sure we all sat and watched in horror as the tsunami swept across the coastline of Japan and felt totally helpless? I know we did....and there isnt anything we, so far away, CAN do except raise much needed funds to send to those places that need so much help to put their lives back together. So, with those charitable thoughts in mind, we really hope you will support Riley for an evening of LINE DANCING at the Newell Centre, Tozer Way, Chichester.....
Doors will open at 7 p.m. and close at 10.30 p.m.
We have been given the hall FREE OF CHARGE by the committee (thank you very much!!)
I am giving my services FREE OF CHARGE, and the lovely Steve Riley (of Westcoasters fame) is also giving his services FREE OF CHARGE...which means that every single penny taken on the door that night will go straight to the charity!!!
Tickets are only £5 each....you can bring your own drinks and nibbles - and if you have something you would like to donate to a 'Raffle Table' please do that also....we are keeping costs to the barest minimum so that we can raise as much money as we can.
We have a maximum of 60 tickets to sell - and tickets for our socials SELL OUT FAST!! so Please do let me know ASAP if you would like me to reserve tickets for you...
Tickets will be on sale in all West Sussex classes soon......
Other news....
If you have yet to pay your deposit for next years trip to Bournemouth - returning to the lovely Wessex Hotel...please do ask me for a booking form in class.....everyone that came on this years trip has a guaranteed reserved place (unless you have told me otherwise) so do NOT panic if you havent booked yet....we have had to close the books for any new dancers wanting to join us now as we have had several new people giving us deposits (thank you!) and do not want to overcrowd the venue....however IF you are bitterly disappointed that the annual trip is full, do not dispair as we have laid on a SECOND LINE DANCE BREAK!!!
This August sees our first ever SUMMER TIME SPECIAL three day midweek break to SOUTHSEA.......staying at the rather lovely Royal Beach Hotel (right across from the beach in Southsea) from Tuesday August 16th to Friday August 19th...we are offering three days and nights of line dance fun for only £179 each......this includes return coach travel!! (sorry we are unable to give a discount for any self drivers as the cost has been equally spread across the trip to enable more people to join us!)..however if you do not require the coach, you are, of course, very welcome to self drive and join us at the hotel....
Please do email me on julieandthekatz@msn.com for a booking form - or ask me for one in class...
Ok folks!! I thinks thats all our news for now...(I can hear you all saying 'ABOUT TIME!!!') so I look forward to seeing you all in a class, somewhere, sometime, very soon....
oh there is something else!!
Dances recently taught in class (all levels ) are:-
SPEAK TO THE SKY - WALK THE LINE - ONE STEP FORWARD - BABY TONIGHT - STUCK WITH YOU - I'M NO GOOD - DR. WANNA DO - DANCING IN CIRCLES - and our 'blast from the past' KIND OF MAGIC!!!
take care peeps!
Julie xxx
Wednesday 23 March 2011
RED NOSE DAY TOTAL!!
Dear Dancers,
Firstly can I just thank you all for taking part in last weeks efforts for Comic Relief...we raised a grand total of £355.45p!!!! Which is fabulous!!!
The breakdown was as follows:
Saturday afternoon class at the Viking - £105.00
Monday evening at Oak Lodge - £107.50
Wednesday evening at Six Villages - £80.45
and finally..
Friday afternoon at The Newell Centre - £62.50!!
So THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH for joining in with the fun.....if you are on facebook the photos have been uploaded to the site but I will endeavour to add a few on here too - sadly I didnt get time to take any photos of Saturdays class but did see one of our dancers with a camera clicking away - so maybe there will be some photots to follow soon!!
NEXT WEEKS IN THE CLUB.....
ITS TIME TO TURN YELLOW FOR MARIE CURIE!!
Please come along to Monday's and Wednesday's classes dressed in something yellow and bring along just one extra pound to buy a daffodil pin and learn this years Daffodil Dance by Robbie McGowan Hickie....he has written two dances to the same track and Ive chosen to teach the easier of the two in order to get as many dancers involved as possible....!!
Im also hoping to have a tea party at the same time - so watch this space for more details or just come along as usual and see what happens!! haha
TV APPEARANCE ON THE ONE SHOW LAST MONDAY - 21st MARCH 2011
As you may have heard or seen I and some of my line dance friends and colleagues made a brief appearance on the One Show this week! The piece was about the rise of women in country music as Taylor Swift was to appear on the show....the BEEB had rung the Viking club in Selsey to ask if they could come and film in this atmospheric country saloon themed bar, and of course they said yes!
Very late on Thursday they rang to ask if we could get some dancers together for the filming and we were happy to oblige! Some of us even got the chance to do a line to camera - I said mine as fast as possible so that I didnt forget it! haha!
We were pleased with the result, and even got a mention from Matt Baker on the One Show before the film was shown...it was lovely to hear the word 'KATZ' on the telly!!
BOURNEMOUTH
Places are filling up faster than I can handle them!! So please do hand your forms back in as soon as you can so we can see if we have any spare spaces left over to offer to our newer dancers.....a lot of whom are keen to join us next time - if only we could find and even bigger hotel!!
SOUTHSEA - LONDON BEANO - THIS AUGUST!!
I have arranged an additional Seaside Beano for the London class to help to ease the problems caused by Bournemouth being almost full already - if you would like details of this trip please do email me on julieandthekatz@msn.com. the Dates for this three day/night summer trip from the London Class to Southsea is Tuesday 16th - Friday 19th August THIS YEAR! Its a lovely hotel, right opposite the beach!! Places are beginning to fill up nicely - and we are limited to only 50 people maximum! So it's very much first come first served....if any of our West Sussex dancers are interested in more details about this trip and would like to join us, please come and ask for details....(it may be fairly local for you, but it is still going to be loads of laughs and three days and nights of linedance fun!!
Ok thats all for now folks - I look forward to seeing you all in a class sometime soon....for those of you wanting to know the names of the dances I taught this past weekend at the Viking Mad March party, here they are:-
DR. WANNA DO – Maggie Gallagher
Written to Dr. Wanna Do by Caro Emerald
32 count – 4 wall beginner/improver level
I’M NO GOOD – Rachael McEnaney
Written to I’m no good (for ya baby) by Laura Bell Bundy
64 count 2 wall easy Intermediate level
PERFECT! - Guyton Mundy
Written to F****** Perfect by Pink (clean version!)
32 count – 4 wall – Intermediate/advanced level
BEYOND YOUR EYES – Peter & Alison
Written to Beyond your eyes by Jessica Martinsson
32 count – 4 Wall – improver/Intermediate level
MAKE THIS DAY – Rachael McEnaney
Written to Make this day by the Zac Brown Band (album:
You get what you give)
64 count – easy intermediate level
DANCING IN CIRCLES – Rachael McEnaney
Written to Dancing in circles by Love and Theft
72 count waltz – 2 wall – intermediate level
additional dances were: HELLO DOLLY - ALL YOU NEED - STUCK WITH YOU (by JB Western dancers)
Take care everyone and see you soon!
Julie D xxx (yep still practicing that D!!!)
Firstly can I just thank you all for taking part in last weeks efforts for Comic Relief...we raised a grand total of £355.45p!!!! Which is fabulous!!!
The breakdown was as follows:
Saturday afternoon class at the Viking - £105.00
Monday evening at Oak Lodge - £107.50
Wednesday evening at Six Villages - £80.45
and finally..
Friday afternoon at The Newell Centre - £62.50!!
So THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH for joining in with the fun.....if you are on facebook the photos have been uploaded to the site but I will endeavour to add a few on here too - sadly I didnt get time to take any photos of Saturdays class but did see one of our dancers with a camera clicking away - so maybe there will be some photots to follow soon!!
NEXT WEEKS IN THE CLUB.....
ITS TIME TO TURN YELLOW FOR MARIE CURIE!!
Please come along to Monday's and Wednesday's classes dressed in something yellow and bring along just one extra pound to buy a daffodil pin and learn this years Daffodil Dance by Robbie McGowan Hickie....he has written two dances to the same track and Ive chosen to teach the easier of the two in order to get as many dancers involved as possible....!!
Im also hoping to have a tea party at the same time - so watch this space for more details or just come along as usual and see what happens!! haha
TV APPEARANCE ON THE ONE SHOW LAST MONDAY - 21st MARCH 2011
As you may have heard or seen I and some of my line dance friends and colleagues made a brief appearance on the One Show this week! The piece was about the rise of women in country music as Taylor Swift was to appear on the show....the BEEB had rung the Viking club in Selsey to ask if they could come and film in this atmospheric country saloon themed bar, and of course they said yes!
Very late on Thursday they rang to ask if we could get some dancers together for the filming and we were happy to oblige! Some of us even got the chance to do a line to camera - I said mine as fast as possible so that I didnt forget it! haha!
We were pleased with the result, and even got a mention from Matt Baker on the One Show before the film was shown...it was lovely to hear the word 'KATZ' on the telly!!
BOURNEMOUTH
Places are filling up faster than I can handle them!! So please do hand your forms back in as soon as you can so we can see if we have any spare spaces left over to offer to our newer dancers.....a lot of whom are keen to join us next time - if only we could find and even bigger hotel!!
SOUTHSEA - LONDON BEANO - THIS AUGUST!!
I have arranged an additional Seaside Beano for the London class to help to ease the problems caused by Bournemouth being almost full already - if you would like details of this trip please do email me on julieandthekatz@msn.com. the Dates for this three day/night summer trip from the London Class to Southsea is Tuesday 16th - Friday 19th August THIS YEAR! Its a lovely hotel, right opposite the beach!! Places are beginning to fill up nicely - and we are limited to only 50 people maximum! So it's very much first come first served....if any of our West Sussex dancers are interested in more details about this trip and would like to join us, please come and ask for details....(it may be fairly local for you, but it is still going to be loads of laughs and three days and nights of linedance fun!!
Ok thats all for now folks - I look forward to seeing you all in a class sometime soon....for those of you wanting to know the names of the dances I taught this past weekend at the Viking Mad March party, here they are:-
DR. WANNA DO – Maggie Gallagher
Written to Dr. Wanna Do by Caro Emerald
32 count – 4 wall beginner/improver level
I’M NO GOOD – Rachael McEnaney
Written to I’m no good (for ya baby) by Laura Bell Bundy
64 count 2 wall easy Intermediate level
PERFECT! - Guyton Mundy
Written to F****** Perfect by Pink (clean version!)
32 count – 4 wall – Intermediate/advanced level
BEYOND YOUR EYES – Peter & Alison
Written to Beyond your eyes by Jessica Martinsson
32 count – 4 Wall – improver/Intermediate level
MAKE THIS DAY – Rachael McEnaney
Written to Make this day by the Zac Brown Band (album:
You get what you give)
64 count – easy intermediate level
DANCING IN CIRCLES – Rachael McEnaney
Written to Dancing in circles by Love and Theft
72 count waltz – 2 wall – intermediate level
additional dances were: HELLO DOLLY - ALL YOU NEED - STUCK WITH YOU (by JB Western dancers)
Take care everyone and see you soon!
Julie D xxx (yep still practicing that D!!!)
Thursday 3 March 2011
March in The Katz Line Dance Club....
Dear Dancers,
Well it appears that spring has finally sprung (FINALLY!!!) and that thoughts of long hot summer days are not too far away now....:)
With the arrival of spring, we have the RETURN TO THE VIKING! From this Saturday (5th March) Andy and I will be once more teaching and DJ-ing at this fantastic club in Selsey.... for details of all acts due to play there this season please go to www.vikingcwdc.co.uk and take a look!
Lessons at the viking are on Saturday afternoons from 1 - 4 p.m. and are completely free of charge - all we ask is that you refrain from bringing in your own drinks and snacks to this licensed bar, and buy at least one drink from across the bar to show your appreciation to Bunn leisure for allowing you access to FREE classes....!
From 1 - 2 p.m. I teach the simplest of dances to cater for holidaymakers and local absolute beginners...
From 2 - 4 p.m. I teach the current latest and greatest line dances from around the world....starting with improver level dances and working our way up to advanced after 3 p.m......please do come along for the whole afternoon tho, as I play intermeidate requests in between teaches in the beginner hour!
RED NOSE WEEK!!! Satuday 12th to Friday 18th March...!!
Yes folks its almost time for Red Nose Day once more...and I thought it might be fun to make it last a whole WEEK! so on Saturday 12th, Monday 14th, Wednesday 16th and Friday 18th if you would like to join in with the fun please come along to classes dressed in something red - and to add to the fun lets all do something funny with our hair!!! Wacky hair - do's - funny wigs - comedy hats even - anything goes!! Just use your imag...inations......and don't forget to pop along to your local Sainsbury's to pick up an official Red Nose too......on sale in all classes will be my extra special 'Red Nose Day' cakes (ooooh I can hear you all saying yummy right now!! haha)...on sale for a mere 50p each.
We will also be having a Red Themed Raffle - so if you have anything Red (or pink - or anything else to be honest - it's all for a good cause!) please do bring them along for the raffle table!!! and let's do something funny for money!
Please pass this message on to any of your line dance friends who may not be on the internet! Thank you!
Venues are: Saturday 12th - 1 - 4 p.m. the viking club - selsey
Monday 14th - 6.30 - 9.45 p.m. - oak Lodge primary school - West Wickham
Wednesday 16th -6.30 - 9.45 p.m. - Six villages sports centre - Westergate
Friday 18th - 1.15 - 4 p.m. The Newell Centre, Tozer Way, Chichester!
DAFFODIL DANCE!!! MARCH 2011
This year's Daffodil Dance for Marie Curie will be taught during the month of March....from Monday 28th March onwards....so if you fancy switching from Red clothes to Yellow clothes that would be fab!!! I will be selling Daffodil pins in all classes that week - and it will cost you all £1 each to learn the dance and have a pin.....! its a great cause and a lot of fun...so please do bring along that extra £1 to join in the dance!!
OTHER NEWS
The only other news is that Andy and I have been OVERWHELMED at the generosity of all of our lovely dancers and line dance friends at our recent wedding...thank you all soooooooooooooooo very much for all the beautiful cards, gifts and flowers you have sent us....some of our cards are handmade and incredibly beautiful, we will treasure all of them forever......I guess I should thank you for dressing me up on my 'hen nights' but I'm not sure I will....haha
All classes are back to normal times/days now - if you need clarification please do go to www.linedancingevents.com (newly updated you will notice!) for times and venues...
RECENT TEACHES IN CLASS HAVE BEEN:
Beginners: Cowboy Charleston, Cowgirl Twist, Electric Slide, Red Hot Salsa, Lindi Shuffle, Smilin' Song
Improvers:
All you Need, Stuck With You
Intermediates:
Burlesque, Raise Your Glass...
Please do email me if you would like a link to the dance scripts - or would like me to bring you in a copy to class.
Take care everyone,
See you in a class very soon...
Julie Davies (yes, I have to type that in order to practice!!)
Well it appears that spring has finally sprung (FINALLY!!!) and that thoughts of long hot summer days are not too far away now....:)
With the arrival of spring, we have the RETURN TO THE VIKING! From this Saturday (5th March) Andy and I will be once more teaching and DJ-ing at this fantastic club in Selsey.... for details of all acts due to play there this season please go to www.vikingcwdc.co.uk and take a look!
Lessons at the viking are on Saturday afternoons from 1 - 4 p.m. and are completely free of charge - all we ask is that you refrain from bringing in your own drinks and snacks to this licensed bar, and buy at least one drink from across the bar to show your appreciation to Bunn leisure for allowing you access to FREE classes....!
From 1 - 2 p.m. I teach the simplest of dances to cater for holidaymakers and local absolute beginners...
From 2 - 4 p.m. I teach the current latest and greatest line dances from around the world....starting with improver level dances and working our way up to advanced after 3 p.m......please do come along for the whole afternoon tho, as I play intermeidate requests in between teaches in the beginner hour!
RED NOSE WEEK!!! Satuday 12th to Friday 18th March...!!
Yes folks its almost time for Red Nose Day once more...and I thought it might be fun to make it last a whole WEEK! so on Saturday 12th, Monday 14th, Wednesday 16th and Friday 18th if you would like to join in with the fun please come along to classes dressed in something red - and to add to the fun lets all do something funny with our hair!!! Wacky hair - do's - funny wigs - comedy hats even - anything goes!! Just use your imag...inations......and don't forget to pop along to your local Sainsbury's to pick up an official Red Nose too......on sale in all classes will be my extra special 'Red Nose Day' cakes (ooooh I can hear you all saying yummy right now!! haha)...on sale for a mere 50p each.
We will also be having a Red Themed Raffle - so if you have anything Red (or pink - or anything else to be honest - it's all for a good cause!) please do bring them along for the raffle table!!! and let's do something funny for money!
Please pass this message on to any of your line dance friends who may not be on the internet! Thank you!
Venues are: Saturday 12th - 1 - 4 p.m. the viking club - selsey
Monday 14th - 6.30 - 9.45 p.m. - oak Lodge primary school - West Wickham
Wednesday 16th -6.30 - 9.45 p.m. - Six villages sports centre - Westergate
Friday 18th - 1.15 - 4 p.m. The Newell Centre, Tozer Way, Chichester!
DAFFODIL DANCE!!! MARCH 2011
This year's Daffodil Dance for Marie Curie will be taught during the month of March....from Monday 28th March onwards....so if you fancy switching from Red clothes to Yellow clothes that would be fab!!! I will be selling Daffodil pins in all classes that week - and it will cost you all £1 each to learn the dance and have a pin.....! its a great cause and a lot of fun...so please do bring along that extra £1 to join in the dance!!
OTHER NEWS
The only other news is that Andy and I have been OVERWHELMED at the generosity of all of our lovely dancers and line dance friends at our recent wedding...thank you all soooooooooooooooo very much for all the beautiful cards, gifts and flowers you have sent us....some of our cards are handmade and incredibly beautiful, we will treasure all of them forever......I guess I should thank you for dressing me up on my 'hen nights' but I'm not sure I will....haha
All classes are back to normal times/days now - if you need clarification please do go to www.linedancingevents.com (newly updated you will notice!) for times and venues...
RECENT TEACHES IN CLASS HAVE BEEN:
Beginners: Cowboy Charleston, Cowgirl Twist, Electric Slide, Red Hot Salsa, Lindi Shuffle, Smilin' Song
Improvers:
All you Need, Stuck With You
Intermediates:
Burlesque, Raise Your Glass...
Please do email me if you would like a link to the dance scripts - or would like me to bring you in a copy to class.
Take care everyone,
See you in a class very soon...
Julie Davies (yes, I have to type that in order to practice!!)
Tuesday 22 February 2011
What a weekend!!!!
Dear Dancers,
Well Andy and I are back home after an extended 'honeymoon' down at the Wessex Hotel in Bournemouth, and can't wait to show you all of the photos we took at the weekend during our annual club holiday! So here we go!
Hope you enjoyed these piccies as much as we did!!
See you all in class sometime soon - all classes are back as normal from tomorrow...(Wednesday 23rd Feb)
Please remember that the class in Boxgrove has now closed permanently.
Many thanks for everyone who came on the trip this weekend, for all your generosity with gifts, cards and well wishes, and for all the lovely things you said you enjoyed about the trip...the good news is that we are BOOKED IN AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!
Take care everyone and see you soon...
Julie (Davies!!! Still getting used to that!! haha)
Well Andy and I are back home after an extended 'honeymoon' down at the Wessex Hotel in Bournemouth, and can't wait to show you all of the photos we took at the weekend during our annual club holiday! So here we go!
Hope you enjoyed these piccies as much as we did!!
See you all in class sometime soon - all classes are back as normal from tomorrow...(Wednesday 23rd Feb)
Please remember that the class in Boxgrove has now closed permanently.
Many thanks for everyone who came on the trip this weekend, for all your generosity with gifts, cards and well wishes, and for all the lovely things you said you enjoyed about the trip...the good news is that we are BOOKED IN AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!
Take care everyone and see you soon...
Julie (Davies!!! Still getting used to that!! haha)
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