TEXAS TORNADOS - MONDAY 27TH JULY - WEST WICKHAM!

Eleanor, Doreen, Rene and Vera - my lovely ladies!

The left hand side......

The middle section!!!

and finally - the right hand side!!

All of us!!!

Summer Time At The Katz Line Dance Club

Dear Dancers,


MONDAY - OAK LODGE - WEST WICKHAM

QUOSHING RUMOURS: At the risk of repeating myself, there is and NEVER has been any chance of me giving up teaching in West Wickham - I love teaching you all - I have managed to get my journey down to 90 minutes each way (No, not by speeding!! lol) and its no trouble at all.....it's my pleasure in fact. End of. Sorry - you are stuck with me! haha

Dates for your Diary:

For the first three Mondays in August we will be using our alternative venue in Coney Hall instead.

Arrangements for Coney Hall - August 3rd, 10th and 17th.

We have had to book a smaller hall than we usually have due to the belly dancers being in the other one!!!!! (NO, you cant go and join them! lol!!) and because of the smaller dance floor we will be operating the classes in TWO SEPARATE CLASSES.

Beginners 6.30 - 7.45

Improvers/Intermediate 8 - 10

Please allow the beginners time to end their class and free up some car park space before arriving for the 8 p.m. session.......Thank you....:)

WEDNESDAY CLASS - WESTERGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL...

Diary Dates:

August 5th - classes run as normal...

August 12th - ITS TIME TO PPAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!

Yes folks! It's the Wednesday class' time to join the Summer of Love and come dressed as hippies...........as we are holding our Annual Summer Party - please bring along your own drinks and a plate of food for the buffet. A list will appear a couple of weeks before the party, for you to write down what you would like to bring, one small dinner plateful will be plenty, so no need to bring loads!

I will be making up some jugs of pimms as usual (hic) and you will get a complimentary glass on arrival....

The theme for tonights party is HIPPY!!!! so get out those beads, flowers, and floral prints and lets relax dudes!

As an extra treat we will be having LIVE MUSIC from a LINE DANCE ACT!! For those of you who have yet to experience linedancing to live music, you are in for a real treat!! We have singing for his supper tonight the lovely PEDRO!! ...and from what I hear - he's a natural Hippy!!

Tickets for the party night are priced as £6.50 pay on the door - places are strictly first come first served! (children pay £3.50)

The party night will be our last night in Westergate Community School until September 2nd - when we go 'BACK TO SCHOOL!.....

HOWEVER!! MY CLASS IN SELSEY IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY
IN THE VIKING CLUB – GREEN LAWNS CARAVAN PARK
1 – 4 P.M. – FREE CLASS – EVERYONE WELCOME – EVERY WEEK!
SO IF YOU CANT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF TWO WEEKS WITHOUT
LINEDANCING – THEN COME ALONG TO THE SELSEY CLASS INSTEAD!

FRIDAY CLASS - ALDINGBOURNE

Diary Dates:

All other Fridays will run as normal until August 14th - which will be our Summer Party...please come dressed in your most flowery outfits -with flowers in your hair and we will have a chilled out time with a glass of Pimms!

As this is our smallest newest class - we would like to ask you all to join us in Westergate on August 12th for our Annual Summer Party.........

August 14th will be our last class before a two week break....the class will re-open on September 4th!!

SATURDAY CLASS - SELSEY - THE VIKING MUSIC AND DANCE CLUB...

All free Saturday classes will continue to run throughout the summer from 1 - 4 p.m.

All of my dancers from all classes are welcome to attend the Saturday class at any time, you do not have to be a member of the club, and it is totally FREE! We just ask you to remember that as the club is licensed you are not allowed to bring in your own drinks - not even bottled water - and ask that as a matter of courtesy you buy at least one drink from across the bar. Im sure you will agree this is a small price to pay for FREE dance classes, in such fabulous surroundings...!!

CHARITY SOCIAL FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND!! WESTERGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Tickets will be on sale in class very soon....£7.50 each
includes - Buffet – Live music from Steve Riley (from The Westcoasters)
Dj-ing from Andy D – and a fun dance session from Julie (aka – me!)
We are raising money for the
West Sussex Learning Links in association with Sylvia Whittle


Ok - thats it for now - more from me later - enjoy the sunshine!!

Julie xxx

Week beginning 29th June 2009 - This Week in the club....

Dear Dancers,

Just a quickie to let you know that all classes are running as normal this week!

I will be bringing along a nice big fan and will be teaching some nice cool dances to keep our temperatures under control in this hot weather!

Also, I will have some exciting news to announce in tonights class (Monday) fingers crossed!

See you later then!

Have a good day everyone, and take care...

Julie x

Dance trainers and a new dance.....

Dear Dancers,

Captains log: Stardate 09.06.09 (here I go again!!)

Just a quickie to say thank you to my dancers that purchased trainers at our party last night - fabulous!

I still have plenty left so I will be taking the rest of my 'stock' along to tomorrow nights class (Wednesday 10th June) to see if I can tempt those dancers into buying some new groovy trainers too.....prices range from £24 to £43 a pair - payment by cash or cheque (with a bank card) is acceptable....

NEW DANCE FROM ME!!!!!!!!

About a month or so ago I was asked to write a dance to a track called FOOLING MYSELF written by a lovely guy called HENRY SMITH when he was appearing at the Viking....

His wish was my command....and the dance was written and then promptly video'd at Westergate the following week...

Click below to see the video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZDnhKhFY9o

The script is available from me directly, just email julieandthekatz@msn.com for a copy.

The song FOOLING MYSELF is now available as a single download from itunes and other sites. I wish Henry lots of luck with this song and hope the dance helps him to sell lots more copies of his album LAID BACK too...

Thats it for me for now!

TTFN!!

Julie xxx

DANCE TRAINERS - REQUEST NIGHTS AND A VIKING PARTY - AND A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT...

Dear Dancers,

Stardate 08/06/09 ...Captains log....oh no sorry, got carried away there.....

Back in the real world now.....

I hope you are all fit and well and looking forward to dancing this week! :)

Tonight (8th June) at Oak Lodge we are having a Request-A-Dance night - this is your chance to dance all your favourite dances and have a chance to practice any we may not have danced for a while....I will be bringing along 'Dance Menu's' to help you choose your faves, so dont worry if you can never remember the names of the dances! :)

Please do bring along some nibbles to share with your table of friends if you wish, and any drinks you need.

Also this evening I will be selling DANCE TRAINERS in a special 'Dance Shoe Sale!!' on behalf of a friend (Jayne Riley) who owns a dancewear shop......I have over 30 pairs of trainers, all sizes and lots of different styles to choose from - prices range from £26 to £43 - payment preferred by cash but a cheque supported by a cheque card is acceptable. Personally, I have already purchased three pairs, so you had better come and buy some off me before I break the bank!!

THE VIKING RED HOT COUNTRY WEEKEND - FRIDAY 12 - SUNDAY 14th JUNE!

This weekend sees the second of this years THREE special weekend long events at the Viking Club in Selsey - tickets for this event are available from The Viking direct on 01243 608427 and cost £40 each. This will gain you entry to the club for all FIVE sessions of live music PLUS my two dance workshops on Saturday and Sunday morning from 10.45 a.m. If you need further info please go to www.vikingcwdc.co.uk and click on 'weekenders'.

Please note that because of the Viking party there will be NO free linedance lessons on Saturday at 1 p.m we look forward to seeing you the following Saturday as usual if you cant make the party!

Last Wednesday we had the first of our two Request-A-Dance nights, this time at Westergate school and had a fab time (well I did and I hope you did too!!)........It was very interesting to see that the majority of dances requested weren't the so called 'must-do-the-harder-the-better!!' dances but simpler routines such as Cabo San Lucas and Mojo Rhythm......it will be interesting to see if the same thing happens in Oak Lodge this evening...watch this space!

Those of you who were there last week will have noted that Nicki and Paul are expecting a baby at the end of the month, they told me at the end of the session that Nicki was now going to 'put her feet up' and have a rest from linedancing until after baby arrived, they left by saying they would call me to let me know when their bundle of joy had arrived...

What I didnt expect (and I know they didnt either!!!) was that baby decided to put in her appearance THE VERY NEXT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so here we go with a very big WELCOME TO THE WORLD BABY ABIGAIL!!!! She weighed in at 5 lbs 10 oz and Steven (big brother) is of course thrilled to have her.....

Paul sounded a little bewildered when he called me on Thursday evening to tell me the happy news - and Im not suprised! She was three weeks early!

Many congratulations to Nicki, Paul and of course Steven...I shall be round shortly with baby pressies!! Oh and, if big brother is lucky - a little something for him too...xxx

Thats all our news for now, take care everyone, and see you all soon.

Julie xxx

This week at the club.....

Dear Dancers,

I hope you are all well!

Today is Wednesday 20th May, 2009 and I just have time to update you on a couple of things before setting off to run this evenings class in Westergate! Which, of course, is normal time, normal place, Westergate Community School!

ALDINGBOURNE VENUE - IMPROVERS CLASS SUSPENDED...From Friday 22nd May.

I have taken the decision to temporarily suspend the improvers hour (2.30 - 3.30) until the Autumn as the majority of the class have now migrated over to Wednesday evenings instead!

THE BEGINNERS CLASS WILL CONTINUE AS NORMAL!!!!!! so please do still come along for your 1.30 p.m. class as usual :)

In the Autumn we will review the situation and may reinstate the improvers hour. My apologies to anyone who hasnt crossed over to Wednesday evenings class, please do join us in Westergate School on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 (Improvers hour) or keep an eye on this blog (and your post) for further announcements about the Aldingbourne class. Thank you to everyone for being understanding of this situation - to continue to run the second hour for a small amount of people isn't cost effective and common sense has to prevail!

SATURDAY 23RD MAY - THE VIKING - SELSEY

This Saturday is a bank holiday weekend and sees the return of LIVE MUSIC from 1 p.m til 4 in the club in place of the usual free line dance lesson. But have no fear!! I will still be teaching on Saturday, but at the earlier time of 10.45 til 1 p.m. instead....please do come along for your FREE class as usual and then you can take up the option of staying on for the afternoon to dance along to Bob Keeley singing his little heart out!

On Saturday evening The Viking has another band on - please check the vikings website for full details on www.vikingcwdc.co.uk

MONDAY 25TH MAY - BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY

I am very sorry but as usual when Bank Holiday are around we are not allowed to run classes in Oak Lodge School in West Wickham - so we will see you the following week, which may well be a 'request and review' session.........!!

Take care everyone, and hope to see you in class very soon....

Julie x

ALL CLASSES BACK TO NORMAL!

Dear Dancers,

Tomorrow see the Viking class back to normal times - 1 - 2 p.m. for beginners, and 2 - 4 for improvers and intermediates! Hurray! This class is completely FREE of course, but please do remember that the class takes place on licensed premises and you are not allowed to bring in your own drinks! Please support the club, and thank them for allowing us to use their venue free of charge by buying at least one drink over the bar - thank you :)

Monday we are back at Oak Lodge after our second Bank Holiday Monday closure this year (ho hum) thats what you get for running a class on a Monday I guess! We have two weeks of classes before we get to our next Bank Holiday closure...and then we run right through at Oak Lodge until the end of July! Hurray!!

The first two Mondays in August are going to be held in The Assembly Halls, Coney Hall, West Wickham and will operate in two separate sessions:

from 6.30 - 7.45 - Beginners only! £4.00

8 - 10 p.m. Improvers and Intermediates Only! £5.00

The reason for this is that the hall is slightly smaller than the one we usually use in Coney Hall and its only fair to make room in the car park for the second class by having a 15 minute gap between sessions to allow for the change over.....so those of you coming for the 8 p.m. class, please do give time for the beginners to leave before you arrive. Many thanks!

These arrangements are for the FIRST TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST ONLY! AND ONLY IN THE ASSEMBLY HALLS IN CONEY HALL - we go back to normal times in Oak Lodge when we return in September...

Boy Im getting ahead of myself!!! :)

Update on Folkestone.....we are pleased to say the trip is almost sold out! we have only Five remaining places....so if you want to come please do bring along your forms to class this week along with your deposits!

WESTERGATE

We have nothing to report at the moment - except to say that we will be having a Summer Party sometime in July (date to be announced!) where we may have some surprises!

ALDINGBOURNE

Thank you so much for joining this class - this is our newest class and we already have some new line dance addicts! Im extra pleased to say that a group of our newest KATZ dancers are coming along to our weekend away in November - I cant wait to introduce you to our other dancers - you will fit right in! haha (Im not saying a word about Maureen or Michaela or Jane at this point....haha!)

Ok thats it for now - except to say that recent new dances in your classes could include the following:

POKER FACE - J HO - WHITER THAN WHITE - MOONLIGHT KISS - MOJO RHYTHM - BAD BOY - HOLDING ON TO YESTERDAY - WANNA BE ELVIS - COUNTRY WALKIN' - RODEO BLUES - and the list goes on and on and on.....

See you all in class very very soon.

Take Care!

Julie x