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....)
The Katz Modern Line Dancers!
Friday, 15 April 2011
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)
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
this week in the Katz LDC - week beginning 14th February 2011
Dear Dancers,
Well firstly I must say tell you this...
I'M MARRIED!!!!!
Andy and I tied the knot on Saturday at the beautiful Arundel Town Hall with close family surrounding us. It was a truly magical day which went without a hitch.....the sun even came out for us, and we can't wait to show you all the photos!
Thank you everyone who sent us cards and gifts, we are very moved by your generosity, and know we are very lucky to have such lovely people in our classes, who we look upon as being our friends.......
Here are a couple of photos of the big day....
Other news....
Please note that there is a class tomorrow night at SIX VILLAGES sports centre - times as normal!!!
There is no class this coming Friday at The Newell Centre, and no class next Monday (21st) at Oak Lodge.......
All classes return to normal from next Wednesday 23rd February!!
BOXGROVE CLASS - closed down...this is the letter I have sent to all the members of this new experimental class.....
Firstly can I thank you all for being so lovely and attending my new class at Boxgove these past eight weeks or so.....it has been lovely to see some new faces, and also to see some of my regular dancers twice a week!
Recently I was given the booking form for March onwards......I had intially booked the venue up until the end of January and then was going to review the numbers/popularity of the class before booking further...unfortunately I have had to make the decision not to continue with this class for two very good reasons.
Firstly, the numbers of people attending are just enough to cover the hall rental, I would need approx 35 dancers regularly to make it a profitable class. We were averaging around 15 or so.....20 was the maximum number we ever acheived.
Secondly, I am finding it very tiring teaching two nights in a row, and then on Friday afternoon too. On March 5th the Viking opens again in Selsey and I will also be teaching on Saturday afternoons - and I know that to attempt to do four days in a row is going to be too much for me. I didn't know how I would get on to be honest until I tried it! But now I have, I do know! and sadly for this class it means it has now closed as my energy levels just aren't up to it.
What I would like to say to those of you that loved the class but that hasn't yet tried out my Wednesday class in Six Villages Sports Centre, Westergate (just 7 minutes away from Boxgrove in a car), is that I would love you to come along at 8 p.m. one Wednesday and try the class out.....from 8 - 9.45 p.m. I teach current line dances, some along the lines of Knee Deep and Jig About, but also others along the lines of Pack Up, Drip Droppin etc.....you will STILL be learning current line dances, that will pack the dance floors through the year.......I think its a lovely friendly class, full of lovely people and think that the new people I have met at Boxgrove would fit right in. To those of you who have already attended the Westergate class but switched to Thursdays, if you decide to switch back to Wednesdays I will accomodate your tastes even more than I did before, to teach dances along the lines of Drip Droppin etc. we need to have members that want to learn them regularly attending the class. I believe we have plenty of that level that 'want' to learn these dances now, so all I can say, is please come along on a Wednesday once again, and we will pick up where we left off at Boxgrove! :) (plus if you want to go over older improver level dances you are welcome to come along even earlier whilst the beginners are still there as from 7.30 - 8 p.m. I re teach dances such as Closer, Walk the line, T Bone Shuffle etc etc to bring the improvers up through the ranks!)
The level of dance I have been teaching at Boxgrove hasn't been any harder than the level of dance I teach at Westergate. The only difference is that you got 'more' dances than I would attempt to teach in one evening at Westergate.
And that's the only difference really - apart from that it's exactly the same! Fun, friendly, a good workout and local....! Line dancing is a dwindling sport in many areas, but I feel that the South East of England have a good supportive bunch of linedancers who want to keep it alive and kicking (not literally - well, not unless its scripted!) and the only way to do that is to reguarly attend the local classes and keep them thriving! I'm doing my bit at the opposite end by starting and re-starting absolute beginners classes in and around the area, and we currenly have a good 15 or so brand new people in our beginner classes.....let's see if we can make addicts out of them, by throwing parties, organising holidays, and dancing to live music.....I love line dancing as much as you all do, and want to see it thriving for years to come!
At the recent Linedancer Magazine awards show I had taught ALL of the dances that won prizes in their categories....Mamma Maria, Quarter after one, Tennessee Waltz Surprize, Rhyme or Reason and Drip Droppin!!! and in all cases as soon as they were released......these dances are now world wide hits....meaning you can learn them here, and go anywhere in the world to dance them alongside linedancers from as far afield as Australia!
Once again I would like to apologise for this sudden closure of the class with no notice, but I had to make a decision there and then with a booking form in my hand and really had no choice but to close it down.
If you would like to join my Wednesday dancers, we are next open on Wednesday 16th February......you class would begin at 8 p.m. and costs £4 each.
The address is:-
Six Villages Sports Centre (just drive into Westergate Community School and round the back to the leisure centre)
Lime Ave
Westergate
Chichester
PO20 3UE
and if you have any questions, please do give me a bell on 07799741288...
Take care everyone and I hope to see you soon!
Julie xxx
p.s. please could you let your friends that have attended Boxgrove class before know that the class has closed down. Many thanks x
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and finally....
I am very much looking forward to seeing most of you in BOURNEMOUTH this coming weekend!!! If you havent received the information letter re self driving/coach travel by now please do email me to let me know.... my email address is julieandthekatz@msn.com
with love
Julie Davies xxx
Well firstly I must say tell you this...
I'M MARRIED!!!!!
Andy and I tied the knot on Saturday at the beautiful Arundel Town Hall with close family surrounding us. It was a truly magical day which went without a hitch.....the sun even came out for us, and we can't wait to show you all the photos!
Thank you everyone who sent us cards and gifts, we are very moved by your generosity, and know we are very lucky to have such lovely people in our classes, who we look upon as being our friends.......
Here are a couple of photos of the big day....
Other news....
Please note that there is a class tomorrow night at SIX VILLAGES sports centre - times as normal!!!
There is no class this coming Friday at The Newell Centre, and no class next Monday (21st) at Oak Lodge.......
All classes return to normal from next Wednesday 23rd February!!
BOXGROVE CLASS - closed down...this is the letter I have sent to all the members of this new experimental class.....
Firstly can I thank you all for being so lovely and attending my new class at Boxgove these past eight weeks or so.....it has been lovely to see some new faces, and also to see some of my regular dancers twice a week!
Recently I was given the booking form for March onwards......I had intially booked the venue up until the end of January and then was going to review the numbers/popularity of the class before booking further...unfortunately I have had to make the decision not to continue with this class for two very good reasons.
Firstly, the numbers of people attending are just enough to cover the hall rental, I would need approx 35 dancers regularly to make it a profitable class. We were averaging around 15 or so.....20 was the maximum number we ever acheived.
Secondly, I am finding it very tiring teaching two nights in a row, and then on Friday afternoon too. On March 5th the Viking opens again in Selsey and I will also be teaching on Saturday afternoons - and I know that to attempt to do four days in a row is going to be too much for me. I didn't know how I would get on to be honest until I tried it! But now I have, I do know! and sadly for this class it means it has now closed as my energy levels just aren't up to it.
What I would like to say to those of you that loved the class but that hasn't yet tried out my Wednesday class in Six Villages Sports Centre, Westergate (just 7 minutes away from Boxgrove in a car), is that I would love you to come along at 8 p.m. one Wednesday and try the class out.....from 8 - 9.45 p.m. I teach current line dances, some along the lines of Knee Deep and Jig About, but also others along the lines of Pack Up, Drip Droppin etc.....you will STILL be learning current line dances, that will pack the dance floors through the year.......I think its a lovely friendly class, full of lovely people and think that the new people I have met at Boxgrove would fit right in. To those of you who have already attended the Westergate class but switched to Thursdays, if you decide to switch back to Wednesdays I will accomodate your tastes even more than I did before, to teach dances along the lines of Drip Droppin etc. we need to have members that want to learn them regularly attending the class. I believe we have plenty of that level that 'want' to learn these dances now, so all I can say, is please come along on a Wednesday once again, and we will pick up where we left off at Boxgrove! :) (plus if you want to go over older improver level dances you are welcome to come along even earlier whilst the beginners are still there as from 7.30 - 8 p.m. I re teach dances such as Closer, Walk the line, T Bone Shuffle etc etc to bring the improvers up through the ranks!)
The level of dance I have been teaching at Boxgrove hasn't been any harder than the level of dance I teach at Westergate. The only difference is that you got 'more' dances than I would attempt to teach in one evening at Westergate.
And that's the only difference really - apart from that it's exactly the same! Fun, friendly, a good workout and local....! Line dancing is a dwindling sport in many areas, but I feel that the South East of England have a good supportive bunch of linedancers who want to keep it alive and kicking (not literally - well, not unless its scripted!) and the only way to do that is to reguarly attend the local classes and keep them thriving! I'm doing my bit at the opposite end by starting and re-starting absolute beginners classes in and around the area, and we currenly have a good 15 or so brand new people in our beginner classes.....let's see if we can make addicts out of them, by throwing parties, organising holidays, and dancing to live music.....I love line dancing as much as you all do, and want to see it thriving for years to come!
At the recent Linedancer Magazine awards show I had taught ALL of the dances that won prizes in their categories....Mamma Maria, Quarter after one, Tennessee Waltz Surprize, Rhyme or Reason and Drip Droppin!!! and in all cases as soon as they were released......these dances are now world wide hits....meaning you can learn them here, and go anywhere in the world to dance them alongside linedancers from as far afield as Australia!
Once again I would like to apologise for this sudden closure of the class with no notice, but I had to make a decision there and then with a booking form in my hand and really had no choice but to close it down.
If you would like to join my Wednesday dancers, we are next open on Wednesday 16th February......you class would begin at 8 p.m. and costs £4 each.
The address is:-
Six Villages Sports Centre (just drive into Westergate Community School and round the back to the leisure centre)
Lime Ave
Westergate
Chichester
PO20 3UE
and if you have any questions, please do give me a bell on 07799741288...
Take care everyone and I hope to see you soon!
Julie xxx
p.s. please could you let your friends that have attended Boxgrove class before know that the class has closed down. Many thanks x
------------
and finally....
I am very much looking forward to seeing most of you in BOURNEMOUTH this coming weekend!!! If you havent received the information letter re self driving/coach travel by now please do email me to let me know.... my email address is julieandthekatz@msn.com
with love
Julie Davies xxx
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