We’re thrilled to announce some exciting changes to our Wednesday night ballroom dance classes, effective from Wednesday 11th September. As our community of dancers continues to grow and progress, we want to ensure that our classes meet your evolving needs and help you reach your dancing goals. With that in mind, we’re adjusting the levels of our classes to better align with your skills and aspirations.

Class Changes:

• 8:00 PM – Improver 2 Level:
  The current 8:00 PM Improver class will now be elevated to an Improver 2 level. This class is perfect for those who have a solid foundation in basic ballroom techniques and are ready to take the next step in mastering more intricate moves and combinations.
• 9:00 PM – Improver 3 Level:
  The 9:00 PM Improver 2 class will transition to an Improver 3 level. This advanced Bronze level class will challenge you to refine your technique further, focusing on more complex patterns and styling to elevate your dance to the next level.

Why the Change?

These changes are designed to allow us to cover a broader range of the bronze level steps and techniques, giving you a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of ballroom dancing. By splitting the classes into these more specific levels, we can tailor our instruction to ensure that you’re progressing at a pace that’s right for you, whether you’re honing your fundamentals or fine-tuning more advanced skills.

We’re confident that these adjustments will enhance your learning experience and provide a more structured path to advancing your ballroom dancing. As always, our experienced instructors are here to support you every step of the way.

Join Us!

We invite all our dancers to join these new classes and continue their journey toward ballroom mastery. Whether you’re moving up from a previous level or are ready to challenge yourself in a new class, we can’t wait to see you on the dance floor!

Thank you for being a part of our vibrant dance community. We look forward to continuing to dance with you and helping you achieve your dance dreams!

If you have any questions or need guidance on which class is right for you, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us or check out our website.

Happy dancing!

Feel free to share this update with friends who might be interested, and let’s make this next chapter of our Wednesday night classes the best one yet!

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Christmas Party Dance Workshops

In the run-up to Christmas we have two special four week courses to give you options at Christmas Dances and Parties.

For couples we have the Nightclub Two Step, an American partner disco dance that is great for the slow songs. For solo dancers we will be offering a solo disco course. Not necessarily Saturday Night Fever, this is more about how to dance confidently on your own.

The Nightclub Two Step commences on Monday 25th November, and Solo Disco from Thursday 28th November. Both courses cost £25 per person and start at 7pm. Booking can be made online for the courses.

To reserve a space for someone else on our classes or events choose the Full Booking System option from our Booking menu.

Christmas Party and Dance Social

Our Christmas Party and Dance Social takes place on Friday 6th December. The Christmas Party takes place from 7pm-8.30pm and is free for all to attend. There is a welcome drink upon arrival but please bring your own drinks otherwise.

December is also the anniversary of the opening of our Cherry Orchard Dance Studio. We’re celebrating our third year in the studio, so you may have to also put up with a quick speech!

Our Christmas Dance Social then starts from 8.30pm and costs £7 per person. Come along and dance Ballroom and Latin American to a Christmas themed playlist; or just catch up with friends and enjoy the music and dancing.

Dress code is Winter Wonderland (silver/white/gold) appreciated, but as always not compulsory!

You can book on our website. Choose whether you are coming for the whole night, just the party, or just the social dancing.

Strictly Final Pizza Party

Saturday 14th December is scheduled to be the BBC Strictly Come Dancing Final. Each year we host a Strictly Final Party, showing the event on our projector screen for all to enjoy.

Last year we decided it could be fun to have a pizza company preparing freshly made pizzas during the final. It was such a hit that we are repeating the event this year.

Unfortunately last year’s pizza company have retired to start a family. We have therefore engaged another company that come highly recommended – Pizza Pals. They’ll be providing pizzas at a rate of 40mph (margheritas per hour!). There’ll be a couple of topping options as well as garlic bread, salad and sauces.

Exact timings for the final have yet to be released but it’s normally starts around 6.15pm. The final runs straight through without a break until they announce the winner. Doors open at 5.30pm with a welcome drink and pizzas will be served throughout the evening.

The dress code for our Strictly Final Pizza Party is Black Tie or Strictly Sparkle.

Tickets cost £25 per person and you can book on our website.

Christmas Afternoon Tea Dance

Back in May we held our first Vintage Afternoon Tea Dance. A wonderful selection of sandwiches, cakes and scones were provided and everyone got into the spirit of the event.

Our Christmas schedule this year sees us breaking up a Sunday later than usual. We thought it would be nice to have another Afternoon Tea Dance to see us into the Christmas Break.

This Christmas Afternoon Tea Dance will be held on Sunday 22nd December. A full afternoon tea of sandwiches, scone and cakes will be provided, along with plenty of time for dancing. The theme is a Vintage Christmas, but as with all our events dressing up is not compulsory.

Places are going fast for this event so don’t delay if you want to book. Tickets cost £25 per person and can be booked on our events page.

Give the gift of Dance

Don’t forget you can purchase gift vouchers from the Booking menu that can be emailed direct to the receipient, or printed to be put in Christmas cards.

Choose your own value, or one of our pre-selected popular options, and give the gift of dance this Christmas.

Whatever your plans for Christmas we hope to see you at one of our events, classes or workshops.

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Thank you to all of our students, their families and friends who voted.  It really means a lot to us that you enjoy what we do so much.

The winner of this year’s competition will be announced at a special Gala event at Blackpool Tower on Saturday 28th March 2015 from 6.30pm.

The evening features music and singing from Ross Mitchell, his band, and singers as well as demonstrations and workshops.

Tickets for the event are £12 per person.  We are currently getting quotes for hotels but they will possibly be in the region of £50 including breakfast.

Quotes for coach travel can be arranged if enough students are interested.

We hope you’ll join us for this great evening and a chance to dance at the world famous Blackpool Tower.

Booking details will be released this week once we have confirmed prices and availability.

About LearnToDance

LearnToDance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School run by husband and wife team Antony & Emma-Louise Holeksa and has been running since 2006.  Classes for all levels and ages, and personal tuition, take place throughout the week, as well as dance breaks and private events.

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