News and Notices

Instagram…Spring Dinner & Dance

We had another great Dinner & Dance on Friday night, and thank you to everyone that dressed in red, white and/or blue.

The food provided by Dan’s Kitchen was excellent as always, culminating in an impressive croquembouche with spun sugar. If we’d realised how entertaining watching that final stage of preparation was going to be we’d have invited everyone over to watch!

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School Closed Over Coronation Weekend

A reminder that the school will be closed over the Coronation Weekend, Saturday 6th-Sunday 7th May.

Classes & the tea dance will go ahead on Monday 8th May as normal.

Waltz & Jive Courses

Our current Quickstep & Cha Cha Cha courses are coming to an end next month and making way for new courses.

We will have a Jive course starting from Wednesday 17th May, and a Waltz course from Monday 22nd May.

The courses cost £45pp for a 6 week block, and the courses are extended as long as enough students wish to continue.

Spring Exam Session

Twice a year we hold exam sessions under the National Association of Teachers of Dancing (NATD).

Exams are available for all age groups and abilities, with Rainbows for our under 8s all the way up to President’s Awards.

Our next exam session takes place on Sunday 21st May and there is still time to start working towards your first exam.

Just let us know if you are interested and we can go over all the details with you.

Upcoming

Dance Workshops

• Wed 17th May – start of Jive Course
• Mon 22nd May – start of Waltz Course

Social Events

• Every Monday – Weekly Tea Dance
• Fri 30th June – Social Night

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News and Notices

Instagram…a tribute to Len

I’m sure everyone by now is aware of the sad news of Len Goodman’s passing this past week. Whilst we didn’t know Len personally, we did have a wonderful memory of working with him way back in 2011 which we shared on instagram this week.

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Spring Dinner & Dance

Our Spring Dinner & Dance takes place this Friday 5th May.

This will be in part a celebration of the upcoming coronation so we will have a red/white/blue theme.

We have managed to make an additional 4 places available and final numbers are required by Sunday evening. So book now and join us on another sell-out event!

Bournemouth Discount Deadline

This year’s Bournemouth Dance weekend will be covering Waltz & Salsa from Friday 6th-Sunday 8th October.

You can save £15 per person if you book and pay in full before the end of April (this Sunday!).

To see more details of the break, and book online, check out the details here.

School Closed Over Coronation Weekend

The school will be closed over the Coronation Weekend, Saturday 6th-Sunday 7th May.

We do have our Spring Dinner & Dance on Friday 5th May, in part celebrating the King’s Coronation the next day.

Waltz & Jive Courses

Our current Quickstep & Cha Cha Cha courses are coming to an end next month and making way for new courses.

We will have a Jive course starting from Wednesday 17th May, and a Waltz course from Monday 22nd May.

The courses cost £45pp for a 6 week block, and the courses are extended as long as enough students wish to continue.

Spring Exam Session

Twice a year we hold exam sessions under the National Association of Teachers of Dancing (NATD).

Exams are available for all age groups and abilities, with Rainbows for our under 8s all the way up to President’s Awards.

Our next exam session takes place on Sunday 21st May and there is still time to start working towards your first exam.

Just let us know if you are interested and we can go over all the details with you.

Change to Sunday Workshops

Due to declining numbers in our Sunday workshops we have made the decision to cancel Sunday Improver, Intermediate and Advanced workshops with immediate effect.

Sunday Sequence & Social workshops will continue for the moment.

For the next few weeks both Antony & Denise will open up additional private lesson availability whilst we review what will take place on Sundays.

Read more and let us know what you’d like us to replace them with….

Upcoming

Dance Workshops

• Sun 30th April – Bossa Nova 66 Sequence & Social
• Wed 17th May – start of Jive Course
• Mon 22nd May – start of Waltz Course

Social Events

• Every Monday – Weekly Tea Dance
• Fri 5th May – Spring Dinner & Dance

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Given that this was raising money for a children’s charity we felt one of Antony & Imogen’s lessons for kids would make the perfect addition.

The NSPCC looked through our catalog of videos and loved our Learn To Charleston – Kid’s Edition video. We also arranged for a local juvenile dance partnership to provide a dance demo too.

The NSPCC Surprise Ball

The Ball was compered by magician Michael King and also included an appearance from Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen.

There were exclusive performances from Brit Award winner Beth Orton and Platinum selling artist Andrea Corr, plus an appearance from Childline Counsellor Suzie Daubeney.

Featuring a variety of magic tricks throughout, plus the dance demonstration and Charleston lesson, it’s an hour well spent if you’re looking for some entertainment.

You can catch up with the full Ball video below. Please consider donating to the NSPCC Surprise Ball by visiting their JustGiving page.

Childline Purpose and Total Raised

The NSPCC Surprise Ball was launched to directly raise funds towards Childline, after a significant increase in calls during the first lockdown.

Between 23 March and 10 May 2020, the NSPCC Childline Service delivered more than 30,000 counselling sessions that helped to deal with the top FIVE main concerns of young people:

• Mental / emotional health
• Suicidal thoughts and feelings
• Family relationships
• Self-harm
• Sex / relationships / puberty

So far the NSPCC Surprise Ball video has raised £17,000 for Childline!  

Below is a breakdown as how this money could be spent:

• £16,000 will pay to recruit & train & support 10 New Childline Volunteers
• £900 will pay for 5 days of helping children get back on track following abuse 
• £100 pays for a trained volunteer counsellor to answer 20+ calls

I’m sure you’ll agree that is a fantastic result and we’re so honoured to have been involved in such a worthwhile cause. We’d really love to help them break the £20,000 barrier so please help us by donating today.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Offering regular live-stream classes, as well as useful dance uploads, subcribe on YouTube to be kept informed when new videos are going live. Send us your suggestions of what you’d like to see us release and we’ll do our best!

Looking for more personal tuition? We provide both in-person and streamed lessons and classes. Check out learndance.co.uk/online for more information.

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

Website: learndance.co.uk
Youtube: youtube.com/learndance
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Our classes are broken down into easy to follow sections that build up to a small routine for the kids to practice.

The focus is on the kids having fun whilst learning to dance.

The Dance – Charleston

For this lesson Antony & Imogen show you some basic Charleston steps adapted for kids.

The Charleston is a fun and energetic dance that originally developed in the 1920s. We’re going to show you a few solo steps that the kids can practice on their own (although parents you’re welcome to join in).

We start off with some twists, complete with optional “jazz hands”. Then we’ll have some Peckin’ (complete with Immi’s interpretation of a chicken); before looking at our Charleston Basic.

The Basic Charleston For Kids Music

For this Basic Charleston for Kids dance lesson we have used On The Bike by Golden Age Radio for a traditional Charleston feel:

Our Basic Charleston for Kids online video

We hope your kids enjoy our Basic Charleston lesson. The important thing to remember with Charleston is that it’s supposed to be a fun and energetic dance where anything goes.

Don’t forget, if you enjoyed our online Basic Charleston for Kids, ballroom dance video please send it to your family and friends. Why not also check out our other online dance lessons.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Whilst our studio may be closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’re still trying to help all our students to keep dancing!

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

Website: learndance.co.uk
Youtube: youtube.com/learndance
Facebook: facebook.com/learndance
Instagram: instagram.com/learndance
Twitter: twitter.com/learndance

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We’re making a change to our kid’s videos. Rather than a whole class we’re going to release individual videos of the different dances. We’ll also do a couple of quick videos of the warm-up ‘party’ dances and then you’ll be able to create your own class!

The Dance – Waltz

For this lesson Antony & Imogen show you some basic Waltz steps adapted for kids.

For the kid’s we’ll start them with what we call a hesitation change, which is just getting used to stepping forward with the right foot, and back with the left foot in time with the music.

We also introduce a bit of what we call Rise and Fall.

Then we adjust this move slightly and turn it into the right foot box. The main difference is that rather than staying on the spot, we do a side step on the second beat of each bar.

Finally we introduce a little bit of turn around on the spot.

The Basic Waltz For Kids Music

For our Basic Waltz for Kids dance lesson we have used An Open Ride by Radio Night:

Our Basic Waltz for Kids online video

We hope your kids enjoy our Basic Waltz lesson.

About Learn To Dance

Learn To Dance is a Ballroom and Latin American Dance School based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Whilst our studio may be closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’re still trying to help all our students to keep dancing!

Don’t forget, if you enjoyed our online Basic Waltz for Kids ballroom dance video please send it to your family and friends. Why not also check out our other online dance lessons.

You can check out our website, or follow us online, at:

Website: learndance.co.uk
Youtube: youtube.com/learndance
Facebook: facebook.com/learndance
Instagram: instagram.com/learndance
Twitter: twitter.com/learndance

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So whether your child has been to our kids dance classes before or not, they can come along and have free sessions during the summer.  Our classes use a mix of Ballroom, Latin American, party dances & Zumba (Zumbatomic for kids) to create a fun mix of dancing.

Classes take place at Eton Wick Village Hall, Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, SL4 6LT.

Under 10s start at 10.30am and Under 16s from 11am.  There will be no classes on Sunday 1st September and then normal service will resume from 8th September.  Our classes are normally £3.50 per child or £18 for 6 sessions.

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