Dear Dancing Friends,
A Big Thankyou to all who came to support our charity dance on the 7th March both by dancing and donating generously to the cause. Also, thanks to a large number of donated prizes, the raffle was extremely well supported. In total we raised £300 for our chosen charity, the Myotonic Dystrophy Support Group.
Now on to the next event which will be a combined societies' day school on 6th June at Copdock and Washbrook Village Hall. This will be run again by the Bury, Beccles and Ipswich groups, this time with Jane Rose teaching and Ken Martlew providing the music. Full information and application form are available here. There are classes for advanced and intermediate dancers, plus a short social dance at the end of the afternoon. Please come along for an excellent day of learning some new things from a different teacher, and having a lot of fun. Refresh, Reactivate, Rejuvenate and Revitalise Your Dancing Skills.
Meanwhile classes running. Bredfield (Woodbridge Group) on Wednesdays is running weekly up to the 25th March, then from 15th April until 29th July. Any variations will be emailed to class members and will be posted on the Class homepage.
Bredfield classes start at 7pm for beginners and improvers, plus anyone more experienced would to come a assist. This then continues into the main class from around 7:30 until 9:30. Beginners are welcome to stay, but there will be more complex dances in the last hour. We have had several new dancers join us during the last year, and more are always welcome. Just get in touch. The first evening is free for you to try it out.
Nacton restarted on Friday 9th January. This will mark the fortieth year that Gillian Barella has run this class, but will be her last, so we intend to go out on a high to thank her for all her hard work. At one time a class for advanced dancers, it is now a more general class but still concentrating on improving technique. If you are at a loose end on a Friday night, you would be most welcome. Do check the Class webpage though for the dates as there are several Fridays when it does not run.
Woodbridge (Bredfield) Class Information Woodbridge (Bredfield) Class programmes Nacton Class Information
There are many dancing opportunities in the area, so keep an eye on our What's On listing. In particular we recommend the fun Friday Luckenbooth Circle evenings once a month at Bury St Edmunds. But also there is dancing at Norwich, Cambridge, Debenham, Beccles, Witham, Chelmsford, to mention just some of the places.
Videos of dances
Many people now use the YouTube videos to help with learning new dances, or just refreshing their memory on old ones, and these can be found via links on the Scottish Country Dance Dictionary cribs pages. However, not all dances have videos, and that applies particularly to locally devised dances such as The Saxtead Mill, Gillian's Strathspey and Jim and Margaret's Jig. So the Woodbridge class has been busy filling a few gaps. Click on the button below to see what we have achieved!
contact us at ipsscotdance@gmail
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