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Autumn and winter is always a teaching season for us but we did get in an evening dance out at a Sheffield Ceilidh Soc spot in October, no pictures unfortunately. We had a very productive boot camp in November which resulted in a new dance; the Afternoon Tea Dance. Below… Read more“The end of the year”

This picture was sent by someone who saw us at Sidmouth.   They say: “This is Alice (3) and Heather (1) watching your performance at Sidmouth. They weren’t there on the day, but have insisted on watching the home videos almost every day since they first saw them. This picture… Read more“This is Brilliant”

Last week we traveled all the way to Kent to spend a weekend with the excellent Seven Champions and their other guests, who were also good fun. They fed us extremely well all weekend and were generally such splendid hosts that they have inspired us to put on our own… Read more“Seven Champs’ Ail”

Two of our members got married the other day and we were invited along to celebrate and to do a dance or two if we felt like it, which we did. The venue was lovely and they picked a really nice spot for the ceremony overlooking Hope Valley. Congratulations Abi… Read more“A Wedding”

Back to Tunes Here’s a pdf of the dots

Ok, so this happened over a week ago but it took a long time to recover and one tends to forget blog updates when one is relaxing on a beach… It was a fantastic week and there were some great teams to share it with. There were a couple of… Read more“Sidmouth Folk Week 2013”

Well, none of us got cold at any time, I don’t think. It was about 30 degrees and sunny on Saturday, so we ducked out of the last spot to go swimming, which was a massive relief. Wearing black has its disadvantages occasionally. The dancing was great, though, and we… Read more“Ely during the Heat Wave of 2013”

Last weekend we danced at Shepley Spring Festival in West Yorkshire. We rediscovered the joys of painting up on a cold and drizzly morning after sleeping in a tent but we soon found our way to the pub and out first dance spot. We had the pleasure of dancing with… Read more“Shepley Spring Festival”

What’s that glowing orange thing on the horizon? Nobody’s seen it for years! Well this year we got really lucky with the weather and it was warm (at least not as crazy-freezing as last year) and clear (ish) and still, and we saw the sun from the moment it came… Read more“Dancing the Sun Up (and actually seeing it!)”

Nikki and Bob got up bright and early on Friday to meet Mr Toby Foster of BBC Sheffield Radio on Friday (complete with bells and melodeon). He wanted to know about our lack of beard growth, why we aren’t over 60 and more importantly is it really possible to dance… Read more“Boggarts dancing on your radio”