Line dancing weekends in Dorset & Wiltshire
Line dancing weekends in Dorset & Wiltshire
It must have been all the laughing with Tina Argyle on the microphone in good form. Tina kept the ball rolling by playing and teaching some old and some brand new dances (one of which she choreographed while cleaning her teeth)
Dances taught
We decorated the ballroom on the Friday morning ready for Friday night with pre dinner drinks to get the evening started and for everyone to get to know each other better.
The ballroom floor was big enough for everyone to have space to dance and was full of dancers on both nights and the morning workshops were full too.
Our artist for Friday night was Henry Birkett, this young man has real talent and is expanding his repertoire every time we see him,
Saturday night was Pete Stoddard and Stu Payne as Texas Tornedos. They were incredible, Pete singing and dancing at the same time with Stu’s remarkable talent on the keyboard They didn’t want to stop and despite a long drive home were still playing well into the evening.
The floor was full all night and nearly all of our 70 dancers didn’t want to go to bed, dancing until 12.30, all very tired but happy.
Friday night we did the Irish Bingo and raised £100
Saturday night we had our theme which was red and white and everyone made a huge effort, some of the costumes were brilliant.
We also had a raffle which we raised £250, making the total for the whole weekend £350. Our charity this year is going to be for the Alzheimer's Society which is very close to our hearts so this was a great figure to get them started.
So another successful weekend with great staff at The Marsham Hotel with great artists great choreographer and a group of excellent dancers all ready to do it all again in September.
We have so much interest that we are going to use the Plantation room in February 2026 so we can accommodate everyone.
All in all a wonderful time was had by all and we are now looking forward to our weekend in November at The Marsham Court Hotel.