And now for something different

Feet touched the ground... and I'm dancing. Well done to all the people who came to the Monday class this week. With the magic number of 10 dancers we attempted  'Polharrow Burn'. Phew! Not a 'beginner's' dance by any description, but brilliant fun to try and master with such enthusiastic participants. 
And, No, we didn't manage to dance it all the way through - but everyone managed to grasp how it should work and wants to keep trying until we have got it perfect - and we will. What a team!
Tuesday dancing was sacrificed to the 'Tattoo Night', but that gave us the chance for once to enjoy an entirely social evening on a different Scottish theme. We had an excellent response for tickets  and enjoyed seeing many people who aren't dancers but often join us to enjoy other aspects of our Group. The evening was sponsored by Blevins Franks who provided us all with a free drink and a very relaxed and interesting update on the recent changes in UK laws - covering mainly inheritance tax, domicile vs resident status etc. and how they might effect us. It was clear and concise and done without any 'hard sell', and proved to be a genuinely interesting portion of the evening. The following buffet was ready spot on time and excellent as always. We then sat back to enjoy the show - as always you can follow the link via the Past Events page to see more memories of the evening if you are interested.
As always the evening could not have been as successful without the volunteers from the Phoenix Club who worked hard and also leant both equipment and expertise to allow us to provide an excellent evening. 
Next week we are back to our normal format - but this week has attracted some visitors to the group and that is an unexpected bonus for us all - I've also already had some positive comments on the dance programme I've prepared for my come-back you might have to get your thinking caps back on but I know you'll enjoy some of the Strathspeys I'm introducing to our repertoire - I'm looking forward to next week already (and hopefully it'll be a bit warmer by then too!) .