This was the year of 'the storm', not everyone made it to the Ball, but those that did had a really good time...

This year there was an emphasis on creating a night entirely for the dancers who attended the Tuesday and Monday dance classes. The dance programme was prepared in January and the year was spent learning and dancing them. 

Despite being let down by the band and therefore dancing to CD's we had our usual excellent night - see the link to pictures, videos, reminders of the artwork and dance programme etc  Link to St Andrew's Ball 2017

The ball was generously sponsored yet again by Angel Guardians 

First Time at The 5th Floor restaurant - so a bit of an experiment even though we had held our 'birthday party' there earlier this year. The decorating went well and the place looked great. Everyone arrived well on time and the band were really impressed and thought it was a great venue. John the piper took part, providing additional Gaelic flair to the evening and it all went very well. The buffet wasn't the fantastic array of last year but it was enjoyed by everyone - the soup was especially delicious and once the dancing got on the way the evening passed in a flash. The floor was lovely to dance on despite being a little smaller than we recollected, but for the numbers it was quite adequate - Pictures from the night and other details can be found HERE .
Special commemorative coasters were given out to everyone and the table mats were again specially designed to include images of everyone who had been to the Tuesday class since last year.