Saturday, 18 February 2012

KICKIN' COUNTRY


SCREAMING EAGLES
LINE DANCE SOCIAL

SATURDAY 25TH FEBRUARY 2012

£10 PER TICKET / £5 NON DANCERS


MITCHAM CONSERVATIVE CLUB
(ABOVE ICELANDS)
DURHAM HOUSE
12/14 UPPER GREEN WEST
MITCHAM
CR4 3AA


7.30PM - 11PM

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Katz news - February 2012

Dear Dancers,

Firstly can I thank everyone that is coming on our up coming trip to Bournemouth on the 17th for your payment. All received and banked. Many thanks!

Please note that the coach leaving from Beckenham, Kent will depart at 10.15 a.m. and the coach leaving from Westergate, Chichester (outside Westergate Community School) will depart at 11 a.m. and will be doing an additional pick up from Chichester Coach Park (as last year) about 30 minutes later, if you would like to board the coach in Chichester please do let me know.

Secondly if you would like to come on our Summer Beano to Southsea this coming August, please email me for details!. I will also be bringing along some printed copies to classes if you would like one? I am so excited to be going back to the Royal Beach Hotel again this year, as we had such a lovely time last August...it will be great to do it all again!

Prices for this year are £189 including coach travel and Richard Palmer!
or
£175 Self Drive......(and Richard Palmer!)

This year we have a night of Live music for you planned too! The fantastic Richard Palmer will be singing for you on the Thursday night, and I just know that you will all love him, he sings all the latest line dance hits as well as all your favourites, and will keep you enterained throughout the evening with the help of my very own super DJ, my hubby Andy!

Class news! Monday class - Oak Lodge Primary School - West Wickham Kent.

Classes are all running as normal - beginners start at 6.30....improvers arrive at 7.30....intermediate teaching begins as always, after 8 p.m........its been lovely to see so many people in the classes since Christmas, and I think the caretakers are happy to have us back after our incredibly short 'break' whilst trying out another hall! hehe.......

Please note there is NO class on MONDAY 20TH FEB...instead I will come up and run the class the NEXT DAY on TUESDAY 21ST FEB (just to give us all a little breathing space and recovery time after the weekend away!)

Wednesday class - Six Villages Sports Centre, Westergate, Chichester.

All classes are back to normal now...beginners start just after 6.45 p.m.....improvers arrive at 7.30....intermediate teaching begins after 8.15 p.m......again, its been lovely to see the classes so well attended since the Christmas break...I think perhaps we are all getting ourselves primed for Bournemouth!!

There are no closures to report. (unless it snows!! DONT SAY THAT OUT LOUD!! SHHHH!) If the horrible 'white stuff' should appear then please do keep an eye on this blog.

Friday class - Newell Centre, Tozer Way, Chichester.

Thank you so much if you have just joined these classes, we are growing in number now and have reached around 30 dancers across the two classes which is just fabulous!

I am having far too much fun on Friday afternoons you know, stopping for tea and biscuits twice in an afternoon is just spoiling me...but I love it!

All my brand new dancers are doing so well, keep at it, you are all amazing!

Please note that due to our club holiday in a few weeks time there will be NO CLASS on FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY.....we will be back as normal the following week...my apologies, perhaps you would like to think about joining us on our next trip away in August...?

Please ask for details in class.

Saturday class - The Viking, Green Lawns Caravan Park, Selsey.

This class re opens on March 3rd...this is a FREE class open to anyone, please do note that you are not permitted to bring your own drinks or food into the Viking as it is licensed premises.

Please do show your appreciation to Bunn Leisure for allowing you to take part in the class for FREE, buy purchasing at least one drink from across the bar....

Beginners class is 1 - 2 p.m.

Improver/Intermediate/Advanced 2 - 4 p.m. But you are welcome to come along to the whole afternoon if you wish.....

The doors reopen every Saturday night at 6.30 p.m. for a whole evening of line dancing to live music!! Entry for non members is £6 and is payable on arrival.

Membership to gain entry every single Saturday night during the whole season is just £60 per person, or £100 for married couples...please email me if you would like a membership form.

Below is the list of acts appearing at the Viking this coming season: March 3rd - Billy CurtisMarch 10th - Plain Loco
March 16th - 18th - Mad March Party (please note there are NO free classes during the party weekend) 16th (eve) - Tony Rouse & C'est La Vie17th (pm) - Bob Keeley17th (eve) - Livewire and Muddy Boots18th (pm) - Tim McKay18th (eve) - Paul Taylor & Calico
March 24th - Maria Lee with WestonlineMarch 31st - NatalieApril 7th - Carl Shay and Souls & Stones April 14th - The Alter EaglesApril 21st - The ThrillbilliesApril 28th - The Texas Tornados May 5th - Arizona Storm and Bob KeeleyMay 12th - TBAMay 19th - CalicoMay 26th - BrushwoodJune 2nd - The Billy Curtis BandJune 9th - Plain LocoJune 16th - CheyenneJune 23rd - Richard PalmerJune 30th - The McCalls

Acts due to appear from July to end October will appear on Andys Viking website soon... www.theviking.co.uk
Ok peeps! I think thats all for now, take care, wrap up warm in this freezing weather and I look forward to seeing you in a class real soon! If you have any queries you can either email me back, contact me via facebook (look up julieandthekatz) or call me on 07799741288
Take care Julie D www.linedancingevents.com

Friday, 30 December 2011

Happy New Year from Julie!

Dear dancers,

Happy New Year to you all!!!

I hope you all had a peaceful Christmas and haven't eaten too much? (actually I can't say that, as I obviously HAVE eaten too much and am now paying the price having put on half a stone!)....so let's move on from this subject and get you all up to date with the goings-on in the Katz Modern Line Dance Club....

Classes are back from Wednesday 4th January in Six Villages - Westergate
Friday 6th January in The Newell Centre - Chichester
and
Monday 9th January in Oak Lodge - West Wickham, Kent.....yes you did read that correctly!

The Monday class is no longer going to move to Azelia Hall as the trustess have decided that dancers are not the kind of groups they want using the hall as we are damaging the floor...!

But that's ok with me, as I was already missing Oak Lodge, and am happy to return there once more with a promise from Colin that the floor will be polished for us to use every week from now on, hopefully solving our issue of 'sticky jelly floor' that occasionally hinders the dancers at the back of the hall....(Monday is Jelly day for the children, and the cleaners don't always manage to get the floor as they should!)......

Oak Lodge is a lovely bright hall, and the dancers that use it are lovely and bright and bubbly too - a perfect match - so that's where we will stay for the foreseeable future...!

Please note that there is a small increase for Monday's class of 50p each.....starting from Jan 9th........

Other news...

ANDY & JULIE'S NEW YEAR'S BASH!!!

This party will take place in Six Villages Sports Centre on Saturday 14th January from 7 - 11.30 p.m. for only £5 each......there is no need to pre purchase tickets, but please do let me know if you are intending to come along that night so I can keep a little eye on numbers......

The party is NOT going to be in the hall the classes run in, but will be in the HUGE SPORTS HALL instead just past reception........we can't wait to try out this new hall and to give you all the space you need to dance the night away...from a dancer's point of view I love having the luxury of lots of dancefloor to do my own thing in, and I'm sure you will all love it too!

Please do bring your line dance friends along to our party and help Andy and I bring the New Year in with a BANG!!! (albeit a fortnight late!)....under 18's are only £2 each....please bring along your own drinks and nibbles for your OWN table if you wish.....

BOURNEMOUTH!!!! IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!

Well, can you believe that it's almost time for our Annual Club Holiday once again!!? Doesn't time fly!?

A big thank you to those that have already paid your balance, and for those of you that have yet to pay please note that the balance is due by the end of January.....if you can pay it directly into my bank account that would be great! I will email you with the bank details once more, if you would prefer to pay by cheque then that's fine too of course, you will find my address on the tear off slip at the back of your booking form...if you need a copy of this I can email it across for you too.

I would just like to finish this email with a big THANK YOU to everyone for all your lovely Christmas cards and gifts, Andy and I are very touched that you go to so much trouble to remember us...my house is FULL of Cards, and it's just lovely...

I look forward to seeing you all in a class again very soon!!

Take care peeps!

Julie xxx
p.s. if you are new to linedancing please do take a look at www.linedancingevents.com and click on 'classes' for details of what's on offer in the West Sussex and Kent areas......thank you!

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Screaming Eagles Tuesday class closed

Hi everyone, just a quick one to let screaming eagles dancers know there will be no class tonight due to the rioters. I'm so sorry but its for everyones safety! Have a great week and we will see you next week for our movie themed social! :)

Sunday, 24 July 2011

SUMMERTIME IN THE KATZ MODERN LINE DANCE CLUB!

Dear Katz Dancers - please go to http://www.linedancingevents.com/ and click on 'club news' for my latest newsletter....many thanks! Julie x

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

The Katz - getting back to normal .week beginning 11th July 2011

Dear Dancers,

Thank you to my lovely Oak Lodge Girlies for coming out in force for my first day back teaching.......it was lovely to feel 'normal' once more !

tonights class (13th july) is on as normal!!! yes folks, I will be back teaching you all a little later on today.......after a whole month away due to illness.....I'm now on the road to recovery and am really looking forward to seeing some friendly faces later!

Fridays class in The Newell Centre is on this week (15th July)

Saturdays class at the Viking will be taken by my good self....many thanks to Lesley for holding the fort the past few weeks...!!

NEXT WEEKS CLASSES - WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 18TH JULY

Mondays class will be taken by Vivienne and Lin - working from a playlist....as announced in class due to Andy and I taking a short break from work.....sorry about the terrible timing! Isn't it always the way!

Wednesday 20th July - Six Villages - NO CLASS - due to my one and only annual holiday....only a few days away tho, so all back to normal the week after.....!

Firday 22nd July - class will be on as normal, but with the new class times of 1.30 to 2.45 for the early class, and 2.30 to 3.45 for the absolute beginners class.......it's time we had a bit of an 'overlap' allowing for some social dancing of the two groups together! :)

Saturday 23rd July- Viking class on as normal!! Please come along at 1 p.m. if you are new to linedancing - otherwise its 2 - 4 p.m. for experienced dancers from improver to advanced.....

Ok thats all for now folks - thank you all so much for being so paitient with me....and I'll see you soon.....

Take care

Julie xxx

Monday, 4 July 2011

Katz Club - week beginning July 4th 2011

Hello there!!!

Well the good news is that all classes are ON THIS WEEK!!

I am on the road to recovery now and will be back teaching from next week 11th July...

This weeks classes will be covered by :

Monday - Viv and Lin
Wednesday - Andy (running a request night)
Friday - Pat and Val
Saturday - Lesley

I would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to everyone covering my classes for me this week and to all of YOU lovely lovely people for being so patient and also for sending me some beautiful get well cards, choccies and flowers....

Thanks also to Jenny and Amy from Mondays class for coming all the way to visit me on Saturday to bring me my belated Birthday presents from you all.....I cant wait to go shopping to spend those M&S vouchers!! The choccies and plant were lovely - and Amys special flower arrangement has pride of place in my fireplace....

Have fun in your classes this week folks - and I'll see you next week!!

Whoopie!!

Julie xxx