This site is intended to
give fellow dancers, in the above areas, an idea of what is happening in Modern
Jive during the week and at weekends in the coming months. I endeavour to
keep it as accurate as possible, but there is no accounting for last minute
cancellations/changes at regular weekday venues or freestyles, so if you roll-up
somewhere to find nothing happening, that is not down to me. In other words, I
leave the final responsibility in the hands of the dancer to
check. Organisation name and Website Day Date Location Time Comments/Telephone Friday 9th September Liberty Ballroom, 8.30pm to 12.00am All-request
music
freestyle! Saturday 10th September H.G Wells Centre, 8.00pm to 12.00am 01483-224719 Saturday 10th September Polish Ex-Servicemen's Club, 8.00 to 11.30pm 01494-772935 Saturday 17th September Fairlands FLG Centre 7.45 to 11.45pm 01252 640622 Saturday 24th September Curzon Centre, 8.00pm to 12.30am 07881-825107 Saturday 1st October Sugar Shack, Loddon Hall 8.00pm to 12.00am 07980-556560 Saturday 15th October Jazzy Jude's The New Hall, 8.00pm to 12.00am 01344-319697 Venues Woking (RebelRoc/Ceroc Surrey) - Windsor (New Windsor Community Centre)
(The Dance Inn) - Fleet (Ceroc) - Newbury (Ginger Jive) - Some useful modern jive
websites Footnote: Happy
Dancing!
While providing the information, I have included the
postcodes of all the venues where available, so that you are able to find them
on the web on a map. I suggest sites like www.streetmap.co.uk or www.viamichelin.com. The latter gives
driving directions from your own postcode.
Door Prices
I have not included the door
price of the freestyles, but one can assume they are about £6 to £10. If they
are anything more than that, I will say so, especially when we get into the
silly area of £13+. Silly door prices start to appear around Christmas time, but
I will be vigilant on your behalf.
As regards the weekdays, I have
included the door price and the extra beginners fee where I can find
it.
Freestyles
New Greenham
Park
Newbury RG19 6HW
01635-877253
07970-153518
Church Street
East,
Woking GU21 6HJ
07733-366766
Raans
Road,
Amersham HP6 6LX
Guildford GU3
3NA
07803 084500
Maxwell
Rd,
Beaconsfield, HP9 1RG
Loddon Hall
Road,
Twyford RG10 9JA
Waltham St
Lawrence,
Maidenhead RG10 0HY
07867-793493
Weekday
Closures
I will also notify you of any closures on weekday
venues as this does happen from time to time and causes untold problems. Watch
for Notes at the bottom of the relevant weekday page.
The all
important regular venue links
Here are the links to the various
pages:
This is my completely subjective opinion of venues that I have
visited:
Twyford (Ceroc
TV) -
Windsor (Leisure
Centre) (Ceroc Windsor) -
Jiveoholics
Anonymous
http://www.jiveoholic.org.uk/default.asp
Excellent database of Modern Jive moves, some of them are
animated; in fact some 600 are here, plus fascinating
advice.
UK Jive
http://www.uk-jive.co.uk/index.asp
Complete
list in the UK; really comprehensive
Dance
Crave
http://ccgi.dancecrave.plus.com/welcome.php
Some 370 moves in this database
Now for
more malapropisms from www.malapropism.co.uk
A malapropism is the incorrect use of a word
for one sounding similar, usually with comic effect.
Some good examples
that made me laugh:
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