Winter Term 2025

This year term started on 15th January and finishes on 14th May when we have party night with music by Robert Whitehead. We don’t have an Easter break.

Trial use of cribs

At our December committee meeting the idea of putting a crib, with links to videos, for each week’s class on the website was on our agenda.  Arguments for and against were discussed. It was agreed this will run for a trial period following which it will be reviewed. 

It is thought that having a crib available will help dancers to become more familiar with dances.  There is no obligation to look at the dances beforehand, if you don’t wish to.  We understand that some dancers prefer to simply come along to the class without having to prepare first. Others may wish to see what is planned. The dances will be taught and walked as now.  

The programme may vary – some dances dropped, others added, depending upon numbers and who is present on any particular week.

The link to the cribs and videos for the class on 12th March. To Jane A, your friends at the club were well pleased to hear that you were following the evenings dances. They miss you and hope that you will soon be back on the floor.

If you want the crib on your phone, the mobile crib app is very useful. Use the dance list reference 57961 to load the full list. Alternatively, just load the ones that you want.

A further resource for beginners is the Lower Hutt site. It has short YouTube videos of a great many basic figures as well as quite a lot of advanced ones.

One of the dances on 5th March, Rodney’s Rant, was devised by Ann Dix for Rodney Mount’s 80th birthday, 16 years ago. It was written as a jig. He joined us as we danced it as a strathspey.