My partner said this to me at the start of last night's regular Ceroc night at Rugby. On looking at said bloke I thought yes, it does look like him but somehow smaller than I remember and anyway, it can't be him can it?. A few minutes later I was dancing with Rachel who said "You do know Mike Ellard is here don't you?".
I must admit it was a bit of a shock - I mean Mike Ellard, Ceroc head honcho, here in Rugby, omg. what can this mean ? Do "the 10" have their secret headquarters right here in the midlands?
Anyway he certainly seemed to enjoy himself and was rarely off the dance floor.
Mike, if you're reading this it was good to see you on the "factory floor" (though the floor ar Rugby is rather better than your average factory). I really hope you had a good night and either you have lost weight or you simply look smaller when not up on a stage.
.....Mike Ellard.....yes, it was really him.
"If you rebel against high heels, take care to do so in a very smart hat.'' George Bernard Shaw
who?
I think Mike often 'drops in' on venues around the country. That's because he is a very pro-active head honcho and all credit to him as I think he is very hard working and puts a lot into his business (but then it is his business so why wouldn't he?)
I guess it's good to keep venues on their toes (get the pun? ) by knowing the 'boss' could be dropping by at any time.
M
I thought everyone knew...
Mike Ellard isn't a real person, he was just a marketing tool invented by the ten.
They created their first "Mike" in a lab using all their best attributes and since then they've been sending out "Mike" and his clones to keep tabs on all the venues.
All credit to Mike though
At the last few Cambers I have been to, I have seen him always working the floor and even handing out water and thanking people for comming on the Monday Morning. Always seems to make time to talk to people too.
Last edited by David Bailey; 16th-March-2007 at 11:41 AM. Reason: Eek, apostrophe messup
We should do a Ceroc-specific version of the Evil Overlord list...
There was another thread like this a while back when he came to Bedford. He came to Cambridge a while back too and worked the floor all night. Whether his partners enjoyed the 'challenge' of dancing with him is another matter........
Just reporting (obtusely) on the feedback I had from a number of people (at different levels of experience actually) from dancing with him. I don't doubt he is a very good dancer and it would be very easy for him to adopt the big 'I Am' attitude and not work the floor so props for that but I suspect his style is such that it's so different to the majority of ceroc leaders at yer average night that it's a bit of a shock to the follower's system.
If Mike Ellard is who I think he is. I believe that he is Sid Kipper's identical twin brother
I'll get me coat.
Daisy
(A Gullible Little Flower)
Am going to stick my neck out here…
I’ve been in a class taught by Mike Ellard and danced with him (well, had half a dance as he asked me halfway through, but didn’t carry on with the next track as most people seem to). It was at the Casbah, beginning of January last year, so I’d only been dancing about 6 months, and had no idea who he was. However the class still stands out as one of the worst taught classes I’ve ever been to. He rushed through the moves, and most of the leads didn’t seem to be getting them, and it should have been pretty evident that there was general confusion. Most people were fairly disgruntled. Maybe teaching isn’t his strength, or maybe he was having a bad night.
I can also remember the dance, not only for it’s brevity, but because it wasn’t very good – I was still very nervous about dancing with good dancers at the time, and although he was quite clearly an extremely good dancer, I didn’t find his lead clear and easy to follow. And neither did my friend who danced with him immediately afterwards.
Having said that, I’ve seen him around and about since (though never danced with him again), and am quite impressed with his hands-on approach to the business and get the general impression of someone passionate about their business – and that it’s a lot more than just a business to him.
Last night at Rugby we had a new teacher (Kelly) doing the Beginners class, and Marc doing Intermediates. So what with 2 Ceroc Teachers, 2 demos, 3 taxis, and Mike himself, I've never seen a floor so comprehensively "worked" as during that 1st freestyle session.
It's a bit more nerve-wracking when the boss comes into the Beginners' refresher class (fortunately only the last 10 minutes) and I was the lucky taxi-dancer who was taking it.
And I've seen Mike at Rugby before - complete with baby - so it wasn't that long ago.
Last edited by DavidY; 16th-March-2007 at 01:53 PM. Reason: itself, himself..
Love dance, will travel
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