Open Jive Championships 2003 - Blackpool

[Heather]

The MAd Crew are staying at the Deneside Hotel and are occupying the entire hotel, the MAd Saturday /Sunday party will more than likely be in the Hotel lounge and not in FC's room as she is all luvved up (for those of you who don't know already!!!) .
Anyway, the last two MAd parties have been in Sherwin and Steve's room, and it's becoming a bit of a tradition to decorate their walls with red wine!! :sorry


Heather,

[Heather]

.......Don't lurk behind a pillar!!!! We may be slightly MAd, but we're not bad and dangerous to know.
Just come on over and introduce yourself, you are certain to get a friendly welcome!!! Especially from Sheena, Melanie (FC), Linda and myself!!!

Heather,

[John S]

Originally posted by Heather

Anyway, the last two MAd parties have been in Sherwin and Steve's room, and it's becoming a bit of a tradition to decorate their walls with red wine!! :sorry


Heather,

As the whole hotel is booked in my name, I think this is a tradition that needs strangled at birth before it gets any older!!!!

John S (for Spoilsport!!!!!)

[Carla]

I looked on the chance 2 dance website and we want to book the 'silver' level/package. Will this mean we will all be in the same hotel (i.e. everyone else who I know has booked the silver package?).

Anyone know?

[Keith]

Hi Carla,
Yes, everybody on the Silver package are in one Hotel, as are all those booked on the Gold.
Should be two great parties going off Friday & Saturday night!
Keith

[Dreadful Scathe]

Hey Keith

Whats up with www.danceindex.com? you said on 4th December last year ...

I am launching what should be the largest single contact point for dance in the UK, it will go live in about 3 weeks

And its still 'Coming Soon' - you going to be finished it before UK Open ? Would be best time to announce it. Need a hand ?

[Jayne]

This'll probably be my last post before the comp (how will I cope for so long without the forum???!! ) so I just wanted to say

GOOD LUCK!!!

to everyone competing (strictly for fun, mind ) and I'll see you all at the party a week on Friday!

Jayne

[Emma]

Originally posted by Will
(Stevie Wong was in it)

Now...why is this not surprising, I wonder....

I hope this Wong fellow is going to be at Blackpool, I need to put a face to all the fullsome (erm, or should that be Willsome...) praise!

[Will]

He should be there. It's unlikely he is going to compete. He was all lined up to dance with a VERY high profile female dancer who he has asked me not to name - suffice to say that she is an advanced champion, but because he's moved to Birmingham recently, they may not now be competing together after all.

Pity...

[Debster]

Originally posted by Rachel
....I always look out for anyone with red hair, whenever I'm dancing in London.
R.

ooh - ooh - could be me too though
I promise I am nice when approached with the "Excuse me, are you..." line too.

Looking forward to meeting a bunch more mad dance and forum addicts in Blackpool! (Especially later in the day when the nerves are gone and I can think straight and act 'normal' again!)

BTW - Nice web site Emma

cheers,

[Keith]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
Hey Keith

Whats up with www.danceindex.com? you said on 4th December last year ... And its still 'Coming Soon' - you going to be finished it before UK Open ? Would be best time to announce it. Need a hand ?

Sorry matey,
The competition has sort of taken precedence, but we are still building the contacts & hopefully it should be worth the wait.
Cheers
Keith

[Emma]

See, now I'm just left wondering whether the fact that he's moved to Brimingham means she refused to dance with him, or if there's some rule I didn't see that says people who live in Birmingham can't compete....

[Will]

Actually, it's because it is now very diffifcult for them to practice as his partner is London based.

[TheTramp]

Ack.

That's no reason at all

My partner is in Bristol.

Gus is in Manchester and Helen is in Huddersfield.

Bill is in Aberdeen and Fran is in Edinburgh.

Elliot is in Leeds and Della is in Birmingham.

And that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure that there's more. It's not ideal, but no reason not to enter....!

Steve

[Gus]

Originally posted by Will
Actually, it's because it is now very diffifcult for them to practice as his partner is London based.

Practice??? Thats for wimps!

Anyway .. if this Champs partner is either of the two lasses I think it is I'm sure he'd have no problems. I take it he is stepping up to the Advanced Category?

[TheTramp]

if this Champs partner is either of the two lasses I think it is I'm sure he'd have no problems

Who were you thinking of then Gus?

The only one I could think of was Sophie - well, except for Janine, but I'm betting that she'll be dancing with Clay.

Steve

[Gus]

Originally posted by TheTramp
Who were you thinking of then Gus?

The only one I could think of was Sophie - well, except for Janine, but I'm betting that she'll be dancing with Clay.

Steve

Correct re Sophie ... but my second guess was Hayley.

Point still stands ... both experieneced competitors ... who needs to practice?

[Rachel]

Originally posted by Gus
Correct re Sophie ... but my second guess was Hayley.

So if Sophie's with Steve W, what's Ray up to? Sophie and Ray had a great (and very successful!) dancing partnership, I thought.
Rachel

[TheTramp]

Sophie may not necessarily be dancing with Stevie. Gus and I are only supposing.

I think Gus meant that Sophie was a correct guess - in that it could be her. Rather than correct in that is is actually her.

Who is Hayley?? Remember I've been out of the London scene for a while now!

Steve

[Gus]

Ray was up dancing at Bowden a few weeks back and I was told he and Sophis no longer danced together and he wasn't competing at Blackpool ... don't know if Sophie is still on the dance circuit.

Re Hayley ... was refering to Hayley Mowday, came 2nd at Ceroc champs, ex-partner of the great Paul Tanuvasa ... very talented dancer. Thought she wasn't competing at Blackpool, though heard that her partner from Ceroc Champs, James, is competing with a certain very stylish member of this forum (I can say no more )