Brit Rock 2006 - So how did it go?

[Patrick]

Hard to believe I actually stayed at home in the end, after all the effort of preparation! ...
Well, I was seriously drowning my sorrows on Fri night till 6am, so I wasn't up to anything today in the end.

However, I am now itching to know how it all went for everybody.

* Ickle Chick'n, I hope you loved it.

* Marty_Baby & Lyndsey, Advancing nicely I bet. Sharon, Becki?

* Mikeyr, did u make it? Enough airsteps?

* Did anyone do Double Trouble?

* How were the Showcases?

* DWAS? (If u must...)

* Hotspot challenge?

* Who are the champs?

* How was it for you?

Tell, tell, tell!

Patrick

[Lynn]

Going on my limited experience (of one event) they'll still be dancing, or eating. (Never seems to be enough time to eat during the day itself.)

But when anyone gets back - results please!

Was the new DWAS method in operation? How did it work?

[Patrick]

Going on my limited experience (of one event) they'll still be dancing, or eating. (Never seems to be enough time to eat during the day itself.)

But when anyone gets back - results please!

Yes I'll bet.

But after the Scottish champs, I got to my hotel about 1am, logged onto the forum via the hotel TV/Internet, and the posts were coming in already!

[Mostlysane]

How was Britrock? great day. Fantastic atmosphere as always. Hev Mate and her team did themselves proud.

The comp seemed to be a lot busier than last year. More people entering, more people watching. With the floor no longer like an ice rink it was great place to dance.

One of the highlights? There was a wedding booked for 4:30 in the room below. The groom turned up and was upset to hear a herd of elephants tromping on ceiling (ok, jivers dancing in the room above) so Hev Mate asked us all to be very quiet for 30 minutes while the ceremony took place. The newly married couple then came upstairs to say thanks to a standing ovation from all of us. Finished off by them having a dance with more applause all round.

Did anyone do Double Trouble?
Yes 5 maybe 6 teams. A team of 3 ladies won - don't know their names, sorry but very impressive. Roger Chin, Roger and an unknown lady came second.

The Heaven and Hell team won the team showcase event (I think that was the Scottish team), Amir's Jango team came second.

DWAS
Simon R and his partner won DWAS

Open
Simon R and Cutey won the Open, i can't remember the second place but David and Anita were third.

Showcase
Simon R and Cutey again With Amir and Cat's Jango showcase second.

I can't remember the rest. Someone else will fill in the details.

Next years Britrock is 12-13th of October. Hev Mate was saying they've already had some entries.

[Mostlysane]

Was the new DWAS method in operation? How did it work?

They swapped the DWAS partners once just before the semi finals, basically lined the partners up and moved the ladies round. They did the same at Britrock last year, the only difference, i think last year was they did the move before the final. It seemed to work well. Didn't see or hear any obvious complaints.

[Mostlysane]

OK - i've had a second cup of tea.

Phil Webb and Vicky were second in the Open

[Heather]

How was Britrock? great day. Fantastic atmosphere as always. Hev Mate and her team did themselves proud.

Did anyone do Double Trouble?
Yes 5 maybe 6 teams. A team of 3 ladies won - don't know their names, sorry but very impressive.

The Heaven and Hell team won the team showcase event (I think that was the Scottish team), Amir's Jango team came second.

Congratulations to Lindsay + the Scottish team !!

The Double Trouble team - were they Scottish ladies - if so possibly Lindsay + her girls again ?

Well done to everyone!


Heather

[Patrick]

How was Britrock? great day. Fantastic atmosphere as always. Hev Mate and her team did themselves proud.

Thanks for the report Mostlysane, and well done Hev and crew. I'm wishing I came now!

Finished off by them having a dance with more applause all round.

What an incredible memory for their wedding day! More

Did anyone do Double Trouble?
Yes 5 maybe 6 teams. A team of 3 ladies won - don't know their names, sorry but very impressive. Roger Chin, Roger and an unknown lady came second.

I'm glad Roger Chin & co did well, they were my faves at WSM

The Heaven and Hell team won the team showcase event (I think that was the Scottish team), Amir's Jango team came second.

I hope there's a video of all this....

Open
Simon R and Cutey won the Open, i can't remember the second place but David and Anita were third.

Showcase
Simon R and Cutey again With Amir and Cat's Jango showcase second.

Well done Simon, and everyone else. You are all stars just to enter (and actually to do it!)

DWAS
Simon R and his partner won DWAS

With apologies to DWAS fans (sorry, I've tried, but afraid I can't resist), that result was a bit of a surprise then? Congratulations to Simon's Lucky Partner, I hope it made your day.

I can't remember the rest. Someone else will fill in the details.

Please do! And Photos!! And videos!!!

Next years Britrock is 12-13th of October. Hev Mate was saying they've already had some entries.

Ahhh, well there's always next year...

WELL DONE EVERYBODY!!!
Patrick

[Mostlysane]

Congratulations to Lindsay + the Scottish team !!

The Double Trouble team - were they Scottish ladies - if so possibly Lindsay + her girls again ?

Well done to everyone!


Heather

I don't know if they were Scottish. It was the only all lady Doubles team so if they were taking part then yes it was them.

[Sparkles]

Yes, it was indeed Lindsay's team that won the double trouble , Roger, Roger and Cathy came second and gentleman dancing with a guy and a girl as followers came third (they were very good but I can't remember their names ).

Simonr's partner in DWAS was Donna.
Phil and his parner came second (I believe)

Dave and his wife from St Neot's won the seniors - they were FAB, and lovely people too. John and Hazel Lusby were second, Peaches and parter were third.

The winners of the intermediates were dressed as Superman and Supergirl, but I don't know their names...

Ickle Chicken and partner won the 'hotspot' event for Exeter
and Marty_Baby & Lyndsey came second. I believe M_B & L also came second in the advanced, and the lady Phil danced with in the DWAS and her partner won that category (I wish I knew more people's names)

It was a great day all round (I arrived at about 5:30pm, and so missed some of the showcases and the team cabarets which was a shame). The competition seemed to be very well organised, and even though the wedding downstairs put the timing out for a while Hev, Gordy and crew managed to get te time back over the course of the afternoon.
Well done to everyone who competed and helped with the organising, I'm really glad I made the trip down!

[philsmove]

and the lady Phil danced with in the DWAS and her partner won that category (I wish I knew more people's names)

:

Sharon and Chris from BRISTOL

[Patrick]

Ickle Chicken and partner won the 'hotspot' event for Exeter

Ickle, we didn't quite manage that DWAS at Exeter on Thursday, but you looked fab dancing with Ant. Excellent!

and Marty_Baby & Lyndsey came second. I believe M_B & L also came second in the advanced, and the lady Phil danced with in the DWAS and her partner won that category (I wish I knew more people's names)

Go Martin and Lyndsey! I am soooo relieved you are not in Intermediates any more!

So Chris and Sharon won the Advanced?! More

Lyndsey and Sharon, I've only had a few dances with you, but you are both a pure delight to dance with, and very nice people too.

Looks like the South West contingent put in a very good showing!

[Anita]

Simonr's partner in DWAS was Donna.

Forum Queen Well done

The winners of the intermediates were dressed as Superman and Supergirl, but I don't know their names...

His name is Matt and he won the DWAS at Hammersmith with Little Miss Jiver.

The floor was very much better than the last time, a few patches were still a bit slippery, esp at the front, but I'm thankful that the organisers made a real effort to solve the problem.

It was a great comp, and I thought that the wedding, and problem with the team cabaret music were dealt with really well.

[Lindsay]

Fabulous event, well done Hev, Sarah, Andy, The JB, & rest of crew!
Very slick organisation, what a fabulous day
Scotland didn't do too bad overall, delighted with results! Thanks team & DT girlies! Congrats John & Hazel- v entertaining spotlight & they came 2nd in seniors. Fiona (Dundee) came 3rd with a guy (don't know name) in Seniors. V. high standard of dancing, esp the open/advanced/spotlight winners. Amir & Cat's Jango spotlight was so tight & professional
DJ Bunny-great job!

Well done to all :-)
Hev, like a p*n*s, only smaller.

[Lory]

Forum Queen

Donna = Forum Queen? Has anyone told Tiggerbabe

[WittyBird]

Donna = Forum Queen? Has anyone told Tiggerbabe

Yeah it got me confused so I assumed it was a 'private' joke and she was really talking about a bloke in drag.

[ducasi]

Scotland didn't do too bad overall, delighted with results!

Congratulation to Lindsay and her team for their success both as a team, and in all the other competitions they took part in.

[Gordon J Pownall]

Sally and I had great fun.

Whilst Sal picks the comp tunes and we ponder over them for days (well months actually), it is the dancers who bring them alive so we hope we kept you happy, challenged and entertained...!

It was lovely to have some great...sorry GREAT...dances...especially an incredibly sexy Rhumba with a certain sparkly person....

Thanks for making our day great to everyone who competed, danced or just cheered friends on...

See you all next year...???


Gordon and Sally...xxx

[Happy B]

* Marty_Baby & Lyndsey, Advancing nicely I bet. Sharon, Becki?



Patrick

I didnt have a partner, so no comp for me.

I only did DWAS as a last minute thing, and didnt even get round the first round, im not sure who my parnter was, but he was wearing a kilt, and was one of the scottish crowd. We had 2 nice dances, but that was it for us.

Ho Humm, next stop Blackpool!

I had a cool day all the same. Some fab dancers, i still keep meeting new forumites. So thankyou to everyone who i had dances with. ]

And a massive congrats, to all the Bristol crowd who did us proud. Martin, Lindsay, Sharon and Chris!

B

[SteveB]

Hi all, I would just like to thank my DWAS partner for being fabulous in coming 3rd with me! Her name is Cathy! Thank you! Only Simon R and Phil in front of us with their partners, so we didn't do too bad eh?

Many thanks to Lindsay for being a fantastic partner and getting through the Open first round, semi final, then the final! Hugs mate!

Well done the Scottish Team cabaret - fab, well done to John and Hazel, Fiona and partner in the seniors. and the double trouble team of Linz, Wendy and Jill! Well done John and Hazel in the spotlight too!

Wasn't Amir + partners spotlight superb?! The most precise dancing i have seen for some time, very sharp.

Cheers to Tony for the Guiness!

Well done to the organisers too, great event!

SteveB