Today we started off with a Latin fun line dance session with Paul Donahey. Then we started the dance workshops proper with Cha-Cha from Tony Bennett of 'City Limits' fame, followed by Rumba with Darren and Lilia. Then there was an audience with Darren and Lilia. After lunch came the Argentine Tango with specialists from Buenos Aires, Maria Tsiatsiani and Leandro Palou. They've done demos on 'Strictly' and Leandro has an Argentine Tango school in the UK. The trouble was they used music for their session which sounded like a plagiarised version of the 'Fawlty Towers' theme tune each time we started off with the moves! Finally Aljaž and Janette gave us a session on waltz to round off the afternoon.
We started off the evening with a 'Red Carpet Photocall' where Donahey's staff take your photo on your camera. Then Tony Goodwin's 'Big Band' from Manchester came in. This was followed by guests dancing until the show dances started up.
There were show dances from all the workshop teachers except Tony Bennett, but also from a couple of 'Stars of the Future' Kaari Kink and David Cockram - both 20 years old and each with a string of wins behind them. He comes from Cannock and she from Estonia and Kaari is a student in Bath.
No photos or video of anything in the main ballroom are allowed while performers are there.
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| There were some very nice dresses .... |
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