Summer
School 2000
Report written by Pauline Willingale on the students course held at Christ's
Hospital School, Horsham 20th-26th August.
I am a new devotee
to Classical Greek Dance and went along to Summer School knowing very
little about it. I was a bit nervous- here was I definitely 'over 21'
a raw food eater with a large juicer - would I fit in? It felt strange
at first. The students were all taking exams so there were classes at
Intermediate, Advanced & Associate levels, with a warm up class at 9.30
every morning attended by everyone. Then the younger girls went off to
their classes of Classical Greek, Tap, Character, Jazz & Drama. The students
worked hard all day and half the night preparing for exams on Thursday
& Friday. I was amazed at the amount of work covered and the enthusiasm
with which it was done. As with all groups it takes a while to get to
know each other, but by Tuesday I was feeling comfortable & getting to
know people. We were all feeling stiff and sore for the first few days
and all moaned together!
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Summer
School 2000 at Christs Hospital School, Horsham |
I am a qualified
reflexologist and when a teacher strained her calf muscle on the Monday
morning I offered to give her treatment. The news spread and very soon
I was busy, between and after classes, giving reflexology treatments
to the students. It was a great way to de-stress them after all that
hard work they were putting in. What a pleasure it was for me to work
with such responsive clients!
When exams started
on Thursday afternoon, the younger girls had an hour to spare and I offered
to teach them some circle dances. As I usually teach adults it was a
refreshing change to have this lively group. The hour contained much
laughter and silliness and they totally exhausted me (I thought it was
supposed to be the other way round).
Friday was another
exam day and in the afternoon the girls went shopping in Horsham to stock
up on goodies for the party that evening.
The final day arrived
too soon. Time for the show that the girls had been preparing. Exam results,
presents and thank-yous. I looked back to the Sunday before when I had
been worried about coming here and here I was with tears in my eyes because
I did not want to go home. Still there's always next year.
Pauline
Willingale
August 20th-26th
Summer School
Held at
Christ's Hospital School, Horsham Run by Kay Ball with a talented group
of teachers and attended by a lovely group of children, students and
teachers. A most successful examination session, taken over one and a
half days, took place at the end of the week. A polished performance
was presented to the parents and visitors on the final afternoon. The
Rita Ireland Bursary was won by Davina Kernahan (Jean Borgerson) the
Sonia and Juliet Bursary was jointly awarded to Cara O'Shea (Sonia Bond
and Juliet Locks) and Megan Dowell (Pupil of Karen Collings).
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Happy
Faces at Summer School 2000 |
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Millennium
Celebration Performance
Photos
taken on stage at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London.
Photographer Mark Austin
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| 'Appeal
of Fortuna - Goddess of Destiny'. Dupont School |
'Phyrrhic
Blade Runner'. Leeds Dance College |
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Ruby
Ginner Awards 2000
Results
& reports for the Ruby Ginner Awards 2000 will be posted soon.
Photos taken by Tony Devereux at Cecil Sharp House
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| Middle
Grade Class |
Senior
Grade Class |
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Classical
Greek Dance Notices
Easter Holiday
Course
11th & 12th April 2001
Imperial House
22-26 Paul Street
London EC2A 4QE
Classical
Greek Dance Festival 2001 Finals
Saturday
5th May 2001
Commonwealth Institute Theatre, London.
Heats will be taking place during February and March 2001.
Enquires to Mrs Kay Ball Tel: 01342 328365
Fellowship
Examination
There will no longer be a Theory Question Paper. The essay will still
be required
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