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Monthly Archive for: ‘May, 2011’

Following on from the post and photos of Sally’s Hen Dance Party here are the videos! I thought instead of just showing you the final result I’d pop in some videos of the process of the girls learning the dance! After our warm up the girls started learning the first few steps. We then had …

Sally has always cut a mean figure on the dance floor so the hens decided that our hen dancing party would be perfect for her. We began with a warm up to a bit of Gaga. A lot of the hens really didnt know what to expect but they soon got in the groove of …

The Video! Last week I posted about the Bridesmaids and Ushers surprise wedding dance for the bride and groom (here). I promised a video and it arrived yesterday so here it is! I’m so so proud of them all! It looks like the guests absolutely loved it too!! It was a great fun project and …

Picking the right first song for your wedding is a difficult decision. For some couples it is an obvious personal song – the first song you ever danced to for example, or the song that was playing when he proposed. For others it is a lot harder choice when no song immediately leaps to mind. …

Bit of a short post today as I have been at the laptop ALL DAY working on a complete overhall of my website. Nothing really drastic but just trying to clean up a few bits and make it a nicer place to visit. Consequently my kitchen is not a nicer place to visit and so …

The waltz actually caused a bit of a scandal when it was first danced! Dancing for the nobility at the time (late 1700s) was done in an ‘open’ fashion ie the couples did not embrace. ‘Closed’ dances were danced at the time only by peasants and were considered lewd! The waltz even forbidden for a …

Wedding dances in Yorkshire It’s been a busy month for Take The Floor wedding dances in Yorkshire as the wedding season starts to kick in.  We’ve had couples wanting to learn slow, intimate dances, couples learning more up tempo numbers to get the party going and couples incorporating ushers and bridesmaids into their first dance …

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