Southern UK Jive

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Swing X cetra 2012
The UK’s Premier Non-competitive WCS dance Event
Friday 24th - Monday 27th February 2012
at the 3 Star Carrington House Hotel, Bournemouth.

...DanceSwingUK are excited to invite you all to our very first WCS event. Swing X cetra is a WCS event unlike any other WCS event on offer today. It is a non-competitive event! That’s right, no endless rounds of competitions to sit through when you could up enjoying yourself dancing, else why did we learn to dance in the first place!

DanceSwingUK has a proven track record in promoting social WCS dancing. Our regular weekly dance classes teach it, Our Freestyles (some of the most popular in the UK) reinforce it. When we tell you the focus of our event is on sociality with lots of freestyle fun you know that’s the very least you’ll get!

We also have proven track record in WCS dance instruction. So when we say have some of the world's very best WCS Instructors on offer over, you know you can believe it!

With all this teaching talent we are excited to be able to offer you three choices of workshops at our event. Each track is customized for your individual needs. We have asked our pro instructors to tailor classes for your level. If you are a beginner, we have special activities and instruction that will have you dancing Friday night, If you are an advanced dancer that usually only takes privates or competes, we think we will have something special for you to help you achieve the next level in your dance. Feel free to give us input on what you want to see. We will be asking you to grade yourselves as one of the following 3 categories to help us make your weekend the best it can possibly be.

Beginners: Begin your dance journey, make new friends. Experience workshops just for you. Be able to dance your WCS basics by Friday night.
Novice/Intermediate: Improve your dance repertoire. Learn from national and international pros. Dance the latest, hottest patterns. Find your groove.
Advanced: Put it all together. Choose from our critique classes/seminars. Move beyond patterns; break through your own barriers.
Our staff line up brings some brand new names to the UK WCS along with some of our very favourites, creating a perfect mix of fresh and familiar faces!
Continue to watch this space for our full 2012 line up...
Our Line up of National & International Pros include; (more to follow)

Mario Robau Jr (Tx, USA),
10 time Texas State Champion
Undefeated Slow Whip Champion
Undefeated Classic Dallas Dance Champion
Dallas Dance Hall of Fame.
Youngest Person Inducted into Swing Dance Hall of Fame
National Boppers Association Hall of Fame
2 Times US Open Classic Champion
Team US Open Champion
Two Time Grand Nationals Classic Champion
Two Time Grand Nationals Strictly Champion
Two Time-Phoenix Invitational Champion
Longest Invited Male of Phoenix Invitational Champion of Champions
Multi-Time Strictly Capitol Swing Champion
Boogie by the Bay Dance Champion
Masters Level Judge with UCWDC
Member of "Dancin...The Company", a jazz and tap group for 7 Years
Toured throughout US as a Lead Dancer in Company
Choreographed and coached winning Classic and Showcase routines at every major competition
Taught/Judged/Competed in 39 states plus Europe, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Ginger Pickerel (Co, USA),
Ginger Pickerel has been part of the US dance scene for 17 years.
Best known for her mix of West Coast Swing and Carolina Shag style. She is a former US Open Classic Champion along with many other championship titles. Ginger now spends time judging, coaching, and sharing her love for swing dancing with others. Gingers specialty is footwork for West Coast Swing and Carolina Shag.

Sebastian Cadet (Nimes, France)
Profile to follow.

Mike Rosa (London, UK)
Mike Rosa has both danced & taught as a WCS professional in the USA as well as being one of the UK’s top Instructors. He is a Multi time WCS dance champion including Virginia State Open Strictly Swing Champion, Swing Niagara Strictly Swing Champion and Midland Swing Open Classic Division Champion. Mike is a highly regarded UK professional WCS dance instructor who takes great pride in producing the best from his students including European & UK dance Champions.

Deejay line up; Still to be announced plus “sack the Dj” slots in the Juke joint!

In total you can enjoy over a dozen workshops, 30 + Hours of Social Dancing, Taster classes in Carolina Shag, Hustle & Linedance. A Saturday Night Show, open forums with the pros, private lesson space, complimentary midnight refreshments, on site Massage Therapist, pedicures & foot spa, shoe vendor, official videographer, up to 3 late nights of social dancing till you drop and much, much more...

Accommodation at our 3-star hotel The Carrington House Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset is ideally situated in a quiet tree lined avenue on the East Cliff, just outside of the town centre yet within easy reach of all the activities this popular town has to offer.

A popular choice amongst Bournemouth hotels, the impressive 145-bedroom Carrington House Hotel offers a diverse range of facilities (including indoor pool), with something for everyone. It also benefits from its own car park with 85 spaces and being only five minutes away from the main route into Bournemouth and the Train Station.

The hotel offers comfortable accommodation with BT Openzone throughout, giving WIFI access in the bedrooms, public areas and conference rooms.
We will be offering all inclusive packages with a 2 or 3 night stay, all prices are based on two people sharing. Single supplement rates will apply.

A non-refundable deposit per person will be required to secure your place! There will be online Booking/Payment. Also Cash, cheques or bank transfer options are available.

This event will be limited to 200 attendees only! Places are expected to sell out fast so contact Andrea Knight to provisionally secure your place! This will be a gender-balanced event

reviews for this hotel can be found here.

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[Steve]

This looks interesting .

Quickie question, since I only live up the road, is a non-residential option available as I don't really want to spend money on the accomodation when it's not necessary ?

And an unrelated question which I hope you don't mind, given this weekender in Bournemouth, and the multiple workshops at Romsey, is there a plan for weekly WCS classes in the Romsey/Soton area ?
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