York Dancesport - Ballroom and Latin Dance Society University of York Ballroom and Latin American Dance Society

The closing few bars of the Jitterbug as it played to an entertained Vanbrugh Dining Hall are the last Dancesport will hear for the rest of the academic year, and i'd like to thank everyone who took part. So what there were a few mistakes here and there (Sum I think you handled your fall really well personally) we managed to let the crowd ease up and have fun. That's the spirit of Woodstock so I think we fit the bill pretty well.

York Dancesport Society Summer Ball, Hilton Hotel, York. Thursday 18th June 2009.

It was a lovely evening: Drinks reception in the bar, followed by a three course meal (wine was included - and that pleased some). Luke presented a Vienesse Waltz and Cha mini-lesson. Some people heckled him, but he was not bothered about such peasantry. A disco followed before a selected number trundled off to a local clubdance establishment.

Yep. You heard it here first. The ball's started rolling for York Come Dancing 2009...again...

You see the first problem with York Come Dancing is its name. The last York Come Dancing was York Come Dancing 2009. It was held in 2009, it has every right to be York Come Dancing 2009. Of course, this makes it a pain to accuratley refer to the next York Come Dancing, as it will be held in 2009- though it is a different academic year.

The Dancesport summer ball at the Hilton this year seemed to go down pretty well; and i've heard many accounts of how much fun everyone had. I do regret arriving late (I was in a pantomime dress rehearsal) and the fact that the Viennesse Waltz eluded me when dancing it alone (in my defence i'm doing it backwards in Joel's show next week- more on that later) but these things are minor details.

Draft is quite a strong term, implying that everyone has been compiled, revised, and placed onto a piece of paper. Draft however also means to submit something that isn't quite complete yet, but is an attempt that needs it's loose ends tying together. I would like you to keep in mind the latter definition while reading this.

Today, myself and Sarah sat with Joel in his academy. The BIG problem with our team (and this is not York Dancesport-based- this happens throughout the world of dance) is that we're short of boys. Now, the situation's getting better- which is amazing (we've never had so many non-beginner boys before both on the team and in lessons) but it's still not quite there yet. This means that even the simplest mathematician can spot the obvious consequence of this shortage: Pairing EVERYONE up is a very difficult process, and can't effectively be done.