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The Mover North East Region

Spring 2013

Spring 2013

“Everything in the

universe has rhythm.

Everything dances. “

(Maya Angelou)

We exercise, we move,

we dance….

………….to life’s beat.

Catherine

Inside this issue: National Festival Review

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Youth Moves News 3

Ladies Day 4

Recreative Weekend

2015 5

KFA Championships 5

Branch News 6/9

Dates for your Diary 10

Committee Contacts 10

City Dance open the show with “Allegretto Vivace”

to “Diablo” by Bond Producer – Lynne Casey

(National Festival “Move to the Rhythm”

Review – Inside)

“Move to the Rhythm”

Autumn 2014 Volume 3, Issue 4

“Dynamic, changing rhythms and

flowing, lyrical undertones contrast

against a street rap …

“Expressive creative movement

and dance, using emotive and dynamic

music…”

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National Festival of Exercise Movement & Dance 2014 –

“Move to the Rhythm!” 2pm, 5th July 2014 – Birmingham Symphony Hall

Our KFA National Festival – ‘Move to the Rhythm’ was held at Birmingham

Symphony Hall on 5 July, and was a day to remember.

It was our first time at this wonderful venue, and feedback from the event has been

overwhelmingly positive.

One spectator commented –‘we have found a new home for our festival’.

All of the producers, performers and spectators had the same thought as Lynne Casey, our

Show Producer and the rest of the brilliant Working Party when they first saw the venue -

‘WOW!’.

The show itself was slick and professional, and Lynne was thrilled that all of the Producers

embraced the show’s theme wholeheartedly, giving us a show of varying rhythms and colour.

From the opening item to our wonderful and very lively finale, our performers from the youngest

Youth Moves through to Young Adults and our more mature, plus fantastic guest items from

Medau, Fitness League, Just Jhoom and of course the fantastic Wheelchair Dance Sport,

delighted the audience. Our lovely announcer, Jane Duncan, kept the show together in her own

inimitable fashion and dulcet tones.

Birmingham Symphony Hall staff were excellent, and nothing was too much trouble. Our

photographer, Chris Christodoulou ,and Stuart Hall, on DVD provided some lovely images for

you to enjoy – you can order from their websites (photochris.co.uk and

www.digitalvideodvd.com).

Everyone who made a weekend of it in Birmingham loved the atmosphere, hotels, nightlife and

shopping.

Add to this the fact that our Chair, Grace Beckett was able to present a cheque for over

£13, 500, and you have a very memorable event that we hope to better if that is possible in

2016 and 2018!!

‘One’ Just can’t stop the beat

(Lynne’s show-closing item)

Hats Off! and Farewell till the next time!

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NATIONAL FESTIVAL ‘MOVE TO THE RHYTHM’ – 5TH JULY 2014

A fantastic day! North East Junior Youth Moves and Young Adults were a huge credit to Janet,

Christine and the North East. Both teams worked extremely hard in rehearsals leading up to the big

day. We are so proud of all the girls for their commitment and dedication, and are very proud to have

been part of the National Festival Dance Show Spectacular 2014. Many thanks go to chaperones and

parents for their continued support and help on the day. We all have great memories to cherish!!

THRILLED TO BE ASKED !!!

Janet and her Youth Moves Team were thrilled to have been asked by South West Region to perform at

their AGM in March 2015, and it would have been fantastic to have been able to attend the event to "fly the banner" for North East Region Youth Moves. However, it would have involved staying a full

weekend, and not feasible for them at the moment. (Maybe next time .....)

FUNDRAISING

A race night at CLS cricket club and bag pack at Asda Washington proved a great success. From this,

Janet purchased costumes and team hoodies. The funds left will go towards costumes for Youth Moves

Extravaganza on 17th November. Young Adults raised money from running the Parish Centre Coffee

Shop, raffle and regular bonus ball. These events will be repeated next year.

YOUTH MOVES EXTRAVAGANZA – 17TH NOVEMBER, 6.30PM PARK VIEW

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION THEATRE, CHURCH CHARE, CHESTER LE STREET,

DH3 3PZ

Everything booked and plans in place. One performance 247 seats on a first come, first served basis. Refreshments will be served. Various stalls and a publicity area will be set up in the dining hall.

Tickets: Adults - £5, Children - £2.50 JANET BALFOUR

07854140609 janetbalfour@hotmail.com

NORTH EAST YOUTH MOVES COORDINATOR

Find KFA Moves on Facebook and Twitter

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KFA-Moves-North-East-Region

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KFAMovesNER

https://www.facebook.com/CLSKFA (Chester le Street KFA Dance Moves)

https://www.facebook.com/kfamoves.sunderland

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KFA-MOVES-Spennymoor

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stockton-KFA-Moves

https://www.facebook.com/KFAMovesDarlington

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KFA-Youth-Moves

https://www.facebook.com/keepfit.yorkshire

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KFAMoves

@kfa sland (KFA Moves Sunderland)

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Sunday 7 th September 2014

Bishops Suite, Ramside Hall, Durham

With a Designer Couture theme, our

ladies turned out in style, browsed

the stalls, were entertained by

favourite Dan James, and brought

and purchased elegant scarves.

Surely all that deserved a treat from

the gorgeous (but light!) cake stall?

Thank you Christine for organising

the event !

With a Designer Couture theme, our

ladies turned out in style, browsed the

stalls, were entertained by favourite

Dan James, and brought and

purchased elegant scarves.

Surely all that deserved a treat from

the gorgeous (but light!) cake stall?

Thank you Christine for organising the

event !

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Recreative Weekend 2015

(Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September 2015

The Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport)

Fancy a weekend in Southport,

with fabulous varied workouts, and a whole lot of fun ? ! !

Provisional Programme: Friday Evening - Evening Meal, followed by Activities and Quizzes

Saturday – Morning Workouts, Afternoon Free-time, Evening Meal, Fancy Dress (Strictly

Come Dancing Theme) and fun cabaret acts. Harness your inner performer if you

wish!!!

Sunday – Morning Workouts.

Teachers: Lin Mills (KFA Moves North West)

Jo Finnegan (KFA Moves Yorkshire)

Cost of the weekend is £140 (travel not included). Rooms at the hotel are twin, but single

rooms will be available if preferred (£12 supplement). Please indicate if you would like us to

try and arrange coach travel or if you will travel by car/rail.

In order to be able to take up this fantastic new venture, we need to confirm with the hotel

as soon as possible. If you would like to go, please would you pass your name, together

with a deposit of £10 to your Branch Rep by 31st October 2014, so that these can be sent to

Nicola by 7th November 2014 (or contact Nicola as soon as possible: Tel. 07890242055,

Email: the pilmoors@yahoo.co.uk).

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KFA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

9TH/10TH MAY 2015

AT

THE ALBERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM

Albert Hall Conference Centre, North Circus Street

Nottingham NG1 5AA

Championships Guidelines and Entry Rules have

been emailed out to all teachers

Please note that the Closing Date for Entry Forms is Friday 12th December 2014. Information regarding tickets, etc. will be available in due course.

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What an activity-packed few months

it has been!

Firstly, thank you to all

teachers and participants of our

Summer Classes. You made them

special once again.

The beginning of September found us once again at Darlington Civic Theatre at the Darlington

Dance Festival Show. As the theme this year was “A Night at the Movies”, we chose the music from

“Chocolat” and performed a “dance drama”, telling the story of Vianne making ready and opening her

chocolate shop, and inviting customers to try the delicious delicacies.

The last glimpses of Summer, and the

onset of Autumn, found us taking an enjoyable

5- mile walk to Ketton Packhorse Bridge and

Barmpton Village

And we’re just recovering from our super 1940s Themed Supper and

Dance. Entertained by Janie St John, singing wartime favourites, we

performed a group dance, before everyone took to the floor and had a

fantastic time. We were able to make a donation to the Darlington Branch

of the Royal British Legion. Thank you to all who came and supported the

event!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KFAMovesDarlington

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Panorama

2014

Pink Workout

Our Pink Workout was a huge

success.

Over 40 attended, and we

raised over £400 for Breast Cancer.

We had two fantastic sessions led by

Lesley Colwill and Sharon Batty.

There was a definite Buzz and

everyone had a great time whilst

raising money for an excellent cause.

Best Wishes

Christine x

Beating Bowel Cancer Fundraiser

I held a fund raising evening last night (Friday 8th August) for the charity

'Beating Bowel Cancer.' The weather turned really nasty just before we were about to start which

may have put some people off. However, we had a good night with Wendy, Sheila, Brenda and myself each taking a short

session, and we have managed to raise £180 for the cause.

Thank you to all the keep fitters who supported me.

Pauline Wright

Chester le Street

Newcastle

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North East Region

Middlesbrough KFA celebrated their 55th Anniversary with a lunch, on Saturday 11 October 2014, at the Masonic Hall, Middlesbrough. It was attended by about 60 past and present members, and it was a lovely reminder of the bygone years.

Pictured is Pat Fulton, President, cutting the anniversary cake. Margaret Hutchinson Tel. (01642) 650317

margaret.hutchinson4@ntlworld.com

June Drake

It is with great sadness that I am writing this short piece. June died suddenly from an aneurism on Monday 13th October, leaving her family, friends and

class members in a state of shock and disbelief. I was with June the day before she died. She came along to be a guinea pig for our trainee trainers, and participated fully in all the sessions. As usual, we had fun, and she came armed with a super chocolate cake to sustain us all.

June had been attending my class out here in Helmsley since I set up in 2006 and went on to

successfully complete her teacher training a few years ago and had set up her own classes which were just beginning to get really established. She had been in several Panorama teams, and we always had great fun discussing rehearsals and trying to remember the moves and what came next. The journeys certainly seemed to be shorter when we travelled together; we were always thinking about keep fit, talking about how we could market our classes etc.

I will certainly miss June on a personal level, and I think the Association will have lost so much,

too – a caring and professional teacher. I will remember her for her warmth, sense of fun, care for others and sincere belief in the way in which we planned and delivered our classes . In my Helmsley class there will always be a large gap which June just filled.

Tonia Gabriel

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June rehearsing Tonia’s 2014 National Festival item “Spellbound” at Gilesgate. June is front left in the photo.

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Sunderland branch has had a busy time over the Summer, We have had 2 summer classes for members and friends; one was a super workout with Lisa Clarke (always a great class) and another one with Hoola

Hoops... that was a hoot! - didn't know you could get to move so much with the hoops!! We also had a summer walk around the Hetton Lakes area. This was a great trip out to an area we hadn't seen before and then a meal at Houghton Golf Club. We have also visited Sunderland Empire for the Lion King. Wow that was very entertaining. On 29 October we hada Pink Night in aid of Breast Cancer Research at St John's Church, Asbrooke. We have a number of events lined up for the next few weeks.

We are having a coffee morning evening on 7 November from 7pm at St Gabriels Church in aid of City Dance Championship / Relapsing Polychondritis tickets - members £4.50, non-members £5.00, from Lynne Casey. On 22 November we are holding our branch AGM and workout with Nicola Pilmoor at St Gabriels Church 1.30pm. Tickets available for the workout from Carol Yeomans.

Brenda Hall

************************************************************************************ BBC “Get Inspired” – Dancing !

EMDP has teamed up with the BBC to put people in the right direction towards more physical

activity.

During the period Strictly Come Dancing is on our screens, people can

access this website and search for classes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/get-inspired/28969977

Calling out for Good Stories !

Do you have a good dance story to tell?

We’re calling out for good stories to inspire people to get into dance.

Get in touch and tell us your experience.

The best ones may even make it onto BBC Show like It Takes Two or The One Show.

Email your story to: info@emdp.org

ace oo h s . ace oo .com amoves.sunderland

Twitter: @kfa sland

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President / Member

Liaison (RMLO)

Ann Bayley

Tel: 01642 815562

Email: ann@thepostoffice.com

Equity

Sylvia Hocking

Tel: 01207 520580

Email: jandshocking@aol.com

Membership

Judith Cossavella

Tel: 01642 535307

Email: jucoss@ntlworld.com

Chair

Lynne Casey

Tel: 0191 5202422

Email: lynne.casey@btinternet.com

Treasurer

Nicola Pilmoor

Tel: 07890242055

Email: thepilmoors@yahoo.co.uk

Events

Christine Chapman

Tel: 0191 3884205

Email:

christinechapman4@btinternet.com

Youth Moves

Janet Balfour

Tel: 0191 3890544

Email: janetbalfour@hotmail.com

Secretary

Marilyn Laverick

Tel: 0191 3888125

Email: mazza.laverick@gmail.com

Publicity

Catherine Gilsenan

Tel: 01325 332572

Email:

catherine.gilsenan@yahoo.com

Training

Faye Doorbar

Tel: 01748 449191

Email: doorbar@swaledale.org

2014

KFA Youth Moves Show Extravaganza (Park View School, Chester le Street)

17th November 2014

2015 KFA National Championships (Nottingham)

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May 2015

KFA Moves North East Region Panorama of Movement Exercise and Dance (Darlington)

Saturday 16th May 2015

KFA Moves North East Region Recreative Weekend (Southport)

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September 2015

(For further details of these and other events visit www.keepfit.org.uk)

KFA Dates for Your Diary

Your Contacts on the Regional Committee

Got any news or events to publicise?

You can send me content for this quarterly newsletter at any time!

Email to: catherine.gilsenan@yahoo.com