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The Mover North East Region

Spring 2013

Spring 2013

Dynamic Dance!

Once more, through the hard

work and dedication (and fun)

of our North East Producers,

Team Members and successful

entrants at the National

Championships, we were able

to put on another fantastic

“Panorama”.

But, not content to have a well-

earned rest, more dance

activities are planned … just

turn the pages to find out!

Happy Summer!

Catherine

North East Movement Team

Performed Dynamic Rumours

to Adele’s “Rumour Has it”

Producer — Ann Brown

The North East showcases another

fantastic display of

Movement, Exercise and Dance (Review inside)

Summer 2013 Volume 2, Issue 3

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“ PANORAMA “ 2013 - Review

Dance is a family affair for Durham trio

Three generation of women from a Durham family are lacing up their

dancing shoes to perform together at a North East festival of dance this

month.

Grandmother Margaret Johnson, 72, daughter Denise Durkin, 52, and

grand-daughter Nicola Pilmoor, 26, are all members of the Durham branch

of KFA (Keep Fit Association) Moves North East. Despite 46 years

separating Margaret and grand-daughter Nicola they have danced

alongside each other for over a decade in competition and at weekly

rehearsals held at Belmont Comprehensive School.

They will take to the floor together at the annual North East Panorama festival of movement and dance in

Darlington on May 18.

Margaret, from Bishop Middleham, first joined Durham KFA in 1975 and inspired Denise, from Spennymoor, and

Nicola, from Bishop Auckland, to follow in her dance steps. “I’ve always loved music and dancing but since I joined

the KFA I’ve travelled all over the country and made lots of lovely friends. I’ve always said even if you chopped my

legs off I’d still manage to go to class somehow,” said Margaret.

Passing on a love of dance

Both Denise and Nicola have also trained as dance teachers. Denise has choreographed routines for Panorama

and Nicola is about to take on a national leadership role with Youth Moves, a project aimed at making dance more

accessible to young people. The three women dance every week with the Durham group whose youngest

member is five years old and the oldest aged 84. The group offers dance classes for adults, young people, mature

and older movers and seated exercise classes for people with mobility limitations or disabilities.

Lynne Casey, chair of KFA Moves North East, said: “It’s an amazing achievement to have three generations of one

family dancing together and it just shows that exercise, friendship, enthusiasm and motivation really does lead to a

long and happy life. KFA Moves is not somewhere you go just to sweat and burn off calories, it’s like an extended

family of women who love dance and express themselves through movement.”

(Matthew Moore)

North East Region

We had a fantastic day that showcased a wide variety of movement, exercise and dance from

Branches, North East Teams, Youth Moves Teams, and our worthy successful dancers at this

year’s KFA Championships.

We also had very good coverage in the Press this year. Matthew Moore, from Honeypot Media,

sent out a Press Release based on three generations of participants (Margaret Johnson, Denise

Durkin and Nicola Pilmoor, all from Durham Branch) and sent it out to relevant media. The article

appeared in the Press all over the region, and Nicola spoke about Panorama on BBC Radio Tees

on the morning of Panorama Day. The Northern Echo printed the article, but also sent a reporter

to cover the event on the day, and there were photos and a write up on the following Monday.

Matthew also sent his article (some of which you can read below) to Dancing Times and Dance

Today, as well as Woman's Own magazine and The Lady. This was excellent coverage for not

only the event but our organisation as a whole.

Group and Action Photos, taken by Alan Brown at Panorama, can be

viewed and ordered at £1 each – see your Team Producer for details

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Panorama 2014 (May 17th)

Dolphin Centre, Darlington

Put the Date in Your Diary !

Looking forward to seeing you at next year’s show !

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Panorama – Another fantastic day. Youth Moves and Young Adults did us proud once

again!! They all performed wonderfully. Lots of variety and creativity on show. All worked so

hard at rehearsals leading up to the show, and it certainly paid off. Thank you to all performers

for your commitment and efforts. A huge Thank You to Chaperones, as, without you, the teams

could not perform!! Finally, to Youth Moves Teachers Christine, Linda, Judith and Janet, Well

Done and Thank You so much for another successful year!!

Lumley Junior School - Janet Balfour will start a new After School Class at Lumley

Junior School, Chester le Street, from June 4th, with years 3/4/5/6. The school’s Creative Arts

teacher has also asked for one hour of National Curriculum Dance per week with years 5/6.

The course delivered by Lou Devine and Bobby Gargrave for Youth Moves Teachers has made

this possible. Lumley School were very impressed with Youth Moves literature and DVDs of our

past shows.

Senior Youth Moves – Three of the girls have passed the first Audition at Dance City,

and have been asked to attend a second Audition! Well done and Good Luck to the girls – a

great experience for them!

Young Adults – Christine Chapman and two members of Northern Lights attended the

Chester le Street Summer Area Action Partnership (AAP) Forum on Monday 24 th June to

receive an award for putting Chester le Street on the map through Dance. This came about

from their winning performance at the KFA Championships in Southport. Well Done to Christine

and Northern Lights!

Northern Lights have also been invited to perform at the KFA National AGM on 5 th October !

Extravaganza !!!

The Youth Moves Extravaganza will be held on Sunday 17th November at

the Lancastrian Suite, Dunstan. All Youth Moves Key Stages will be performing.

So put it in your diary as a show not to be missed!

Teacher’s Forum

We are holding a Teacher’s Forum at Gilesgate School on Saturday 17 August from 9.30 to

12.30. It is also open to Branch PR Reps who are not teachers.

This is an important new event and will be a forum to share new information that you need

to know as teachers and also give you a chance to give feedback and ask questions. Light

refreshments will be available and the topics will include:

TC/Trainer Course updates/Youth Moves Update/ Older Adults Information/ Membership

and PPL Update/PR Forum/Q & A session.

We do need an idea of the numbers urgently so please let Lynne Casey know if you can

attend (lynnecasey@btinternet.com) or 01915202422/07502022828

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Summer Classes

Movement and Dance with Lynne Casey and Mandy Wardle

on Monday, July 29th 7.00pm until 9.30pm

Coffee, Tea and biscuits to end an enjoyable evening

and

Skipping Session with Linda Killip

Monday, August 12th 7.00pm until 9.30pm

Both at

St Gabriel's Church Hall, Kayll Road Sunderland

Priced £5 each

'A challenge to all members bring a friend and let them enjoy all the fun

of our branch.'

Sunderland

The Producers for the North East Teams 2014 will be as follows:

Young Adults – Christine Chapman Fitness Freestyle - Lisa Clarke

Movement - Marilyn Laverick Mature Moves - Ivy Purdham

Skipping - Jackie Oliver

Workshops will be held on the weekend of 2/3 November 2013, and further details will be

circulated in due course.

This is an opportunity to extend your skills and improve your personal performance, so

please come along and join a team. However, if you would like to join a team, you are

strongly recommended to participate in the corresponding Workshop for your benefit and

that of the Producer.

North East Teams

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2013 Summer Dance Exercise Classes

Tuesdays, 7.30pm-9pm St Thomas’ Church Hall, North Road

Darlington DL1 2PU

Date Teacher

9th July - Catherine Gilsenan

16th July - Ivy Purdham

23rd July - Maureen Hankey

30th July - Margaret Marston

6th August - Carole Johnson

13th August - Faye Doorbar

20th August - Nicola Pilmoor

27th August - Jackie Oliver

Have Fun, Meet Friends, Keep Fit !!!

We’d love to see you at any or all of the sessions

Entry £3.50 Raffle - 50p

(Proceeds of which will be divided between

our three charities for this year )

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SUMMER WORKOUTS

KFA Moves Middlesbrough will be holding their Summer Workouts every Wednesday evening

starting on 17th July for 8 weeks until 4th September, from 7.30 – 9pm, at St.Mary’s Church

Hall, Green Lane, Acklam. Admission will be £3 for KFA Members and £3.50 for non-members.

This includes refreshments.

Each class will be taken by a different Teacher, so there will be a good variety of exercise and

dance.

PRESIDENT’S “PANORAMA” THANK-YOU

We will also be hosting an Afternoon Tea on Saturday 7th

September at St. Margaret’s Church Hall, Brookfield,

Middlesbrough from 2 – 4pm.

This is open to all KFA Members and Teachers involved in past

Panoramas. Tickets are priced at only £1 each, available from your Class Reps and Teachers.

Middlesbrough

Stockton KFA Charity Dance Rally

Take part in a dance session and have fun while supporting a

really worthwhile local charity Led by Ivy Purdham

7pm, Friday 26th July

United Reformed Church Alma St, Stockton on Tees

£5 including free raffle

All proceeds to the charity - A Way Out

For further details contact Ivy 07931 250156 Ivy.purdham@btopenworld.com

Stockton

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National Festival of Exercise Movement & Dance 2014 - “Move to the Rhythm!”

5th July 2014 - Put the date in your diary! Venue – Birmingham Symphony Hall

National Festival

The KFA National Festival will be held in Birmingham at the Symphony Hall on Saturday 5th

July 2014, so please put the date in your diaries now. We really do need to fill all of the seats

for the one afternoon performance so hopefully we can organise a NE trip.

The Hall is situated in the Canal district of Birmingham, with hotels, shops and cafes/bars all

around it so it will make a perfect weekend setting.

Performance is on a stage, which is a good size and the hall itself is magnificent. The show

theme is ‘Move to the Rhythm’, so it is hoped that it will be a programme of varying music

rhythms and item types. This is a KFA show - however it will also include some guest items.

We are currently asking for producers to come forward to train our two potential regional teams

plus the chance for a Youth Moves entry also. A letter and information has gone to all

teachers/trainers. Nominations need to go to Lynne Casey, who is Show Producer, by 16th

August. We then need you twinkle-toed performers to take to the stage. Details later on how to

put your name forward to perform.

Cober Hill Recreative Weekend – Scarborough Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September 2013

Teachers: Jean Brown (Scarborough), Nicola Pilmoor, Myra Burton & Lynne Casey

Saturday Evening Fun Theme – “Musicals” (Get together with your friends and entertain us!)

Contact Marilyn for more details and to book your place - if you haven’t already!

Janet Ridsdale, KFA Marketing Director, and Jo Finnegan,

Yorkshire Member Liaison Officer, sporting “Wow” t-shirts that

were launched at the Championships in February.

Lots of different colours and sizes.

Cost £12.50 (incl. postage).

There is now an order form on the KFA website (www.keep-fit.org) (or see your Branch Reps)

£145 only

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2013 / 2014

KFA North East Emerald Anniversary Ladies Day (Ramside Hall, Durham)

30th June 2013

Concordat (East & West Midlands) (Nottingham)

20th/21st July 2013

Cober Hill Recreative Weekend – Scarborough:

(Hosted by KFA North East)

Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September 2013

KFA National AGM (Southern Counties)

5th October 2013

Youth Moves—Extravaganza

17th November 2013

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

17th May 2014

KFA National Festival (Birmingham Symphony Hall)

5th July 2014

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

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