Kfa moves north east newsletter winter 2014 2015

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The Mover North East Region

Spring 2013

“Dance is bigger than the

physical body. Think bigger

than that. When you extend

your arm, it doesn't stop at

the end of your fingers,

because you're dancing bigger

than that: you're dancing

spirit. “

~ Judith Jamison ~

In the words Emeli sings, we can

certainly “shout all about” our

wonderful young dancers, who

love expressing themselves

through dance. KFAMoves

celebrates their achievements.

Catherine

Inside this issue: KFA YouthMoves

Extravaganza Review 2

Recreative Weekend 3

North East AGM 3/5

KFA Championships 6

North East Young

Adults Team 7

Branch News 7 /8

Save the Date! 9

Dates for Your Diary 10

Committee Contacts 10

Panorama 6

“Put it in all of the papers…”

Winter 2014/2015 Volume 4, Issue 1

Spectrum Dance rehearse their item “Contrast”

to “Read All About It” by Emeli Sande

Producer – Christine Chapman

(Photo courtesy of Kat Rayner, a member of the group)

“Contrast” has only recently been created by Spectrum

Dance. They wanted to produce a dance piece that

showed both Lyrical and Street Moves, and “Read All

About It” fitted the bill perfectly. Look out for their

fantastic duos and solos!

KFA Youth Moves EXTRAVAGANZA – Review Inside

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Panorama

2014

YOUTH MOVES EXTRAVAGANZA – 17TH NOVEMBER 2014,

PARK VIEW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION THEATRE, CHESTER LE STREET

An amazing show! Our Youth Moves and Young Adults have once again thrilled their audience. The

theatre was buzzing! A good size stage with professional lighting made this a spectacular night!

Linda’s infants danced along to “Let it Go” from Frozen. They were dressed in wonderful

outfits made by the very talented young adult, Zoe Adamson – every dress made to

measure. The children loved being dressed up and feeling special.

Janet was very proud of her girls. Some performed in

one item, others up to 4 items on the night!

Panorama and the Festival team were repeated,

along with 2 new items – a Charleston and a very

lively colourful item Mayhem!

Christine’s Spectrum Dance also pulled out all the

stops with fantastic items including a wonderful

contemporary dance and jazz dance, with some girls

performing in up to 6 items!! Amazing team

performances and personal performances also!

Spectrum Dance raised over £100 to pay for their tops

by selling cakes, and have started working on routines for

the Pulse and gala – Secondary Schools Performance.

Northern Lights certainly got the show on the road when they opened it with their National Festival item

Move. They performed French Connection again, and did bring the house down!! Amy Holden worked

hard behind the scenes getting teams on and off the stage efficiently. Amy Carter, another of our new

teachers, co-produced a guest contemporary item from Park View

School.

We are so proud of our Extravaganza – teachers, performers,

chaperones, volunteers, all worked together as a team and made this

fantastic night happen! We are all looking forward to next year’s

Extravaganza!

New Classes : Janet (7-11yrs, Tuesdays 5-6pm, Park View Community

Association), Christine (11-13yrs, 3.30-4.30pm, Park View School North

Lodge)

JANET BALFOUR

07854140609 [email protected]

NORTH EAST YOUTH MOVES COORDINATOR

Rebecca Wareham, Stephanie Wareham and

Amy They from Spectrum Dance rehearse

“Jazzy Blues” - a Retro, Eccentric, Jazzy, Bluesy

number - to music by Paloma Faith

Caisley Graham and Melissa Pompfrey

of Euphoria Dance

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Volunteer of the Year

Show your appreciation and nominate that hardworking member!

Categories:

Member

Teacher

Committee Member (at Branch/Area or Regional Level)

Whoever receives the award for the Region will then be put forward for the National Award.

Please fill in the sections of the form on the opposite page, after first asking the permission of the person

concerned, and send to Marilyn by 24th February ([email protected]). Please give as much

detail as possible , giving clear examples – this can make a huge difference - and check out the write-ups on

the National Volunteer winners in the latest copy of “Moving Together” to help you when you write the

nominations.

NEKFA Recreative Weekend The Prince of Wales Hotel, Lord Street, Southport

Friday September 11 t h September 2015 – Sunday 13t h September 2015

There are still some places available on the weekend, but please send in your deposit as soon as

possible, together with the slip at the bottom of the form we sent out after Christmas, to Lynne

Casey.

We can also get a 16 or 29-seater minibus, so if you would prefer to travel by coach, please contact

Joan Holmes (tel. 0191 4422184) as soon as possible. Cost to be confirmed.

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MMoovvee aalloonngg …… ttoo oouurr SSpprriinngg WWoorrkkoouuttss!!

Saturday 21st March 2015 The Free School, Gilesgate, Durham DH1 1HN

Teachers: Nicola Pilmoor, Linda Morton, and Janet Balfour

Meet & Greet - 9.30am - 10am

First Session - 10am-10.45am

Second Session - 11am-11.45am

Break (tea/coffee & biscuits provided) – 11.45am - 12.15pm

Third Session 12.20pm – 1.05pm

AGM - 1.30pm-2.30pm

Displays - 2.30pm - 3.15pm

Afternoon Tea (provided) – 3.15pm

&

Tickets (will soon be available from your Branch Reps):

All Day Ticket (including Afternoon Tea) £8

Teachers Afternoon Session* (including Afternoon Tea) £4

* (For teachers attending morning training)

Afternoon Tea

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Rehearsals are well under way by North East entrants, and it promises to be a great

event. Please go along to Nottingham to support our girls if you can.

Applications for spectator tickets are not out yet, but will be shortly.

Regarding travel and accommodation, if you are planning on attending the

Championships, please be aware that there are two other big championship events

happening at the same time in the town, so you will need to book accommodation

early. It may be a case of booking at the Travelodge or Holiday Inn, or wherever

you can find rooms.

If you would like to travel by coach on the morning of Friday 8th May, returning on

the evening of Sunday 10th May, contact Joan Holmes (tel. 0191 4422184) as soon

as possible. Joan has secured a 49-seater (cost £30 pp, but less if we fill it).

A PANORAMA OF MOVEMENT AND DANCE

DOLPHIN CENTRE, DARLINGTON

Saturday 16th May 2015

Tickets: £10 (Adults) £5 (Children)

First performance 2pm – Second performance 5.30pm

For more information and tickets (available shortly)

contact your Branch Rep

or Marilyn Laverick

tel. 0191 3888125 Email: [email protected]

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North East

Young Adults Team

with Nicola Pilmoor Nicola is looking for enthusiastic young dancers aged between 16 years and 24 years to join her team to work

towards performing a dynamic item at our annual regional festival show Panorama of Movement and Dance at

the Dolphin Centre, Darlington on Saturday 16th May. This is a fabulous opportunity to extend your skills and

improve your personal performance, and participants are welcome from all over the North East Region.

There will be two free sessions where you can come and see what it is all about:

Dates – 29th January 2015 and 5th February 2015

Time – 7pm-8.30pm

Venue – The Durham Free School, Bradford Crescent, Gilesgate, Durham DH1 1HN

Nicola’s contact details are: Tel. 07890242055 / [email protected]

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WHIST is Women's Health in South Tyneside

In 2014 South Tyneside Keep Fit Association collected for WHIST the sum of £1,000 which will be donated to the charity at ST KFA annual dinner at the Sea Hotel, South Shields on Friday 16th January 2015. Thank you to all South Tyneside members for collecting this fantastic amount for a local charity which does marvellous work for the women of South Tyneside.

What is WHIST ? WHIST is a local charity in South Tyneside supporting women’s physical and mental health acknowledging the fact that physical and emotional health impact on each other. WHIST also place importance on working with women who are well in order to help them stay that way. WHIST believe that services should be available to all women regardless of age, ethnic background, disability, sexual orientation or financial considerations WHIST as a vital service that saves lives through counselling, support groups and courses In 2014 WHIST counselling service has supported almost 100 women through issues such as domestic abuse, bereavement and depression In 2014 WHIST have offered 66 courses supporting women’s mental health and building their confidence.

http://www.whist.org.uk/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/pages/WHiST-Womens-Health-in-South-Tyneside/152309118179221

South Tyneside

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Happy New Year to all our friends in the North East KFA!

We have been very busy over the last few months,

beginning with our Pink Night for Breast Cancer Research,

raising £260. Well done, ladies! And it was FUN!

A coffee evening was held at St Gabriel’s Church, and we

raised £245 for City Dance fees etc., and the remainder

£245 will go to Relapsing Polychondritis

Two theatre visits for The Lion King and Beauty and the

Beast, and then we had our AGM in November with a

super workout with Nicola Pilmoor - although attendance could have

been a little better.

Christmas Tea at Beamish Hall and class night out completed 2014

for us.

Brenda Hall

acebook: h ps: www.facebook.com kfamoves.sunderland

Twitter: @kfa sland

acebook: h ps: www.facebook.com kfamoves.sunderland

Twitter: @kfa sland

AGM 2014 - At her retirement as Secretary

of KFAMoves Darlington, a position she has

held for seventeen years, Maureen Sidwell

was presented by President (Margaret

Howe) and Chairman (Heather Towers), on

behalf of the Committee and members,

with a bouquet of flowers and a gift

voucher in recognition of her loyal service.

Of course, Maureen will still remain a much

valued member of the Committee.

Darlington

Christmas Ceilidh Everyone was on the floor at

our annual Christmas Ceilidh!

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

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Performance Event Fundraising

Workout, (Gilesgate), Saturday 25th July

(pm)

(Hopefully we will have a Fitsteps Session,

but not confirmed yet)

Teacher/Publicity Forum (Gilesgate)

Saturday 6th June (pm)

Among the themes:

Training updates

Facebook Help

Q&A

Ladies Day

Sunday 18th October

Concordat

(Training Weekend) (Wakefield)

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July 2015

Further details to follow

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)

Also search for the EMDP pages/groups:

Exercise Move Dance page: www.facebook.com/exercisemovementanddance

EMD Academy page: www.facebook.com/teachEMD

Also look for the EMD Community group, and the EMD Trainers group

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President / Member

Liaison (RMLO)

Ann Bayley

Tel: 01642 815562

Email: [email protected]

Equity

Sylvia Hocking

Tel: 01207 520580


Membership

Judith Cossavella

Tel: 01642 535307


Chair

Lynne Casey

Tel: 0191 5202422


Treasurer

Nicola Pilmoor

Tel: 07890242055


Events

Christine Chapman

Tel: 0191 3884205

Email:

[email protected]

Youth Moves

Janet Balfour

Tel: 0191 3890544


Secretary

Marilyn Laverick

Tel: 0191 3888125


Minutes Secretary

Carol Yeomans

Tel: 01207 232780

Email:

[email protected]

Publicity

Catherine Gilsenan

Tel: 01325 332572

Email:

[email protected]

Training

Faye Doorbar

Tel: 01748 449191


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 Teacher/Publicity Forum (Durham)

Saturday 6th June 2015 (pm)

KFA Moves Concordat (Wakefield)

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July 2015

KFA Moves North East Region Event Fundraising Workout (Durham)

Saturday 25th July 2015 (pm)

KFA Moves North East Region Recreative Weekend (Southport)

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September 2015

KFA Moves North East Region Ladies Day

Sunday 18th October 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: [email protected]

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