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32 Fawconer Road
Kingsclere
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 5RN
LyndenDance@aol.com
June Newsletter
Dancing with the Stars of Strictly
mention to 5 year old Amy Walke for her first
medal Test; she came away with Highly
Commended for her Bronze Medal modern solo
and Distinction for her Bronze medal Lyrical
solo.
It was Distinctions all round for our Teams and
Squads; Junior Team – Bronze Medal Song &
Dance, Junior Squad – Bronze Star Modern
Jazz, Senior Team – Bronze Medal Modern Jazz
and Elite Squad – Gold Star Modern Jazz.
45 of our dancers aged 7 -16 performed with
Pasha Kovalev and Katya Virshilas on 28th April,
at the Anvil. The children had a great time
meeting the stars and getting their T-shirts
autographed by them. It was a thoroughly
entertaining show and our dancers gave a
fantastic performance to a packed audience.
Pasha and Katya weren’t bad either! We are
keeping our fingers crossed that we may be
invited to perform with them again next year.
Medal Test
We had another successful Medal Test on 31 st
May at Basingstoke Sports Centre. Special
The Lynden School of Dance Ltd
www.Lyndendance.co.uk
07717 803080
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32 Fawconer Road
Kingsclere
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 5RN
LyndenDance@aol.com
June Newsletter
Danceforce – 22nd & 23rd June
The Anvil, Basingstoke
Not long now! Photo shoot done, sound
recording done, routines finished, over 300
costumes ordered, it’s now just a race against
time to get everything polished and put all of
the final preparations into place.
lucky I am to have such a rewarding job.
A huge thank you to all of the parents of the
dancer’s in the show, your time, support and
co-operation in the months leading up to the
show has been immense, I sincerely hope that
when you finally get to watch the show, you will
feel that all of your effort was worthwhile too.
The show is really taking shape now and it’s
looking fantastic! Staging Danceforce takes an
incredible amount of hard work and
commitment, but the end result is always so
well worth it! Seeing the children have so much
fun and watching their confidence grow with
every performance always reminds me how
Please encourage your family and friends to
come and watch the show and don’t forget that
we are especially encouraging our dancers to
invite their friend to Sunday matinee
performance, after which they can meet with
them in the upper café, for lots of fun and
photos. Please remember to let us know by
email: LyndenDance@aol.com the names of any
dancer’s friends who are coming so that we can
add them to the guest list and make sure they
have a goody bag to take home.
The Lynden School of Dance Ltd
www.Lyndendance.co.uk
07717 803080
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Berkshire
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June Newsletter
dates available. Other dancers may also be
included. Further information will follow soon.
Musical Theatre Summer Workshops
We are running 3 musical theatre workshops
during the summer holidays: ‘Robin and The
Sherwood Hoodies’ 5th – 9th August at The
Fieldgate Centre, Kingsclere and 12th- 16th at
Basingstoke Sports Centre and ‘Splash’ 19th –
23rd August at Chineham Village Hall.
Also, after the Saturday evening performance
there will be a get together in the upper café
for former Lyndonians. If you are in touch with
any of our former students, please invite them
to come along to the performance and meet
their old friends after the show. We are
planning to have lots of old photos to reminisce
over too. It will be lovely to catch up with
everyone! Again, please let us know who is
coming so that we can add them to the guest
list.
All of the information regarding the
arrangements for Danceforce has been emailed
to every dancer but you will also find a copy of
everything on the Danceforce tab on our
website and also on our Facebook page. We can
only display the latest information on the notice
board at The Sports Centre; to display it all
would mean covering almost every square inch
of the second floor…I don’t think Mr Starbuck
would approve! To make things a little easier, I
have included a check list for the most
important things to remember.
We look forward to a spectacular show!
Special Events
Lynden dancers will be performing at
Basingstoke Sports Centre on Saturday 6th July,
7pm and also at Wolverton Fete on Sunday 7th
July. Teams and Squads please keep these
These 5 day workshops are open to all children
aged 5-14 years. The week is packed with
activities; singing, dancing, drama, themed
crafts, creating scenery and props all
culminating in a grand performance on the last
day for family and friends.
“Join us in
the depths of
Sherwood
Forest for a
brand new
musical
comedy as
we reveal
the hilarious
truth behind
the legend of
Robin Hood!
Follow our
hapless hero
and his
Merry Men
on their sidesplitting,
actionpacked
adventure as they try to defeat the evil Sheriff,
rescue Maid Marion and overthrow King John all without laddering their tights! Packed with
crazy characters, show-stopping songs and
loads of laughs, this tale of tights, fights and
footlights is sure to be a smash hit!”
Don't miss the boat! Craig Hawes, the writer of
ZOOM!, invites you to take the trip of a lifetime
with “SPLASH!” - a great new musical comedy
The Lynden School of Dance Ltd
www.Lyndendance.co.uk
07717 803080
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Kingsclere
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 5RN
LyndenDance@aol.com
June Newsletter
version of Noah's Ark - told from the animals'
point of view! Preston Parrot is on a mission to
save his animal friends from the greatest flood
in history. But when no one believes his news,
he resorts to
a little
deception
and arranges
a luxury
cruise on
board “The
Ark!” Aboard,
you'll find a
crew of
colourful
comic
characters,
including
ballroom
dancing
giraffes,
loopy
lemmings, a
band of
brutal pirate rats and a love-sick French cat!
The journey is overflowing with surprises - a
rock and roll party, a kidnap, a storm and a
rescue are just some of the twists and turns
that make this show an adventure you'll never
forget!
theatre. Well done Katie, We are so proud of
you!
Dancers Starting School in September
Lots of our Tiny Tots will be starting school in
September. We wish them well and hope they
are happy and settle in quickly. We will be
contacting all of our school starters very soon
to let them which would be the most suitable
after school dance class to join in September.
If for any reason you don’t hear from us please
speak to Debbie or Charlotte.
You can enrol for the musical theatre workshop
online via our web site:
www.LyndenDance.co.uk (Click on the
Stageforce tab)
Congratulations to Katie McGregor-Moore!
Katie successfully auditioned for Leicester
College of Performing Arts and was awarded a
full scholarship for a 3 year Musical Theatre
course. She will be starting the College in
September. Katie will be making her final
performance with Lynden at Danceforce 2013.
Katie has been a loyal, hardworking and very
popular student and we will all miss her very
much. We wish her all the very best for a long
and successful career in dance and musical
Debbie Palmer
Principal
The Lynden School of Dance Ltd
www.Lyndendance.co.uk
07717 803080
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