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3rd - 5th ~ Early Valentines Weekend, Burlington Hotel
6th - 10th ~ Valentines Midweek Special, Durrant House Hotel
10th - 13th ~ Valentines Ball Weekend, Wessex Hotel
17th - 20th ~ The Great Escape, Carrington House Hotel
20th - 27th ~ Continental Holiday, Santa Cruz, Madeira
24th - 26th ~ Winter Ball Weekend, Tiffanys Hotel
February 3rd - 5th
Early Valentine Weekend
Burlington Hotel, Folkestone
With optional Argentine Tango tuition with Jon & Sarah
Jon Davies and Sarah Cardwell are Argentine Tango South East, and are the only school dedicated to authentic tango in Kent and East Sussex. They are full-time professionals and study regularly in Europe and Buenos Aires, the home of tango, with world-renowned tangueros. They have been dancing and teaching for many years, and have a wealth of experience teaching dancers at all levels. Jon and Sarah have taught on several holidays for ballroom dancers: they understand how to build on ballroom dancers’ existing skills whilst placing emphasis on the fundamental differences between Argentine tango and ballroom techniques. They teach all forms of contemporary Argentine tango and its related dances, and their teaching focuses on the technique, style and feeling of the dance.
3 day 2 night: £149pp
Tuition: Included
Holiday Code: BRWD0302
February 6th - 10th
Valentine Midweek Special
Durrant House Hotel, Bideford
Including Valentines Ball, Tea Dance, and dancing on three nights
For experienced dancers!
A Special break for those who like a little bit more space when dancing, practicing with like minded couples and in general want to dedicate more time to their dancing. Maximum 30 couples on each holiday guaranteeing extra space.
Optional Practice time during the mornings....10.30am - 12.30pm Alternate 2 tracks ballroom, 2 tracks Latin....
Afternoons at leisure....
Evening dancing 6-8pm (Sequence only on request)
A relaxed Dinner served at 8:15pm remainder of evening at leisure
4 day 3 night: £139pp
5 day 4 night: £159pp
Holiday Code: DTMW0602
Other dates for Midweek Breaks for Experienced Dancers:
April 9th - 13th at the Wessex Hotel
October 15th - 19th at the Carrington Hotel
February 10th - 13th
Valentines Ball Weekend
Wessex Hotel Street
With optional Rumba tuition with Cheryl & Chris
Now in its 9th year and held at the Wessex Hotel Street on Feb 10 - 13th The Valentines ball weekend is always a special weekend. Take two or three nights and bring your partner away to this comfortable hotel, recently awarded 3* with refurbished bedrooms and... with a fabulous dance floor, air conditioned and ‘lit’ and ‘dressed’ for the Valentines Candlelight Ball. Book the four poster room... or book a Jacuzzi room (first come, first served) Book a massage... a beauty treatment*.... treat your partner and enjoy some retail therapy across at Clarks village.. or enjoy some Rumba daytime lectures and master classes with Cheryl and Chris (£20).. so much to do on this very unique Valentines Ball Weekend.
3 day 2 night: £135pp
4 day 3 night: £159pp
Tuition: £20pp
Holiday Code: WXWD1002
February 17th - 20th
The Great Escape
Carrington House Hotel, Bournemouth
With optional Ballroom Tuition and Cabaret with Ryan and Olesia
A complete weekend learning the stationary amalgamation choices you have for Waltz, Tango, Quickstep and Foxtrot for the moment which happens to every couple on the dance floor… someone crosses in front of you! Your instructors for the weekend, Ryan & Olesia, will take you step by step through a series of options/amalgamations to explicate this perpetual dilemma that faces every dancer at every dance… A Fabulous Spring Elegance Ball weekend and a must for every Social Dancer.
3 day 2 night: £143pp
4 day 3 night: £175pp
Tuition: £20pp
Holiday Code: CRWD1702
February 20th - 27th
Continental Holiday
Hotel Vila Gale, Santa Cruz, Madeira
The 4-star Hotel Vila Gale Santa Cruz is an elegant recently built hotel with an attractive wooden floored ballroom. Its public areas have been designed to admit as much natural light as possible and its bedrooms feature chic state-of-the-art fittings, such as LCD Tvs and CD & DVD players.
Located in an attractive sea front position within the delightfully characteristic fishing village of Santa Cruz, great care has been taken in the design of the hotel to integrate it harmoniously with the surrounding traditional architecture. Apart from its design, the quality of its rooms and its ballroom, the hotels most memorable features are its large seaward facing pool area and its spacious sofa strewn lobby.
Santa Cruz meanwhile is an enchantingly natural and typically Madeiran costal village, the heart of which lies only a few minutes’ stroll from the hotel door. Its main square comprises an endearing church, a small but picturesque park featuring local subtropical plants, a couple of bars and a historic council building. Quaint cobbled streets lead off this square to a variety of shops, bars, and small restaurants. Beyond lies a fish market, an attractive sea front park, a promenade, and a wonderful view across the water to the neighboring Deserted Isles.
The Island’s small single runway airport lies only a short drive away. On weekdays a complimentary pre-bookable shuttle service connects the hotel with the heart of Funchal, Madeira’s fascinating capital, several times a day.
Rooms: 258 elegantly appointed bedrooms with en suite bath, shower and a balcony. All rooms also have telephone, air conditioning/heating, satellite TV with an LCD screen, CD & DVD player, mini-bar, hair dryer & safe (extra charge).
The Ballroom: The Ericeira Ballroom is currently the only hotel based wooden floored ballroom on the island. Benefiting from a well lit parquet floor of over 400 square meters it is also elegantly decorated and well located in a quiet semi-private area of the hotel.
Other Features: Buffet restaurant with display cooking, a la carte restaurant, pool side snack bar, show bar, lobby bar, outdoor swimming pool, health & beauty spa (extra charges).
Excursion Possibilites
The Festival of the Atlantic: Historic Funchal, Madeira’s capital, occupies a vast natural atmospheric amphitheatre overlooking Madeira’s largest bay, which serves as a splendid setting for one of Europe’s major firework festivals, the Festival of the Atlantic.
Nun’s Valley: One of the most beautiful and scenically dramatic places on the island, Nun’s Valley is surrounded by towering peaks, earning its name from the fact that nuns from Madeira’s Santa Clara Convent once fled here to escape from marauding pirates. Apart from its wonderful views, the valley is also known for its liqueurs and chestnut cake.
Madeira’s Wild West: Whilst most of Madeira’s scenery is dramatic, the west of the island presents its most extreme scenery: the second tallest cliff in the world, Cabo Girao, the vertiginously deep Serra de Agua canyon, the starkly bleak windswept Paul da Serra plateau, and the ocean battered cliffs of Porto Moniz
Santana & the Verdant East: Until a tunnel broke through the central mountain barrier separating Santana from Funchal, life in this lush agricultural region was trapped in a time capsule, and it is here that one can still enjoy traditional Madeiran rural architecture. En route, the village of Camacha offers traditional Madeiran wickerwork, and the ancient laurels forests of central Madeira can be enjoyed at Ribeiro Frio.
8 day 7 night: £549pp*
Extra Week: £299pp*
*if booked before Jan 2012
Holiday Code: CNMD2002
Click here for more information on Hotel Vila Gale, Santa Cruz and for other dates at this location
February 24th - 26th
Winter Ball Weekend
Tiffanys Hotel, Blackpool
3 day 2 night: £139pp
Holiday Code: TFWD2402
