I am pleased to report that all our allocated rooms have now been sold and that I have commenced a waiting list just in case I get a cancellation. Looking forward to meeting old & new dancers to our very happy weekend. Fred

November 25th - 28th, I still have just 3 double or twin rooms available for our Popular Sequence dance weekend to the music of David Ingley. Half board & dancing each evening - £207 each. Contact me soonest if interested. Fred

Whilst at the Kensington Hotel last week I was able to negotiate for a couple more rooms so, if you are interested in joining us, please let me know as soon as possible. There will be the usual mix of popular old-time and sequence dances plus lots of fun and laughter. Await hearing from you - Fred

Bookings for our weekend at the Kensington Hotel in Llandudno, 25th - 28th November this year, are very good so far so, if you are interested, make sure you let Fred know so that a room can be allocated for you. £207 per person half board plus afternoon tea and wine before dinner. 3 evenings dancing popular old-time and modern sequence dances to the music of David Ingley. Morning sessions if weather inclement. Look forward to seeing lots of regulars and some new faces this year - Happy Dancing - Fred

I am pleased to report that bookings for our Turkey & Tinsel holiday at the Kensington Hotel, Llandudno from 26th - 29th November 2021, dancing to the music of David Ingley, are coming in very well but due to a few cancellations due to illness and other reasons we still do have a few rooms available. The cost is only £188 per person sharing (we do still have a couple of singles without supplement). Please contact me for full details. Fred

Please check the holidays list as the June Bournemouth ENOTDS holiday has had to be rearranged for early November and the September Whalley holiday has had to be cancelled. It is pleasing to see that dancing is going to restart in the Summer with Old-time at Glenfield and it will be fantastic to see all your happy dancing faces again - Fred

Due to the Covid pandemic and the fact that most of our dancers are in the 'over 70' group and are not likely to have had their 2 vaccinations this side of the summer I am afraid that the Bournemouth holiday for March and the ENOTDS holiday in April have both had to be cancelled. We are arranging alternative dates and will put them on this site as soon as they are confirmed - Fred

No good news I am afraid as far as the dancing goes! Still hope to be able to dance in Bournemouth in March next year but who knows? Watch this space!!

The next issue of ENOTDS newsletter 'Winter News' will be published by the end of the month and will include details of FREE Christmas Music; 'My Musical Life' by David Ingley; 'My Possible Dream' by Derek Young; as well as our usual articles on holidays, members news and views, etc. If you are not a member of ENOTDS and would like to receive a copy then let me or Membership Secretary, Mike, have your details and subscriptions, just £10 for singles or £14 for couples, with nothing more to pay until January 2021. Members will receive their copies as usual. President Fred. Full details on our web site englishnationaloldtimedancesociety.com.

Keep well & safe and doing those old-time dances in your lounge!! Fred

We have just received the latest update on Covid Guidelines as follows -

Following the latest announcements from the various Governments you are still able to keep your classes running (subject to any extra local restrictions that may come in) albeit in a new way. Some genres are finding it harder to return than others, particularly our partner dance branches. You will note from the last email that we had uploaded an example of “Commercial” to the video section of the website.  We have now added more videos to give you more ideas of how you can maintain partner classes in a new format. Either “Dancing in a box” or ”Dancing in Lanes”. It is a time to really stretch your creative thought processes. The key thing to remember throughout is that partners must be from the same household (or support bubble) and you must make sure not to dance into someone else's vapour trail. Therefore, Social Dances and Practice sessions where you are dancing and progressing around the room should still not be happening. We are aware that some are taking place, and this is putting pressure on you to join in. Tighter restrictions have just been implemented by the Government because people are not sticking to the rules/guidance in all areas of life, if we want to get through this quicker, we all need to be playing our part by adhering to the guidance/rules.

From this you will see that we are not allowed to dance and it puts the holiday in Llandudno at the end of November in doubt. We will make a decision on this with the Hotel early next month - Keep Safe & Well - Fred