Day four dawned bright and clear, and I went for a delightful walk before breakfast, enjoying the smell of fresh rain on the grass This morning’s warm-up involved lots of passing of beanbags to a partner, and doing grand chains with beanbags rather than hands. Lots of beanbags dropped onto the floor, too! Then we went…

Wow – that’s the third day gone already! It’s amazing; I can feel the week slipping away and it’s hardly even started. So, today we started off with a warm-up which seemed very similar to a Scottish ceilidh dance. It was lovely to see so many English people trying to ceilidh! After that we went…

Day two always starts with auditions.  Every class auditions in front of the other classes, to make the point that an audition should be like a performance.  1210 After a fantastic breakfast, that’s the auditions now over. We started with the Class C girls at 9am, then Class C boys, Class B girls and so…

After months of anticipation I was organised, I had my things sorted out, I was packed and ready to go!   I left home in the most apalling weather. The rain was lashing down, bouncing off the ground. Truly dreadful weather – what has happened to summer? The journey was long but uneventful, with lunch…