About
Strictly Social Pinder Dances are friendly and fun. During the evening there's a mix of ballroom, Latin and sequence dances to good contemporary dance music. While most of the dancers are from the local area of Bucks and Berks, some people travel from farther afield to join us!
All ages and abilities are welcome. Everyone was a beginner once, and we're still learning and practising new routines, so nobody should feel self-conscious. We dance for fun, exercise and friendship -- it's all Strictly Social! Tea, coffee, cake and biscuits are served during the break, but you're welcome to bring your own drinks and nibbles too. We also hold a raffle for charity every month. |
Background
There have been monthly social dances at Pinder Hall since April 1987. Originally called Cookham Dance Club, it was set up by a committee that included Judy Spalding, who went on to form Seasons Dance School. We found out about the social dances when we started having lessons at Seasons about 10 years ago. In recent years, the dances went from strength to strength under the stewardship of Terry Flannery from Strictly Social Dance Club. We've made many friends and honed our dancing skills at Pinder, so when we heard that Terry was moving to Devon, we felt it was important to keep the dances going. Eight of us from one of Terry's classes got together and Strictly Social Pinder Dance was formed.
We've been running the dances at Pinder Hall since September 2018, and we've been overwhelmed by the support and encouragement we've received from everyone. We hope you will continue to enjoy and support Strictly Social Pinder Dances.
We've been running the dances at Pinder Hall since September 2018, and we've been overwhelmed by the support and encouragement we've received from everyone. We hope you will continue to enjoy and support Strictly Social Pinder Dances.
The Pinder team
Four couples took on the responsibility for running Strictly Social Pinder Dances, with offers of help from many others. We are: Sandra & Tony, Ruth & Andrew, Lesley & Mike, and Natalie & Steve. Annunciata & Nigel volunteered to keep the raffles going, so if you have a favourite charity you'd like us to support, then please let them know. Thank you to everyone who has bought raffle tickets and donated prizes. |
Dance Lessons
If you are interested in having dance lessons, we can recommend our new teacher Zoey Jacobs. Zoey took over the Strictly Social Dance Club classes from Terry in September 2018 and teaches locally on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at St Paul's Church, Wooburn Town. Zoey is a very experienced dancer and teacher, but she's happy teaching at all levels (which is great for us!). Her classes are good fun but we've learnt a lot too.
You can find out more on her website: Zoey Jacobs
You can find out more on her website: Zoey Jacobs