BALLROOM DANCE CALENDAR
THE CALENDAR
The calendar will help you find Ballroom Dances and Dance Clubs, in the Thames Valley, Berkshire and surrounding areas. You may be looking for an evening out or you have just retired and you're looking for an afternoon Tea Dance. You may have been learning to dance at your local dancing school and you need somewhere to put that waltz, quickstep, foxtrot and other dances, into practice. Go back through those musical doors of time and enjoy a more pleasant way of keeping fit and healthy. To open the Calendar click on the link below, at 'Opening The Calendar', or read on for help in using the Calendar.
These are social dances, don't be reticent about going to them. They are not 'over the top', demonstrative, 'Strictly Come Dancing', competitive exhibitions; they are social ballroom dances for everyone, where people are friendly and you will be made welcome.
HOW TO USE THE CALENDAR
Clubs and Venues
Find the cell of the calendar representing the day or evening upon which you wish to go dancing. If there are characters or symbols in that cell then there is a dance, or are dances to be held on that day or evening. Make a mental note of those characters or symbols, then go to the 'Club Venues' section at the lower portion of the calendar; to determine the club names, venue locations and club contacts.
Facilities
At the right hand side of the Venue line for the club of interest there may be an upper case letter; indicating the facilities available for that venue, such as 'B' denoting a Bar, or 'D' advising of the need for you to take your own drinks. There is a legend at the bottom of the calendar for interpreting these 'Facility Indicators'.
Additional Information
For further information on a particular club or venue, speak with the the relevant 'Confirmation Contact', listed at the end of the row for that club/dance of interest.
OPENING THE CALENDAR
To open the latest version of the Ballroom Dance Calendar Click here , to return to this Web page from the calendar, without going via your browser, click onto the file menu, usually at the top left corner of your PDF Reader Program in use, then select 'close tab' from the displayed 'drop-down menu'.
You will need a .pdf file reader program, such as 'Foxit Reader' or 'Adobe Acrobat Reader', installed into your computer system to open the dance calendar file. Most people already have 'Adobe Acrobat Reader' as part of their internet viewing tools/aids.
To download the 'Foxit Reader' program Click here or to download 'Adobe Acrobat Reader' Click here.
REVISIONS
The Calendar is revised to accommodate additions, deletions and dance date changes, to reflect information received from club organisers. These Calendar revisions are indicted by 'Issue No, Amendment No' and 'Date of Change', at the top row of the Calendar. Each year restarts at Issue 1. For inclusion, amendment or deletion of your Ballroom Dance Club or Dances, to or from this calendar, e-mail your details to Click here.
PRINTING
You should be able to print the 'Ballroom Dance Calendar' onto one A4 sheet of paper, which can be secured to the side of your fridge/freezer with small magnets or when folded into three, can be easily slipped into your wallet, inside pocket, or handbag; for ready reference. Please pass copies to your friends and club members.
BOOKMARK
To view the Dance Calendar Web Site again you will need to do one of the following: (a) type the whole address, (http://www.dancecalendar.co.uk), into the top bar of your 'Browser' program, (b) click on the 'link' from your 'E-Mail' containing the link, (c) click on the link from the .pdf calendar file, or (d), the simplest method; 'Bookmark' this page now, whilst it is open, into your list of 'Browser' bookmarks, for future reference.
HISTORY
This 'Ballroom Dance Calendar' was conceived and compiled in 1992 for personal use; to keep track of when and where the various dances were to be held. Free copies were later distributed to attendees of the various dances, so that others could also make use of it. In addition, hard copies were posted to club organisers so that they could distribute free copies to their members. Thus providing very low cost mutual advertising, for all clubs, by all clubs, aiding survival of the clubs and the social past time of ballroom dancing.
Since August of 2002, in addition to the free hard copy handouts and posted copies, the calendar was also circulated to dancers and club organisers by 'e-mail'. This provided a quicker, cheaper method of distribution and enabled organisers to make cheap convenient hard copy handouts from their home computers. It also gave dancers the opportunity of forwarding copies to other dancers on their electronic mailing lists.
Early in December of 2006 this 'dancecalendar' web site was launched; as a means of spreading awareness of the clubs and dances beyond the established dancing community.
LINKS TO OTHER DANCE RELATED WEB SITES
The following dance related Web sites may be of interest.
Tango Nirvana Click here
123dance Click here.
DISCLAIMER
To avoid disappointment, check with the relevant 'Confirmation Contact' that the event is still to be held, before travelling. The compiler of this calendar and web page shall not be responsible for personal, financial, or time losses by: attendees, prospective attendees, club representatives or venue owners.
Image and Sound Sources:
Dancers: http://www.loti.com ,
The Forward Walk from 'Teach Yorself Modern (Ballroom) Dancing,
Freezes: http://www.iconbazaar.com ,
Animated ball: http://www.iconbazaar.com and
Music: http://members.tripod.com .
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