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Testimonials

From Sarah and Gary Upton, married 6th August 2011

Hi Mark,
I have been meaning to email you for ages with some photos of our 1st dance on our wedding day.  It all went very well and we were so glad that we decided to have the lessons.  The only potential for disaster was when the DJ (despite asking us which version of the song we wanted beforehand) played a completely different version of the song!! Luckily it didn't matter though and we worked out when to start moving into the middle for the ending so I don't think anyone noticed!!
 
Anyway we just wanted to say a massive thank you for the lessons and teaching us the dances...we so enjoyed them and I am hoping that I can persuade Gary to take up lessons on a more regular basis.
 
Thanks again,
 
Sarah and Gary.

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From Andy and Emma Adams, married 30th May 2009

Hi Mark,
We just wanted to say THANK YOU to you for the dance lessons for our first dance for our wedding which was on Saturday 30th May.

It went really well as following your advice we practiced at the hotel where we were going to dance. There were quite a few surprised guests but lots of cheers afterwards.

Thanks again, We would not hesitate to recommend your services in the future.

Andy and Emma.
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Feedback from the Beginners Dance Break we ran at Alvaston Hall:

The whole break's tuition was excellent.  Well taught and at the right pace for us.
Mr & Mrs Jones

Mark the instructor was very helpful and enjoyed teaching us.
Bob & Shirley Harrop

Really enjoyed the tuition, excellent host!
Mr & Mrs Meredith

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We were contacted by Annie in September 2006 with the following request:
I am interested in hiring a dance instructor who would teach basic dance steps and bring the music and music playing equipment with them so that we could dance for an hour or two after lunch. The style of dance is open, ballroom, Scottish country dancing, or swing.
The majority of people had never danced Ballroom & Latin American before so the aim was to give people the confidence to have a go, get people mixing and keep it light hearted, given the nature of the function.

We received the following email after the event:

Dear Mark,

We are now back in the US and have work to look forward to tomorrow. I just wanted to say thank you for making our UK wedding reception so much fun with your dance instruction.

I thought you sized up my relatives and friends of very mixed dancing abilities effectively and taught us appropriate dances with a great balance of teaching and dancing. I loved your low key but witty, amusing instruction. Even my dad who didn't dance, but got to see how much everyone was enjoying themselves, finally admitted that it was a good idea! It really helped everyone get to know each other and feel part of the event. It was also nice that it wasn't just a static meal eating affair where people don't move much from their seats. Many guests have told us how much they enjoyed it.

Thank you so much

Annie Stockley

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From Rachel And Jonathan Haughton, married 3rd June 2006
We got married in June 2006. It was a fantastic day and even more so as we were prepared for our first dance.

Jonathan and I decided to have some dancing lessons so that we wouldn’t be just swaying on the dance floor. We wanted to look good and also feel good too. We found Mark and Shannah’s website and went along to some of their weekly dance lessons. Firstly to see if it was what we wanted to do and also it ended up being a really good laugh and a brilliant way of doing something together.

We spoke to Mark about having some private lessons to plan a dance around the song we had chosen. Along with the weekly session it was really good as we had an idea of the steps but also how Mark would teach us.

We had 3 lessons, which Mark taught us, a simple dance routine (social foxtrot). Each time we improved and enjoyed how we could dance together without falling over each other’s feet!

On the day, it went like a dream. The dance routine was fool proof, so we could dance and enjoy the moment. We asked other people to join us after a few turns. After the dance, we knew we’d done really well, and what was really impressive was the fact that it wasn’t obvious that we’d had lessons!

I would recommend dance lessons to everyone for their wedding. It took the heat off us, so we wouldn’t feel foolish and also it looked really nice and also more importantly, it felt really nice.

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