Index to Dancing in St Neots, Cambridgeshire

This is a summary of what dancing is available just in or near to St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Unless otherwise stated, all phone numbers start 01480-......

Monday:  

St Neots Scottish Country Dance Club. Eynesbury C of E Primary School, St Mary's St. 7.30 - 9.30pm during school terms, Beginners welcome, Men or Women, any age, no partner needed. Call Barbara on 473560, Eileen on 213884 or click here for the SNSCDC website. Click here to see what this type of dance is like.

Silver Boots Line Dance Club. Beginners 7.15-8.15pm; all levels 8.15-10.15pm. Call Sylvie World  on 353970 for further details.

L.A. Dance Club. Ballroom, Latin Ballroom. 8 - 9 pm; The Priory Centre, upstairs, for details call Lynne Armsbury on 839066

Tuesday:

Ceroc (Modern Jive). The Priory Centre, main hall, 7.45 - 10.45. Beginners welcome, Men or Women, any age, no partner needed. Click here for the Ceroc website.  Click here to see what this type of dance is like.

Modern sequence dancing. Dorothy Dancing Club, Jubilee Hall, School Lane, Eaton Socon. 8 -10.30pm. Call 213770 for further details.

Ballroom Dancing workshop for experienced dancers. The Priory Centre, upstairs, 8.30-9.30pm. Call John Davis on 392347 for details.

Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 4 - 9pm. Berkley St Church Hall. Call Miss A J Coulthurst 07976 273081 for more details.

Wednesday:

Scottish Highland Dance. St Neots Church Rooms.  4 - 6.30pm.  Beginners welcome. Call Kathy on 01954-232357 for further details. Click here to see what this type of dance is like.

Salsa. Cuban Style. Pagoda Club (above the Hong Kong restaurant), Market Square. 7.30-8.30 absolute beginners & beginners class, 8.30-9.30 intermediate & advanced class, music and dancing afterwards until 10.30. Further details e-mail salsadance@hotmail.co.uk, or call Edgar 07894640163 

Paxton Polka Dots. Folk Dancing for Children. Little Paxton School.  3.20 - 4.30pm. Call Di Rockett on 01234 376033 for further details.

Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 4 - 9.15 pm. Berkley St Church Hall. Call Miss A J Coulthurst 07976 273081 for more details.

L.A. Dance Club. Street Dance, Rock & Roll, Ballroom, Latin Ballroom. Ages 3 to adults. 4.15 - 9 pm; Jubilee Hall, School Lane, Eaton Socon. For details call Lynne Armsbury on 839066.

Thursday:

Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 4.30 - 8pm. Berkley St Church Hall. Call Miss A J Coulthurst 07976 273081 for more details.

Heartsease (Ladies English Folk Dance).  Ernulf School Gym, during school terms, call Patti on 01234 376278 for details.

L.A. Dance Club. Street Dance, Rock & Roll, Ballroom, Latin Ballroom. 6 - 10 pm; Jubilee Hall, School Lane, Eaton Socon. For details call Lynne Armsbury on 839066

S J School of Dance. Junior jazz (ages 3-6) 3.45pm,  Intermediate Street / Hip Hop (ages 6-10) Boys and Girls class 4.15pm, Intermediate Street & American Jazz 5.15pm, All level street Tap 6.15pm, Senior Street / Hiphop 6.45pm, Modern (beginners / intermediate) 8pm; Duloe Hall, Duloe, St Neots. For details call Sara Johnson on 07854857648

Friday:

St Neots Sentinels (Majorettes). 6 - 9pm Bushmead Junior School, Eaton Socon. Call Anne Steel 399940 for details.

Irish Dancing. 4.30 - 5.30pm for children from 5 years and upward. Eaton Socon Scout Hall, Eaton Ford Green. Call Stephen Masterson 469230 for details.

Saturday:

Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 9 - 10.45am. Methodist Church Hall, Berkley St, Eynesbury . Call Amanda Coulthurst 07976 273081 for more details.

Sunday:

Sarah White's Jive Nights (Modern Jive). Buckden Village Hall (The Millennium Centre), Burberry Road, Buckden, Cambs, PE19 5UY. Beginners Class 7.30 - 8.15, Cool 'n' Confident 8.30 - 9.00, Freestyle 9.00 - 11.00. Men or Women, no partner needed. Click here for the website. Click here to see what this type of dance is like.

S J School of Dance. Performance Class 6.30pm, Competition Class 7.30pm; Duloe Hall, Duloe, St Neots. For details call Sara Johnson on 07854857648

Langdale Academy Junior Street 9 - 9.55 am Ballet 11 am - 12.55 pm Street 5 - 5.55 pm Bushmead Primary School. For details call 394047. Click Here for the website. 

Other:

Sweeps & Milkmaids (English Folk Dance). By arrangement, not every week, call Patti on 01234 376278 for details.

St Neots Folk Festival. Usually each May, but in 2009 in the first week of June.  Ceilidh, dance demonstrations, music workshops. Call Patti on 01234 376278 for further details or click here for the website.

Note that Ernulf School is also known as St Neots Community College.

Differences: I've been asked to clarify the differences between some of these similar dances.

Scottish: Highland dancing is essentially for individuals, competitive, in costume and yes, uses swords. Scottish Country is for couples and is a more formal version of "Barn Dancing".

Salsa: There are several variations, Cuban and Los Angeles styles being most common. LA tends to be danced in a straight line where Cuban introduces more rotation of the couple. They are largely interchangeable and if each of a couple have different styles, there should be no problem provided the leader (usually the man) gives a firm and clear lead.

Ceroc & Modern Jive: These are very similar and to a large extent interchangeable as with Salsa. The more advanced dancers tend to concentrate on more complex moves in Ceroc whereas Modern Jive emphasis is on style, interpreting the music and connection with your partner. Consequently Modern Jive tends to have a broader range of music and the dancing is less complex but more expressive.

Jive: Modern Jive and Ballroom Jive have some similarities but are quite different. Ballroom Jive is much more formal and stylised. Modern Jive is more relaxed, is danced closer together and has variations such as dancing to Blues music.

And finally:

for all this you need the right clothes and shoes for which you can go to Kelly Marie's at Unit 2 Fishers Yard (next door to Sugar Daddy's), Market Square, phone 477212 or click here for her website.

More local links on www.huntspost24.co.uk 

This page is sponsored by Polaris Instruments Ltd for no particular reason except that we like dancing.... If you know of the things we missed, and we know there are some, please send us an email with the details, but for things within 5 miles of St Neots only please. This update 2nd July 2009.