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

U3A Country Dance. 3.45 - 4.45 pm, 1st and 3rd Monday of the month; (stopped for the summer; restarts in September) Church Hall, next to Brook St car park, St Neots. Call Patti on 01234 376278 for details. Click here for the website.

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.

Sarah White's Jive Nights (Modern Jive). The Conservative Club, 19 Bedford Rd, Sandy,  Beds SG19 1EL. Beginners Class 8.00 - 8.30, Cool 'n' Confident 9.00 - 9.30, Freestyle 9.30 - 11.00. Men or Women, no partner needed. Click here for the 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.

AJs Dance Academy Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 4 - 9pm. Methodist Church Hall, Berkley St, Eynesbury. Call Amanda Coulthurst 07976 270381 for more details or click here for the website.

Preschool Melody Movement Classes for ages 2 to 4 years. Jill Bridger School of Dance.  9.40 - 10.50 am at Eatons Community Centre, The Maltings, Eaton Socon, PE19 8ES.  Ring Karen Dear on 469711 for details or visit www.danceschool.biz 

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. Moved to Huntingon. 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.

AJs Dance Academy Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 4 - 9.15 pm. Methodist Church Hall, Berkley St, Eynesbury. Call Amanda Coulthurst 07976 270381 for more details or click here for the website.

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.

U3A Line Dancing. 10 - 12 am, 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month; Church Hall, next to Brook St car park, St Neots. Click here for the website.

Thursday:

AJs Dance Academy Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 4.30 - 8pm. Methodist Church Hall, Berkley St, Eynesbury. Call Amanda Coulthurst 07976 273081 for more details or click here for the website.

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:

AJs Dance Academy Ballet, Tap & Jazz classes. 9 - 10.45am. Methodist Church Hall, Berkley St, Eynesbury. Call Amanda Coulthurst 07976 270381 for more details or click here for the website.

Sunday:

Sarah White's Blues Nights (Modern Jive, Blues style). Buckden Village Hall (The Millennium Centre), Burberry Road, Buckden, Cambs, PE19 5UY. Beginners Class 8.00 - 8.30, Advanced Class 9.00 - 9.30, Freestyle 9.30 - 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:

Barn Dance. The Heartsease Band, Saturday 13th March in the Priory Centre, £8, call Patti on 01234 376278 for details and tickets.

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

28th St Neots Folk Festival. 11th -13th 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 different styles of 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. Blues Style uses slower music including Blues, Latin, Tango, Swing and others and concentrates on interpreting the music.

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.

This page is sponsored by Polaris Instruments Ltd for no particular reason except that we like dancing.... If you know of things we missed, and we are sure there must be some, please send us an email with the details, but for things within 5 miles of St Neots only please. This update 5th June 2010.