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Paignton Weekends

 
We have organised many enormously successful, and enjoyable Line Dancing Weekends at Paignton in Devon. We take over the whole hotel (over 130 people) three times a year, and have a great time, eating drinking and dancing.

 

 


The hotel has a great indoor swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna. It is extremely comfortable, and the food is great. A good number of people like to make their own way by car, but for those who do not wish to travel independentlynwe hire a coach. The weekends include 2 nights dinner, bed and full English breakfast, ending with Sunday Lunch.
 
We have our first dance in the beautiful ballroom Friday night, after dinner until Midnight! Saturday morning we do some more dancing, which is optional for those who prefer to go shopping in Torquay which is five minutes away. And of course there is always the option to have have a swim and sauna. There is more dancing on Saturday night after dinner until late - and this is when we take the chance to dress up! Sunday morning, we dance AGAIN until lunchtime, or some people take the chance to do some sightseeing. We depart after lunch at 3pm. arriving back in Newport around 5.30pm.

 

 

We run the weekends three times a year, with the next one on the 8th - 10th of October 2010.     Please ask Vee at the classes for more details. 

 

 


Photos kindly supplied by Mr Barry Philips

 
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:08
 

How did it all begin?

Rob O'Brian
I started Line Dancing in Newport in 1995 initially at the Kings Hotel. It was just, me, a few CDs, a sound system, and a couple of dances in my head. Along with my then dance partner Zoe, and my Mum, Vee, on the door taking tickets we managed to scrape together a class of around 15 - the first class in South Wales.

After much publicity in the local and national press, the small class soon caught the eye of the local TV stations - we even had an item on BBC Wales Today! The class quickly grew to over 400 - far too big for the hotel, so was promptly moved to the Newport Centre. More TV coverage ensued, and with Zoe moving on to pastures new, and me chucking in my daytime job as a graphic designer I eventually set up more classes. We are now the biggest Line Dance class in Wales, and one of the largest in the UK! As the forerunner to the Line Dancing craze, the chances are your local class probably began with us! As well as the regular lessons, there are occasional Party Nights where all come together for one big social evening, whether it be Christmas, Halloween, my birthday or just for the fun of it! And I’ve still got Mum on the door!


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