Dance

A fabulous 2021 Dance Festival

We made It!

Months of ‘Can we’ ‘should we’ ‘will we’ discussions about safety, procedure and security finally culminated in a glorious explosion of Dance. As organisers we were all delighted to be physically working together in a team instead of the last 18 months of online interaction. The joy permeated every aspect of the weekend with dancers just happy to be performing again and parents frequently coming into the office to express their thanks for a festival taking place.

We lost a few performers due to injury and the shortage of fuel that weekend made some families who lived at a distance frightened to use their remaining fuel in case they wouldn’t have enough for work but those that were there more than made up for that. They gave of their absolute best and the quality of the performances was noted by Geoff Lucas, our adjudicator with a number coming in for high praise.

Writhlington School were most supportive and accommodating of our needs and we feel very lucky to be able to use such excellent facilities.

Roll on 2022

Trophies were awarded to –

Lily Beacon                                                  Song & Dance Trophy (Adele Stitch School of Dance)

Jessica Brandon                                         Best Ballet Solo over 12 years & Best Tap Solo over 12 years (Swindon Academy of Dance)

Kitty Stuart Hunt                                       Most Promising Tap 12 years & under (Adele Stitch School of Dance)

Ruby Dean                                                   Most Promising Ballet solo 12 years & under (Swindon Academy of Dance)

Alice Groves                                                Most Convincing Character (Weymouth Dance Studio

Deeds Not Words                                       Most Memorable Group (Weymouth Dance Studio)

Teddy Holton-Frances                              Most Promising Boy (Prompt Corner)

Jemima Garner/Mia Huntley                   Best Duet or Trio (Fox King Dance Academy)

Amera Purnell                                             Most Musicality (Swindon Academy of Dance)

Katie Alford                                                 Most Lyrical Performance (Bristol Ballet)

Lily Woods                                                   Most Promising Performer under 8 years (Prompt Corner)

Saskia Gair                                                   Most Promising over 8 years (Private Entry)

Ottilie Stuart Hunt                                     Best Modern Performance 10 years and under (Adele Stitch School of Dance)

Note for the diary – Next year the dance festival will take place on the 16^th – 18^th September.

For further information contact Kathy Goodspeed email: dance@midsomersetfestival.org.uk   Tel: 01985 216825