Patron: Colin Horsley OBE
Leader: Tom Field
Conductor: Maurice Powell
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In January 2010 we undertook a new and exciting venture, we hosted our first winter ball, based on the annual New Year's Day Concert in Vienna. The programme included several well know Strauss waltzes interspersed with Polkas and even a Tango! The last pieces of the evening were, as tradition dictates, the Beautiful Blue Danube and Radetzky March.
We were delighted to have Charles Guard as compere who expertly led us through the evening. The Academy of Dance delighted the audience with beautiful ballet to Pizzicato Polka and Thunder & Lightening Polka, while the enthralling Madigan School of Dance showed exactly how the Viennese waltz should be done before encouraging audience members to the dance-floor.
Below is a slide show of photographs taken at the Ball, by Frank & Janet Warburton.
PROGRAMME
Overture : 'Die Fledermaus' Johann Strauss II
Gold and Silver Waltz Franz Lehar
Dancers from the Madigan's School of Dancing
Choreography, Janice Cull
Tango : 'La Cumparsita'
G.H.Matos Rodriguez
Waltz : 'Vienna Blood' Johann Strauss II
Thunder and Lightening Polka Johann Strauss II
The Academy of Dance soloists : Reagan Dee, Beth Teare, Rebecca Kennaugh
Choreography, Pippa Salter
INTERVAL
Overture :'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Otto Nicolai
Emperor Waltz Johann Strauss II
Dancers from the Madigan's School of Dancing
Choreography, Janice Cull.
Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss arr. Geoff Nicks
The Academy of Dance soloists : Reagan Dee, Beth Teare, Rebecca Kennaugh
Choreography, Pippa Salter
Tritsch-tratsch Polka Johann Strauss II
Waltz : 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' Johann Strauss II
Radetzky March Johann Strauss the Elder
January 2010
