September 18th, 2017 “Alas, we have had word that Marie has broken her hip. She is fine, but of course, needs to mend and she won’t be able to perform in the show. What a blow – we miss her and know that she will miss us. I set to work to ensure that MarieContinue reading “Marie’s Hip”
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Rehearsals Begin
September 11th, 2017 Back after our summer break, we are using these weeks to build, create and rehearse our live event for the Luminate Festival in October. Doreen and Marie still have a few reservations – ’why would anyone want to come and watch us dancing at our age, why would anyone be interested, whatContinue reading “Rehearsals Begin”
The Elbow System
July 17th, 2017 Another full house today – Katie, the two Martins (film and voice recording), Marie, June, Doreen and I. June mentioned for the first time that her Dad was the manager of Fairlie’s Ballroom, this confused Doreen as she thought “that was where the prostitutes used to be”. Marie then said that herContinue reading “The Elbow System”
So Much Potential
July 10th, 2017 “Lots happened today, not least June’s grand-daughter Keanna,also a professional dancer joined us and at June’s suggestion they duetted some seated tap together June was absolutely in her element and coming up with beautiful material and choreography – exciting!” “Lots of chats between Marie, Doreen, Martin O’Connor and Katie about the classesContinue reading “So Much Potential”
Fancy That
June 26th, 2017 “Marie and Doreen with us today, we went over our steps and put them together in a few different ways. Great to be back in the line-up, speaking more about the live events in October. Doreen is rising to this and has a real spark after our week in the studio. MarieContinue reading “Fancy That”
Good At Subtraction
June 19th, 2017 “June’s 90th Birthday and what a day! A grand celebration organized by her family in the Empire Rooms at Festival Theatre. Honoured to celebrate with this wonderful woman and great to meet even more members of her family and the Variety Theatre community including Bob Bain from the Scottish Music Hall andContinue reading “Good At Subtraction”
Devising and Rehearsing
June 5th, 2017 “We were in the Festival Theatre Studio today with the whole team: Janice, Katie, Martin O’Connor, Fi Johnston, Marie, Doreen, June, Gavin, Cheryl, Millie and as Martin Clark couldn’t be here his colleague Eva was there to film – busy busy! This was the start of our rehearsals for our October Show,Continue reading “Devising and Rehearsing”
The Red Shoes
May 11th, 2017 “Today we went to see The Red Shoes at the Festival Theatre, and it was marvellous! Thanks, Festival Theatre for the comps, what a treat! Janice, Marie, a volunteer befriender Xiao Yi, Doreen, her daughter, Cerin from Festival Theatre and I were all there in a packed out theatre. It felt funnyContinue reading “The Red Shoes”
Photoshoot
May 1st, 2017 “Joined by photographer and media manager Niall Walker who was in to get some photos of us all. We were keen to get great dance/rehearsal shots as well as some headshots to potentially use for press for October for our Luminate Festival Show. We chatted about Marie and Doreen’s careers to giveContinue reading “Photoshoot”
Being A Dancer
March 20th, 2017 Just Katie and Marie today, dancing for almost an hour and building on the sequence that they have been working on together. Katie’s words; ‘In order to fit in all our steps with the music, we were having to add to the beginning and move stuff around within the combo, quite complexContinue reading “Being A Dancer”
An Audience With... 