RECENT EVENTS
5th-8th August 2010 - St. Margarets Festival Ballet Present Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is this year's Village Ballet. A treat not to be missed by everyone in East Kent.
The St Margarets Festival Ballet achieves the seemingly impossible task of creating the atmosphere of The Royal Opera House in the St Margarets Village Hall. Full scale scenery, fully staged and beautifully costumed, featuring international dancers supported by talented local performers, Sleeping Beauty is the third annual ballet to be staged in St Margarets.
The packed audiences for previous productions, "Coppelia" and "The Nutcracker", were thrilled to see ballet at such close hand you can actually hear the shoes squeak! And the full orchestral score floods the hall and flows out into the fields beyond. Testament to the great success and amazing quality of the productions is the continued support of Wayne Sleep OBE as the Patron of the Company.
There are just six performances of The Sleeping Beauty and seats are obviously limited. Tickets are on sale now, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
For tickets either call the Box Office on 07854 308503, go to the Village Shop or the Village Post Office, or post this form to the address below.
Tickets cost £12 each for adults £8 each for children and OAPs.
Performance times:
Thursday August 5th - 7.00pm
Friday August 6th - 7.00pm
Saturday August 7th - 2.00pm and 7.00pm
Sunday August 8th - 2.00pm and 5.30pm
More information: St Margarets Festival Ballet, Erin Cottage, Well Lane, St Margarets-at-Cliffe, Dover. CT15 6AA
26th June 2010 - DAPA students perform at Eamonn Holmes' celebrity wedding.
Girls rub shoulders with the stars, and even get their photos in Hello magazine.
Local newsagents were scratching their heads last week when copies of 'Hello' magazine flew off the shelves faster than the latest Harry Potter on publication day.
The reason was explained by photos of eleven young dancers from DAPA being featured in the up market glossy. The girls had performed at Eamonn Holmes' celebrity wedding among TV personalities and 'Britain's Got Talent' star Susan Boyle who also sang, at the millionaire location in Hampshire.
DAPA Principal Sarah Dean said "We were thrilled to be invited to dance at the wedding. It was a wonderful experience for the girls, and a glimpse of the glamour life their talent and hard work has opened up for them."
"Seven professional dancers also performed at the wedding and Thomas Inge (pupil of DAPA) danced with them!"
"It was an amazing experience to be a part of a professional team at such a prestigious event!"
Recent performances by DAPA pupils at local venues.
6th June 2010 - the people of St. Margaret's enjoyed 'The Spirit of Ireland' at the Village Hall. It was a very professional show and worth all the hard work!!
5th June 2010 - "Well done" to our Deal dancers who performed at the Deal Retirement Centre. It was a wonderful afternoon of dance!
22nd May 2010 - The Ceilidh Night was a great success!! It was a brilliant night of dancing - the students all performed well and it was nice to see so many mums and dads joining in!!
15th May 2010 - "Well done" to all our Irish Dance and Singing students who performed 'The Spirit of Ireland' at the New Eden Theatre at St. Edmund's School, Dover - it was a wonderful show! The Mayor and Mayoress of Dover attended the show and were full of praise for all those involved.
PAST EVENTS
8th May 2010 - Louie Spence visits Canterbury to open new Dance Studios.
