Latest News...

• West End Children's classes- closed on Saturday 8th June for 1 week only.

• Blackpool Tower Dance Weekend-
• Fri 24th May to Sun 26th May - tickets just £30 for the whole weekend (1 day passes also available)   A weekend of dancing at the worlds most beautiful ballroom - Blackpool Tower.  Tea dances, Coffee dances, numerous workshops and taster classes, cabarets by some of the worlds top professional dancers and organ music to International recording artist Richard Keeling.  Discount rate at the Cliffs Hotel for anyone wanting to join us.  You've not danced until you've danced at the Tower!  Ring for brochure and discount booking codes.
• Murder Mystery Dance Weekend
• Murder on the Dance Floor at our 2 night murder mystery dance weekend on the idyllic shorpshire border.  28th to 30th June 2013.
• Friday 28th: 3 course dinner, teach in session with Warren & Jane, cabaret by international rising dance stars
• Saturday 29th: breakfast, mystery coach tour into the beautiful Shropshire countryside to include a museum tour and time for sightseeing and shopping.  Afternoon dance and workshop with afternoon tea, Gala Ball and world class cabaret by TV dance stars.
• Sunday 30th: Breakfast and conslusion of 'Who dunnit'
• Price is only £137pp includes:
• 2 nights a accomodation, all food, dancing, excursions, cabarets, glitzy ball and the whole Murder Mystery with our team of actors!
• New Guinness World Record

• Zig Zag pupils Dave Turner & Katie Walton smashed the Guinness World Record on April 7th for the longest distance ever danced at Hadley Stadium.  The record was set in 2003 in the US but Dave & Katie smashed the record after months of training with Warren to set a new record of 5 miles which they completed in 1 hour and 29 minutes which equated to 20 laps of the track. Strict rules governed the record attempt, no stopping and dancing of a sufficiently high level were amongst the rules.  Dave and Katie included choreography from the Waltz, Quickstep, Foxtrot and American Smooth. They raised over £1800 for the neo natal unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital and for the Dean and Helen John fund.
• Helen John
• I am sure everyone will be saddened to hear of the death of Helen aged 31 on Monday 22nd April.  Helen started to dance with husband Dean at our Stourbridge classes some years back and they have been a fun and very popular couple in our school.  They went on to become successful competition dancers and featured in the finals at Champions of Tomorrow.  Helen gave birth to baby daughter Ella on January 13th this year but during the birth it was discovered that Helen was terminally ill with inoperable cancer. When we all heard of their tragic news, various fund raising events were quickly organized as Dean was a self employed electrician and needed to stay at home to care for Helen in during her final months with their baby.  Helen was comforted to know how everyone felt about her in our school and for the support Dean and Ella have had.  Helen's funeral takes place at St. Mary's Church in Oldswinford on Tuesday 7th May at 1.15pm - the place they got married and where they started to dance. Everyone is welcome to attend.  Family flowers only, donations to Helen's chosen charities.

• Helen & Dean John rundraising ball.
• Over £20,00 was raised at our fundraising ball held at the Connaught Hotel in Wolverhampton back in February to help Zig Zag pupils Helen and Dean John who had been struck by tragedy.   World class dancers from across the country came to demonstrate for free and hundreds of fantastic raffle prizes were donated including holidays and holiday homes to raise as much as possible.  The Connaught were also very generous in their help.   Thankyou to everyone who helped, took part, donated and came along to support this amazing night.  It was truly inspiring to see how our dance community pulls together when someone is in need.

• Medal Presentation Dances
• 22nd June @ The Connaught Hotel Wolverhampton,   13th July @ Streetly Community Centre...tickets available soon.
• Summer Dance Camp
• 26th August to 30th August
• 5 days of dance, choreography, costume design, acting...in fact...everything you need to know about becoming a top class dancer.  A whole host of famous dance teachers will visit over the weekto train you in different styles of dance and fitness.  1, 3 or 5 day passes available.  10.00am - 4pm daily with early drop off available to save baby sitting in the school holidays.  Watch this space for when bookings open!

• New Beginners Jive class starts Monday, 15th April in Oldswinford - join us for this new exciting class every Monday at 8.30pm at St Mary's Church Hall, Church Road, Oldswinford, DY8 2HA.
• Beginners and Improvers ballroom and latin class now at 7.45pm.
• Kyle & Polina new World 10 dance champions
• Zig Zag teachers Kyle Taylor and Polina Shklyaeva are the new world 10 dance champions adding to their string of major wins.  Back in November Kyle and Polina also became the new British Amateur Ballroom Champions confinueing their run of being the highest placed British couple in all world wide events in recent times.

• New Classes at the Connaught Hotel
• After a break of several years, we are pleased to announce that Zig Zag is moving back to the iconic Connaught Hotel in Wolverhampton.  New management and a massive refurbishment have enticed us back...not to mention the new enlarged dance floor!  New classes will commence on Monday 18th March.  All our other venues will continue to run as normal apart from the Monday night West End venue where pupils will either transfer to the Connaught or Codsall classes. Saturday mornings children's classes at the West End remain as normal.
• New Beginners ClassesBeginners Classes - perfect for people with two left feet!  Learn  the Tango, Cha Cha, Jive, Waltz, Salsa, Quickstep, Rumba, Foxtrot, and Samba in our ballroom and latin classes, - or kids can do Pop Performers, Streetdance, Hip Hop, Latin & Ballroom.  Members of the UKA, BATD, DPA, BDC.  Adult classes cost just £4.50, children's classes from just £3.00. No course or membership fee, just turn up and pay on the day.  Have you ever wanted to say you know how to dance and really mean it?  We promise we will have you dancing after just one class...our reputation speaks for itself!  Come along and join our fun and lighthearted social classes for the best night out in town!
• Practice Night at Dudley Tech  Our Thursday practice night at Dudley College of Technology seems to have become the competition dancers dream venue for practice!  An extremely large maple sprung floor, great music, help on hand if you need it by world class coaches and everything from Cappuccino's, frothy latte's, snacks, energy drinks, hair and tanning products and more are all available to purchase.

• This is a hight class practice night with fashionable up to the minute music.  Not really suitable for beginner social dancers but suitable for competition dancers of all levels and advanced social dancers. £4 for dancers, spectators £1.  Every  Thursday Ballroom is from 7.30pm, Latin starts at 8.45pm.  Dudley College of Technology, The Broadway, Dudley, DY1 4AS
• Gift Vouchers - Why not give a Zig Zag gift voucher for that special occasion?  You can have them for any amount you choose and have a personalized message on them.  Vouchers can be purchase for group classes or for private lessons.  You can collect them from us or we can post them to you .... no walking around shops ... gives you more time to shop for yourself.  We also have two dance videos for sale .... Beautiful Ballroom and Latin Obsession which cost £20 each or both for £30.  These feature a selection of routines in ballroom and latin taught by Warren and Jane with tips on how to improve your dancing.  Also includes footage of Warren and Jane dancing in some of their many appearances, including BBC's Come Dancing.
• Feature in magazine - No, it wasn't 'Hello' or 'OK' magazine... but it was the rather posh and glossy Wolverhampton Magazine that features Warren and Jane and Zig Zag in their November issue with a 6 page spread of what they have been up to.  Beautiful photos and a lovely story makes it definitely worth a read.
• http://www.wolverhamptonmagazine.com/2012/10/strictly-glamour/
• New Dancing Cruise for August 2013 on sale now!

• Celebrity Eclipse 14 night 5* luxury cruise to Iceland and the Norwegian Fjords from just £1599pp.   
• 3rd Aug 2013 - 14  nights
• Southampton Reykjavik,
• Iceland Akureyri,
• Iceland Klaksvik,
• Faroe Islands Geiranger, Norway
• Alesund, Norway
• Olden, Norway
• Stavanger, Norway
• Southampton
• Bookings only through Cruise.co.uk on 0800 408 6228 quoting Cruise & Dance.  10% deposit required.  Balance payable 17 weeks prior to departure.

• Brief Encounter
• Zig Zag's famous cheeky male dance group Brief Encounter are now available for shows at Birthdays, Hen Nights, Clubs and Parties. The Team have already raised a substantial amount for MacMillan Cancer Support with their replication of the film The Full Monty but have now finalized their brand new 25 minutes non stop routine of naughtiness with music from the Village People, Michael Buble, Beyonce, Donna Summer, Rainbow and Tom Jones.  Funny, exciting, sexy, hilarious, raunchy and OMG!  See the trailer for their new show here ....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iitYu1dMYgU.   You can book them to appear at your event.  Ring now for more info.,  Prices from as little as £60 (an audience collection may be made on the night to support our charity).  Add them now on facebook - called Magic Mike Encounter https://www.facebook.com/MagicMikesEncounter
• £600 raised for charity - Thanks to those who came along and supported us at the Heroes and Villains night and to those who gave their time helping out.  We raised £600 for Macmillan Cancer Support and for Zig Zag's Children's Formation Team fund.  It was a great night and the kids display was a credit to them and trainer Amy Dowden.  Thank you everyone.

• Latest Filming news!
• BBC seem to be leading the bidding at the moment but negotiations are on hold temporarily due to the Jimmy Saville issues currently going on at the Beeb.   It all takes time and negotiations but it's all looking extremely promising and we hope to be filming in the New Year..... we'll keep you posted.  We are still  looking for interesting people that audiences will like.    If you have a dance related story, a reason to dance, perhaps a goal or unusual and quirky story, we would like to hear from you.   Take a look at this video clip of the casting day made by Nathan Chandler.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW8O76ufAJA&feature=share Nathan is a brilliant film maker and is available for all sorts of film and video projects from weddings to really wacky stuff! Contact him on Facebook on Nathan Chandler's Video Box for more info  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nathan-chandlers-Video-Box/490928634267320

Warren & Jane Top Teachers - 11 years running!!!

• For the 11th consecutive year, Warren and Jane have been awarded the coveted Top Teacher of the Year award in London.   To win this just once is a great achievement but to win it 11 times running is a world record breaker.  Warren and Jane would like to thank all pupils and teachers for their continued support without whom, this would not have been possible.
• Charity Event for Breast Cancer Unit

• Over £3000 was raised for the new Brest Cancer Unit at a Strictly Come Dancing final held at Telford College last week.   The event was a huge success pioneered by Anne Jackson where a number of Zig Zag dancers performed shows & partnered the contestants in an electrifying final.  Warren was compere and music man with the usual out of control humor!

• Junior Formation Team
• Our new Junior formation team has kicked off to a great start but we are still needing new recruits of all ages.    Come along to the West End WMC, Merridale Street West, Wolverhampton WV3 0RW at 11.15am to see what its all about..   It will be a fun class - children will be split into groups according to age and experience.   Its the most exciting class we do!  

• New Warren & Jane video
• See a new interview and clips of Warren & Jane competing!
• http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid64650038001?bctid=109330592001

• New Recommended Supplier
  
• We are delighted to announce that Zig Zag's brand new recommended supplier to our competition dancers and social dancers is 'Bespoke'. Accessories, practice wear, ballroom & latin outfits, tailsuits and more at the UK's leading dance wear manufacturers for children and adults. We will be hosting an open day and fashion show shortly - details to follow.   See their website at: 
•  www.pureclassdancewear.com               

• You Tube
• Watch this link for fun footage of the original version of 'Come Dancing'.  Apart from Warren and Jane, which other famous dancers can you spot?   Highlight and paste into your address barwww.youtube.com/
• watch?v=kWzjdpc1iIo
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