Hilda’s Summer Dance Weekend!

Friday 25 May - Sunday 27May, 2018

Cumberland Hotel

Eastbourne

Tuition to suit all abilities & levels including absolute beginners

Slow Foxtrot, Rhythm Foxtrot, West Coast Swing, RumbaQuickstep

Teachers :

Wonnita Olafisoye

Yvonne Settle

Tori Settle

Assistant Teacher: Chrisi Lyons

DJ: Wendy Glaze

Parties on Friday and Saturday evening &Sunday Tea Dance!

The Team:

Wonnita, Hilda’s resident teacher, has over twenty years experience of teaching a variety of dance styles. Yvonne trained in tap, ballet and contemporary dance before taking up Ballroom and Latin in the mid 1990s. She co-teaches with Wonnita the monthly Hilda’s. Tori is a top international Ballroom & Latin competitorand has taught on our previous four weekends.

Chrisi is a talented, generous & versatile social dancer as well as being a top competitor. Wendy is Hilda’s resident DJ and the organizer of the weekends.

The Hotel

The Cumberland is one of Eastbourne’s premier hotels and has its own ballroom with a large sprung floor and a wonderful position on the seafront. All rooms are en suite with free wi-fi, TV, direct dial telephone and tea/coffee making facilities. The food is good quality and the Cumberland caters to vegetarians, as well as to fish and meat eaters. The hotel is a very short taxi ride from Eastbourne station or there is easy access by car and ample parking along the seafront opposite the hotel.

Schedule

Check-in is from 3.00pm on Friday 25th May.

Welcome Reception

From 6.00 – 6.30, join us for a glass of wine and to say ‘Hello’.

Dinner will be served from 6.30pm -8.00 (both nights) and the evening functions will be 8.30 - 11.30pm. Breakfast is served from 8.00 - 9.15 am and we break for lunch (which is not provided) at 12.45pm on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend will end at 4.30 following a Tea Dance from 2.30 – 4.30 (see ‘Entertainment’ below).

Tuition

There will be tuition on 3 levels; 1). Beginners/Improvers, 2)Intermediate and 3). Advanced level in the following rhythms:West Coast Swing, Quickstep and Rumba. Slow Foxtrot will be taught at Intermediate and Advanced levels and Rhythm Foxtrot will be taught at Beginners/Improvers level.

There’ll be dedicated practice time to round off tuition in each rhythm with Wonnita, Yvonne, Tori and Chrisi on hand to help.

Entertainment

There will be after-dinner functions on Friday and Saturday nights hosted by Wendy.

On Friday night, a fancy dress party – ‘Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice!’ and on Saturday night, what promises to be, a stunning White Ball.

Both nights, there’ll be a late bar available. The weekend will finish with a chance to put all that learning into practice at a Tea Dance on Sunday afternoon from 2.30 -4.30 with some delicious home-made cakes.

Cost Per Person

£337early bird paid in full on or before 1 May or £349 after this.

Price includes full board (excluding lunch); all tuition Saturday and Sunday, parties on Friday and Saturday night and Sunday’s Tea Dance including refreshments.

How to Book

A non-refundable deposit of £95 p/p secures a place.

How to Pay

You can pay in cash at Hilda’s, by cheque or bank transfer (contact us for details or 07939 072958)) or with PayPal via our website on ‘Online Shop’. This will give you the options of paying a deposit, the balance for the weekend or the whole payment in total. (After 1st May, the whole payment is required). Nb. you do not need to hold your own personal PayPal account to use this safe & secure service. If you’re paying online, please send your completed booking form by email.

PayPal issues receipts immediately and directly by email. For further confirmation of your booking, please send an SAE (or your email address) together with the booking form.

If paying by cheque, please note: full payment must reach us by 24/4/18 to allow time for the funds to clear and to qualify for the early bird rate.

For those who pay a deposit, the balance of £242 is to be paid by 1st May and rises to £254 pp after 1st May. (Nb deadline above for cheques.)

The deposit is non-refundable; full payment is non-refundable if the booking is cancelled after

1st May, 2018. Bookings are non-transferable. See full Terms & Conditions at the end of the booking form.

Room Allocation:

Rooms areallocated by the hotel from the ‘first come, first served’ details we provide taking into account any pre-bookings they may already have.

Room Type: There are a limited amount of double and single rooms in the hotel, most being twin rooms so, booking early helps to ensure that you get the room type of your choice (this applies particularly to single rooms). Please note, for those who have been before, that neither us nor the hotel areable to accommodate requests for specific room numbers nor for rooms with a sea view. Rooms with a sea view are limited and allocated by the hotel according to availability.

Please note too that we will not pair women up to share twin rooms - rather, you must let us know who you will be sharing with.

If you need to, please print the Booking Form below (writing as clearly as possible) or if you haven’t got access to a printer, please enclose all details we require & send together with your payment.

Address for Postal Booking Forms:

78 Margravine Gardens, London W68RJ

Booking Form

25–27May, 2018

(Complete for single or shared room as appropriate)

Please read the ‘Terms and Conditions’ at the end of this form before completing.

If filling in by hand, PLEASE WRITE VERY CLEARLY in BLOCK CAPITALS.

Name......

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Phone Number Home:

Room Allocation: Please note Terms and Conditions 6on room allocation (listed on the next page)

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Tick if you would like to share a room......

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(NB. If you are too late for a DR, you will automatically be allocated a twin room).

Double or twin room - Please give the details of the woman you will be sharing a room with:

Name ………………………………………………………………………………….

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Payment:

Non-refundable deposit: £95 per person. Total £…......

or full early bird payment £337 per person, Total £………………. Date……………….

Full payment after1/5/18, £349 per person, Total £………………….

Please note by that submitting this form you agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. The deposit sum of £95 is non-refundable.

2. The balance is £242 if paid by 1/5/18 or £254 if paid after 1/5/18.

3. Cheques for the full payment must reach us by24/4/18to qualify for the early bird rate.

4. The full payment is non-refundable if the booking is cancelled after

1/5/18

5. Bookings are non-transferable.

6. Neither us nor the hotel areable to accommodate requests for specific room numbers nor requests for a sea view. Should you need to transfer your room, this will not be an ‘upgrade’. Rooms are allocated according to availability & room type once we have received your deposit in cleared funds.

(Please note that the above 1-6 will be strictly implemented. If1, 4 or 5 are a concern, we advise you to consider holiday insurance).

I confirm that I have read and agree to the above Terms and Conditions

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