Graeme at a performance in Pretoria

Have considered what entertainment you will have at your year end function? Give me call to book dancers and dj's - Angie 082 394 6470 or Shaun on 082 375 6802

Hire Belly and Fire Dancers

Hire Belly and Fire Dancers for your Function

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Graeme and Tan Perform at Galito's

2012

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day Everyone - 


Hope your day is filled with lots of 
Hugs and Kisses


xoxoxox

Merry Christmas

Wow what a year this has been!  The studio has once again grown, and we have been blessed to make the acquaintance of many wonderful people, whom we now call friends.  We have performed in a show and at many events both corporate and private.  I'd like to thank all of those who have supported us over the past year especially the friends and family of all of my dancers, who have been so patient and understanding each and every time I've borrowed them away from you for what must seem like forever.

And what would I do without my beautiful dancers... each and everyone of you is so special to me.  Remember always beauty is not seen with the eye but rather felt in the heart.
Have a wonderful Christmas ... Love you all

Christmas Party

Join us on the 26th of November 2011 for a fun evening call - Angie 082 394 6470

Fun In the Studio

This was created as a header for my facebook page..... Thanks girls!!!

 

Coming Soon:

Angie & her dancers are once again preparing for a show... final arrangements regarding a venue are in the process and then watch this space for details....   

The intended date will be 26th November

Another Sucessful Show

Keri Wileman, Angie Patterson, Tami Van Genderen, Kelly Fourie, Basil Tsingos, Shereen Gelderblom, Cheryl Gelderblom, Niki Brownlees, Netashia Jagarath

We Performed at the Arbor Ladies Day on the 13th August 2011.  I would like to thank everyone for a wonderful performance and an amazing day... and especially to our behind the scene's people...  Ilze Groenewald - Stage Manager, Coleen Wileman - Sound & Effects, & Kyle Wileman - Lighting.

I'd also like to thank Andy Lendowsky for the photo's and video.

I'm proud to be a part of such a wonderful team of people working together.

Next On The Agenda

THANK YOU

My birthday was made extra special by all the calls, sms, FB messages, inbox and singing by the ladies at my my tap group and my students at Heather Beeliners.  Thanks to all the people I hardly know in places I've never heard of, your love and support is greatly appreciated - and especially to my family and my wonderful husband and amazing kids who ended a great day, by spoiling me at Spur.

Happy Father's Day!

Wishing all dads a very happy father's day!

Benoni High Wheels Day

Thanks so much to everyone involved in the organisation for the Wheels Day - and for the invitation for Members of Angie's Dance Studio to perform Fire and Poi on the day.


We all had a wonderful time.

In this photo:
Shaun Patterson (Fire Safety) Graeme Patterson (performer) Kelly Fourie (performer) Tami Van Genderen (performer) Angie Patterson (performer) and Austin Patterson (Fire safety).

For More photo's see on Angie's Dance Studio facebook page click here

Tami Performs Fire Poi at a 21st

Thanks so much to
Khashifa Jappie
for these amazing photos!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

A Mother’s Love

A mother’s love is something that no one can explain

It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain

It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may

For nothing can destroy it or take that love away…

It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking

And it never fails or falters even though the heart is breaking..

It believes beyond believing when the world around condemns

And it glows with all the beauty of the rarest, brightest gems

It is far beyond defining, it defies all explanation

And it still remains a secret like the mysteries of creation

A many splendored miracle, man cannot understand

And another wondrous evidence of God’s tender guiding hand

Helen Steiner Rice

(Just for you)

Happy Easter

Wishing you all a blessed Easter Weekend

All our love from everyone at
Angie's Dance Studio

National Clevage Day on the 15th April 2011

We're going camping!

Hope you'll join us!

DANCE FOR PEOPLE WITH HAEMOPHILIA

 Ok, so everyone knows I'm a sucker for good causes - well here is another that I think deserves your attention.

This ballroom & Latin dance competition will be held in Berario (Randburg) on the 16th of April starting 16h00 - it does not include a dress section, only bronze, silver, and gold sections.  It is for a good cause and the entrance is in comparison to other competition very cheap, (for competitors and spectators).  
 
Entry form is available on this link

Please consider supporting them if not as a competitor, at least as a spectator. - hope to see you there.

Happy Valentines Day

Wishing all my friends a very 

Happy Valentines Day 

and a year that's filled with

love and laughter!

All my love 

Angie

Happy New Year!

Angie & Tim at
Stone Cradle, Muldersdrift

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

What a way to start the New Year! 

I had the pleasure of dancing at a beautiful place in Muldersdrift called Stone Cradle. 

Thank you to Tim and his staff for a wonderful evening.

For more info on Stone Cradle go to www.stonecradle.com  and  to see more photos www.facebook.com/dance.at.angies.studio

Christmas Wish

Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas

With Love from all at

Angie's Dance Studio

Dancing at the opening of Metro Hyper in Boksburg

Tannith, Chrizelde, Angie, Tami - click here to see more photos

Angie's Ballroom and Latin Social Dance Club

Thank you to everyone who attended the Social dance that was held on the 16th of October at Impala Park Community Hall in Boksburg.  Our socials are intended to for the serious dancer as we play proper ballroom and Latin dance music - not sokkie.  It is perfect for competing couples and learners, as well as the social dancer and beginners.  We encourage copules and singles to attend and if you wish to start dancing it is the perfect place to make contacts and meet like minded people.  If anyone is interested in attending our socials in the future - I would like to suggest that you join the group on FaceBook. All information regarding the socials is available through this group. Just follow this link 

 "Angie's Ballroom and Latin Social Dance Club"

Pink in support of the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Well add this to the list of crazy things I've done - this was a challenge - if i get 50 likes - I dye my hair pink, I didn't actually think it would happen, but the friends ganged up on me, & so true to my word I dyed my hair - yikes -only it didn't come out pink - it was more of a red. Fortunately its not permanent, and will wash out!  If you are quizzy there are more pictures on my face book page: http://www.facebook.com/dance.at.angies.studio

Finally!

Well it's taken a good few weeks for me to get this page looking half decent - now look forward to interesting stories and information about the studio and members. This photo was taken this past weekend some of us went to a Morrocan Restaurant for Kelly's Hen Party

How it works

   

Whether you've been dancing for years, or just starting out, if you want to compete you have to start at the bottom. I danced when I was a teen and then also did social Ballroom, but at the beginning of this year decided I wanted to compete. I was very lucky to find a wonderful partner who had already been competing and he had just reached his Gold level in Ballroom. We began training together in March and danced our first competition in May.

The levels are:
Beginner
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Novice / Prechamp
Championship

In order to move up a level you need to get a certain amount points by competing, and the amount of points required for each section differs with degree of difficulty. The points depend on how many people arrive at a competition to compete in a section and how well you do.

When Johan & I became partners I was allowed to start at his Ballroom level - being Gold, but we started at Bronze in the Latin with zero points in both sections.

We are now on Silver Latin and Gold Ballroom, but I recon if not this Sunday at Carnival City then definately by the competition on the 2nd of October we will have enough points to go up another level in both.

Up until Novice the dress code is plain dresses, straight hem (almost like an leotard with a skirt on), no jewerly, no fancy hair styles - hair must be scrapped back into a bun - when you get to novice you're allowed to wear fancy costumes and the guys wear tail coats. You're also only allowed to dance the syllabus steps for the section you're in. You can't for example put a fancy Gold step into a bronze routine.

So in Durban, there were plenty of adults competing in Bronze and Silver section but only us for Gold - which would have meant we wouldn't have got any points. Our teacher got permission for us to dance in the Novice section.

When Johan & I lined up with the Novices in all their glitters and him and I in plain costumes we already got "what are they doing in our section" looks. We danced our Gold routine - nothing fancy.

At the prize giving they called the six couples up to stand on the dance floor - Johan & I went up. Then they announce the places in reverse order (in JHB we do it the other way round)- so they call in 6th place and Johan takes my hand, ready to now walk forward - and they called someone else, so we looked at each other and said oh well at least we're not last - and so it went 5th, 4th, by the time they called 3rd Johan was squeezing my hand so tight my fingers were numb.

So third it was - out of our section, gold routine, not a sequent or diamante between us and we still gave them stick! - I can't tell how thrilled I am!!!

The next one is this Sunday at Carnival City and I can't wait to get there! - Wish us luck!