Private lessons (14th of November)

Hello everyone! I'd first like to start by introducing myself: I'm Realyn and I have the absolute privilege of taking on the role of Secretary for BALADS!! I am super excited to get to know all of you as the year goes on so don'

Weekly Timetable (w/c 6th November)

Hi everyone! Here is the timetable for this week: Monday 6th: 🪩Social class: sequence dances with Ellie (6 – 7 pm, Deb Hall, £2) 🪩Rock ‘n’ roll with Craig (7 – 8 pm, Deb Hall, £4) If you come to both sessions, it’s only £5! Tuesday 7th: 💃Private lessons with Jackie

Private lessons (7th of November)

Hi everyone! To request a private lesson, please fill out the google form. Private lessons cost £30 for 45 minutes. If you attend with your partner, you can split the cost - £15 each. If you do not have a partner, but would like one for the lesson, please put

Weekly Timetable (w/c 30th October)

Hi everyone! Announcements: 📢Anyone who is competing at Warwick or Leicester, please get your memberships ASAP if you haven’t already. I will be making a list of names. Ex-students, I understand the process is more difficult, but I need ALL student competitors and as many ex-student competitors to have

BALADS bootcamp

Hi everyone! Slight change of plans for tomorrow. There will be an open practice tomorrow at 2 - 4 pm for people needing to practice who aren't coming to the hair and makeup workshop. BALADS bootcamp hair and makeup workshop will be in the Tolkien room. We will

Events calendar

Hi everyone! Sorry about the post bombardment today and probably over the next few days but here is a quick list of each of the major events we are running/participating in this term: Warwick Varsity Competition - Saturday 11th November Leicester Friendly Competition - Saturday 18th November Manchester Winter

BALADS team 2023/24

Hi everyone! With Warwick competition coming up soon, we'd like to announce our team page where anyone interested or competing as part of team Birmingham can find all the information you will need. Also the team page contains all information about how to register for comps. If you&

Private lessons (31st of October)👻

Hi everyone! To request a private lesson, please fill out the google form. Private lessons cost £30 for 45 minutes. If you attend with your partner, you can split the cost - £15 each. If you do not have a partner, but would like one for the lesson, please put

BALADS bootcamp

Hi everyone! It’s the time of year again for the BALADS bootcamp!! BALADS bootcamp is a session we run every year to help people interested in competing as part of team Birmingham understand how the competitions work, as well as how to prepare yourselves for the big day. We

Weekly Timetable (w/c 23rd October)

Hi everyone! Announcements: 📢Partnering on Tuesday 📢Balads bootcamp on Saturday Monday 23rd: 🪩Social class: Tango with Rich (6 – 7 pm, Deb Hall, £2) 🪩Rock ‘n’ roll with Craig (7 – 8 pm, Deb Hall, £4) If you come to both sets of classes, it’s only £5!! Tuesday 24th: 💃Private lessons

Partnering

Hi lovely people!! As announced recently, next Tuesday classes will be slightly different as we are running a partnering session. The classes will still be focusing on what we have been learning the past few weeks, but with more attention on actual partners, so there will be a lot more

Private lessons (24th of October)

Hi everyone! To request a private lesson, please fill out the google form. Private lessons cost £30 for 45 minutes. If you attend with your partner, you can split the cost - £15 each. If you do not have a partner, but would like one for the lesson, please put

Weekly Timetable (w/c 16th October)

Hi everyone! Announcements: 📢Still slots for private lessons with Jackie available from 10 am – 12.45 pm. If you’re interested, please let me know before Monday evening. 📢Partnering next Tuesday! 📢If you are planning on competing, or at least considering competing, we have the BALADS Bootcamp coming up soon!

Private lessons (17th of October)

Hi everyone! To request a private lesson, please fill out the google form. Private lessons cost £30 for 45 minutes. If you attend with your partner, you can split the cost - £15 each. If you do not have a partner, but would like one for the lesson, please put

Weekly Timetable (w/c 9th October)

Hi everyone! Hope you enjoyed last weeks classes, it was great to see so many of you there, and I hope you enjoyed it and would like to come back for more classes! If you are coming to classes, we would like you to get society membership from the guild

Extra private lessons slot next Tuesday

Hi everyone! We still have a slot for private lessons for Jackie on Tuesday at 12 - 12.45. If you would like the slot please let me know ASAP. Private lessons are one of the fastest ways to improve and look absolutely amazing, so I would absolutely recommend giving

Private lessons (10th of October)

Hi everyone! To request a private lesson, please fill out the google form. Private lessons cost £30 for 45 minutes. If you attend with your partner, you can split the cost - £15 each. If you do not have a partner, but would like one for the lesson, please put

Weekly Timetable (2nd October)

Hi everyone! Here’s the timetable for this week: Monday 2nd: 🪩Social class with Emmanuel (6 – 7 pm, Dance Studio, £2) 🪩Rock ‘n’ Roll taster session with Craig (7 – 8 pm, Dance Studio, FREE) The Rock ‘n’ Roll taster session is free, so please invite friends and flatmates along with

New lesson times!

Hi everyone, We’re making a couple of small changes for Tuesday lesson times and prices for this year based on our latest discussion with Jackie. We’re trialling the new times for this term, so please let as know any feedback you have on the new timetable. Again, thank

New coach announcement

Hi everyone, We're excited to reveal that our new dance coach is... Jackie Conway. We're extremely excited to work with her and believe that she will be a wonderful addition to our society. Here is a tiny description! "Hi everyone, I’m Jackie Conway and

Private lessons (3rd of October)

Hi everyone! Private lessons will be a bit different this year as we only have 1 coach so you can ask either for ballroom or latin. To request a private lesson, please fill out the google form. Private lessons cost £30 for 45 minutes. If you attend with your partner,

New members announcement!!!

Hi everyone! Thank you all for coming to our taster sessions yesterday. It was really great to see you all! If you enjoyed the tasters and would love to start joining in with our sessions, you can get membership for the society from the guild website https://www.guildofstudents.com/

Weekly Timetable (w/c 25th September)

Hi everyone! Welcome back!! I hope you’ve all had a restful and relaxing summer and are ready to join us again this term. Thank you to everyone who came and spoke to us at societies fair, it was really great getting to meet you all, and we hope to

Kevin and Kerry announcement

Hi everyone, we have some news. Unfortunately, Kevin and Kerry have decided to step down as our coaches due to personal circumstances, a difficult decision for both. We want to thank both for their countless years of service to our society; their contribution cannot be overstated, and they have helped

Weekly Timetables (w/c 19th June)

Hi everyone! Here is the timetable for this week: Monday 19th: 🪩Social class: Ling Ling challenge (6 – 7 pm, Underground, £2) 🪩Rock ‘n’ roll with Craig (7 – 8 pm, Underground, £4) If you come to both classes, it’s only £5!! For everyone who isn’t a musician and hasn’