Last Sunday saw the Award Presentations and Showcases. We had a Marvellous time and the children shone through. We are extremely proud of all our students, regardless whether they won trophies or not.
Thank you to those who came to support them. The hall was filled to capacity and it was a lovely atmosphere.
A HUGE thankyou goes to all the helpers one the day, those who helped set up, donated raffle tickets, sold raffle tickets, Baked (or bought) cakes, the magnificent refreshment team who managed to serve everyone in record time. And those who helped tidy up so that we could leave promptly.
A fantastic bonus is that we also managed to raise money towards our show next summer.
Thank you.
Ballet Cups and Awards
for the most progress
Baby Ballet
Matisse Scott
Pre-Primary Ballet
Pip Golland & Parker Gibbs
Primary Ballet
Scarlet Stickley
Grade I Ballet
Sophie Creasey
Grade II Ballet
Holly Winslade
Grade III Ballet
Jessica Terrington
Grade V Ballet
Daisy McCarthy
Intermediate Ballet
Millie Coombs
Senior Ballet
Violet Wallis
Pointe Work
Camilla Malsem-Cela
Outstanding Achievement
Madison Ottway
Tap Cups and Awards
for the most progress
Beginners Tap
Hannah Schuller & Lily Stone
Grade I Tap
Marley Gibbs & Megan Gilligan
Intermediate Tap
Edward Young
Adult Beginner
Modope Odeyinde
Adult Intermediate
Karen Shern
Classical Greek Cups and Awards
for the most progress
Junior Greek
Grace Winslade
Intermediate Greek
Robyn Foster
Senior Greek
Maisie Lansdown
Modern Cups and Awards
for the most progress
Primary Modern
Thea Lyon & Harriet Pond
Grade I Modern
Emily Beurke
Grade II Modern
Emily Stewart
Grade IV Modern
Freya Woodgate
Senior Modern
Effie Foster
Jazz Awards
for the most progress
Junior Jazz
Isabelle Walker
Intermediate Jazz
Emily Courtney
Senior Jazz
Loretta Bacon
Special Cups and Awards
Boy’s Award
Henry Young
Junior Neatness Award
Kaitlyn Shaw & Penelope Cleland
Senior Neatness Award
Violet Wallis & Daisy McCarthy
Musicality Award
Ini Ogunduyile
Expressive Award
Sansa Morris & Florence Currer
Junior Personality Award
Lily Stevens
Senior Personality Award
Rachel Hones & Elena Loach
Adult Effort
Debbie Coombs
Dance Captains
Effie Foster & Millie Coombs
Most Promising Pupil
11yrs and under
Madison Ottway
12yrs and over
Jessica Jenkins
Endeavour Cup
Awarded to the pupil who consistently strives to achieve the best they can at all times.
Junior Endeavour Cup
Isobel Churton-Sharp
Senior Endeavour Cup
Miriam Wicks
Redhurst Head Girl – Maisie Lansdown/Jessica Jenkins
We shall be putting in a uniform order on the evening of Tuesday 4th March.
Please email admin@redhurstschoolsofdancing.co.uk with any uniform requirements.
Our administrator Sam will be at Trinity between 3.30 and 5.00pm on Tuesday evening to fit shoes for the exams, and will have all sizes with her for fitting purposes.
We shall also be putting in a Redhurst Hoodie order, please email for details
Currently, it remains the same as this term except for Monday evenings, the classes have moved 15min to make way for a brand new Grade 2 Greek class between 5.00-5.30pm This is for children aged 8-11yrs and all are welcome, please contact us if you are interested.
We are also starting a Junior Street / Jazz class on a Friday evening 4.00-4.30 for children 7-10yrs.
It is not too late for students 10+ to sign up for our Commercial Workshops on Saturday with Miss Alice. This is a new genre for Redhurst and we are keen to introduce it to as many as possible. Bring a friend.
We are hoping to make this a permanent class, but we need a minimum number – if you are interested in signing up for a term, please contact us.
Don’t forget multiclass discounts apply for all classes.
Keep checking back for confirmation that classes are going ahead.
w/c 4/11: Normal week w/c 11/11: Normal week w/c 18/11: Fundraising week! See below for details w/c 25/11: Watching week for classes up to and including grade 2
Fundraising Week.
Having had our show in July, it seems that the next one is ages away but it comes round really fast and we need to have regular fundraising events so that all the expenses doesn’t fall at the end.
Therefore at the end of term we always like to have a fundraising week, new exciting ideas are always encouraged, please get in touch if you would like to help out or help organise an event (maybe even for the mums and dads).
*** Week commencing 18/11 we will invite the children to ditch their dance uniform and either come in their own clothes or if they dare come in fancy dress. This can or needn’t be Christmas related. Please can there be a voluntary donation for this (suggestion: £1). Come on.. even the adult tappers can wear silly hats. Please ensure clothes are safe to dance in with no loops or trip hazards etc.
*** We will also have a raffle (of course). Wine a hamper full of Christmas goodies and other prizes too! Tickets are £1 a strip. Tickets can be bought for the raffle at anytime and will be drawn at the end of term.
Did you know that our senior ballet instructor Miss Fleur is now a World Record Holder!
Not only does Fleur teach ballet to a senior level, she also instructs people how to jump out of planes! – Not for the fainthearted!
She recently joined 63 other women from 21 countries and jumped from 16,500 ft. setting a world skydiving record in Southern California. They were also supported by an additional group of jumpers in case they needed to make personnel changes.
Watch now!
Further details supplied by Fleur 🙂
What makes this unique and challenging? Every single jumper in the formation needed to break their grips simultaneously and pick up new ones to create 2 separate formations, playing a game of 3D chess at 120 mph
How was it planned? The organizers took over a year planning the logistics and selecting the team including a bench. Participants were required to submit an application and references and the team was selected from a group of current and former world record holders, competitors and big way jumpers.
What were the weather conditions? Temperatures on the ground reached 100+ degrees every day. Meanwhile the temperature at exit altitude was in the mid 40’s requiring us to wear layers under our jumpsuits.
How many tries did it take? We had 17 jumps planned over 4 days. On the first day we made 4 jumps where our goal was to work out the kinks in the airplane formation, exit timing, base exit, the jumpers docking on the base and allow everyone to get a sense of timing, traffic and view of their quadrant. We made the record on the 3rd day on the 13th jump of the event and the 9th attempt.
How did you get that many people in the air at the same time? 4 planes – 2 Twin otters with side doors and 2 Skyvans with tailgates flew in an incredibly tight formation allowing us to be as close as possible to each other on exit.
Why did you need oxygen? We exited at 18,000 MSL which is 16,500 above ground level requiring us to use oxygen.
How did everyone know when to leave the airplane? The jumpers were given a 2 minute warning prior to exit. A red light in the airplane signaled we had 1 minute and a green light signaled us to have the floaters climb out and everyone else to line up to exit. The exit was started by a jumper called a “super floater” leaving the lead aircraft slightly before the base which you see in the pictures coming out of the airplane in a chunk. This triggered all other jumpers to begin exiting aircraft.
How did you all get together if you left at different times? The gap between the first person exiting and the last was several seconds creating a significant vertical gap. Jumpers who excited early needed to change their body position to “float” or fall slower. The latest divers had to go into head down positions to fall faster and catch up with the formation.
How did you coordinate the movement from one formation to the next? The transition from one point to the next was initiated by the release of a streamer attached to the wrist of a jumper in the base.
How did you know when to leave and open your parachutes? Everyone wore altimeters on their arms to monitor altitude as well as audible altimeters in their helmets set to go off at specific altitudes to make sure we left on time. In addition the base jumpers kicked their feet.
How did you not run into each other? The final separation of the jumpers at the end of the formation was triggered at 6500 feet when the first outside group tracked away. Landing direction was dictated by the ground crew with bright orange arrows on the ground. We followed a pattern and had specific ground quadrants to land in to avoid collisions.
How was it judged? Each jump included 3 fantastic videographers exiting different planes. The videos were used to debrief every jump and make changes to ensure the safety and success of the jump and provide the proof to the judges. Photos on this post are from a number of women on the jump. Videographers: Xian Cam Xtreme Media, Bruno Brokken, Daniel Angulo
3 on site judges and 1 off site judge reviewed the video and checked all of the grips and the separation.
They then certified the world record to the Federal Aeronautique Internationale.
