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Sponsored
12 Hour Dance
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors, SQUAD!
Zumba, DanceFitMoms, Little Wigglers
AcroDance Preschool Acrobatic Arts
Date: Sat 23rd February 2019, 9am - 9pm
Timetable for each class group's slot will
be emailed but last hour will be a big party for
everyone
Details: Sponsored 12 hours of dance to mark the
occasion of our last ever classes at St Agnes
Church hall after 7.5 years and to raise funds
towards our new studios - whichever 3
individuals or families raise the most towards
our target will win a studio named in their
honour!
All donations/monies raised will be collected on our Just Giving fundraising page
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cdc-dance-studios
Location: St Agnes Church Hall
Opening of our new studios
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors, SQUAD!
Zumba, DanceFitMoms, Little Wigglers
AcroDance Preschool Acrobatic Arts
Date: Saturday 2nd March 2019, 9am
Details: CDC Dance Ltd fully operational in our new
Kings Heath studios
Location: CDC Dance Ltd, 153-155 High St, Kings Heath
Birmingham, B14 7DG
(Above Poundland & Clarks)
Rosettes, Medals & Grade Exams Ballet,
Tap, Acro, Freestyle
Branch: All class groups Tiddlers to Seniors
Requested Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th April 2019
Dates:
Location: CDC Dance Ltd, 153-155 High St, Kings Heath
Cake Relay
Fun & Fundraising
Teacher Training
Kicks, Leaps & Turns
Branch: Everybody associated with CDC Dance Ltd!
Details: We will pass a cake along a human chain all
the way from our current venue to the new
studios!
A distance of 1,200m... Please don't drop it!!!
All donations/monies raised will be paid onto our
Just Giving fundraising page:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cdc-dance-studios
Please leave a message saying who the money
has been donated in the name(s) of, as whichever
individual/family raises the most will win a special
fundraising prize, including having a studio named
in their honour
Date: Saturday 8th December 10:30am
Location: St Agnes Church Hall, Billesley Lane, Moseley to
CDC Dance Ltd. 153-155 High St (above Poundland)
Kings Heath
Branch: Teaching Team
Details: Workshop with Ryan Jenkins
Date: Saturday 5th January
10am - 3pm
Location: DanceXChange
Thorp Street, Birmingham B5
Christmas Disco
Fun & Fundraising
Christmas Disco
Fun & Fundraising
Chrimbo Sleepover
Fun & Fundraising
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv Juniors
Details: Christmas themed fun to raise funds towards
our own studios - glow sticks, write a letter to
Santa, glitter tattoos, nail bar, make a tree
decoration, games & prizes, lots of dancing!
All donations/monies raised will be paid onto our
Just Giving fundraising page:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cdc-dance-studios
Date: Saturday 1st December 6pm-7:30pm
Location: Cambridge Road Methodist Church
Branch: Juniors, Adv Juniors, Inters, Seniors
Details: Christmas themed slumber party to raise funds
towards our own studios - we'll order in pizzas;
watch 'Christmas Chronicles' cinema style,
projected onto the big screen; everyone will have
midnight snacks & hot chocolate before sleeping
on the AcroPAD overnight!
All donations/monies raised will be paid onto our
Just Giving fundraising page:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cdc-dance-studios
Date: Saturday 1st December 6pm-7:30pm
Location: Cambridge Road Methodist Church
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv Juniors
Details: Christmas themed fun to raise funds towards
our own studios - glow sticks, write a letter to
Santa, glitter tattoos, nail bar, make a tree
decoration, games & prizes, lots of dancing!
All donations/monies raised will be paid onto our
Just Giving fundraising page:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cdc-dance-studios
Date: Saturday 1st December 6pm-7:30pm
Location: Cambridge Road Methodist Church
Halloween
Fun & Fundraising
Mirfield Autumn Dance Festival
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors,
Adv Juniors, Inters, Seniors, iD-Company classes
Little Wigglers
Details: Halloween themed fun to raise funds towards
our own studios.
All donations/monies raised will be paid onto our
Just Giving fundraising page:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cdc-dance-studios
Date: 23rd to 29th October 2018: individual class groups
as per dance school diary page
Location: St Agnes Church Hall
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Details: Competition where we entered Inters &
Seniors troupe dances, duet & trio sections & had
our BEST EVER results, winning medals in every
section we entered, and beat 777 other dances to
win the prestigious "Most Entertaining
Performance" award for 'Footloose'
Date: November 2018
Location: Smithswood Sports College
Zumba Fitness Program Launch
Contemporary & Street Launch
Branch: Open to all ages, but aimed at adults
Details: Launch of our new fitness program will follow
Miss Dani renewing her Zumba licence
Secure one of the limited places here:
https://www.cdcdance.co.uk/contact
Date: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Location: St Agnes church hall
Branch: Primarily Advanced Juniors +
Details: Launch of our full programs to run alongside
our recreation contemporary & street classes
Secure one of the limited places here:
https://www.cdcdance.co.uk/contact
Date: Saturday 30th September 2018
5:30-6:30pm - Contemporary
6:30-7:30pm - Street
Location: St Agnes church hall
Join us at our next events...
Show DVD Premiere
SOLD OUT
NEW Acrobatic Arts
Program Launch
Branch: All dancers & family
Details: Red carpet dress to impress event -
Premiere screening of our 20th anniversary
charity showcase DVD
Date: Saturday 8th September 2018, 6pm
Location: Hexagon Theatre - MAC
Tickets: https://www.cdcdance.co.uk/shop
Charity Showcase
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors, SQUAD! Teams
Acrobatic Arts program
Details: 20th anniversary show in support of
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Date: Saturday 14th July 2018
Location: The Rep Theatre, Birmingham
Details: £1,485 raised for BCH!
Branch: AcroDance Preschool 3-5 year olds
Acrobatic Arts 6-10 year olds
Details: Launch of our full program to run alongside
our recreation acrobatic classes
Secure one of the limited places here:
https://www.cdcdance.co.uk/acrobatic-arts
Date: Monday 17th September 2018
4-5pm AcroDance Preschool
5-6pm Acrobatic Arts
Location: St Agnes church hall
Acrobatic Arts Program Launch
Branch: Primarily Juniors + (open to all who meet the
entrance criteria detailed online)
Details: Launch of our full program to run alongside
our recreation acrobatic classes
Secure one of the limited places here:
www.clairesdanceco.com/acrobatic-arts
Date: Saturday 17th March 2018 1:30-3:30pm
Location: St Agnes church hall
AcroPAD Workshop Demo
Sponsored
12 Hour Dance
Branch: SQUAD! Teams & Invitees from other class groups
Details: Workshop demo to sample AcroPAD products &
inform our purchase decision, with the creator &
Director, Daniel Keating
Date: Wednesday 14th February 2018, 4-6pm
Location: St Agnes church hall
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors, SQUAD!
Date: Sat 3rd February 2018
Details: Sponsored 12 hours of dance to raise funds
towards the purchase of an Air Track tumbling
track to support our Acrobatic Arts classes
Location: St Agnes Church Hall
IDTA Midlands Ballet Championships
Branch: Private Lessons Students
Details: Regional Ballet Championships
Date: Sunday 4th March 2018
- CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW
Sunday 8th April 2018 - NEW DATE
Location: Park Hall, Wythall Community Centre,
Silver Street, Wythall, Birmingham, B47 6LZ
IDTA Awards Presentations & Show Info Issue
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors
Date: In class:
Tues 23rd, Weds 24th, Thurs 25th,
Sat 27th January 2018
Location: St Agnes Church Hall
Mirfield Autumn Dance Festival
Rosettes, Medals & Grade Exams
Tap & Freestyle
Branch: All class groups Tiddlers to Seniors &
Teaching Team
Dates: Weds 6th, Thurs 7th December 2017
Location: St Agnes Church Hall
Britain's Got Talent Auditions
Branch: SQUAD! Juniors & Inters
Details: Sat 21st October 2017, meeting at 9am
Location: ICC Birmingham
Halloween
Sponsored Spook
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD! & SQUAD! Juniors
Details: Competition which we will enter Juniors, Inters &
Seniors troupe dances
Date: Sunday 12th November, SQUAD! Inters
Sunday 19th November, SQUAD! Juniors
Sunday 26th November, SQUAD! Seniors
Location: Smithswood Sports College
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors,
Adv Juniors, Inters, Seniors
Little Wigglers
Details: Halloween themed fun to raise funds towards
the purchase of an Air Track tumbling track
to support our Acrobatic Arts classes &
Little Wigglers props
Date: October 2017: individual class groups dates
as per dance school diary page during half term
& 31st Oct!
Location: St Agnes Church Hall
End of Term Christmas Parties
Branch: All Claire's Dance Co class groups
Branch: Teaching Team
Date: December 2017
Location: St Agnes Church Hall & TBC Venue for Teachers
Shut Up & Dance ...SQUAD! Auditions
Fundraising Performances & IDTA Awards
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors,
Adv Juniors, Inters, Seniors
Little Wigglers
Details: Individual class group performances & IDTA
awards presentations
Little Wigglers - End of Term Fundraising Fun Week
Claire's Dance Co gifted £500 to St Agnes Church
towards the cost of improvements to the hall floor!
Date: July 2017
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Auditions were held for existing & by invitation
for new members for
Junior SQUAD!, Inters SQUAD! Senior SQUAD!
Location: St Agnes church hall
Moseley C of E Primary School
Summer Fayre
Chance2Dance
Drayton Manor
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Details: https://www.youtube.com/user/Chance2DanceLIVE
Access to theme park during the day,
6pm performance
Date: Sunday 16th July
Location: Drayton Manor Theme Park
IDTA Rosettes &
Exams - Ballet
& Freestyle
Branch: Claire's Dance Co dancers - SQUAD! Juniors
Date: 4:30pm Friday 23rd June 2017
Location: Moseley C of E Primary School,
Oxford Road, Moseley, B13 9EH
Shut Up & Dance ...SQUAD! Auditions
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: Wednesday 7th December
Auditions being held for existing & by invitation
for new members for
(NEW) Junior SQUAD!, Inters SQUAD! Senior SQUAD!
Location: St Agnes church hall
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors,
Adv Juniors, Inters, Seniors
Date: Weds 21st & Thurs 22nd June 2017
Location: St Agnes church hall
St Agnes Church
Summer Fete
Branch: Claire's Dance Co dancers - SQUAD!
Date: Saturday 10th June 2017
Location: St Agnes church, Colmore Crescent, Moseley,
B13 9SJ
Can You Dance? Convention
Branch: Shut Up & Dance...SQUAD!
Details: http://www.canyoudancelive.com
Date: 9am - 6pm, Sunday 9th April 2017
Location: University of Worcester Arena
Easter Fun Week
Branch: All Class Groups - Little Wigglers to Seniors
Date: W/C 3rd April 2017 - Usual Class Times
Location: St Agnes church hall
IDTA Exams
Tap & Freestyle
Shut Up & Dance ...SQUAD! Auditions
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors
Date: Weds 25th January 2017
Branch: Juniors, Adv Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors,
Teachers
Date: Thurs 16th February 2017
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: Wednesday 7th December
Auditions being held for existing & by invitation
for new members for
(NEW) Junior SQUAD!, Inters SQUAD! Senior SQUAD!
Location: St Agnes church hall
Mirfield Autumn Dance Festival
Halloween
Sponsored Spook
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: Sunday 6th November, 2016, 09:25 arrival
Solo & Inter Novice lyrical sections
Sunday 13th November, 2016, 17:30 arrival
Inter cabaret troupe section
Sunday 20th November, 2016, 17:00 arrival
Senior cabaret troupe section
Sunday 27th November, 2016, 13:30 arrival
Senior contemporary solo & senior duet sections
Little Wigglers raised £51.09 for new props.
Older dancers raised £269.48 to help fund a replacement mirror!
Claire's Dance Co Charity Showcase
End of Term Christmas Parties
Our show was an utter triumph (to quote parents afterwards!)
We raised £1,590 for Birmingham Children's Hospital!
Date: Saturday 9th July 2016
Location: The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Branch: All Claire's Dance Co class groups
Branch: Teaching Team
Date: Sunday 11th December 6pm
Location: Pizza Express Moseley
Can You Dance? Convention
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD! (Intermediates)
Date: Saturday 22nd October, 2016, 10am
Location: Our dancers flew through the first 2 stages, &
managed to get themselves on ITV Central News!!!
Just got the long wait now to hear if we're
through to the next stages
IDTA Team Award Exam Sessions
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors - Rosettes /
Team Awards, entering their show routines
Date: 20th July 2016
Results: 100% achieved the highest possible
grade classification!!!
IDTA Awards Presentations & Show Info Issue
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors
Date: In class week commencing 23/5/16
Location: St Agnes Church Hall, Moseley
IDTA Ballet Exam Sessions
Branch: Tiddlers, Infants, Adv Infants, Juniors, Adv
Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors
Date: 20th March & 24th April 2016
Results: 55% achieved Distinction, 45% achieved Merit
Branch: Shut Up & Dance...SQUAD!
Details: http://www.can-you-dance.co.uk
Date: 3rd April 2016
Location: University of Worcester Arena
Hylton Road, Worcester, WR2 5JN
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD! (Intermediates)
Date: Sunday 25th October 2015
Location: ICC Birmingham
Massive WELL DONE to those dancers who performed brilliantly & went through the first stages auditions. Looking forward to the next stages in 2016...
Awards Presentation
Branch: All dancers
Date: 6pm Thursday 27th August 2015
Location: Moseley All Services Club,
Moseley C of E Primary School
Summer Fayre
Branch: Claire's Dance Co dancers - Adv Infants, Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors & SQUAD!
Date: Saturday 4th July 2015
Location: Moseley C of E Primary School,
Oxford Road, Moseley, B13 9EH
St Agnes Church
Summer Fayre
Dance Expressions 2016
Branch: Claire's Dance Co dancers - Adv Infants, Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors & SQUAD!
Date: Saturday 20th June 2015
Location: St Agnes church, Colmore Crescent, Moseley,
B13 9SJ
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: Sunday 6th March 2016 - SQUAD! troupe dances
Miss Hannah took 1st Place in U15 Lyrical /
Contemporary Solo Section & then 1st Runner Up
in the Dance Expressions Championship
SQUAD! placed 4th in the Seniors Cabaret Section
UK Street Dance Challenge
Alton Towers
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD! (competing)
Date: Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd November 2015
Location: Alton Towers
Huge congratulations to Jazz, who took 5th place in the 14&U solo section!
Branch: Shut Up & Dance... SQUAD!
Venue: Wrockwardine Wood Arts Academy, Telford
Date: Saturday 25th April 2015
Halloween
Sponsored Spook
Annual Assessments
Branch: All Moseley dancers from Little Wigglers
to Seniors
Date: October Half Term 2015
Huge thank you to all those who took part in our fundraiser week - Little Wigglers raised enough funds to purchase red indian headdresses, & our older dancers raised enough to fund a new ballet barre!
IDTA Street Exam Session
Branch: Adv Infants, Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors
Date: Sunday 19th July 2015
Results: 2/3 achieved HONOURS (highest possible grade)
1/3 achieved HIGHLY COMMENDED (2nd highest)
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: Saturday 27th June 2015
Location: The Athena Theatre
Queen Street
Leicester
LE1 1QD
Street Workshops with Dee from
Full Out Dance
Branch: Claire's Dance Co dancers - Adv Infants, Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors & SQUAD!
Date: Sunday 31st May 2015
Performances & Awards Presentations
Branch: Warstock Tiddlers, Moseley Infants, Adv Infants,
Juniors & Intermediates
Date: Sunday 1st February 2015
Easter Fun Week
Mirfield Autumn Dance Festival
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Date: 3:30 Sunday 23rd November 2014
3:30 Sunday 30th November 2014
Location: Smiths Wood Sports College
Halloween
Sponsored Spook
Branch: Warstock Tiddlers - raised £37 for equipment!
Moseley dancers - raised £270 for new floor!
Date: October 2014
Huge thanks to everyone who took part & helped raise such a fantastic amount of money towards improvements! xx
Chance2Dance
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Coventry Inters & Seniors
Date: Sunday 12th October 2014
Location: Birmingham Hippodrome
Branch: All Classes & Locations, as assessments
Venue: Queensbridge School
Show & Friday 27th February 2015
Awards;
Encore Weekend
Branch: Shut Up and Dance...SQUAD!
Coventry & Moseley Juniors, Inters & Seniors
Date: Friday (pm) 7th - Sunday 9th November 2014