by ffinadmin | May 10, 2013 | Blog
May 9th 10.40 am arrived on train to find someone sitting in my reserved seat, who obviously had no idea about reservations, quiet carriage etiquette or general manners whilst eating (maybe she wasn’t taught as a child to keep mouth closed whilst chewing). Phone...
by ffinadmin | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog
As I sit watching the BBC coverage of the funeral of Baroness Thatcher, my mind is whirling with many differing memories. I started teaching in the South Wales mining valleys in the early 80’s and experienced the horrors of the miner’s strikes at first...
by ffinadmin | Apr 9, 2013 | Blog, The ffin dance faktry
The weekend is well and truly over and I’m still reeling over the enormity of the tasks that the company undertook last week. For the 4th year running we held our Easter dance faktry festival here in our home base Abertillery in South Wales. The week leading up...
by ffinadmin | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog
Rehearsals are starting to get busy as the days get nearer for the Easter Dance Faktry Festival. I am attending four dance classes a week with the dance faktry which add up to 5 hours a week! But in the end it all pays off when you have nice clean piece. One piece in...
by ffinadmin | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog
As a member of Combination Dance, The Move Youth Dance Company and a Leapers Dance group leader, I am busy preparing for our Easter dance faktry festival and have been for weeks, along with my fellow dancers. As it is the first showcase of 2013 we are all eager to...
by ffinadmin | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog, News
Monday morning and a bit of a come-down after a marvellous few days in Anglesey, North Wales. On Thursday morning we travelled from one end of Wales to the extreme end of the other, a beautiful journey through unspoilt countryside with not a motorway in sight. For...
