| Newsletter Dance your cares away Chislehurst and Sidcup Ballet Club Now in its 57th YEAR – 1961 to 2018
President: Miss Jane Pritchard Vice President: Mr Kevin Richmond Patrons: Miss Lesley Collier & Mrs Mary Goodhew Dear Members, At our meeting in May we held our AGM which our President Jane Pritchard chaired. After the business had been completed Jane gave us a fascinating talk about Anthony Crickmay and his work as a photographer within ballet. Our June meeting will be held in the theatre space at Bird College and we are delighted that Dame Beryl Grey CH., DBE will be our Guest Speaker. Tea, coffee & biscuits served from 6.30pm outside the theatre, please feel free to use the cinema seats near the back door, the Ladies & Gents are nearby .Luis D’Abreu and Shirley Coen Executive Directors, Andrew Wilson Head of Ballet and Lai-Sheung Chan Senior Ballet Tutor and 46 of their ballet students from Bird College of Performing Arts will be joining Club Members past & present with their guests for a very special evening to end the term before our Summer recess. Please ring/text/email Sue our Chairman on 07746-719258 and [email protected] to let her know how many guests you are bringing, Club News - Meeting Dates for 2018 Monday 18 June 7.00pm Dame Beryl Grey CH., DBE SUMMER HOLIDAY RECESS Monday 1 October 7.30pm Monday 5 November 7.30pm Monday 3 December 7.30pm COMMITTEE MEETINGS Monday 15 October - 6.30pm Monday 28 January 2019 - 6.30pm Ballet Club sent Inge Kelly a card on her 94th birthday, we have had the following reply from her daughter Anne Marie Braun: “I had my suspicions before now, but they were confirmed when my mother opened her latest newsletter from the Ballet Club: it was you who organised and sent her lovely birthday card with the matching '94' in silver on it. Thank you so much! She was very pleased and touched by it. Please pass on thanks to others in the club, also for the piece in the newsletter. It is so nice that she is remembered. As you probably know, her birthday means a lot to my mother and she did have a happy celebration. At the weekend before the 6th March we had a birthday tea party at her house with nearly all the family; despite the atrocious weather we were more than twenty, including three great-grandchildren. The birthday cards then stood on her table until Easter. In the Ballet Club newsletter I read that guests will be welcome at the meeting with Dame Beryl Grey on 18th June. I am hoping to be able to come and look forward to meeting you then” What's on | Venue | Date | Company/Artist | Programme | Sadler's Wells | 27-30 September 2017 | Acosta Danza | Debut | 9 December—28 January 2018 | Matthew Bourne | Cinderella | Coliseum | Covent Garden | 24 July-5 August | Mariinsky Ballet | Don Quixote | 27 July—7 August | Mariinsky Ballet | Swan Lake | 3-4 August | Mariinsky Ballet | Anna Karinina | 8 Judas -9 August | Mariinsky Ballet | Contrasts | 10-12 August | Mariinsky Ballet | La Bayadere | 27 Sept—28 October | Royal Ballet | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | 18-24 October | Royal Ballet | Juex | 18-19 October | Birmingham Royal Ballet/Royal Ballet /Scottish Bal-let | Concerto/ Elite Syncopations/Le Baiseer de la Fee | 24 Oct/1 Nov | English National Ballet/Royal Ballet | Song of the Earth/The Judas Tree | 6-17 Nov | Royal Ballet | The illustrated Farewell/The Wind/Untouchable | 26/27 Oct | ENB/Royal Ballet/ North-ern Ballet | Gloria/Elite Syncopations/The Judas Tree | 24 Nov-16 Dec | Royal Ballet | Sylvia | 5 Dec-10 Jan 2018 | Royal Ballet | Nutcracker | Orchard Dart-ford | 13,14,15 July | Doreen Bird College | Retro | 25-26 August 2017 | English Youth Ballet | Sleeping Beauty | 11-16 September 2017 | Spirit of the Dance | 9-14 October 2018 | Flashdance | Live Screenings at Greenwich Picture House/ Greenwich Odeon/Bluewater/Odeon Beckenham/Empire Bromley/Orpington | 23rd October 2017 | Royal Ballet | Alice in Wonderland | 5th December 2017 | Royal Ballet | Nutcracker | 28th February 2018 | Royal Ballet | The Winter’s Tale | 27th March 2018 | Royal Ballet | New Wayne McGregor and Christo-pher Wheeldon ballets | 3rd May 2018 | Royal Ballet | Manon | 12th June 2018 | Royal Ballet | Swan Lake | | | | | | | |