University of Bath Latin and Ballroom Dance Club
The Yearbook 2011 / 2012
Pull up a (Vice) Chair with Catherine This year has been another fantastic one for Latin and Ballroom. We have over 200 members in the club and you’ve all helped make the year so enjoyable and created a really vibrant atmosphere at lessons and often making them hilarious as well! As always, the trip up to Blackpool for the 50th IVDC was a memorable weekend and loads of fun with Mamma Mia sing-a-longs, freezing toes in the sea and dancing to the Empress Orchestra. As well as holding the fantastic Bath Comp, this year also saw us hosting SUDC. Over 400 competitors entered and it was a really enjoyable day thanks to Kelvin and the rest of the SUDA committee and all their hard work organising and running the event. The Christmas and May Balls were another highlight of the year and really entertaining with many mini competitions and ‘fun’ dances - although I think our usual dancing counts as fun! I would like to take this opportunity to thank Paula, James, Asia and Jon for their hard work during the year and for all the incredible support they give us at competitions. Also, special congratulations to Paula for her Lifetime Achievement award! The rest of the committee have also put in a lot of work to keep the club running smoothly and organising all the events and competitions that you’ve enjoyed this year so a big thanks to all of them. Lastly, a special thank you to both Matt Bannister and Iain who helped out at nearly every lesson which made our jobs easier and really increased the male:female ratio! Good luck to next year’s committee and I’m sure under Nick’s guidance the club will continue to grow and become more amazingly fantastic than it already is! It’s been a pleasure to be your Vice Chair and I hope you all enjoyed the year as much as I have. I look forward to seeing many of you again in the coming year but for those of you moving on from Bath, good luck in your new ventures and remember, keeeeeeeeep dancing - and come back to see us!!!
Outgoing Committee Chair Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few Words:
Tadas Zgirskis Tadas Economics Quickstep Tadas was the club chair person this year. He has been dancing for many years; since long before he came to Bath and has achieved success in many competitions. With us, he took part in a few this year where he achieved some success but unfortunately was not always able to compete or attend the lessons.
Vice Chair Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Catherine Armour Catherine Natural Sciences Cha Cha Cha I’ve really enjoyed being vice chair this year and getting more involved in the running of the club. Being on committee has improved both my table moving skills (now very impressive) and talking to people I don’t know well which has never been my strong point! IVDA weekend is one of the highlights of my year as it was loads of fun though the general messing around in lessons is often hilarious too! I hope you’ve all enjoyed the year as much as me and hope to see lots of you back in September!
Treasurer Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Belle Chong Belle Pharmacy Napping Belle has been taking our money all year which should make her one of the least popular people on committee. She is normally smiling (or asleep) though and so we all forgive her for doing her job. Belle has danced competitions with Kelvin and together they have been in many finals establishing a very heavy collection of silverware!
Communications Name: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Caroline Armstrong Physics Waltz I've had a great time on committee this year and learnt a lot about how the club works. I wish the new committee the best of luck and can't wait to come back from my placement, in Surrey, for the Christmas ball!
Team Captain Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few Words:
Jane Davies Jane Biology Barn or May Pole Dancing... in fact any sort of pole dancing I would like to thank everyone who came to competitions for making life so easy and enjoyable for Nick and me. Also a huge thanks to Nick for being a great co-captain. I've had a great year on committee and good luck to everyone taking over next year. What I have learnt: 1) Lisa and Belle are absolute nut cases! 2) How to carry chairs and tables efficiently 3) Steve is a very patient dance partner 4) Meetings are great fun when there's cake involved
Team Captain Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Nicholas Camp Nick Mechanical Engineering They are all so much fun, but I am particularly fond of quickstep Is it really the end of the year already? It seems just yesterday we had our beginners waltzing around the floor in Southampton. I have enjoyed every moment of Team Captaining, from helping couples in preparation for competition to representing our team at IVDA. I must thank my fellow Captain Jane for her help and organisation, making everything smoother and so much more enjoyable. I wish Cam and Elizabeth the best at the next Team Captains, and hope our team keeps it's spirit and strength for the next year.
Events Coordinator Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Lisa-Katharina Kleber Lisa, Lis, Lisaloo International Management and Spanish Rumba, because you get to feel so sexy even when you look like an idiot I've really enjoyed this year, being Events Manager was a great experience and I'd do it all over again! Achieving Honours in my silver medal exam early was great too and really took the pressure off. I'm going away to Uruguay and Spain for a year but I'll stay in touch and maybe see you at IVDC'13? I seem to be one of the loudest girls, so I'll definitely be back for more in fourth year. Best of luck to committee 12/13, you'll do a fab job, I'm sure!
Wardrobe Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Judith Abbott Jude Modern Languages & European Studies - French and Spanish Jive I've really enjoyed being Wardrobe Officer on committee. It's been so rewarding seeing all you gorgeous girlies whirling about in your team dresses at competitions and on stage this year. Also, kudos to the few boys who were willing to wear some of the latin tops for the comps! I'm going to miss you all next year. L&B love to all!
Social Secretary Name: Nickname: Degree:
Christopher Kirkman Chris Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Viennese Waltz I've had a really enjoyable year as the social sec despite occasionally being buried by work I've particularly enjoyed the ball where I seemed to be determined to close my eyes during all the photos
Social Secretary Name: Nickname: Degree: In a few words:
Beginners Rep Name: Nickname: Degree: In a few words:
Ka Yee Tang Kay Economics Kay has been one of the two social secretaries this year with Chris. The socials have included a roller disco, pub crawl and two fantastic dancing balls!
Harry Vane Harry Mathematics Harry has been a beginners rep this year and is looking forward to being the social secretary next year. He is a very sociable guy and so should work very well to lead the members next year into whatever socials that they organise… I think that they are going to great fun!
Beginners Rep Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Georgina James George Mechanical Engineering with German Jive… Quickstep… Samba… Viennese… All of Them! Joining Latin & Ballroom has really made my year and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made! It’s so much fun, I’ve made loads of great new friends and I’ve learnt to dance a little bit too =P I’m hoping to go on placement next year, but will do my best to come back and visit for competitions and the ball. Also, to Arthur, Liz and Christian just want to say thanks for being such amazing partners! Good Luck to the New Committee for Next Year!
Incoming Committee Chair Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Nicholas Camp Nick Mechanical Engineering They are all so much fun, but I am particularly fond of quickstep I am wholly looking forward to being your Chair this year! The committee and I will look to further expand the club both in members and events we do, including expanding to help with the local community. I aim to be very open with our members, so I hope to see lots of involvement, suggestions and ideas from you all. For all those who are leaving us this year, I hope you have had a great time with the club and we would love to see you come visit us again, and to everyone who will be with us next year, we'll see you on the dance floor very soon!
Secretary Name: Nickname: Favourite dance: In a few words:
Christian Kuppe Christian Cha Cha, Salsa I look forward being the new secretary of our club next year and hope we will have a fun time full of dancing together.
Treasurer Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Natalie James Nat Mechanical Engineering Viennese Waltz This year has been amazing and I’m so glad I’ve been able to do so much dancing! I’m looking forward to helping to make next year even better!
Communications Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite dance: In a few words:
Helena Pearson Helena Mathematics Quick-step Ever since the taster sessions at the beginning of the year I knew I’d love Latin and Ballroom. The lessons are a bundle of fun and I feel we have all improved so much, especially over the last few weeks while training for the medals! I hope that next year I grasp the Latin routines a lot quicker than I have this year and that everyone carries on coming in October, as I feel we have all got on so well over the past few months.
Team Captain Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Camille Rabesahala de Meritens Cam a.k.a. Cam Cam MPharmacy (hons) Viennese Waltz, Quickstep and Cha All the fun, enthusiasm and passion that has been shown this year is definitely something that must be carried on to the next!! :D GO TEAM BATH!
Team Captain Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Elizabeth Goudie Liz Gou Biology Quickstep I have loved dancing this year, especially at IVDA and I can't wait to get to know everyone in the club better in the future :)
Event Coordinator Name : Nickname : Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Claudia Hadji Claudia or ‘Woman’ Latin and Ballroom, no sorry, French and Spanish with European Studies It is impossible to choose I’ve loved coming back from France and Spain to try and make almost all the competitions! Looking forward to being able to go to the socials now!
Wardrobe Name: Nickname: Degree: Favourite Dance: In a few words:
Emily Dustan Ed Pharmacy Jive Last year I loved competing at all the competitions, partly because I got to dress up and dance about in beautiful dresses each time. So it figures that this year I want to look after them and make sure that everyone looks gorgeous as they represent Bath.
Harry!
Social Secretary Name: Nickname: Degree: In a few words:
Harry Vane Harry Mathematics Harry has been a beginners rep this year and is looking forward to being the social secretary next year. He is a very sociable guy and so should work very well to lead the members next year into whatever socials that they organise… I think that they are going to great fun!
Social Secretary Name : Yazhou Liu Nickname : Yazzy Degree: Computer Science and Mathematics Favourite Dance: Cha Cha In a few words: Latin & Ballroom lessons are always the highlight of my week. I've met so many people and made so many good friends. ^_^ I'm one of the Social Secretaries for next year, with my unusual ideas, I'm sure we are going to have some amazing socials My aim for next year is to wear more glitters for all of the competitions >.
