Airedale Swing Dance Festival 2019 - (14th - 16th June)

Airedale Swing Dance Festival 2019
                    (14th - 16th June)
Welcome from all at Airedale Swing Dance Community to our
first weekend festival in “Bronte Country” West Yorkshire.

Here is some information that we hope you will find useful to
help you get the most out of attending this event.

Our Venue:
Victoria Hall
Hard Ings Road
Keighley
BD21 3JN

Registration & all event sessions in one location, please wear
event wristband at all times over the weekend, if registering
after our 1st session on Friday the front desk may not be
operating all weekend, if that is the case please visit our
refreshment area in the bar to register & obtain a wristband,
we appreciate your patience during the registration process.

How to find us:

If arriving by train please turn right as you exit the railway
station along the A6035 Bradford Road & the venue is a short
distance away (10 min walk) set back from the road on the
left at the back of Victoria Park.

Local Taxis: Central Private Hire 01535 602121 (Based at
Keighley Railway Station) Metro-Go 01535 600600 &
Oxford Taxis 01535 603333

By Car: Access to Victoria Hall is via a slip road into Victoria
Park exiting the A650 at Hard Ings Road heading toward
Skipton (there is no right turn from the other direction & you
would need to come back around the roundabout to enter the
car park) there is ample on-site parking, the main event car
park is accessed by driving past the front of Leisure Centre &
Victoria Hall, following the road around to the left towards
the exit there is a large circular space with marked bays on
the left hand side just past the playground but I understand
using the Leisure Centre car park area will also be OK.

Turn Left Here:

Sign pictured above reads: A650 Skipton (9)

Schedule:

Friday Evening 14th June (7.30pm - 12.30 am) - Live music
from Alligator Gumbo supported by DJ “Tacky Annie” Heeley

Saturday Afternoon 15th June (1.30pm - 5.30 pm) - Live
music from The David Broad Trio supported by DJ sets from
Kevin Leach & Raelene Goddard (DJ Swing Rae)

Saturday Evening 15th June (8.00pm - 1.00 am) - Live music
from Tessa Smith & The Applejacks supported by DJ tlc
(Tracey Campbell)

Sunday Afternoon 16th June (1.30pm - 5.30 pm) - Live
music from The Red Canary Dance Band supported by DJ
Windy Wardlaw from A-Train Swing

At both our evening sessions the venue bar will be open
(please drink/dance responsibly) & both our afternoon events
will have tea & cake available (baking contributions most
welcome for both the afternoon sessions!)

Please do not put talc or similar on the dance floor!!!

Themes: The "Dress Codes" for our themes are all optional so
please feel free to wear anything that makes you feel comfortable to
dance.

Friday evening = "Are You Local?" - Wear a t-shirt or something
else to represent your local dance scene or where you are from.

Saturday Afternoon = Swing For Macmillan - Wear something
green as we do some fundraising with a raffle/collection (donations
of raffle prizes most welcome) & very likely some cake! (Airedale
Swing Dance Community have supported various local & national
charitable causes including Macmillan Cancer Support with a
series of our Swing For Macmillan Tea Dances generating over
£3500 for this fantastic charity to date)

Saturday Evening = Transport & Travel - Wear something to
represent a mode of transport, a destination, an item of luggage or
anything else that could be tenuously linked to this theme.

Sunday Afternoon = Vintage Tea Dance - Wear vintage attire if
that's your thing but in any case come prepared eat cake as baking
contributions are usually plentiful at Airedale Swing Dance
Community Tea Dance events.

Safety Policy: Our Code of Conduct and how to contact us, if
you require support. Airedale Swing Dance Community have
chosen to adopt the Safety in Swing Dance Code of Conduct.

For further information or any questions please contact:
Mark: 07850 079586 or Angi: 07739 009413

If you would be happy to do any volunteering to help us out
at all for a short period over the weekend please let us know.

Official Event Photography: Georgie from Cheeky Rastall
Photography will be taking some pics throughout the
weekend, please let us know if you would prefer not to
appear in any published images.

Activities: We have not organised any specific activities
between the dance sessions but here are a few options of
things to see & do while visiting the area: Cliffe Castle
Museum & Gardens in Keighley & East Riddlesden Hall
(National Trust) are both nearby our event venue Victoria Hall
or perhaps you might like take the steam train to explore
local tourist destination Haworth the home of Bronte
Parsonage Museum on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
going through Oakworth Station which featured in the film
The Railway Children

The association Keighley has with Transport & Travel has
inspired our theme for the dance on Saturday night, K&WVR
has a Rail Museum at Ingrow Station & there is also a
separate Bus Museum in Keighley, for the more adventurous
a walk up to Top Withens (aka Wuthering Heights) via Bronte
Falls is recommended if you have sufficient energy!

Check out our website Airedale Swing Dance Community &
look out for announcements about the event on social media:

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Airedale Swing Dance Festival 2019

We look forward to welcoming you to the event in June &
hope you enjoy the weekend.