Gotta Dance!

What a weekend!
My youngest son just lives to Dance - especially Tap.

So when I heard that Rusty Frank (whose book we just happened to have!) was over in London from the USA, doing a three day Tap Workshop I knew I just had to take him down there.
Here is Rusty in action, she makes it look so easy! :-)


American Style tap classes are virtually unknown here in the UK and the style is so relaxed and easy compared to ours here in the UK. It's just a joy to watch!

Of course, thanks to British Rail at it's finest there were NO trains early that Saturday morning.... so it was a taxi from home at 5:15 am, then a coach to Victoria and a couple of tubes to the dance studio in Old Street for 9:30...... We were sooo tired! I don't know how my son managed to dance all day but............

I don't know who enjoyed the day more, he or I :-)
He came out beaming from ear to ear from every class and I sat and listened to all those feet and that fabulous jazz, grinning from ear to ear! LOL.

He had two classes booked, beginners and intermediate. I wasn't sure how he would do.
You never know how hard these things are going to be do you?
In the end he did both of these and the advanced class.
I was so happy for him!


He's fifteen, loves to Tap, loves swing and jazz music and has just the best smile in the world :-) He's my baby, can ya tell?? Mummy was just more than proud of him!!!

Rusty turned out to be just amazing too.
After lunch she did a wonderful clip show of some fabulous tap dancers.
My all time favourite clip was included- that amazing dance with Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell, when they dance in front of mirrors?
If you haven't seen it, it's so adorable, makes me smile every time I watch it. Here it is on youtube


It was a lovely way to spend an hour for me (non- dancers were allowed to watch ) and despite having worked with and met some of the most famous names in the business Rusty was just so friendly.

Emile came away with a huge smile, a huge hug from Rusty and a dvd to practice all those moves he had learnt that day.

I don't think he will forget it for a long time and I know that he will keep tapping and hoofing until he is very old!
Thanks so much to Sam from Sam Hawkins Dance School for making us feel so welcome, we had just the best day and of course to Rusty who I hope we get to meet up with again if we manage to get over to the States.

Have a great one!

Fran x