Monday 7 December
The Monday Club in Banstead
hosted an evening of scintillating dance featuring the Shimmies in full
regalia - wow! don't they look great!
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Thursday 26 November
The Shimmies dancing at the Sutton Christmas Lights Switch-On
The Event Organiser wrote
"a fantastic evening greatly appreciated by the whole community.
But it was your stunning contribution that helped make the difference
so a great big thank you"
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Saturday 14 November
Six of the Shimmies entertained the lovely residents
of Walton Heath Residential Home
- a fun time was had by all, here's a photo of us getting ready backstage
beforehand.
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Weekend
of 24-25 October
Dance Around the World
at Cecil House in Regent’s Park / Camden Town featured flamenco
dancing with some of the Shimmy Sisters
Click here to see
the Dance Around the World website
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Sunday 25 October
It was the 10th Anniversary of the Asian Resource
Centre Croydon (ARCC) and Sharon performed as part of
Malti Patel's Apsara Arts bollywood group at the Colours
of Asia dance extravaganza in
the Concert Hall of the Fairfield Halls in Croydon
Here she's pictured with Ann before going onstage.
More details about ARCC can be found at www.arccltd.com
and the Apsara Arts website is one click away here
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Wednesday 7 October
Shimmy Sisters Bernadette and Kathi danced
a varied half hour set in full cabaret costume
at St Barnabas Church, Epsom, as part of activities arranged for Epsom
Mental Health Week.
-Both of us were delighted when most of the audience got up and joined
us in an impromtu dance around afterwards!
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Sunday 27 September
Jill ran 10km to raise funds for Cancer Research
at Hampton Court
- fantastic effort Jill, well done! Jill raised just short of £200
and completed her kilometres in a very credible time indeed - even
sprinting at the end!
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Friday 18
September
The Shimmy Sisters provided bellylicious after-dinner
entertainment for Tooting and Mitcham Football Club's
Weekend For Life
Charity Event in aid of Cancer Research
UK at The Hub - photos to follow!
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:: Saturday 5 September ::
The Shimmy Sisters (plus
an impromptu Shimmy Brother!) danced at the
South
Central Music Festival which took place all weekend in Sutton Town
Centre
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:: Bank Holiday
Monday 31st August ::
All seven Shimmy Sisters were present as one of the headlining
acts at the Merton Change4Life
roadshow,
an event combining the NHS Change4life
initiative and the Merton Horticultural Show. 
We danced a varied half-hour set in the bucolic setting of Morden Park
in the most perfect Bank Holiday sun,
but reluctantly had to abandon our Dance of the Seven Veils as the lovely
cooling wind wasn't having any of it!
Our thanks go to Louise and in particular to charming soundman Dick for
sorting out the stage and music for us
- he said we'd built up the largest audience of the day some of whom came
along later to learn Shimmy Sister bellydance
moves and grooves at our mini bellydance taster session organised by salsa-dancing
Jen Smith
who we all thought was a pretty smart mover in the Change4Life tent
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Sunday 2nd August ::
The
Croydon Mela in Lloyd Park
Perfect sunny weather, happy crowds
thronging around Lloyd Park in Croydon, music and movement every direction
you looked
- the Mela was a delight to perform at.
Semera was stunning dancing as part of Danni's flamenco troupe "Flamenco
con gusto". Their set included rumbas and fandangos
and their finale proved extremely popular with the crowd who enthusiastically
shouted 'ole' to cheer on the dancers!
Sharon and Kathi danced with Ann as Bollissima, on behalf of Apsara Arts
and enchanted the audience with their new dance to Mauja Hi Mauja
from the film Jab we Met, a fast, fun bhangra-inspired number that got
the audience clapping and cheering, followed by a revival of Jogan and
finally
a duet between Ann and Kathi to Mereboob Mere which earned Kathi some
of the most fulsome compliments she'd ever had about her
bollywood dancing. Aaaah, bless!!!
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::Thursday
16th July ::
Our Bollywood dancers, Sharon and Kathi along with Ann kicked off the
Croydon Summer Festival
when they appeared at the Croydon
Clocktower as part of Apsara Arts. They performed a bollywood dance
with oriental overtones to Meheboob Mere.
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Friday 31st July - Dance Blast ::
Our bollywood dancers Sharon
and Kathi were involved in the very enjoyable Dance Blast event in Croydon's
Fairfield Halls
as part of Malti Patel's Apsara Arts - representatives from schools
and dance groups around the area put on a very well supported show
 
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Saturday 11th July ::
Sarah, Kathi, Jill and Becky performed
for a lovely and lively crowd in Sutton High Street as part of the events
organised for Sutton's
Take
Part Take Pride initiative. We were very fortunate in that the rain
stayed away for the duration of our set and we'd like to thank
all the organisers for their very positive feedback - including Gary
pictured with us below, whose band Protegem played an excellent set
(watched from the comfort of a nearby coffee house in our case!)
Click here
to see all our photos
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Saturday 4th July ::
Two of our flamenco dancers Jill and
Semera danced this Saturday from 6-9 pm at
BedZED Pavilion in Hackbridge - what a smashing sight they look in their
fantastic costumes!
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