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**Spiky Steve** · 13th-May-2008, 10:16 AM

Double Trouble
This is my first chance to add feedback as Kathleen and I jumped on a flight to Turkey the morning after the champs to recover from any stresses of the competition.
Firstly, I would like to thank the team at Ceroc for working hard on putting together a great competition and enabling us to show what I can do. I think the changes made to encourage the advanced category were a big success.
Too stressed last year to enjoy anything I absolutely loved the whole afternoon and evening this year.
My thanks and congratulations to all the competitors who put the time in with practice and costumes and just the courage to expose themselves to possible stress, judgement and any disappointment.
Thanks to the other double trouble competitors. Without you there would be no competition so thanks for helping to keep something I love alive. DD, Paul and Anita, you guys scared the hell out of us at Storm as you are great in freestyle. Hopefully we will get a dance soon. To Danielle, it was nice to meet you and I look forward to the DVD.
More personally, I would like to thank Kathleen and Marion for being part of the Jailhouse Ceroc team and for helping me with all the things that we tried. For the leads and the moves, the things that worked and the things that didn’t. Thanks for helping me move from a mainly choreographed routine last year to a developing a pure and smooth double trouble freestyle this year. I loved the things that we created especially the leads that we can use ongoing in freestyle. I absolutely loved it and was buzzing for days. I particularly enjoyed the final session in the marble room where I got to see the outfits you had chosen for the first time. I think the people there saw us at our best dancing to some great tracks from Rachel.
Thanks to Rachel and Marc for running a great chill out room. The music was fabulous and a great place to relax. I wish we could have spent more time with you.
Thanks to Rob of the massage team at Ceroc Camber weekenders. The guy is magic. Two days before the final Kathleen could barely move from our aerials and Rob managed to get her moving again.
Thanks to Kerry and Blue eyes for proving freestyle and not the team had just come to know what to expect.
Thanks also to Tim for a very useful session.
Thanks also to Simon R for some very important and useful advice. Advice that was key to our enjoyment of the show and our probably part of it in the future.
Finally, possibly my biggest thanks to John Sweeney, Marc Forster, Lily and all our friends and people that received us with great enthusiasm and gave us great feedback. This was my first step in showing Kathleen that competition can be fun after she found last year so stressful. With your encouragement I may just be able to talk her back into competing in the advance category.
Apologies to anyone I have forgotten.
Spiky Steve
AKA the Prison Warden / Formally the Pilot

13th-May-2008, 10:16 AM	#187 (permalink)
Spiky Steve Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waltham Abbey Posts: 333 Rep Power: 1	Re: The Champs May 4th 2008 @ The Troxy Double Trouble This is my first chance to add feedback as Kathleen and I jumped on a flight to Turkey the morning after the champs to recover from any stresses of the competition. Firstly, I would like to thank the team at Ceroc for working hard on putting together a great competition and enabling us to show what I can do. I think the changes made to encourage the advanced category were a big success. Too stressed last year to enjoy anything I absolutely loved the whole afternoon and evening this year. My thanks and congratulations to all the competitors who put the time in with practice and costumes and just the courage to expose themselves to possible stress, judgement and any disappointment. Thanks to the other double trouble competitors. Without you there would be no competition so thanks for helping to keep something I love alive. DD, Paul and Anita, you guys scared the hell out of us at Storm as you are great in freestyle. Hopefully we will get a dance soon. To Danielle, it was nice to meet you and I look forward to the DVD. More personally, I would like to thank Kathleen and Marion for being part of the Jailhouse Ceroc team and for helping me with all the things that we tried. For the leads and the moves, the things that worked and the things that didn’t. Thanks for helping me move from a mainly choreographed routine last year to a developing a pure and smooth double trouble freestyle this year. I loved the things that we created especially the leads that we can use ongoing in freestyle. I absolutely loved it and was buzzing for days. I particularly enjoyed the final session in the marble room where I got to see the outfits you had chosen for the first time. I think the people there saw us at our best dancing to some great tracks from Rachel. Thanks to Rachel and Marc for running a great chill out room. The music was fabulous and a great place to relax. I wish we could have spent more time with you. Thanks to Rob of the massage team at Ceroc Camber weekenders. The guy is magic. Two days before the final Kathleen could barely move from our aerials and Rob managed to get her moving again. Thanks to Kerry and Blue eyes for proving freestyle and not the team had just come to know what to expect. Thanks also to Tim for a very useful session. Thanks also to Simon R for some very important and useful advice. Advice that was key to our enjoyment of the show and our probably part of it in the future. Finally, possibly my biggest thanks to John Sweeney, Marc Forster, Lily and all our friends and people that received us with great enthusiasm and gave us great feedback. This was my first step in showing Kathleen that competition can be fun after she found last year so stressful. With your encouragement I may just be able to talk her back into competing in the advance category. Apologies to anyone I have forgotten. Spiky Steve AKA the Prison Warden / Formally the Pilot