Blaze 2008, Ayr 9/12th May 2008:
The Ceroc Scotland 3-nights Week-ender
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23rd-October-2005, 02:08 AM
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| Papa Smurf  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe
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Reputation Total: 2317   | Post Big Forum gathering Thats the end of the forum gathering then. Well organised as usual and a really good turn out  Plaudits to FunkySi for mixing his 2nd last track in with the fire alarm Apologies to Dizzy for falling over - I knew I had a sore knee and i really shouldnt have tried that move. Thanks Aleks for fixing it Thanks to my partner Ceroc Jock we won the avatar fancy dress, even though he made an ass of himself.  The tasty ice cream was impressive as runner up (though Little Monkey put much more effort into it to be honest  )
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23rd-October-2005, 02:17 AM
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| Papa Smurf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe
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Reputation Total: 2317 | Re: Post Big Forum gathering B.F.G. Award Results 1st, 2nd and 3rd places listed with total points. A good night for ESG even though he snubbed the ceremony (thinks he's Marlon Brando  )-------------------- Best Use of Innuendo -------------------- Ceroc Jock - 30 Silver Fox - 19 Dee - 9 ------------- Most Humorous ------------- El Salsero Gringo / DavidB - 16 (DavidB got prize for turning up )Dreadful Scathe - 14 David James - 11 ------------ Most Helpful ------------ TiggerBabe - 13 DavidB - 12 DavidJames / Lynn - 11 ----------- Best Thread ----------- Singletons Sofa - 16 (purple sparkler) Star Signs v's Dancers - 11 (Minnie M) Dancing DJ Question/Foxes Den - 6 ------------------------------- Biggest Hijacker (for taking threads off topic) ------------------------------- Drathzel - 12 CerocMetro - 9 DavidJames - 6 ---------------------------------- Most thought-provoking post/poster ---------------------------------- El Salsero Gringo - 19 Clive Long - 13 DavidB - 11 ----------- Best Avatar ----------- El Salsero Gringo - 20 Gadget - 7 (several) - 6 ------------------------- Best Tag Line / Signature ------------------------- El Salsero Gringo - 8 Lou - 7 Lynn / Minnie M - 6 -------------------------------------------- Forum Star (who made the biggest impact in a short time) -------------------------------------------- El Salsero Gringo - 26 LMC - 25 Ducasi - 17 ------------- Most Pedantic ------------- El Salsero Gringo - 27 DavidJames - 12 MartinHarper - 11 ------------------- Spurtle Award (stirrer of debate) ------------------- El Salsero Gringo - 20 Gus - 19 DavidJames - 18 ----------------------- Forum KING and QUEEN. ----------------------- men ---- Franck - 23 El Salsero Gringo - 11 Gadget / SilverFox - 9 women ------- Lory - 24 Tiggerbabe - 23 Lynn - 9
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23rd-October-2005, 02:39 AM
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| Lovely Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow
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So-far it's been just awesome. Talking of which, some really great costumes, but far and away the best was Little Monkey's take on my very own avatar. Congratulations to all the winners... It's been really great meeting all the forumites – though I know I still have a few to meet, hopefully tomorrow! I'll post more later... Going to my bed now! EDIT: Oh, and thanks to the 17 people who voted for me as Forum Star.   I knew I didn't have much of a hope compared to the competition, but it's great being in third place. Thanks again! 
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23rd-October-2005, 03:50 AM
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| Cheeky by nature  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Still in Dundee....
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 The most memorable dance of the evening was when I danced, dressed in my ice-cream cone, with the ass. And Nick (a bit of an ass....  ) tried to eat me..... Loved having a blues room and a latin room in addition to the main hall. The floors were soooo fast, and I ended up having to change into my sneakers, as I was afraid of landing on my bum! The latin room music was by far my favourite sets, thanks Tiggerbabe and Marc! Oh, and I enjoyed Trampy's set in the blues room, too.  Thanks to all the lovely guys (and ladies!) I danced with, you were all very gentle and smooth, and my back behaved much better than I could even have hoped for! Right. Time for bed. Will quite possibly have strange dreams about being an ice cream, and being chased around the dance floor by people who want to eat me.....! Tired Little Monkey | |
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23rd-October-2005, 04:06 AM
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| Cheeky by nature Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Still in Dundee....
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Reputation Total: 1437 | Re: Post Big Forum gathering Oh, and d'oh! I forgot to take my camera with me, so could the people who took photos of me kindly e-mail me some copies? And of course post them here!!!!!!!!!!!!! LM |
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23rd-October-2005, 09:38 AM
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| Ceroc Teacher  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London
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ps. DS? I didn't snub the awards - it's just that the dressing rooms weren't big enough, and the promoter wouldn't meet the terms of my rider. | |
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23rd-October-2005, 11:32 AM
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| Lovely Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow
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For those that are interested, here's a little flavour of what I got up to at the BFG dance on Friday and through Saturday. I expect I'll post a post-Sunday report in the wee hours tonight, and then a post-mortem report on Monday. BFN...
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23rd-October-2005, 12:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow
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Reputation Total: 409 | Re: Post Big Forum gathering *lovey post warning* I met LOU!!  He's gorgeous  I can't quite believe I have been out TWICE in one weekend (cos R66 was pretty groovy on Friday too  ) So good to see so many of the old faces looking sparkling. Thanks ever so much to everyone for all the good wishes and putting up with my poorly chat, I promise to have better patter next time! Enormous hugs to Fran, really good to catch up in our far too infrequent but uniquely dry manner Really great fun to see so many people double take on my new barnet and not be too sure it was really me! Dance highlight was DavidB and a lovely slender girl dancer in a black lace top with long dark hair who I have never seen before "take the floor" right in front of me in me front row armchair in the blues room. I don't think they will have danced before, the master started gently and over two or three tracks "pushed" isn't the right word, maybe "smoothed" is better, her following skills in his own inimitable fashion. Really delightful to watch this develop through the gears. I may be completely wrong but I got the feeling she didn't (cringeable phrase but most will know what I mean) "know who he was" and she seemed to just go with it without any seflconciousnessment (sic). It's spontaneous moments like that that remind me what these gatherings are all about really. Big to Aleks for dressing up as a fab avatar.....think there were more than me who were keen to give her big s too.....See you all again very soon hopefully, oh and can't wait to get more than just a sniff from Brady again .... |
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23rd-October-2005, 03:12 PM
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Reputation Total: 787 | Re: Post Big Forum gathering Bah......missed most of it this year due to prior engagements  ....but looking forward to playing a chillout set tonight ......that Ass made a brief appearance at R66 on Friday night....at a 60s 70s theme night? ...maybe it was Red Rum...he was a 70s horse ...anyway, hope most of our southern friends are still around tonight, so I can meet and maybe get a few dances in |
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I did buy the sweets I promised - I just didnt realise that Franck had cleared out the sweet department in Tescos already - so I put them at the table between the Blues and Latin rooms. killingtime says he got his chocolate buttons under false pretences, but its quite alright LMC got her mints though, I hope she could taste the thoughtfulness
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23rd-October-2005, 08:15 PM
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Reputation Total: 530 | Re: Post Big Forum gathering I would like to say thank you for all the lovely dances I had with the men who live north of the border - a real treat. But especially a big thank you to Dave Hancock for letting me practise some WCS with him - it was the kind of dance that reminded me of why I keep battling to get to grips with the technique - as far as I'm concerned I think we rocked!!! It just felt sooooo good, and so easy to follow, with brill musicality. Just gutted the music wasn't quite right for practising with Brady Hey DS - chocolate corner was fab. Became quite a congregating/gossip zone  M |
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24th-October-2005, 07:51 AM
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Reputation Total: 1375 | Re: Post Big Forum gathering Quote:
 Ha! And I never got a dance with you. What a fab weekend. I just couldn't believe how lovely everyone was, and how wonderfully you all dance. It was such a pleasure to actually meet so many people in real life & put faces to names. I'd write more, but I get the feeling if I start, I'll never stop!
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24th-October-2005, 01:51 PM
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. A huge thank you from me to all of those who took the plunge over the weekend by giving me cold cash in return for foot massage/other stuff. If anyone's interested in a repeat or even a first time, I'll be available for same at Pitlochry next weekend and Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen. I've promised CJ that all cash for stuff I do while he's getting waxed for charity shall be passed on the PBC Foundation.
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24th-October-2005, 01:55 PM
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