Post Big Forum gathering

[Franck]

How about a drinky bash before the first dance for "outsider" forumites to know a few more "locals" in advance - I still hardly know anyone even though I went to dances and workshops

Oooh, good point, and thanks for reminding me. We'll definitely have a 'Meet the Forumites' session, with drinks and badges!

[clevedonboy]

Oooh, good point, and thanks for reminding me. We'll definitely have a 'Meet the Forumites' session, with drinks and badges!

Badges with Avatars competition!

[Lory]

OK Folks, I've got a bunch of pics to upload, mainly of the Award and Avatar Ceremony!

Who wants to see them?

[Missy D]

OK Folks, I've got a bunch of pics to upload, mainly of the Award and Avatar Ceremony!

Who wants to see them?

Me! Me! Me!

[dee]

And me!!!!!!

[El Salsero Gringo]

Me! Me! Me!

And me!!!!!!

The twins and I, so far, then.

[Little Monkey]

OK Folks, I've got a bunch of pics to upload, mainly of the Award and Avatar Ceremony!

Who wants to see them?

Me, me, me, me!!!!!!!!

Any of donkey? Ice-cream? Chicklet?

[Lory]

Me! Me! Me!

OK then

[Minnie M]

Spent so much time putting false eyelashes on I missed it (sorry NG) so me too - photos please

[Lory]

Any of donkey? Ice-cream? Chicklet?

More

[Lory]

And more

[Lory]

More

[Funky Si]

Just wanted to say thanks for a wicked time!!!! My legs and head hurts (both for different reasons) and I don't think the Uni staff appreciated me continuing my set AFTER the firealarm, but hey, what can I say- I have a duty to all the fab people I met (and put faces with avatars to).

Hope to come up again soon!!

.....and to make it even better, I found out today that the biggest selling region in the UK for my track was.... Scotland. You lot not telling me something??

Funky Si

[Night Owl]

Wow! and Thank you!

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the BFG will be on the 12th/13th/14th May 2006

Book me in
Can I pay now Franck?

[Tiggerbabe]

*PHEW* What a weekend

Not a lot I can add to what's already been said - but I've never been one to resist a challenge

Huge thanks to The King for making it all possible (and also for letting me loose in the Latin Room ).

To all of the lovely forumites I met and danced with over the weekend, it was a real pleasure and just great fun from start to finish.

Thanks to DS, too, for leaving the Toblerones on the tables outside the Blues Room - I know technically I shouldn't have had any but

There were many, many great and good moments over the 3 days but one of my lasting memories of the BFG 2005 will be the look of sheer delight on AnimalTalk's face every time I saw him, he was just having such a blast!

Dance-wise -
Mr Lory on Friday night to "All That Jazz"
leading Lily B - wow!
being led by a seated David B in the hotel afterwards - and the chairial
dancing with Franck to Funky Si's new toon
Havana with Luca
Safronia B with Alex
finally catching up with both Baldrick and Pretzelmeister
David (Jammy's brother) in the Latin room on Saturday
CJ - while he was still figuring out how to play with all his new toys
Iain C from Inverness and his favourite move from Marc's class.
the last dance on Sunday night with my mysterious unknown gentleman.

(yeah, I know it's dangerous to list only some of the dances but these are the ones making me smile right now )

It was just fab to see so many people having a great time.

I'd like to add a special thankyou to the staff in the Uni, who were brill and who managed to have the floor slippy enough for me to be able to keep dancing in my Lisa-type furry boots

And finally - FRASER - who was on the door all weekend - and I mean ALL weekend.........what a star!

Thanks for the photos your majesty Lory - anymore? Anyone?

Here's to 2006

[LMC]

And finally - FRASER - who was on the door all weekend - and I mean ALL weekend.........what a star!

- he was fab - always calm and smiling. I forgot to ask his name - but he told me he was intending on taking up dancing - another man

So maybe get another chap on the door in 2006 and we can convert him too?

[animaltalk]

*PHEW* What a weekend
.....
AnimalTalk's face every time I saw him, he was just having such a blast!
. . . .
Here's to 2006

Big smile due to superb ladies, great floor and fantastic tunes. Had wonderful weekend.

Loved you being let loose in the Latin room. - 3 of my top 4 DJs all at the same weekend - very lucky.

Hope you're recovering. I'm failing to get an early night because my body clock is up the spout.

Sorry for lack of dances with you - Very poor show - grovelling apologies

[Lory]

Thanks for the photos your majesty Lory

Your welcome

The highlights of my weekend were...

Meeting and dancing with a whole bunch of of completely new faces, some of which were a complete revelation to me, not cos they were technically perfect or did the most amazing moves or anything like that, just cos they were up for a laugh, very friendly and had the kind of attitude that I love...

I slipped, wobbled, cocked up, backlead and generally made a pigs ears of things but the whole time I was greeted with nothing but warm, friendly and heart felt belly laughs.

I went out of my way to ask the guys I never met before or rarely danced with and it paid off big time

Thank you to everyone who danced with me, I can genuinely say, I really didn't have a bad dance all weekend and you all made me feel very special!

Second highlight was the wonderful Scottish countryside, yet again it won me over...
this time (with a little help from DD ) we travelled up the west coast, then cut across to the tip of Lock Lomond and back down the west side of said lock... the scenery was breathtaking

Then on Sunday, we took the B roads to Stirling castle (unfortunately the weather was against us this time ) but it was lovely just the same.

3rd Highlight was back at the hotel, sitting chatting socially with everyone.. your not a bad bunch really

Here's a pic I'm rather fond of, of a scene which I passed on the way to the venue each day!

[LilyB]

I have been following this thread ever since we got back, been meaning to post but waaaaaaaaaay too tired. Having to go back to work (early! ) on Monday morning did not help .

Seeing as by the time I've got round to posting, everything that needed saying has already been said, I think I'll just thank the great man himself - the Forum King - his No.2, the Tiggerbabe, and all his hard-working crew for putting on such a first-class event . It was incredibly well-organised - everything ran to schedule, workshops were well-signposted & well-equipped, there was free water and free tea, coffee & cakes galore at the tea-dances, choccies & choccy biccies in the evenings, and amazingly cheap bars (DavidB appreciated that ). The venue was just the perfect size for the numbers there, and it was great having everything happening in one building .

For me, however, it was the people who attended this event that really made it special for me. The local crowd made all us visitors feel so welcome. It was so good to see so many of our Scottish friends again and to meet so many new ones. It was also a great opportunity to get to know several 'southerner' Forumites whom we would not otherwise have met. The fact that we had so many friends staying at the same hotel was the icing on the cake . I cannot remember when I last had so much fun at a weekend event. This includes not only all the fabulous fantastic dances I had ( ) but also the chill-out socialising time throughout the days and evenings .

Here's looking forward to our next visit up north.

LilyB

[DavidY]

So next year, the BFG will be on the 12th/13th/14th May.

Will it be in Glasgow again?