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Practicalities
If you don’t have a maypole, Anne can bring one.
Modern maypoles can be packed away when not in use and also fit in the car. So if you don’t have one, Anne can bring her own.
If you want to buy a maypole, Anne can point you in the right direction. (Price currently £461.59 + VAT).
The advantage of buying a maypole is that although costs are higher in the first year, the school is purchasing a resource, often from a separate budget (or Trustees or PTAs etc), which can be used not only in future years but also throughout the year as a cross curricular teaching.
How much does it cost?
Sessions during the school day using recorded music starts from around £325 + travel. If your budget allows live music can be provided. A teachers session on the same day can be also be added. Half day or shorter sessions can also be arranged, contact Anne with your requirements and she will give you a detailed estimate in line with your requirements.
Indoors or outdoors?
Dancing outdoors looks very pretty but I prefer to teach introductory sessions indoors even if the final performance is outdoors.
Some of the reasons are
- Fewer distractions for the dancers
- More stable surface for the maypole
- Safer surface to dance on
- Easier for the teacher and the music to be heard
- Not affected by cold, rain, wind or heat
I am willing to work outdoors on the understanding that teaching may be reduced by the above factors.
It is also important to ensure that power (and where possible a suitably loud sound system) is available.
Who?
Traditional maypole dancing isn't really practical for children aged under 7 unless they are in a group with older children or adults.
Anne can offer shorter, simple sessions for young children (including nursery) to enable them to experience dancing round the maypole.
Music
Anne can suggest suitable recorded music or can provide music notation, live music is always better.
Space Requirements
Indoors a dancing area of 7 metres diameter (about 25 feet) is needed, the height required is 3.65 metres (about 12 feet) for a standard maypole. When assessing the height of the room please take into account any hanging light fittings as well as the height of the ceiling.
I also have shorter pole lengths -
Insurance
Anne holds Public Liability Insurance to £1m.
Where?
Area Covered
Berkshire
South Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Hampshire
West Surrey
Wiltshire
I am happy to travel further afield -
If you are outside this area, contact me anyway because I may be able to pass your details on to someone who lives closer than I do.
Maypole Dancing Instruction Manual
Mike Ruff has recently published a new instruction manual with excellent cd.
In full colour with history and background information and easy to follow instructions.
