PICTURES: Wick dance event raises £1000 for community groups
A demonstration of dancing skills in Wick at the weekend raised £1000 to be divided between two good causes.
The two-hour event was put on by the Elise Lyall School of Dance on Saturday in aid of the World War II memorial garden group and Wick Flowers.
Originally the venue was to have been the memorial garden in Bank Row, but wet weather meant a change of plan and it went ahead in the Assembly Rooms instead.
Thirty dancers took part, performing a variety of routines on stage, with others helping at the many stalls that were set up in the main hall.
Members of Wick RBLS Pipe Band played and Jenny Szyfelbain was the presenter.
“It was a shame we had to take the event indoors but we were delighted with the turnout and everyone who attended was very generous,” Elise said.
“It was quite steady throughout the two hours and those on the stalls said they were kept busy. The dancers were all delighted to perform and there were others helping on the stalls as well.”
Afterwards, some of the dancers walked down to the memorial garden to lay flowers in memory of wartime bombing victims.
The next event for the Elise Lyall School of Dance is on Saturday, August 24, also at the Assembly Rooms, and will be called An Afternoon with Elise Lyall Dancers. Some of the proceeds will go to a local community group, with details to be issued shortly.
“They’re all going to be taking part,” Elise explained. “There will be choreography, traditional, a mix of everything.
“It’s nice for the dancers to get up there and perform and show a wee bit of what they’re doing, all different levels and ages.”
