Christchurch

During the recent school holidays Hannah and I went to Christchurch with a group of students, their Mum's and Dance teacher to attend Dance Days, a week of  dancing workshops for the British Dance Organisation (BDO).

We had a fantastic time, the students were away each day from 8am to 6pm and at the end of the week, a gala performance was put on by the students. Several of the students from Hannah's dance studio came away with trophies, and two of the girls were awarded Junior Top Student and Immediate Top Student, which were amazing achievements.

For me it was a week filled with lots of chilly days, laughter, fun, sight seeing, good coffee, shopping and visiting op shops, making packed lunches, cooking meals and washing dishes, so many dishes as we self catered all the meals for the group.

Hannah had free day the day before the workshops started so we went to the Riccarton Mall for shopping, lunch and afternoon tea at Starbucks.

On the Monday Hannah started her week of ballet, tap, jazz and lyrical dance, so much learning and new experiences.

Because of our location this year due to where the dancing was being held, we able to see a lot more of the different areas of Christchurch and were also able to revisit some of our favourite spots from last year, like the Riverside Market.

The weather was pretty good most of the week but we did have a couple of cold and raining days too.

Once the week ended, most of the group left Christchurch to fly home and some of us had added an extra night stay in the city so we could take the girls sight seeing.

 Hannah is already looking forward to Dance Days 2022!

See you soon x