Competition – Perform The Hen Party Routine at Your Wedding!

A lot of our hen party groups perform their hen party dance routine at the wedding which we think is an excellent idea. For those sitting on the fence line here’s some reasons why you should do the hen weekend dance routine at your wedding:

1. Firstly it will be lots of fun and a good laugh

2. You’ve already learned the routine fairly recently so you might as well show it off

3. Free entertainment for wedding guests

4. Create happy dancing memories on your special day

5. You could win the Sashay Dance Competition for best hen party dance and be in with a chance to win a ladies party dance class for up to 20 people (worth over £400). Simply send in the video of the hen party dance class at the wedding to sarah@sashaydance.co.uk or via What’s App to 07801435665. If your wedding date was in 2019 but has already passed the exciting news is that you can still enter. The closing date is 31st December 2019.

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Hot off the press! Sashay Dance – Small Business of The Year?

We are delighted to read the article today on the York Press website to say we are sashaying our way into the frame for Small Business of The Year.  I wonder who will Sashay away with the trophy… only time will tell!

Here’s a link to the article and a copy of it below: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/awards/profiles/17697996.sarah-sashays-into-the-frame-for-small-business-of-the-year/

York-based Sashay Dance specialises in fun hen party dance classes across the UK. It’s proven to be a hit, thanks to its ‘groovy themes’, such as Dirty Dancing, Greatest Showman and Spice Girls. It insists that all of its classes are suitable for everyone, even if you have two left feet, and are bags of fun. Sarah Hough, director and founder, started Sashay Dance as a hobby in July 2016 and it quickly became much more than that. This year it has already booked in 250 classes. Turnover has risen sharply and profit margins have almost doubled since it started. Longer term ideas include the opportunity to franchise the business globally.

Miss Hough said: “I had no previous business experience and I knew I needed to build on this knowledge gap so I looked into what was available in the area. I was given funded courses on leadership, growth, marketing, sales etc. I’ve also had some excellent mentors.” Last year the business won the Last Night of Freedom Best National Supplier Award. It has supported The Breast Cancer Haven Yorkshire by teaching regular classes, choreographing their Blossom Fashion Show and teaching ad hoc classes for a group of local ladies who had breast cancer. Sashay Dance contracts out 35 regular teachers across the UK.

Miss Hough said: “We are always innovative when it comes to thinking of new dance themes to keep giving something fresh to our customers and our teachers have been involved in this process. Technology such as Dropbox helps us with staff development and we upload choreography and lessons for the teachers to learn new routines or improve on their existing ones. From day one I’ve encouraged feedback from teachers on the classes and venues we use, this helps us to ensure we give the best service. “All our customer enquiries are replied to within 48 hours to eliminate the stress for the event organiser.

“Our teachers know that it’s not just a dance class, it’s about creating happy dancing memories to last a lifetime. They always take photos and videos so the hens have something to take away after. Often the hens even perform the routine at their wedding. “After every class I contact customers to get feedback.

“The potential for further growth is massive. We are already growing at quite a fast rate and that’s happening with my foot off the accelerator to ensure that everything is in place so that my customers have the best experience. I am really looking forward to the future and will be stepping it up another notch with new business-to-business contracts and potentially launching team building dance classes nationally.”

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Top Tips to Improve Your Dad Dancing! Don’t forget Father’s Day 16th June

It’s Father’s Day on Sunday 16th June so I thought it would be nice to give all the Dads a present from us at Sashay Dance.

Here’s our top 5 tips to improve your Dad Dancing:

1. Don’t panic

Listen to the music a few seconds first which will help set the pace for your dancing. If it’s very quick music you’re best to do smaller steps and with slower music there’s time to do slightly bigger steps.

2. Keep it simple

To avoid the embarrassing Dad Dance sometimes it’s best to just keep it simple, side tapping and changing direction every now and then, whilst remembering to smile and have fun.

3. Drop the pint

On a table at the side of the dance floor please, it will be a lot easier to dance without it and pints can easily be spilled.

4. Spacial awareness

If there’s not as much room do smaller steps and avoiding flamboyant arm movements will help to prevent any bumps.

5. Don’t jump on the bandwagon

Some Dads purposely Dad Dance because they feel that it’s something they should do.

If all else fails….. just dance like noone’s watching, because they’re not they are checking their phones, we love the Dad Dancing really :). Wishing all the Dads a fabulous Father’s Day, I’ve written this blog post based on inspiration from my own Dad, thanks Dad.

About Sashay Dance

We specialise in fun dance classes for hen parties and ladies parties across the UK. We have 17 groovy themes to choose from including Spice Girls, The Greatest Showman, Dirty Dancing and you can even personalise your own. All our classes are suitable for all, 2 left feet friendly and a lot of fun.

Our mission: To deliver fun across the nation and create happy dancing memories to last a lifetime.

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Sashay Dance Wins National Award in London Town!

Earlier this month the Sashay Dance team travelled down to London for the Last Night of Freedom supplier party and awards evening.  Last Night of Freedom (LNof) are the UKs number 1 hen and stag company specialising in creating the best hen and stag weekends, organising anything from hotels and activities to accessories.  We had added excitement for this trip though, as we were nominated for 2 awards – Best National Supplier and The Outstanding Achievement Award.

On arrival we were greeted by Butlers in The Buff with Prosecco and garlands from hula girls for their Hawaiian themed party.  After a few Proseccos we moved onto the very glam glitter station which definitely made us in the mood to party.

Time flew by as we mingled with other suppliers and the LNoF team.  The butlers were very attentive at topping up our Prosecco and it was soon time for the awards.  Drum roll please as the winner was about to be announced for Best National Supplier:

‘and the winner is……. Sashay Dance!’

We all sashayed up to the stage and were so excited to accept our award.

After the awards it was time to party and dance, this was a relief as our feet had been itching all evening with us being complete dance addicts.  The music started and before you knew it numerous dance battles were taking place.  By then end of the night we had racked up around 26000 steps each!

It’s been an amazing few years for Sashay Dance since launching in July 2016 and we’d like to thank LNoF again for being so great to work with, enabling us to provide even more people the best hen party dance classes.

Keeeeeeeepppp dancing!

Sarah x

 

About Sashay Dance

Sashay Dance specialise in fun dance classes for hen parties and ladies parties across the UK.  All our classes are 2 left feet friendly, suitable for all and most importantly a lot of fun.  We’ve got 15 groovy themes to choose from including the Charleston, Dirty Dancing, Spice Girls and Strictly Come Dancing.  Our mission is to give everyone something to dance about and I hope that you’ll be next.  To find out more about our classes please follow this link.

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Sashay Dance On Don’t Tell The Bride!

Sashay Dance launched in July 2016 and we quickly became national on our mission to give everyone something to dance about.  We specialise in fun dance classes for hen parties and ladies parties across the UK and recently made our first TV appearance on Don’t Tell The Bride on E4 teaching a hen party dance class in Leeds.

Sarah Hough, Director and Founder of Sashay Dance said ‘it’s been an amazing few years for Sashay Dance and when I found out that the hen party that had just booked was for Don’t Tell The Bride I was excited about the experience but a little apprehensive.  It really was time to ‘dance like nobody’s watching’ as they filmed the dance class.

It wouldn’t be Don’t Tell The Bride without a little bit of drama!  Nathan spent £2000 on the stag do and in typical Don’t Tell The Bride fashion 10% of that amount was spent on the hen party.  Nathan picked a Salsa dance class as Jenna enjoys dancing, however the venue he chose was a working mens club and the hens were hoping for something a bit more glam.  After arriving in stilettos with no transport arranged and no alcohol budget it wasn’t off to a very promising start.  This was until the hens started Salsa dancing and it turns out in Jenna’s interview that they had a good laugh, which really does say something for a hen do on Don’t Tell The Bride!

If I were to rate their Salsa dancing on Strictly I’d give it a ‘seveeeennnnn’ and if you want to know who I think should win Strictly it’s Ashley Roberts.  Overall though the hens did a fab job of the Salsa and I wish Nathan and Jenna an amazing life together.  It was also great to see Nathan and Jenna at the end of the show putting their Salsa moves to practice at the wedding.’

You can catch up on this episode on E4 by following this link or click here to find out more about the fun themed dance classes Sashay Dance do throughout the UK for hen parties and ladies nights.

 

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