NEWS

New International Sales Shop

The new International Sales shop has been in operation for the last few months and we hope that you are finding the new layout, pictures and descriptions helpful when ordering books, CDs and DVDs. If you have any questions regarding the new site or the payment system using PayPal, please contact International Sales. Don’t forget to have a look around the new IDTA main site and members’ section. If you have any questions or suggestions please use the contact form. 10 November 2008

Christmas 2008 & New Year 2009

IDTA President, Colin Donaldson, the Board of Directors and staff at IDTA Head Office wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to teachers of dancing everywhere.

BEATHA AGUS SLAINTE, CYFARCHION Y TYMOR, FELICES FIESTAS, MEILLEURS VOEUX, HYVÄÄ JOULUA, KALA CRISTOGENNA.

The IDTA’s Head Office and International Sales shop will be closed for Christmas and again for the New Year holidays. Full details are printed in the November issue of Dance International.

We wish to advise anyone placing an order with International Sales, that the shop will be closed on Monday 22 December 2008 for stocktaking and will only re-open on Monday 5 January 2009, this includes telephone, fax, postal and internet orders. Please place your orders early to avoid disappointment.

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Advertising

If you would like to advertise on the IDTA website, or in the Dance International magazine, please contact IDTA Head Office for further details and rates.

Website Advertising:  Shirley White or Liz Murphy
Dance International:  Elaine Bailey

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New Ballroom Branch Report Forms

We would ask our members to please note, that from 1st January 2009, new report forms and timetable/result sheets will be introduced for the majority of the Ballroom Branch examinations (Ballroom, Latin, Sequence, Freestyle etc….). Please see the members’ section (examination forms) and recent issues of the Dance International magazine for further details.

Members applying for an examination session to be conducted after 1st January 2009 will be issued with a copy of the IDTA Examination Code Book and all the relevant new report forms and timetable/result sheets.

If you have any queries or any comments to make, please contact Elaine Holden at head office.

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Diary Dates for 2009

The major IDTA events are listed on the Events Page of the website and printed in each issue of the Dance International magazine.

The first major conference of the 2009 is the IDTA London Seminar, on Sunday 1 February, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London. A full day of dance workshops and classes for IDTA members is planned, please see the Programme and Application Form The Seminar will be followed by the President’s Dinner and Dance incorporating the Carl Alan Awards 2009. We are delighted that Lionel Blair will once again host the Carl Alan Awards and look forward to dancing to the Ross Mitchell Orchestra.

Programmes and application forms for forthcoming IDTA events will be printed as always in the Dance International magazine and will also be posted on the website for members to download - watch out for details of the following IDTA events: Freestyle Seminar, Annual Congress and Leicester Seminar. Demand for tickets is always high, so book early.

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