Jim & Nicky

Well, I thought it was about time I updated our blog!

We recently had a wonderful time on Jive Addiction's Cyprus holiday, it was in a wonderful 4* hotel in Paphos. Our lessons went down very well and hopefully we smoothed some dancers out :-)

We're teaching at Adrenalin Jive's Burgess Hill venue on Wednesday 9th December, and then at MJ's Love to dance Penge venue on Tuesday 16th December.

We're also continuing with our private lessons as we have our own dance studio at our house, so if you're interested, email us at jimandnicky@gmail.com or text Nicky on 07718 567304. We charge £30 an hour (for 2 people), adding an extra £10 per person (up to 4 people). We live in Sutton at Hone, near Dartford, Kent.

Other news, our little baby Bardot is now 8 months now and such a little character, always smiling, bouncing and now standing up, crawling, climbing and loving little boys eeeeek!

and as my maternity leave is coming to an end, I won't be returning to my London job, so am looking for a 3 day a week local job, so if anyone has anything involving administration, or retail (but no weekends!), let me know :-)

See you dancing soon

Jim & Nicky x

As some of you will probably know, our dearest and gorgeous friend Laura Luckhust unexpectedly passed away last Monday. We are devastated and especially for Dominic, her husband of only 2 years.

Dominic's Dad has issued some more details regarding flowers and a charity donation which they would prefer. We know that some of you will be going to the funeral (Fri 20th Feb 3.15pm) but for those who cannot make it but would like to make a charity donation in Laura's name, the details are below.

You may have already received most of the following information from Dominic but there are some additional details to take note of and also telephone numbers.It is obvious from the response from family and friends that Laura had a special place in so many people’s hearts. We have no idea how many people will attend Laura’s funeral but no doubt some would wish to purchase flowers to show their support and sympathy. However, Dominic and Laura’s family would prefer it if flowers were restricted to the immediate family.

The ceremony will be non-religious with members of the family and friends paying tribute to celebrate Laura's life.When Laura and Dominic married in 2006 they asked that instead of wedding presents they would prefer it if small donations could be made to Medway Breathe Easy. This is a local group helping people suffering from lung complaints which was started by Dominic’s late mother ten years ago. All donations are shared between local needs and the British Lung Foundation. Dominic was sure that Laura would approve of this charity especially since it was an asthma attack which was the cause of her death.

The funeral will take place on: Friday 20th February at 3.15 p.m.at: Eltham Crematorium, also known as FalconwoodCrown Woods Way, Eltham, London, SE9 2AZTel: 020 8850 7046Following the funeral, mourners are invited to make their way for a reception at Rowhill Grange, Top Dartford Road B258Dartford, DA2, Near Hextable 01322 615 136
http://www.alexanderhotels.co.uk/rowhill/This was the venue for their marriage just over two years ago

If you wish to send a donation to “Medway Breathe Easy” please post your cheque to: Mr R.Pavey (Breathe Easy Medway Treasurer)19 Camelia Close, Gillingham, ME8 0HJ

Please write "Laura Luckhurst" on the back of the cheque.Many thanks, Tony Luckhurst (01634 573872)

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoy a brilliant New Year. 2009 is certainly going to be an exciting one. We've got a baby to be born (Feb) and two big weddings to attend and enjoy.

Apart from a few health scares and issues, pregnancy is going well and going on maternity leave will be welcomed as I can then sleep during the day as I'm certainly not sleeping at night - I suppose that prepares you for having the actual baby :-)

We've changed our baby boy name at least 6 times, Jim's so fickle! I think of a name and he goes with it for a few weeks then doesn't like it - we're now on our latest one and every day I keep asking him if he likes it! so far so good. Our girl's name is in stone and we love it.

Hopefully see you at dancing either at Mikey's Sidcup on a Monday or Dwain's Crayford on a Wednesday - I won't be dancing anymore as I just can't get my breathe these days, but Jim'll will no doubt have a few jigs.

Happy New Year to you all!

Jim & Nicky x

So here's the bump at 29 weeks (almost 7 months), Jim's promised me he's going to take some lovely "Demi" shots this week :-) not sure I'll be able to post these ones online though hee hee. I'll ensure he takes some "with clothes" ones that I can post.

Other news......we've been to Mikey's Dance Dedication Sidcup venue a few times now and we love it. Great atmosphere (very Dance Riviera, and a lot of our dancers too), lovely intimate venue and everyone dances with everyone, great friendly atmosphere - just the way it should be. So get yourself down there to experience it....in the new year the venue are pulling back the carpet round the edges making the dance floor even BIGGER! www.dancededication.com

Another great venue is Dwain's VibeDance nights www.vibedancenights.co.uk every Wednesday at Crayford, there's lots going on and it's always a great atmosphere down there, and despite Dwain being incapacitated at the moment, he's always around to ensure the night goes smoothly.

Looking forward to Christmas, got lots of people to see and entertain, as always, and I'm certainly looking forward to the middle of January when I shall be on maternity leave, where I shall attempt to visit people but will most likely be sleeping when I can - averaging around 3-4 hours per night at the moment :-(

As always, be great to hear from people, contact us at jimandnicky@gmail.com

Nicky x

Ok, ok, so I'm a lot slimmer in this picture, but a girl's gotta dream a little eh!

Jim and I will be teaching (probably for me, the last time) - although Jim can still teach - at Mikey's Dance Dedication Sidcup venue tonight.

We look forward to seeing lots of dancing friends and of course catching up with everyone.

See you there tonight. J&N x

Jim and I will be at Dwain's VibeDance Night TONIGHT http://www.vibedancenights.co.uk/ to support our mate Pete (aka DJ PT), also known as Naked Pete (yes it's that obvious!).

It'll be great to see Simon & Nicole again too and I'm sure will be treated to a great routine from them as always.

Hope to see you all there, check out the website for the Crayford address.

Jim & Nicky xx

Well, here is a our little Babby B in 3D, quite scary actually how much they can get through a scanner.

Nicky is now 6 months pregnant and looking well but huge! Went to Party Weekender Warmwell and celebrated Nicky's birthday, it was sooo great to see so many Dance Riviera crew and dancers there, having a fantastic time.

Highlights were.....teaching our Smooth Jive class, everyone loved the routine......catching up with friends......eating in the Smugglers Inn pub, yummy roast beef......lots of lovely dances (Darren and Phil spring to mind:-)......the fancy dress (well done Newquay Jive again!).....ballroom Andy and stripper ?????(who cares what his name is!) their lyrical jazz type dance was lovely......Taz and her burlesque girls and boys in the fancy dress, rock on.......Darren and his team's efforts for a great 10th anniversary weekender. Here's to next November. To book go to www.partyweekender.co.uk

Other news.....Jim and Pete have almost completed converting our garage into a dance studio, so we can do our private lessons and small workshops in there. They've done a fantastic job and have spent hours and hours and days and weekends doing it all, it looks great. We'll be showing it off soon. Jim's updating our website http://www.smoothjive.com/ soon and will list where we'll be teaching and of course private lesson time availability etc.

JIM AND NICKY TEACHING AT.......DANCE DEDICATION ON MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER AT SIDCUP.

We'll be putting an appearance in at Dance Dedication's Sidcup venue on Monday 24th November, hope to see you all there for a dance and catch up. http://www.dancededication.com/

For those of you who know Dwain of http://www.vibedancenights.co.uk/ please send him good wishes as he's broken his leg at Camber after "roller discoing", poor thing!

See you all soon

Jim and Nicky x