A street dance teacher from Bradley Stoke’s Fahrenheit Dance Studio is to appear on stage at next week’s Royal Variety Performance in London. Kane Silver, who teaches children in classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Bradley Stoke Leisure, has been chosen to dance with Britain’s Got Talent winner George Sampson at the prestige event. Having been successful in the highly
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Bradley Stoke street dancers victorious at world championships
A team of dancers from Bradley Stoke has clinched first prize in their category at the recent United Dance Organisation’s (UDO’s) World Street Dance Championships in Blackpool. Fahrenheit Dance Studio’s ‘Escape’ troop was victorious in the under-14s newcomers category, contested by a total of 14 teams from around the globe. Fahrenheit’s Miraille Dehaney, who trains three teams of dancers every
Continue readingSummer play schemes in focus as school holidays approach
Parents of school-age children in Bradley Stoke looking to keep their offspring occupied during the summer break can choose from options offered by (amongst others) Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre and Bradley Stoke Library. SBCP, through its Five Alive scheme (previously Four Towns), will be providing four weeks of free activities for children aged 5-11 at
Continue readingYoungsters limber up for Festival Skate Park Competition
Youngsters in Bradley Stoke are eagerly looking forward to this coming Saturday’s (7th June) Skate Park Competition organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership. The event, which gets underway at 2pm in the skate park by the Leisure Centre, Fiddlers Wood Lane [map], forms part of the Bradley Stoke Community Festival. Separate contests will be held for BMX bikes, skateboards, in-line
Continue readingYouth-inspired community action gets the pond cleared
The pond at Jubilee Green, Savages Wood Road has been cleared of rubbish by a team of volunteers from the local community. As The Journal reported last week, the pond had become polluted with shopping trolleys, bicycles, tyres, plastic seats and other debris, making it dangerous for people and wildlife. The community action, inspired by two members (Mikey and Keith)
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