Rehab
How time flies.
We are recently back from another great holiday at the Victoria in Torquay. Many thanks to the Managers and staff who always look after our groups so well. Thanks also of course to the dancers who helped create such a great atmosphere for the week.
The new CD is underway!! Hopefully ready for Easter. A second CD - which will be Ballroom - and which was put on hold due to illness, will then be completed soon afterwards.
I am now attending a very good Cardiac Rehab course. The staff are brilliant. The exercise warm up is a bit like a cross between gentle aerobics and line dancing. I keep putting my left leg in instead of right leg out. That's what its all about, apparently. Never was very good at dancing, best stick to playing keyboard I think.
Finally, thanks to all at Calow for my Welcome back card and to the teams of "roadies" who help me set up on my travels.
No Time To Get Bored
Many thanks to all the dancers who attended our recent Dancing Holiday at the Victoria Hotel, Torquay.
They made it such an enjoyable week for us and a great way of "getting back in the old routine".
My operation has not effected my playing, however my snooker seems to have got worse!!
I was discharged by the hospital last week - how I'll miss wearing those surgical stockings! - and have been given the OK to drive again so another step in the right direction.
We are now working on the tracks for a new CD so there is certainly no time to get bored at the moment.
Getting Back To Normal
It felt good to return to playing this week following a five week "enforced" break and it was great to see so many at the first Gresley tea dance of 2012.
The aim now, as with anyone recovering from a period of ill health, is to get "back to normality" and do the things we enjoy, including for me of course, playing.
Thanks also go to our very good friends, Andrew and Pauline, and their dancers at Calow Community Centre who have raised and forwarded £270 to the Coronary Care Unit at the Nottingham City Hospital, where I received such outstanding care in December.
Thank You
I have been absolutely overwhelmed by the hundreds of get well cards and wishes from dancing friends across the UK, following my recent stay in hospital.
It has been a very humbling experience to know that so many people have taken the time to write to me with such kind and inspirational words, this has made me even more determined to return to playing in the New Year once I am fully fit and have medical clearance to do so.
All our dancing holidays for 2012 will go ahead as planned and Carole and I look forward to playing for and being with you again very soon.
The Gresley tea dance on the 12th January will be my return to playing live.
Thank you.