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Tea Dance is 5 in February!

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:28:46 +0000

The Dragon Hall Tea Dance is now 5 years old!
On February 25th from 2pm we had a special 5th Birthday Tea Dance! It was very well attended with dancing, a buffet and lots of tea – see the photos here…

Events Coming up…

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:53:11 +0000

Saturday 12th December – Dragon Hall Christmas Party, starting at 7pm. £5 per ticket for an adult and one child. Extra children £1 each. Get tickets from Dragon Hall or email bookings@dragonhall.org.uk or phone 020 7404 7274

Chrismas Jazz Bash 20th December - Jazz Bash in Dragon Hall. Live New Orleans Jazz, Swing and Blues with the Sax Pastilles. Tickets £5 on the door, great bar & hot food

Reminiscence Theatre Project

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:03:07 +0000

This facinating project by Theatre Nomad will collect stories and experiences from older people living in the Covent Garden area to create a dramatic history of the community told in the words of those who live here. Stories will be collected during afternoon tea dances at Dragon Hall in Covent Garden and subsequently through one-to-one interviews. We will be focussing on dancing, past and present, as the theme of the theatre piece.

A small group of actor/workshop leaders will collect the stories and construct them into a short piece of theatre performed by the actors/workshop leaders.

A performance will be given for all involved to hear their stories and share them with family, friends and neighbours at the Tristan Bates Theatre at the Actors Centre in Covent Garden.

It is hoped that this pilot project will be the first phase of an extended project which will develop over 2010 – 2012.

We will be gathering stories through visiting tea dances in October and November, culminating in an informal performance on December 15th, 2009. The project will develop as part of Camden’s Hidden Histories project.

The project will particularly focus on older people to help preserve the history of the local community through the words of those who have lived and experienced it.