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Letter to Editor:-
"North Liverpool Dance Academy down in Walton"
"MY Name is Laura Bohan and I have
just turned 23. At the age of 3 I started dancing at a School called North
Liverpool Dance Academy down in Walton, Liverpool. At the age of 7 I moved
to Formby, but as I loved my dance School so much my mum and dad allowed me
to travel 45 minutes, 3 to 4 times a week, all the way to Walton so I could
stay in the dance School I loved. Staying at NLDA was the best decision that
I could have made as they opened up so many opportunities for me; such as
dancing on many different stages including stages in, Manchester and
Blackpool also The Liverpool Empire also the stage of dance Sadlers Wells in
London and the mega Royal Albert Hall!! These are just to name a few. There
were also opportunities that let us travelled to Disney Land Paris and
danced on 2 occasions there. The memories that I have taken from all these
tries will treasure forever! At the age of 16 I knew I didn't want to
stay on at 6 form, but I wanted to go straight to college which was also the
dance School I attended! This was a private college so I got myself a job at
Tesco to help fund my 3 year course along with help from my mum and dad.
Here at North Liverpool Dance Academy with the help of all my teachers here;
Miss Conroy, Miss Hayley and many more I achieved my major and teaching
exams in Tap, Ballet, Modern and National with the faculty Imperial Society
of Teaching of Dancing (I.S.T.D). After leaving college in 2012, at
just 19, I got a teaching job part time working for Maureen Jeffery School
of Dance (I also still kept my other part time job working at Tesco).
After just 19 months for working at the School, Mrs Jeffery shut her School
down, as a result of this I spoke with Mrs Jeffery and re-opened the School
on Monday, 28 April 2014, under my own name and re-naming it 'Total Dance
Academy.' At the age of just 21, this was and still is a massive achievement
for me. My aim is to give the children who attend my School the same
opportunities that I was offered. We have already achieved so much as a dance
School with taken exams, putting on our very own anniversary show back in
May 2015 to celebrate are 1 year of being Total Dance Academy, where the
turnout was outstanding with over 140 people coming to the Temperance
Society to watch these talented children! Since then we have attended
different types of workshops including 'Dirty Dancing', Wicked' and 'Hair
Spray'. We have also performed at 2 different shows both on the Liverpool
Empire where all children performed outstandingly. I see this as just the
start for TDA (Total Dance Academy)! With the Help from Cheryl Hindley from
The Southport and District Temperance Society we have and incredible dance
space to work in. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me achieved
what I have done so far. Total Dance Academy runs Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Saturday offering classes from 2˝ to Adults. Thank you for taken
your time to read my story." Laura
Bohan.
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