SAY SO

Blackpool Dance Festival, the Big One, a whole week of Ballroom and Latin competitions, starts 10 am sharp tomorrow morning [UK time]. Stefan phones me this morning fom The Lancaster, where I stayed with Stefan & Zeudi last year, 10 mins walk along the promenade from the venue, the Winter Gardens.

Flying from Italy to Liverpool was a good idea, he tells me. The train journey from Liverpool takes only an hour and a half, better than flying to Stansted and then four hours or more in trains. Arriving with Italian friends at the same time as Liverpool FC fans whooping with victory back from beating AC Milan in the European final was a bit strange tho. In Italy AC Milan's loss was 'worse than the Pope dying'.

He's asking me what time he's dancing tomorrow morning, because, although he's in Blackpool and I'm in Auckland, I've got access to the internet to find out, & he hasnt. He thinks it may be 10 a.m. Yes, it is, 1st qualifying round of the Amateur Latin Rising Stars. They are dancing in the Rising Stars Ballroom & both the main competitions for Latin & Ballroom. I hope to get frequent text messages through the week. The website is www.blackpooldancefestival.net