Herald - Issue 389

4th June 2020 • The HERALD • Page 11 v SHOP LOCALLY FOR SERVICE & VALUE v • Digital Aerial & Satellite Installations • Repairs & Servicing • TV Distribution Points • TVWall Mounting & Installations • Freesat HD/Freeview HD • Sky, Sky+, Sky HD • SMATV & IRS Systems • DAB/FMAerial Installations CAI Company of the Year 2014 Humphries Digital Aerials Keith Humphries & Son All Areas Covered Tel: 023 8066 7362 Email: humphriesaerials@btconnect.com • Website: www.humphriesdigitalaerials.co.uk A Family Firm Est 1971 Holbury, Southampton Tel: 023 8122 5735 • Mobile: 07710 464093 Email: mark@markparsonsdecorating.co.uk Web: www.markparsonsdecorating.co.uk All aspects of Domestic and Commercial Painting & Decorating Services MEETING ALL YOUR GLASS AND MIRROR NEEDS • Glass cut to size • Mirrors made to measure • Broken glass repaired • Misted up or broken double-glazed units replaced • Glass table tops • Heat-resistant glass for woodburners 75 Rumbridge Street, Totton Tel: (023) 8086 3074 TOTTON GLASS Professional Local Qualified Carpenter Est: 2003 H P roperty M aintenance H K itchen /B athroom /B edroom F itting H B uilt - in W ardrobes /C upboards H D oor H anging H D ecking H L aminate F looring H B each H ut R epairs H W all & F loor T iling 3 Morris Close, Hythe SO45 5UX Fully Insured Call for a Free Estimate Today A.M.H. 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Team member, Jane, danced outside her house at 8pm on 23rd April for her neighbours to celebrate the NHS and St George’s Day and Michelle danced in her in her garden to welcome the dawn at 5.30am on Friday 1st May. e Lone Morris Festival has already seen some bizarre improvised dances, from as far away as New Zealand and San Francisco. Jenny Strike, of Bournemouth-based Holly Copse Molly Dancers, wrote a dance called Regent’s Bark and performed it with her two Shetland sheep dogs. One dancer persuaded his neighbours to join in a socially-distanced hand-clapping dance in the street. Another dressed her washing line in a shirt and top hat and danced around it. e Lone Morris Festival was dreamed up by Kath Brickell, of Anonymous Morris in Poole, Dorset. She said : “I posted my idea on Facebook to lift the spirits, and thought that a few people might join me. When clips started to be posted, it was clear that the Lone Morris Festival had gone worldwide, with people joining in from America, Canada, New Zealand and the Ukraine. Dances were done with sticks, handkerchiefs, feather dusters, wooden spoons, a horseradish, and even a rotary washing line. It was amazing to see so many happy smiling people.” Pauline Woods-Wilson, President of e Morris Federation, said: “We have been sad to hear of the deaths of several members of the morris community from the coronavirus. Technology means we can keep up customs that began centuries before the internet. Some of the results have been a bit quirky, but all the best English traditions involve a little madness.” For more information on New Forest Meddlars contact Jane Drayton, meddlars@hotmail.com , 07852 523641 or Pauline Woods-Wilson, President of e Morris Federation, email: president@morrisfed.org.uk Team member, Jane, danced outside her house at 8pm on 23rd April for her neighbours to celebrate the NHS and St Georg’s Day M ichelle danced in her in her garden to welcome the dawn at 5.30am on Friday 1st May Dancewise Studios Launches Dancewise Online allow students to connect and socialise in a safe setting. A weekly private Wednesday Winedown where parents can connect, share worries, laugh and have time to be themselves for a while. While the stage has shi ed from the theatre to the kitchen, garden and living room, the show must go on, much to the delight of students and their families. Even students who have never taken a dance class before are experiencing the glee of the arts in this new format. Dancewise has called Hythe home for 15 years. With Dancewise Online, the locally celebrated studio will have the opportunity to bring dance into the homes of more families. For full details on how to enrol your student in Dancewise Online, visit https://bit.ly/ DancewiseLearnMore For more information contact Alison Jones, 07305 976842, alison. jones@dancewisestudios. com With the coronavirus shuttering schools, parents everywhere are turning to home-schooling options and exciting activities for their young ones. Dancewise has o ered the highest quality dance classes in a family- friendly and supportive environment in Hampshire for 15 years. Up until 7 weeks ago, Dancewise was inspiring hundreds of families per week in their Hythe and Whiteley studios. Now, they have found the perfect solution to bring the studio into the home and keep kids and adults dancing. Only 5 hours a er shuttering their doors, they proudly announced the premiere of Dancewise Online. With a mix of pre-recorded tutorials and live classes on Zoom, nding the perfect solution to bring the joy of their classes to students from afar. Alison Jones, Dancewise Studios Founder said: “ As educators, what children need most of all right now is to keep a sense of normalcy and to maintain the connection and joy that dance brings.” Dancewise Online o er: Secure live streamed classes and pre- recorded trainings in the comfort of their own home. Classes for ages 2 to adult in street dance, tap, Irish, ballet and contemporary. Incredible bonuses including live quiz games, guest teachers and princess tea parties. Virtual competitions and the chance to appear in a music video. O ering private, secure opportunities to