Happy Feet Dance Group

22/05/2026

A reminder to everyone that a special remembrance service celebrating Lorna’s life will be held in the Paraparaumu Memorial Hall commencing at 10am tomorrow (Saturday). Lorna has been a long time member of several dancing ‘families’, and will always be very fondly remembered - not least for her incredible style and elegance. She always cut a very glamourous figure gliding around the dance floor, and had such an easy going and friendly personality to match. It was clear to all of us that Lorna had such a love of dancing, whether it was rock & roll, line dancing, or sequence dancing. The dance floor - surrounded by her friends was definitely her happy place to be. As such, there is comfort in knowing that she left us doing what she loved - looking beautiful, enjoying the company of her dancing friends, enjoying lovely music, and dancing up a storm. At our dance following her passing, members of Happy Feet stood for a minute’s silence in her memory, and then started the dance programme with the Tango 44 - which was always one of Lorna’s favourites. Many stories have been shared since of the happy memories we all have of times spent in her company - and as long as dancing continues in the region, those stories and reflections will continue on. Lorna’s memory will dance on in all of us. May she rest in peace. 💃🕺

10/05/2026

Thank you everyone for your understanding last night after we shut down the dance early due to the medical emergency. It was distressing for many of you, and I’m sure we’re all feeling it today. Your support last night was much appreciated ❤️

07/05/2026

26/04/2026

I was telling Don & Brenda last week that I’d been going through some old VHS tapes given to me by Jack Young, and came across a short clip of them doing a ballroom dancing demonstration at the 1998 Annual Ball of the Horowhenua Dance Club. They danced a Modern Waltz, Foxtrot, and Tango - sadly only the foxtrot was filmed, but it clearly shows what elegant and classy dancers they both were in their prime (and why they were previously national champions). They’ve always been beautiful dancers to watch, and have that rare skill of making complicated movements and steps look effortless and easy. Happy Feet is very lucky to still have them involved with our group, and even if they don’t dance as much as they used to, we always look forward to them acting as MCs!

15/04/2026

And with a rock n roll theme, we just had to do the Rumba Rosalie Jive!

15/04/2026

The ever popular Rumba Rosalie as danced at our 1950’s themed dance on Saturday💃🕺

15/04/2026

What another magical night of great dancing and music we enjoyed on Saturday at our 1950’s/Rock n Roll themed monthly dance. MCs David & Anne put on a great show as always, and kept the good sized crowd on the floor all night, dancing their favourite routines - and of course a bit of rock n roll as well! Adding to the occasion, it also happened to be David’s special birthday - so naturally we couldn’t let that go without making a bit of fuss, and having him blow out the candles on his specially made birthday cake! Thanks once again to all our visitors that travelled some distance to attend - we love having your company! Thanks also to all those that helped out in making the evening such a great success.

10/04/2026

It’s dancing time again at Happy Feet! Join us this Saturday (11th) evening for our monthly dance night in the Levin Senior Citizens Hall. This time the theme is the 1950’s/Rock ‘n’ Roll - so sure to be lots of fun! It will kick off at 7pm with ‘Anything Goes Requests’, then get into the sequence dancing programme from 7.30p.m. Entry is $5 and a plate for shared supper per couple, with raffle tickets on sale for 50c each. Our hosts for the evening will be David & Anne Arnold, and no doubt they will have everyone’s favourites on the programme - along with their great music to complement them. Look forward to seeing you all there! 💃🕺

24/03/2026

No, we didn’t suddenly all get changed and undecorate the hall before the last dance - this was a video of everyone doing the Roselane Waltz at our Thursday night club dance. It was the last waltz of the evening, and it was lovely to see so many people still there to enjoy it!