And as today is International Dance Day, what better time to enjoy some of those recollections? International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute, the main partner for the performing arts of Unesco. The event takes place every year on April 29, which is the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet. Mind you, he was born in 1727, so our readers reminiscences will be a bit more recent than that! International dance day takes place every year on April 29 Mary Smith s pictures, shared on our We grew up in Worcester page sparked one discussion, as did an earlier post by Sue Hornberger , who asked if anyone remembered Fletcher Dance Studios in Pierpoint Street. Sue said: I was a dance teacher there in the early 1970s. Loved teaching and serving behind the coffee bar and playing the music.
IT’S one of the age-old questions: is it right – and so, when – to make your children contribute something towards their keep while they are earning and still living at home? Research carried out by Loughborough University and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation a couple of years ago concluded that young adults should be paying at least £100 a month to their parents for living at home. They found that on average parents spent an extra £15 a week on “cupboard food” and cooked meals for their offspring, who were also making a big saving on rent, worth more than £90 a week.
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