There were misty eyes at Brampton Abbotts Primary School as teachers watched Years 5 and 6 pupils take their first steps in Irish dancing.

Leading international dance coach and choreographer Rose Ellis was at the school for three morning sessions with four of her young dancers who enthralled the children with a dazzling display of hard-shoe dancing. Pupils then had the benefit of their expertise learning the basic footwork and posture, until finally by Friday they had progressed to putting on a display of traditional ceilidh dance for the whole school.

'This has been a wonderful opportunity for the children to see and take part in something entirely new, and I have been really impressed with how they have taken to it with such enthusiasm' said teacher Jane Baldwin.

Rose Ellis said 'I have taken many many workshops in my time but this has been just the best!'. The children will be taking part in the Ross Live! Festival show Licence to Ceilidh at the Larruperz Centre at 7.30pm on Friday 18th August. Tickets are £10 each but children under 16 are free if accompanied by a ticket holder.

Tickets are obtainable from the Tourist Information Centre 01989 562768 and will be on sale at the door on the night.

The workshops were organized as part of the Ross Live! outreach programme which has been funded by Awards for All.

Thank you to those who wrote wishing my son well during the week. As an update, we went to Hereford Hospital today for the biopsy results and the long and the short of it is that Matt has a malignant lymphoma which has spread. Long term his prospects are very good but the next three to six months are going to be difficult while he undergoes an intensive course of chemotherapy, in Cheltenham. I expect this will mean a lot of travelling to and from the hospital.

Matt is happy in himself, as can be seen in the photo and very positive. 'They didn't tell me anything I did not already know,' he said, surprisingly cheerfully, as we left the hospital this morning and walked back to the off-site car park. Matt is strong, still smiling and when we arrived back home, we played 'Whiskey in the Jar' together on the guitars and in a strange and unreal kind of way, had a good day together. Apologies to the rest of Cawdor for the noise level!

In six months time Matt will be fully recovered, will be able to put all of this behind him and maybe we can form a new rock band!

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