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🌹🌹🌹Valentines Action!🌹🌹🌹 Dear dancers💃 As some of you may have noticed already, our gala will take place the 15th of February, the day after Valentine’s Day. Of course we could not let this pass just like that so we have decided that we will give you the opportunity to send someone a rose! How does this work? All you have to do is contact one of the board members (by e-mail, whatsapp, or in person) and tell them who you want to give a rose to and if you want to send a message along with it. The deadline is the 14th of February. A rose will cost one euro and you can either transfer that to the S.D.A. Leidance bank account or give one euro to the board member…

Dear members! The moment you have all been waiting for is finally here! The reveal of the theme for our very first Lustrum gala ever! Leidance exists for five years now and our association is prospering. We stand at the beginning of the next five wonderful years in which we hope to grow further, gain more members, and dance even more. What way to celebrate this better than with a gala with a matching theme! Some of you have already guessed it after seeing the hints we dropped, the theme is indeed Spring! This stands as a metaphor for our association as it is blooming like young and budding flowers in spring. We hope to see you all in colourful flowery dresses and suits at our “Spring is in the…

Dear members, The Board of Leidance wishes you a wonderful new year with all the luck, happiness and lots of dances! Of course we want to help you make 2019 an awesome year so we have planned some activities for you! Here's an overview for the activites of January: Friday 11-01 Leidance New Years Drinks https://www.facebook.com/events/354137805165277/ Sunday 13-01: Leidance Cocktail Workshop https://www.facebook.com/events/227562638137295/ Thursday 17-01: Social Dancing Friday 25-01: Reveal of the Lustrum Gala Theme Thursday 31-01: Social Dancing View our calendar for all the activities and danceclasses! https://www.sdaleidance.nl/calendar-2/ We hope you are just as excited about the new year as we are and we'll see you all soon! Love, Board Hosseinimehr

Are you tired of partying and running out of ideas for partythemes? Fear not, Leidances own Festijn has got you covered! For our next trick we will not throw a party, but turn all of you into professional bartenders! Join us at Catena on January the 13th for the cocktailworkshop of a lifetime. Members only, limited places so GET YOUR TICKETS HERE What: Cocktail workshop! When: 13th of January, from 21:00 – 23:00 Where: V.S.L. Catena – Kolfmakersteeg 8

Dear members, December has started already again, can you believe it? The last month of the year. While everybody is getting into the Christmas moods already your board is still working very hard to make sure this last month will be just as awesome (or even better) than all the ones before! To make sure you all finish your year in the best way possible we have organised multiple activities for you guys again! Tuesday 4 dec: Monthly Drinks Thursday 6 dec: Social Dancing Friday 7 dec: International Cultural Night Saturday 15 dec: Cultural Party: For Ballroom and Latin (Salsa/Bachata/Kizomba) Thursday 20 dec: Social Dancing Friday 21 dec:  Christmas Dinner Please note that the deadline to registrate to join us for the christmas dinner is the 7th of december! Just…

The Festijn, our party commission, is organising a party again! On the 29th of November they will turn one of the rooms in Grand Café De Burcht, in the very heart of Leiden, into a proper farm with plenty of drinks, music and of course room to perform your dance moves. And if you're in need of some fresh air, there's a little courtyard where you can cool down for a minute - or simply gaze at the stars in the night sky. First drinks are free for all guests! This party will be a ballroom party and there will be the opportunity to go dating to find a dancepartner if you don't have one yet! You can get a wristband at the entrance of the party and try some…

Dear members, SpelenderGrijs is an organisation that operates in multipile cities and also in Leiden. They organise a variety of events together with students for the elderly people in nursing homes. Examples of these activities are short lectures, workshops and performances. This is also a way to prevent loneliness and bring older and younger people together for conversations and discussions. This is of course a great initiative and SpelenderGrijs is still looking for students with a talent for dancing, no matter which style you do. Besides getting a wonderful experience you would also get a small reward. If you sign up to help you will be asked to organise an activity at one of the nursery homes once in a while. If you are interested in helping this organisation you…

Dear members, The next General Members Assembly will take place on 17 November at Café De Keyzer. You have received a formal invitation through email already. In this General Assembly, we will, among other topics, discuss the financial plans from the former as well as the current board and motions that have been sent in by some members. Is it not possible to attend the General Assembly? By writing, authorize someone else to vote for you in order to let your vote count. It is important that with this authorization, the name, date of authorization grant, name and signature of the person giving the authorization, and the date of the plenary meeting are visible. IMPORTANT: A member can only be authorized the vote of two members at maximum.  All Leidance…

Dear members, As the sun starts to set earlier and the evenings are getting longer autumn has already really started. It is November already, time really does fly when your having fun! And we did have fun, we had a lot of succesful activities in the past month and we have planned multiple new activities for the upcoming month, here is a short overview: Tuesday Nov. 6: Monthly Drinks Thursday Nov. 8: Social Dancing Saturday Nov. 17: General Members Assembly Sunday Nov. 18: Ballroom Workshop Thursday Nov. 22: Social Dancing Thursday Nov. 29: Ballroom Party "Animal Farm" We hope to see you all there! Love, Board Hosseinimehr

Dear members, October has already started again! The first month of the academic year has already passed, time flies when you're having fun! Yesterday we already celebrated the Leids Ontzet together by eating hutspot and going into town afterwards but we've got more activities planned for you in October: 9 October: Committee interest drinks 11 October: Social Dancing 14 October: Etiquette workshop 19 October: Constitutional Drinks 23 October: First years dinner 25 October: Social Dancing 27 October: Leidance party: October fright fest! So we have a lot of plans during this month and we hope to see you all there! Love, Board Hosseinimehr