HF Dancing Holidays

John & Hilary started leading 'HF' folk dance holidays in 2004.
'HF Holidays Ltd' is an internationally known holiday company specialising in Walking & Leisure Activity Holidays in the UK and abroad.
In the UK the company runs a group of superb country house hotels at which to host its events.

Some recent comments from our customers:
'Overall holiday really fantastic'.

'Dancing programme was excellent'.

The holidays include workshops, evening dances & some free time to explore the local countryside. More detailed information on these holidays can be found in HF's 'Leisure Activity' holiday brochure. For a copy of the brochure, or to book one of these holidays please contact HF Holidays, phone 0845 470 7558 or write to HF Holidays Ltd, Catalyst House, 720 Centennial Court, Centennial Park, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3SY.

In 2008 John and Hilary have been engaged to lead the following HF dance holidays:

'Dance Playford Style', Selworthy, Somerset. April 2008 (4 Nights).
'Folk Dancing for Fun', Brecon, Powys. May 2008 (4 Nights).
'Folk Dancing & Walking', Conwy, Snowdonia. August 2008 (7 Nights).
'Folk Dancing for Fun', Abingworth, Sussex. October 2008 (4 Nights).

The holidays include workshops, evening dances & some free time to explore the local countryside. More information on these holidays can be found in HF's 'Leisure Activity' holiday brochure. For a copy of the brochure, or to book one of these holidays please contact HF Holidays, phone 0845 470 7558 or write to HF Holidays Ltd, Catalyst House, 720 Centennial Court, Centennial Park, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3SY.

To date in 2008 our total no of attendees at 2 events is 31, of whom 26 (84%) were previous customers.

Holidays for 2009 include:

'Dance Playford Style', Dovedale, Derbys. March 2009 (4 Nights).
'Folk Dancing & Walking', Whitby, Nth Yorks. July 2009 (7 Nights).
'Folk Dancing', Derwent Bank, Cumbria. October 2009 (3 Nights).
'Dance Playford Style', Bourton, Cotswolds. Nov 2009 (4 Nights).


Previous HF Holidays

In 2007 John and Hilary led the following HF dance holidays:
'Dance Playford Style', Abingworth, Sussex. March 2007 (4 Nights).
'Folk Dancing & Walking for Fun', Haytor, Devon. August 2007 (7 Nights).
'Folk Dancing for Fun', Dovedale, Derbyshire. Nov 2007 (4 Nights).
Comments from our 'HF' customers in 2007:
'Overall holiday really fantastic'.

'Dancing & Walking leaders were excellent'.

'Dancing programme was excellent'.

In 2007 total no of attendees at 3 events was 57, of whom 24 (42%) were previous customers.


In 2006 John and Hilary led the following holidays:
'Folk Dancing for Fun', a 4 night event at Brecon, Powys. May 2006;
'English Country Dancing', a week long event at Selworthy, Somerset. Sept 2006;
'Folk Dancing for Fun', a 4 night event at Keswick, Cumbria. Nov 2006;

Some comments from our customers in 2006:
'Most excellent as always'.

'Hilary was good support. They are brilliant'.

'John worked his "magic" once more and I became a dancer, if only for a week. Marvellous!'.

In our 3rd year (2006) we had a total of 37 attendees at 3 events, of whom 20 (54%) were previous customers.


In 2005 John and Hilary led the following holidays:
'Folk Dancing and Walking for Fun', a week long event at Haytor, Devon. July 2005;
'Folk Dancing for Fun', a 3 night event at Haytor, Devon. Oct 2005;

A few comments from our customers in 2005:
'We always have a wonderful time with John & Hilary, who get the balance of learning something challenging but at the same time they make it fun.

'A brilliant week, really fun; John & Hilary worked as a team with enormous patience & good humour'.

'Plenty of good humour - hope to meet them again in 2006!'

In our second year with HF our total no of attendees at 2 events was 33, of whom 13 (39%) were previous customers.


In 2004 John and Hilary led the following holidays:
'Dance Playford Style & Walking', a 3 day event at Alnmouth (Northumberland), April 2004;
'Folk Dancing & Walking for Fun', a 3 day event at Brecon (Powys), June 2004;
'Folk Dancing for Fun', a 6 day event at Freshwater (IoW), Oct 2004.

Comments from our customers in 2004:
'A splendid addition to your leaders, I hope they enjoyed it as much as me'.

'Thoroughly enjoyed the activity, leaders were top knotch!. They helped to create a very friendly atmosphere conducive to learning the subject'.

'It really was fun. Booked another one as soon as we got home'.

In our first year with HF our total no of attendees at 3 events was 29, of whom 2 (7%) were repeat customers.

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