Welcome to the website of Ian & Penny Crampton,
Amateur Ballroom, Latin American, and 10 Dance Competitors. |
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Ian & Penny's Dance Story So Far..... |
Ian & Penny's dancing career started in September 2005 when, stumped for a suitable birthday present for Penny, Ian succumbed to the many hints and enrolled her onto a beginners Salsa course at the local collage. Dance lessons were definately a last resort because Ian knew he would have to go along too, and it certainly wasn't his idea of a good night out! The classes were not the disaster Ian thought they would be, and by the end of the term they were both hooked and soon looking for something else to try after the Christmas break. Little did Ian know at the time, but this Birthday present was to prove the most expensive choice.
Soon the local paper was advertising a new beginners group due to start at the beginning of February 2006, and Ian & Penny decided to attend. It was there that they were first introduced to waltz, tango, cha cha, rumba etc. and started their love affair with Ballroom and Latin dances. After a few weeks of attending the lessons Ian & Penny heard about a social dancing practise night held at a local dance studio, YoungDancentre, and went along to investigate. The practise night was almost exclusively for those who took lessons at the studio, so of course Ian & Penny were outsiders. They weren't sure if the stares and whispers were because of their different routines, or because they had sat in someone's 'reserved' seating; and when they won the raffle the first week, well things just couldn't get worse. Quick thinking Penny decided to pass the raffle prize Quality Street around the hall, which broke the ice, and thankfully things got better after that. Soon Ian & Penny were going away with the studio regulars on a weekend dance break to Lytham St Anne's which included a wonderful afternoon dancing at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool.
After Lytham, Ian & Penny arranged a couple of private lessons at YoungDancentre and were asked if they would like to take up competition dancing. To find out what it was all about they went to a local comp at Willenhall that weekend and were mesmerized by the outfits and style of dancing. The towels and dusters given as prizes were a source of great amusement at the time, although as they have found out since, a lot more useful than a little plastic plaque. The first private lesson as competitive dancers took place at the beginning of September 2006, and with Ian & Penny's limited ballroom and latin experience was like starting again and learning everything from scratch.
Once the decision was made to take up competition dancing, Ian & Penny were determined to put all their efforts into succeeding. After just six weeks of lessons the first competition came around fast, a Saturday night in Atherston, Tamworth. Ian & Penny's fears of being the only beginners entered were soon expelled when 12 couples took to a rather tight floor for a waltz and quickstep. More elbows, kicks, and collisions than the average rugby game meant the first round was a real baptism of fire. The latin beginners 2 dance was not so fraught, although the same number of couples competed. Two final places in the first comp was a bonus and spurred Ian & Penny on to drive up north to Nantwich the next day, and try it all over again.
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Biographies of Ian & Penny |
Ian & Penny first met on holiday in Majorca in the summer of 1992 when Penny was still at the tender age of 18 years old. Despite the obvious age difference they hit it off straight away and have been together through thick and thin ever since. They finally tied the knot in December of 2003 in a wonderful winter wedding just before Christmas.
Ian & Penny own and run Yes2Travel , an independent travel agency with two branches. The first branch opened in November 1999 at Chasetown near Lichfield, following some time working onboard cruise ships in the Caribbean and Mexico . In April 2007 a second branch was added at Hednesford near Cannock with the purchase and re-branding of an existing travel agency. |
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Ian David Crampton
D.O.B. - 9th May 1964
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Penny Louise Crampton
D.O.B. - 11th September 1974
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