- 17th Nov '09
The Academy 2010 Calendars !

The Academy 2010 calendars will be on sale from Sunday 22nd Nov, at cadets and Open guard rehearsals, and at the Christmas Fete on Saturday 5th December. And i have to say, they look FANTASTIC!

£7 each + a free group picture
0r £20 for 3 calendars + 3 group pictures

To reserve your calendars please email/text/FB Lisa Darton ASAP, first come first serve

A special thanks to Adam Hall-Osman who took all the proffesional pics. All pics used in the calendar will be available to buy in Black/White or colour for £1 each

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- 23rd Sept '09
The Academy on CBBC's SKATE NATION

In June 8 members from The Academy went along to the CBBC recording studios in west london to teach a group of young skaters to spin flags, whilst skating!! It was great fun and a wonderful opportunity for colourguard to get a glimpse on TV in front of such a young and wide ranging audience. Below is the iPlayer link of the episode that was played on TV last saturday, featuring the Roller Rockets with The Academy in the semi finals!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbbc/episode/b00mtqg7/Skate_Nation_Semi_Finals/

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- 6th Jun '09
Today marked the start of the cadets new season as they returned back to rehearsal with much enthusiasm and excitement. The cadets staff were joined by Lorraine and Lisa (and Darren from next week) as they started their new training package of ballet and dance basics, and a new equipment basics program. The kids had a fantastic time in their new venue and worked incredibly hard.

If anyone is thinking of joining the cadets this season they are training on Sunday mornings, 9:30am-12pm at Brandon Groves Community Hall, South Ockendon, Essex. Now is a great time to join as they will be spending the next 3 months perfecting their basics programs and learning fun routines. In Sept the cadets will start to learn their 2010 winterguard program - True Colours

The staff are very excited about the new structure and develop of the cadets training program, and the 2010 program which will see them mature with an elegant yet enjoyable show

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The Academy teaches colourguard in new CBBC program - Skate Nation - 8th Jun '09

In july a new series is starting on CBBC called Skate Nation, which see's groups of young people competing in skating routines each week to find the ultimate Skate Nation champions! Much like Dancing on Ice the groups learn different routines and one group gets voted off each week. And just like Dancing on Ice on of the Semi final challenges was for a group to learn to spin flags whilst dancing their routines on Skates...Cue Colourguard!!!!

The Academy were invited to the CBBC studios last bank holiday monday to spend a few hours teaching 4 young people how to spin a flag and learn a short routine. The young performers varied in age, 2 girls of 10yrs, 1 boy of 13yrs and a young girl of 17yrs, and ready to learn to spin, on SKATES!!! Our 8 members were prep'd by the film crew and our senior instructor for the day, Lara Corcoran led the session and introducing colourguard on camera. The members of TA performed a short routine of their own, and a basics routine for the young Skate Nation performers to learn. The young performers were really excited and did a great job, and even wanted to learn to throw the flags!!!!

It was a fantastic opportunity for The Academy to promote colourguard for a program which will be viewed by hundreds of thousands of young people throughout the UK. The program will show the in depth learning curve the young performers went through to learn the basics of colourguard skills, as well as what can be achieved by young members of colourguard groups that compete each year in this country. By promoting colourguard to such a valuable age range via TV we hope that many colourguard groups across the country will benefit by recruiting more young people into their teams. 

The Academy would like to thank Alan Thompson for assisting us with this event

Remember to watch Skate Nation, on CBBC, Saturday morning, 9am - Starting in July. The Academy will appear early in August as they get to the semi finals

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