NATD Exams | 5
The most magical morning of exams that there ever was ✨ What a treat to see our young exam candidates enjoying this session so much, the little professionals that they are, bringing all the festive feels 🎅🏼 🦌🎄 From smALL STAR Santas & Rudolphs & Preliminary Ballet beauts through to our powerhouse Grade 5 Moderns you were all a pleasure to spend this final exam session of our golden year with ☺️ Thank you to our HSD73 dance mums & dads for getting on board with the reindeer hair &
Superweekender at Birmingham NEC
WOWZERS 🤩 A final performance to be truly proud of… WHAT A TEAM! A day of wonderful memories to treasure & the best coach trip & driver we’ve experienced… if you know, you know 😆 Much gratitude to the teams @chance2danceuk & @superweekenderuk for the opportunity to be part of this event, your planning & hard work payed off. Thanks to all our loyal supporters for taking the time & making the journey to woop & holler, seeing you there & feeling your love means the world, thanks also
Party of the Year 2023
Time flies when you’re partying with the dance fam! A glorious night jam packed with good vibes on & off the dance floor A round of applause to all award nominees & big congrats to our line up of winners. Shout out of epic proportions to the team @floreedafabs for the truly awesome trophies to celebrate our Golden anniversary, you guys delivered & then some this year. “The best ones yet” was the cry from the HSD73 fam Big thanks to Gail for your time & energy once
Happy Halloween ’23
We had wicked witches & ghostly ghouls galore joining us at our Haunted Quarters! Everyone looked amazing from the cutest of witches cats & perfect pirates through to pop greats MJ & The Spice Girls our HSDers really went to town with their costumes… Spooky vibes galore. Big thanks to Aunty Pam who helped us create our own special lanterns to light our way as we walked through the darkness & evaporated any zombies we met on our way Horrid hot chocolate hair raising hot dogs ghastly games devilish
NATD Examination Session 4 | 2023
NATD examination session number 4 please! Another Sunday another NATD exam session & what a lovely lil’ sesh it was too. Our HSD73 Fam never fail to make us proud & yesterday was no exception. Big thanks as always to lovely Lynda for filling our bellies & hearts with some good grub, to Nomes & PJ for your assistance & constant support YOU’RE THE BEST 🙌🏼 & many thanks to all our HSD73 dance parents for your support in making sure our HSDers were exam ready in every way.
NATD Original Street Styles Launch & AND A LITTLE SURPRISE
WHAT A DAY! So much to say but most importantly… drum roll please HSDers, please say hello to our first HSD73 examiner for the new NATD Original Street Styles.What an honour to be appointed Street examiner by the National in recognition of all the hard work, energy & dedication given to this first, one of a kind syllabus. Miss J your HSD73 family salute you, we’re so proud that our very own Funk Guru has been recognised for your phenomenal talent, tireless tenacity & unwavering passion for this dance
That’s a Wrap on the HSD 22/23 Season
That’s a wrap! The first half of our 50th year has most certainly been a memorable one filled with fantastic opportunities, achievements & as always good vibes plus proudly maintaining our 100% examination pass rate. Three NATD exam sessions & numerous exam presentations, workshops & Pop Ups galore, celebrating A-levels & GCSES coming to an end, fund raising, engagements new babies new houses new jobs, new Barre 73-Espresso Yourself, NATD Scholarship Heats, Birmingham Hippodrome performances with Chance2Dance, NBS Summer School, BBC Breakfast, TDCI Scholarship Final, celebrating
Spreading their wings
It’s been a very special end to our term, celebrating our dance family & HSDers that now prepare to spread their wings & start a new chapter at various universities & theatre schools across the country. We have many years of memories to treasure & we shall miss them terribly but know that they will go on to succeed in all that they do. Your HSD73 family’s love & support goes with you & we can’t wait to see what you go on to achieve, the world is
Hip Hop Born 73′, So were we…HSD
About Friday 11th August… Our HSD73 family celebrated Hip Hops 50th birthday by sharing The Five Pillars of Hip Hop with our HSD Funkateers. 1/ Breaking (The dance) 2/ Writing (Graffiti) 3/ Emceeing (The wordsmith/rapper) 4/ Dj’ing (The controller of the party) 5/ Knowledge (Understanding the elements of the Hip Hop culture) The philosophy of true Hip Hop culture is PEACE, LOVE, UNITY & HAVING FUN and that’s exactly what our HSDers brought to HQ led by our very own lover of all things Hip Hop Culture, our Funk guru, the legend