Issue 2March 2012

Becca Butcher 10th April

Easter Social20th April

Charity Show News

Meet Cat

Organise your own Course

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Contents

4. Editors Comments

6. Charity Show

8. New Instructor Cat Sambell

10. Lessons in March

12. Upcoming Socials and Events

14. Courses

14. Tales of a Twisted Trouper

18. Twisted Trouper of the Month

20. Merchandise

22. Twisted Deals

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Hello Twisted Troupers!

Welcome to the second edition on the Twisted Pole Online

Newsletter. We have had a busy couple of months and it has been a brilliant start to the year. I can’t believe it’s already march!!

We extend a huge wel-come to all the new Twisted Troupers that have joined this year so far and also to out new Instuctor Cat Sampbell who some of you may have seen around and who is PDC approved. We have now also got aerial silks in the studio

so you can come and try out some moves on those. Just ask us for a bit of help and we can show you some basics.

We have some excit-ing things coming up in the months ahead. So here is a little overview for you:

*Monday Day classes are now at 2-3pm and we have a new Friday 6-7pm lesson with Cat

*Splits and Flexibility course with Lauren Red 12th march

*Beginner Course- 17th April

*Free Pole Jam for Na-tional Pole Day (1 May)

29th April 2.15-5pm

*Easter Social 20th *RIng Girl Audtitions

*Photoshoot with mark Pugh tbc

*meet Twisted Troupers Amy and Julia

We had an absolutely fantastic charity show on Saturday 3rd march raising a huge amount for Help for Heroes. Read more in the newsletter.

Hope to see you all in class soon!!

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Charity ShowHelp For Heroes

3rd March

We held our charity show for Help for Heroes on the 3rd

march at the mercure hotel in Nottingham. Dr Agamem-non When was our wonderful mc who did a fantastic job introducing the acts, Julia

was our DJ and we had JoJo on the video camera and Kelly Cross

and Kieron taking photos.

We initially had a target of £620 which is the amount we raised at the last charity event for Clic Sargeant. Through ticket sales, the raffle and selling cakes and brownies, every-one’s hard work and support really paid off with the final total raised to

£1170!!!!

This is such an amazing amount of money and not only smashes

our goal but is almost double the amount!!

100% of the money raised is going to Help For Heroes

http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who worked so hard on

their routines and took part- we are so unbelievably proud and I know if was a first performance for a for many of you. Thanks toLauren Red who was our guest performer, for

everyone who came to support and who couldn’t be there and donated online or in the tins and for everyone

who helped out in any other way such as counting the money, selling and donating the cakes and other

raffle prizes and setting up and taking down the poles.

For those of you who missed out on taking part this time our next char-

ity event will be on the 6th October. Charity tbc but suggestions welcome

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Thank you again for all your support!You can find all of the performance

videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/

Twistedpole?feature=watch

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New Instructor Cat Sambell

Cat first started pole danc-ing in 2007 when a friend of

hers had been to a pole party and suggested to her that she

should give it a go. She has a background in gymnastics

and since pole dancing is quite similar her friend thought she would be well

suited to it and enjoy it.

Her friend wasn’t wrong and Cat found herself addicted to everything pole dance related. She started coming

along to Twisted Pole lessons last year and started instructing in December

2011.

She has PDC approval and is fully In-sured with a first aid certificate so you can be sure you are in safe hands in

her lessons!

Cat is also a driving instructor by day which means that she has plenty of ex-perience teaching, is very patient and her methods are very flexible so she

can adapt to all student learning styles.

“Combine my experience teach-ing with my love of pole dancing and gymnastics you’ll be toning

your musclesand honing your ac-robatic skills all with pointy toes

and smiley faces!! I love to pole and want to share

this amazing experience with everyone; I look forward to

seeing you at class X”

Catch Cat in the following classes that she teaches:

Tuesday:6-7pm Group Lesson

7-8.30pm Beginner’s course

Friday:6-7pm Group Lesson

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Lessons In March For those of you who don’t know yet we now have group lessons on Friday eve-nings from 6 to 7pm. Yet another opportunity to hone your pole dancing skills,

socialise and have fun. Join Cat in class and work towards your goals. There is also no need to book!

The Monday morning sessions have also changed and are now 2-3pm. Get your training done early and have the rest of the evening to yourselves. No need to book just turn up!

There will be no changes to the lessons this month except for the following days:

There will be no lessons on*Sunday 25th March

*Monday 26th March*Tuesday 27th March

In the same week Cat will be tak-ing the lessons on *wednesday 28th march*firiday 30th march *sunday 1 april

Lessons will return to normal from the 2nd April. Sorry for any inconvenience caused!

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Current Lesson TimetableMonday:

2-3pm Group Lesson6-8pm Group Lesson

Private Lessons Available

Tuesday:6-7pm Group Lesson

7-8.30pm Beginner’s course** Booking neededPrivate Lessons Available

Wednesday:8-9pm Group Lesson

Private Lessons Available

Thursday:Private Lessons Available

Friday:6-7pm Group Lesson

Private Lessons Available

Saturday:Private Lessons Available

Sunday:3-5pm Group Lesson

Private Lessons Available

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Upcoming Socials and Events

There are quite a few exciting socials and events coming up in the next few months and we hope that you can join us for them!

Rebecca Butcher Workshops

I cannot even begin to express how excited we are about having Becca Butcher come to the studio on April 10th!!! Meet, greet

and photo £10

For the workshops Becca will ask you which moves you are working on or wish to learn, each student will leave the masterclass feeling they have learnt something. She will have some of her own signature moves but the focus of the lesson will be to help you learn or perfect the moves you are working on.

Discounts for multiple workshopsInt & Adv £70.00

Indiviual £45.00

Privates 10-12pm advanced 1-2pm, then intermediates 2.15 -3.45, then ad-vanced 4.00-5.30Privates if wanted are £100 - 1-2-1 or £120 - 2-2-1. Please contact us to find out more or to book.

Easter SocialOur next social will be held on the 20th April and will be a pole sleepover. We will be meeting at the studio about 9pm and if you bring your sleeping bags and some snacks we can order pizza and watch films as well as playing games such as twister etc. Hope you can make it. Check out the facebook page for more event info!

Nottingham Pole Convention

This event is being held on the 27th may at Djangoly Gym. You can buy tick-ets here: http://www.eventelephant.com/npaconvention and find out more about what events will be going on on that day here: http://www.facebook.com/events/170201723096237/. Don’t miss out!

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CoursesMake Your own 6 week CourseWant to take your pole dancing further

but can’t Make it to the courses that are booked or want to do your course with friends? Book your own 6 week course

for 1.5hours a week at only £10 per per-son. There are 5 levels and the Moves learnt each week are planned and

fixed. Minimum 5 people.

Beginners Course 17th AprilThese courses are a great way to learn a pole moves intensively and with

other people at the same level as you and are very focussed.

They are targeted at the com-plete beginner to those who have had a couple of lessons. There are planned moves to learn each week but ultimate-

ly you are working at your own pace within the class. The class starts off with a warm-up and exercises to increase core and upper body strength. Then you will be allowed a time to practice moves from the previous class and move on to the new ones after that. The class is finished with a cool-down.

The next 6 weeks course will be held from Tuesday 17th April 7-8.30pm for only £60. Contact now to book in.

Maximum 10 people so don’t miss out! £5 off if you recommend a friend and they pay for the full course!

Splits Course with Lauren Red

One of the best ways to improve the way your pole dancing looks and

feels is to increase your flexibility. Not only does an increased flexibility and stretching improve your quality of life, it also reduces the likelihood of injury

and muscle pain due to a fuller range of movement in your joints.

The amazing Lauren Red takes our flex-ibility classes and will introduce you to safe and fun stretching methods and ways to increase your back flexibility

and both front and box splits as well as stretching for other muscles if you have

any requests.

We have splits courses running for 6 weeks at only £40. Our next course

starts Monday 12th march 8pm. Places go fast so book now!

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Julia McMurrayHaving tried the usual ‘keep fit’ activities throughout most of my adult life and grown bored of them

within about 3 months, I’d pretty much given up on trying to exercise until a friend suggested I try pole dancing. It wasn’t something I’d ever thought about as exercise, but I thought what the hell, I’ll try it anyway.

I decided on trying Twisted Pole because the studio was in town and I liked the website! I got in con-tact with Hannah and set up a private lesson. I was so scared, but Hannah made me feel totally at ease and so began my love of pole dancing. I remember that for the first couple of lessons I could barely move the day after! Even now, I know it’s been a productive session if I’m aching for a couple of days.

My story is pretty typical of most mothers in their 30’s. After the birth of my daughter I was carrying extra weight and my confidence in my appearance was at a complete low for a long time afterwards. I didn’t even have the motivation to do anything about it until last year (my daughter is 4 now!). Pole slowly gave me the confidence to not only try

new things and really test my body, but also to meet new people – during my time at Twisted Pole I’ve made some amazing friends. Everyone who attends is so supportive of each other and there’s a great social side to being a member of the ‘Twisted Troupe’.

I’ve been poling now for just over a year and I still get a thrill from learning new moves & the bruises which come from them. My favourite moves are fireman stand, bow & arrow, inverted pike and rocket woman. I’m hoping to get my handspring sorted soon and from there who

knows – maybe even phoenix!

I would recommend pole to anyone who wants to try something different in their exercise routine. Every lesson is different and I’ve had the most fun exercising ever.

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Amy PearsonI started my pole journey on 29th Decem-ber 2010. During a Christmas visit home some friends of mine asked me if I’d like to join them at a pole class. I went along and was instantly hooked. Coming back to Nottingham I was desperate to find somewhere to continue and I was intro-duced to Twisted.

I remember being nervous at meeting so many new people, but came away happy having learned a couple of new moves. I’ve been training with Hannah for almost a year now, and I couldn’t ask for a better instructor or friend. I feel like I’ve achieved a lot within the past year, and still have so far to go…that’s the beauty of pole, there’s always a new trick to master. I’ve danced in two charity shows, took part in one competition, and feel I’m improving all the time. Going from be-ing unable to hold a prayer slide without

straightening my arms to being able to handspring, the sense of achievement with pole is phenomenal, and being part of a wonderful community full of won-derful people so hooked on the same things, it’s brilliant. I still have a long way to go, but I know I’ll conquer the goals I’ve set myself for this year (I WILL lift into my bloody invert if it kills me). Pole has everything you could want from a hobby…fun, exercise, friends, and I can’t see my journey ending any time soon.

If you would like to share your pole journey with Twisted Pole please email hannah@twistedpole.com

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Twisted Trouper of the Month

As a new addition to our magazine we will now be having a Twisted Trouper of the month. This will be a poler who has really excelled and shown great progress throughout the month. Please pass all your suggestions on to us of who you think deserves to be the Twisted Trouper of next month.

As winner of this title the poler will receive a certificate and a Twisted Pole towel.

March 2012JoJo LockeCongratulations to JoJo Locke who is this month’s winner.

JoJo started coming to Twisted Pole last year and had already learnt quite a few different spins and moves. She was keen to learn more and had a goal to be able to do the cross ankle release. After many months of keeping at the same move she finally became brave enough to just go for it and achieved her goal. Ever since this she has been unstoppable! From hand-spring to pike to inverted twisted grip hold she has carried on trying to push herself further and further. Her pole ad-diction is well and truly present as she regularly attends sometimes up to 4 hours in a day of pole!

JoJo also bravely opened our char-ity show despite never having done a pole perfor mance in her life. Well done JoJo we are very proud of you!!

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Twisted Merchandise and

Shop We are so proud of all of our students and hope that you are proud to be a Twisted Trouper too! We have lots of different pole clothing which can be ordered or picked up at the studio. You can even get your own stuff printed from £3!!!

Pole Shorts £7These pole shorts bearing the Twisted Pole logo are extremely comfortable and are stretchy which makes them mold to the shape of your body. They will not get in the way when you need to do

thigh grips of any kind

Pole Top From £7We have several types of top available including strap tops-both thin and thick straps as well as racer back (£12) and crop tops (£7). They all bear the TP logo

on the back and front. They come in a variety of colours.

Pole Towels £5 If you are looking for your own pole towel then we are selling these with the TP logo on for only £5!

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Twisted Pole Hoodies From £20There are 2 types of hoody- women’s fit and unisex which are a bit bag-gier. They combine in most colours and have a large TP logo on the back printed and embroided logo on the front and embroided name. You can also have a sleeve with e.g. “Pole Dancer” or “Twisted Troupe” printed on it. It is £25 for all of this including a zip hoody or you can get a non-zip hoody with no sleeve print for £20.

Pole Bags From £1We have both tote bags(£1 or £4) and duffel bags avail-able (£20).

We also sell lesson vouchers, 1oz and 2oz bottles of Dry Hands, Mighty Grip gloves and foot protectors. We will be getting Dew Point in the next couple of weeks

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Twisted Pole Deals

We have some new and old Twisted Deals for you to take advantage of.

**March Madness!!!**Pay for 3 Private lessons (£75 for 2 peo-ple or £60 for 1) and get 2 group ses-sions free!!

**Free Lesson!**Get your group session free when you bring a new person to class in one of the following sessions:Mondays 2-3pmTuesdays 6-7pm

Fridays 6-7pm

**10 Lessons**We already have a great deal for 5 group sessions only £26 (buy 4 get 1 free). We now have an even better deal for you alongside this for 10 les-sons only £50! Which means that it is only £5 per lesson. These can be used in any group session but not at course lessons.

Watch this space or check the website to keep up to date with future deals!

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