Kia ora Everyone,

Come inside, away from the nasty weather, and have a dance! We have a nice full month of classes and three socials. Plus some opportunities to join the crew.

Did you enjoy Champs this year? Our annual Christchurch Modern Jive Champs in April was a huge success with over 170 competitors from beginners to advanced from around NZ and Australia. It's a great opportunity to mingle and dance with like minded dancers in a well presented central location. Pencil in 17-19 April 2026 to do it all again! Or come to Refresh in November if you can't wait. More details soon.

Keep dancing, keep smiling,
Deb & Matt

Sun 4 May - Analysis & Critique Workshop

A 2.5 hour workshop with the opportunity to record and playback video so dancers can analyse recordings of their dancing with experienced teachers (and judges) on hand to help. We'll also show you how to analyse video to get the most out of it.

Sun 4 May - Tea Dance at Papanui

Join us for 2 hours of chilled music this Sunday at Papanui High School from 6pm - 8pm. People bring a small plate to share (optional), we provide tea & coffee.

Remember: Papanui High School!!! (we'll be back at Avonhead from June)

Sat 24 May - Dance Party at Wigram

We're back again at Wigram but this time no theme, just an awesome range of music with anything from the 80's through to present day, with genres from pop and rock to jazz and R&B. We start with a short, fun mixer class at 8pm.

Friday Intermediate Class Plan

We have five Fridays this month. For the intermediate classes with rotate through the following themes:

• 1st Friday: intermediate variations
• 2nd Friday: one tricky move
• 3rd Friday: musicality
• 4th Friday: review of moves this year / requests, message me if there's something you want covered
• 5th Friday: no class, extended freestyle

I'm aiming to have this plan on the Friday class page on our website.

Interested in music and playlists?

Our head DJ for Champs, DJ Steel, is inviting other contributors to get more involved with Champs music next year. What's worked well at recent events is having contributions from a number of DJ's. If you are keen to get involved and also learning how DJing works then get in touch with Matt. There'll be opportunities for helping at class nights. You should be aware of what's been popular in mainstream culture over the years.

Reward Points

Earn reward points and convert them to credits to get in free to class! Our dancers earned 45 credits in April, half of which were earned just by turning up at the start of the night. You automatically earn rewards once you access your online account. Click the link below to get started if you haven't done so already.

Heads up for June / July

Keep an eye out on the Fevah calendar, Mondays will be taking a 5 week break and there's no workshop / tea dance in July. Some of you have spotted the big band live music night in July, this will be provided by the Ellesmere Big Band who can play a wide range of music.

Dance Taster Classes

The MOVE organisation based here in Christchurch is providing taster dance classes in a variety of styles including Modern Jive.

As well as coming to class you can recommend friends to try our taster class, alternatively why not give another style a go? Experience in other dance styles can be very beneficial for Modern Jive.

iDance Classic Wellington MJ Champs

Join us and plenty of other Fevah dancers in Wellington for the iDance Classic.

13-14 June
Wellington Indian Association, Kilbirnie

Registrations are open and like with our Champs it's a great way to meet up with dancers from around the country. Competing is fun! There's a dance party on the Friday night and social dancing throughout the day on the Saturday.