Our Energize ‘Retro Xmas Event 2009 was held at Dunvant Social Centre on Thursday 3rd Dec.

Yet again another Energize Event: Our ‘Retro’ themed Xmas party went down a treat!

COMPLIMENTARY CLASS

The event included a complimentary class for all Energize participants over the past year to meet up and sample something different. True to our theme, the class started off with ‘Retro Aerobics’ warm up where members sang along and warmed up to tunes such as ‘9 to 5’ followed by a Cardio-Kickboxing session, both instructed by our fab new instructor Zoe Gealy! We also had a ‘Bollywood Fusion Aerobics’ session with Shakila consisting of a fusion of aerobics and Bollywood steps, a real high energy eye opener for those who’d never tried it! To compliment 45 minutes of continuous calorie burning a Body Sculpting session followed involving resistance bands, dumbbells and matwork provided by non other than our Aerobics & Body Toning instructor Mandy Stratton-Thomas! A short Self Defence for Women section provided by Jenny Treasure finished off our series of 15 minute sessions.

PARTY

With Retro theme disco balls lighting up our resident Energize pink Xmas tree and disco party decorations including our funky 70’s silhouettes our party started off with drinks and nibbles brought by members and an Indian Buffet provided by Energize (as requested following the previous year!). Dishes on the menu included: Vegetable Samosas, Lentil Samosas, Tandoori chicken wings, Mixed leaf salad with apple and balti peanuts, Vegetable Pilaw Rice, Chick pea and potato curry and Kofta (Meatball) bhuna with mushroom and peppers. Lots of scrummy desserts complemented the menu, everything from a cheese board to mince pies! We specially remember the Energize Chocolate Fudge Christmas cake, Jude Thomas’s beautifully elegant and yummy trifle and Rachel Richards’s delicious pink and purple iced cupcakes in Energize colours! A big thank you to all our members who contributed towards the snacks and buffet this year – don’t feel guilty, we’ll all be itching for next year to come quick so we can work it off!

PRIZE DRAW

Like last year, we had a prize draw to finish off the evening. Prizes awarded included Cookbooks (Amanda Fisher & Janet Whitehead), ‘Tai Chi’ Kit (Judy Meredith), Tarot Kit, Family fitness book (Sarah Rees-Morgan), Jewellery (Jenny Treasure), Santa ‘garments’ (Sharon Jeacock), Trinny & Suzanna’s ‘What to Wear’, Desperate Housewives (Mandy Stratton-Thomas), Chocolates (Megan & Bronwen Stratton-Thomas), Women’s Motivational & inspirational books (Pam Phillips & Jan Johnson), Cd pouch (Suzanne Holt) as well as our very own Energize T shirts (Laura Griffin & Faith Owen) and free class vouchers (Ceri Lynn Tee & Alison Owen). Well done!

Thank you all very much for your lovely calls, texts, emails, cards & gifts! Here are some things you said about the Event:

“Thanks for a brilliant Christmas bash; it was a great chance to meet new people & try new classes in a relaxed atmosphere, and also a great excuse to go wild with the pink & purple icing for the fairy cakes! A refreshing change from all the green & red of the season

“Thank you so much for the Xmas Party.
Unfortunate that I couldn’t get there in time for the complimentary class. The very end that I saw, women’s self defence, looked great fun however!
On with the food… Gorgeous tasty variety of food brought in by everyone. And the hot indian buffet was Delicious! It was good to meet and chat to others from different classes and I won a fabulous prize I was very happy with. Thanks! I had a wonderful evening

END OF 2009 MESSAGE FROM ENERGIZE

Thank you to all those who attended our Energize Xmas Bash 2009, we were overwhelmed by the level of participation this year! We did of course miss those of you who sent messages saying you were unable to come in the end. A very special thank you again this year to Judith Stanley “this is becoming an instituton!”, Reina den Hollander & Amanda Fisher for your help setting up before the event. Thank you also to everyone who swiftly tidied up! It was really lovely to see so many of us together for our end of year Energize event.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support which has enabled us to move towards our third anniversary coming up in April 2010! We are also chuffed at the increasing membership levels of our ENERGIZE FACEBOOK  started by members Lisa Berry & Rachel Smith! Since last year, we are very proud to welcome Zoe Gealy onboard. Zoe instructs ‘Retro’ Aerobics, Cardio-Kickboxing & ‘Tone the Zone’ and has even taught our Bollywood class! In addition to these new classes we have also launched our Pilates 10 week course & Intermediate level Pilates classes. Thank you also to completely ‘mad’ Mandy Stratton-Thomas who since joining Energize in 2008 continues to whip our Aerobics & Body Toning class members into shape with her own unique style!

Since the launch of our website in September 2008 it has grown not just in the use of demo video’s and sample music etc but has been used more and more as a tool for communication e.g. for members to check up on daily updates by 3pm on emergency class cancellations, new classes and courses being offered etc. If in doubt of whether a class is running during severe weather or any other emergency – please check the website! 2009 also saw the launch of our ‘Online Shop ’ where you can book into courses yourself as well as order and be the proud wearer of an ‘Energize T shirt!’ We also now offer a variety of other pre-book courses such as Self Defence and more recently Hatha Yoga as well as our drop in cardio classes. With so many varied workouts & personalities you will spoilt for choice in pursuing your fitness goals with us for 2010!

We would like to wish all our participants a happy, prosperous and healthy 2010.

Send in your theme ideas for next years Xmas Event . . . . fancy dress?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 Energize Xmas Event 2008