People across the West Midlands are being encouraged to get into the groove as part of Dancing for the Games - a dance project inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
On 1 September, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) visited Coventry to meet local residents and raise awareness of the London 2012 Games Maker volunteering programme.
Performers across Stoke-on-Trent are being encouraged to audition for a unique role that would see them play a part in the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad through Imagineer Productions’ Godiva Awakes project.
With only 2 years before the 2012 Paralympic Games begin Channel 4 is profiling some of Britain’s elite Para athletes and discovers why they excel at their sport. In the first episode of ‘That Paralympic Show’ on Saturday 28 August Lee Pearson MBE OBE from Cheddleton in Staffordshire teaches Celebrity Big Brother winner and cage fighter Alex Reid how to ride dressage.
125 people aged between 14 and 87 will join Ballroom dance instructor Kevin Ford to learn to dance at the start of a free eight week course.
Two young athletes from Staffordshire have helped ensure a successful Youth Olympic Games for Team GB in Singapore by securing medals in their respective sports. The inaugural Youth Olympic Games took place from 14-26 August 2010, involved all 26 sports on the summer Olympic programme, with 3,600 athletes, aged 14-18, from over 200 nations taking part.
As English National Champions for u18 boys, Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club have been invited and accepted entry into the first ever European Clubs Championships which take place in Bari, Italy from the 15-20 September.
Clare Balding, TV presenter and Sports Journalist unveiled the initial range of mascot products for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on Tuesday 17 August at Golden Bear Products Ltd, Telford.
Chris Holmes, Director of Paralympic Integration for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), and special guest Paralympic mascot Mandeville, joined members of the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games on Monday 16 August at the IBSA World Blind Football Championship in Hereford.
Imagineer Productions and BAFTA award-winning composer Ilona Sekacz are encourage more men to sign up to the already 30 strong Godiva Awakes Choir.
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