On Valentine's Day I participated in an English Country Dance performance (in Jane Austen film spirit) in a beautiful old wooden villa with seven dances from England and Sweden from the 18th and early 19th centuries.

On Valentine's Day I participated in an English Country Dance performance (in Jane Austen film spirit) in a beautiful old wooden villa with seven dances from England and Sweden from the 18th and early 19th centuries.

While the company was great and the event turned out well from the part of logistics and so on, the thing that struck me the most afterwards was how overcome I was and am over the reactions in the audience, how genuinely delighted people were by us, and receiving thank yous afterwards was the best reward (and of course as an amateur performer, probably realistically the best reward you can get x) - knowing you'd made someone's day a little brighter with a little dance.

It was such a lovely afternoon.