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Just to inform you about a fantastic new event which is being brought to you by Bryan Watson, Carmen, Hans-R Galke and Andrew Sinkinson.

The London Ball 2010 will be hosted at the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane in London on Friday 22 October & Saturday 23 October 2010.

Friday evening will be an exquisite dinner/dance in a stunning locale with fine dining and  your chance to dance to some wonderful music provided by the world famous Empress Orchestra.

Saturday’s programme should prove to be spectacular, featuring Professional & Amateur, Ballroom & Latin Dance competitions. The world’s finest will battle it out on the dance floor in this exciting new event to the music of the Empress Orchestra.

Prize money for the competitions are guaranteed at over £20,000!

So if you want to dine and dance on Friday, compete or spectate on Saturday then please visit The London Ball 2010

Those of you attending the UK International Championships from the Royal Albert Hall on the Thursday night might just want to stick around for this wonderful new event… Amazing prize money for the competitors with up close and personal seating for the spectators to view the phenomenal dancing on offer.

Hope to see you there supporting this new and exciting dance event.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick.

Many thanks to Tony & Amanda Dokman for inviting me to lecture on ‘Musicality’ in Holland earlier this month (August).

It was a pleasure to be a part of something special and a real privilege to be able to share some of my thoughts and ideas about music with a wonderful group of Ballroom Dancers.

Dank je wel,

Ashley Frohlick

We now have a new, more stylish ‘Testimonials’ page here on the Empress Orchestra website for you to peruse at your leisure.

The new “accordion” style page makes it much more pleasing to the eye, less cluttered and much easier to read.

If you are a regular visitor to the Empress site, you may need to refresh your browser page to see the changes made. For most browsers hitting the ‘F5′ button should do it or (Ctrl + R),  failing that click on ‘View’ on the browser menu bar and then look for either ‘Refresh’ or ‘Reload’ and click to view the new page. (Best of luck).

I’ve also included some more recent comments from some highly distinguished figures in the world of ‘Ballroom Dancing’ and hope that you will enjoy reading their very gracious comments about the Empress Orchestra.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

I just wanted to bring to your attention that we have added some recent comments to our ‘Testimonials’ page from some pretty well known people in the world of Dance!

I hope that you will enjoy reading them.

I would like to take this opportunity once again to thank everyone for the many wonderful comments that we receive about the music that we perform; your warmth and grace really does make such a huge difference to us.

We will also be making some presentational changes to the ‘Testimonials’ page within the next couple of weeks that will greatly improve the look of this page.

For our Japanese readers the changes will take a little longer to implement, as we have to translate the comments beforehand.

Your comments are welcomed as ever!

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick.

Introducing a beautifully presented training weekend by Tony & Amanda Dokman from 6 – 8 August  in Hilversum, Netherlands.

Last year (alongside Tony & Amanda) Andrew Sinkinson lectured and taught in his own inimitable style… This year sees another icon in the world of Ballroom Dancing… Mr. Richard Gleave.

I shall also be lecturing for the very first time in a relaxed, Q & A style session with examples, demonstrations and ideas on how to make it ‘Musical’.

Places are limited and going fast so please book now to avoid disappointment!

For more information please follow the link to the Dokman website. I look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

Well another wonderful festival done and dusted!

Many congratulations to all the winners, finalists, semi finalists etc., and those that rose above the challenge of personal goals, it really has been an exceptional week. For those that didn’t do as well as expected or hoped… better luck next time!

To the many people that took the time to say hello and compliment our music… I thank you wholeheartedly.

The atmosphere has been magnificent, the dancing stunning and I can’t wait for Blackpool 2011… I hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

Well a year has elapsed since we updated the Empress Orchestra website to give it its “new” look and I thank everyone for their comments on its appearance.

Most things have worked quite well; our ‘Home’, ‘Blog’ and ‘Personnel’ pages receiving the most figures along with many people watching the video clips and viewing our photographs.

Since May 2009 we have attracted readers from nearly 150 countries worldwide and have translated virtually the whole of our site into Japanese.

I’ll be reviewing the site’s content after the upcoming Blackpool Dance Festival and shall be updating the ‘Home’, ‘Video’ and ‘Testimonials’ pages in due course. I shall also endeavour to work on the servers for the Newsletters and hope to have the problems fixed in the not too distant future.

If you have any suggestions for content that you would like to see featured pertaining to the Empress Orchestra and the things that we do, please feel free to get in touch.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

Having finished composing and orchestrating the samba for Bryan Watson & Carmen, I now need a title for this new piece of music.

On the Empress Orchestra fan page (on facebook) I’ve asked for suggestions for a name for this brand new samba. Those readers of our blog page who wish to participate can do so via the Empress Orchestra fan page on facebook. It won’t cost you anything, it’s free to join and if you suggest the title that Bryan, Carmen and I decide is most suitable I’ll send you a free copy of one of our CDs.

Have fun and join in, I look forward to reading your suggestions soon.

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick

Arthur Murray Dance Studios in Cincinnati is to be the fourth recipient of the Empress Orchestra’s debut album ‘Always & Forever’… Many congratulations!

Remember to be in with a chance of winning the last remaining album (specially signed by the boys in the band) all you have to do is become a fan of the Empress Orchestra on its Facebook Page or join up as a ‘Friend’ right here on our website.

Best of luck,

Ashley Frohlick

Just wanted to let you know that I’ve embarked on a new samba for nine-times World Professional Latin American Champion Bryan Watson. Bryan asked me if I’d write some new tunes for the Orchestra for a venture that he and Carmen are heavily involved with in October (details to follow shortly).

As I know many visitors to the site will be dancing during the forthcoming Blackpool Dance Festival, I just wanted to share the fact that you’ll be hearing (and possibly dancing to) this brand new composition of mine as the piece gets its first airing!

So far I’m really excited about the score, in my opinion it’s as good as anything on our album ‘Always & Forever’, it’s a very different piece of music from the other sambas that we perform and I hope it will inspire great things on the floor!

Fingers crossed Bryan likes it too!

Best wishes,

Ashley Frohlick