The Dances and The Music

We dance in a variety of ballroom styles, using music
that ranges from classic to contemporary, including:
Waltes - Tangos - Foxtrots - Cha-Cha.

Some of the music we dance to includes:
Better Together - Evergreen - Truly, Madly, Deeply
Over the Rainbow - Chariots of Fire - Come Away with Me.

Check out our events page to see what the Concordes are rehearsing and working on right now!

The Concordes represent wheelchair users across many disabilities and all ages - we're interested in what you can do, regardless of disability. Our youngest member is just nine years old, and our oldest won't publically admit their age (but we have it on good authority that this means "late 70s" at least!). As long as you're interested in dancing, working in a team and having fun, you are very welcome to join. We currently have 12 wheelchair dancers, and are always looking to expand. We also treat our dedicated carers, families and supporters as part of the team - they keep turning up, waving the flag for the Concordes week after week. All carers and supporters are welcome. Be warned, though, you may be roped into some of the dances!

: Monday Practice Nights :

The Concordes meet for practice every Monday night (excluding Bank Holidays) between 7.30pm and 9.30pm at Page Hall, Staple Hill, Bristol (click here for a map and directions). Our members travel from all over the region, with access just 15 minutes from the M32 and Ring Road. Page Hall benefits from a subsidised bar (membership charges apply - see below), fully accessible and with disabled toilets.

: Utterly PHAB :

On Wednesday nights, some of the team meet at Downend Day Centre for a kind of wheelchair dancing called PHAB - "Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied". This form of dance sees wheelchair users each with an able-bodied partner (or "Seats and Feets", as we like to call them), dancing in team formation. If you have an able-bodied partner who you'd like to dance with, this may be the ideal opportunity for you - contact us for further information, and we can arrange for you to pop in and see what we do! At National Festivals, PHAB couples can also compete - for an entirelydifferent challenge to the team-formation dancing.

: Membership Tariff :

We are a charity, and as such we are self-funding - to cover the cost of venue hire, we have to charge a small fee to all members.

Annual membership to Page Hall is £12.00 for the first year, then £8 for each subsequent year. This fee includes the use of the bar and all of Page Hall's leisure facilities at any time, any day.

In addition, each dancer pays £2.50 each Monday they attend. We have a tea break half way through Monday evening, and an optional 20p will cover the cost of tea and biscuits. That's got to be better than Monday night television, hasn't it?

We want to ease you in gently, so come along and see what we do with no obligation to join. All-comers are welcome, and we won't be holding our hand out for membership fees from day one - we very much want you to get a flavour for wheelchair dancing before committing to joining the team.

registered charity number 287029

Why Concordes?

Many people wonder why we call ourselves the Concorde Wheelchair Dancers. Well, the now sadly-retired Concorde aircraft was manufactured at the nearby town of Filton, and we have strong links to the area. (One of our founding members back in the 1970s, Derek - sadly no longer with us - used to be a Concorde engineer.) And, if you'll forgive the pun, we thought it would be an "uplifting" name for a dance team!