Festival Place Basingstoke

Festival Place - Shopping Centre and Top Lodge demonstrate Heelwork To Music to the weekend shoppers

Meeting the organisers to sort final preparations

A super dance group opened the show

And followed by a brilliant Hula Hooper!!

The crowds just grew and grew throughout the day!

First set by Top Lodge - Lesley and Angus opened with their routine to Elegance

With Karen and Fly following on with Singing In The Rain

And closing their time was Kath with Spice to the music Mr Blue Sky

Marawa - the Hula Hooper - now skipping!!  Wow!

Top Lodge taking the final curtain call to a very appreciative audience!

Time to meet and greet the public.  
Many had never had the pleasure of stroking a dog before!

Fly enjoying her session.

And Kes - perfect for the visiting children

And the dance group make friends with Hamish and puppy Dewy!!

In the afternoon - another set of demonstrations
Angus taking the cane in Elegance

Huge jump from Angus! These dogs certainly enjoy their sport!

A massive crowd gather as Karen and Fly show Heelwork To Music at its best!

Spice showing Kath how agile she is!!!

Those ears must help her get good height in the jumps!

Not many people shopping in this area!!  All too busy watching!

The crowds kept growing during the weekend!

Sunday - and it was Hamish and Lesley that opened the show.

What a good boy he was to the music of "The Night They Invented Champagne"

Up and Over!  Super routine by Hamish!!

On a rainy day outside -
Karen and Fly added sunshine to the shopper's day!

A great routine

Enjoyed by Karen, Fly and everyone watching

Time for Spice to get moving!!

Kath and Spice skipping together

All Top Lodge called back for the shoppers to show their appreciation.

A 15' pole supported by ...............

Top Lodge's Allan and David - holding very tight!!

Smiles all round

The Black Eagles!

A superb show of athleticism and 

strength!!!

The end of the day and one more Meet and Greet time
with the visitors  to Festival Place.

Big weekend for both Hamish and Dewy taking to the stage!

Amber and Denby meeting the children

Thank you to the organisers of this great weekend event.  

The Rose Queen Day

2012 Rose Queen - Larissa Melia

Thelwall Rose Queen Day - held in the pretty village of Thelwall, Nr Grappenhall , Lancashire.  It was an afternoon event with many floats making up the procession which travelled through the village prior to the Crowning of the new  Rose Queen for 2012.

The Loose Enders - "60 Years of Music"

Thelwall Infant School - "Countries of The Commonwealth"

Retiring Rose Queen 2011 Claire Berry

Warrington Pipe Band

Parish Church of  All Saints - "Queen's Jubilee"

Thelwall Morris Men

Phoenix Drum and Trumpet Corps

Retiring Rose Queen Claire Berry

Prizes for the floats

One of the very popular rides at the Fun Fair which was on site.

Karen with Fly and Kath with Amber demonstrating a pairs routine
to Freddy Mercury's "I was Born To Love  You"

Both dogs looking very keen in their Heelwork

Karen and Kes working swiftly through "Me Ol' Bamboo"

Kes is 14 yrs old and still very keen to join in with the demonstrations

Kath with young Denby explains a little about
 the sport of Heelwork To Music

Followed by Karen with Fly and "Singing In The Rain" - luckily the rain stopped for the entire time  of the Top Lodge demonstration

Fly jumping for joy

Adults were invited into the ring to try weaving with some of the Top Lodge Dogs!

Denby showing true concentration!

Amber teaching her "handler" the Hope Weave!

The Weave Race - it was a close finish.

And then it was the turn of the children to try and beat the speedy Fly!!

Wet knees - but it didn't matter -they wanted to be quicker than Fly

Great fun for all on this damp afternoon!

Erin showing her speed at changing direction!

And a roll over - all moves to show the audience what their pet dogs could do with careful training

And finally Kath with Spice - Flying around the ring

Even lying down on the very wet grass.

Happy Spice jumping

Top Lodge thank Ken and Dorothy for making the trip to Thelwall
and for all Ken's help with the Top Lodge Dogs.

Last event of the day was the Thelwall Community Junior School Tug-of-War

Many thanks to the Thelwall Rose Queen Day committee for inviting the Top Lodge Dancing Dogs to appear at this very enjoyable annual event.