Eight Olympic and Paralympics Champions, along with a World Champion will be at Wilmslow High School next week to take part in a project aimed at raising the profile of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Adam Whitehead, Chris Cook, Tim Prendergast, Craig Heap, Alex Danson, Kerry Jane Williams, Jenna Downing and Donna Hartley MBE will all take part in ‘20 Past 12’ on Friday July 2nd. The project is a national event which is being celebrated locally through a mass dance extravaganza.
The dance event is the brain-child of The Young Ambassadors of Cheshire East’s School Sport Partnerships, who, together with Cheshire East Council’s Healthy Schools’ team, commissioned Cheshire Dance to create a fun routine.
Tens of thousands of people are set to take part in Cheshire East alone; each of them performing a specially designed, easy-to-learn routine which they will perform at exactly 20 minutes past 12.
Cheshire East Councillor, Andrew Knowles, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Health and Wellbeing, said: “It’s important we all get involved with the 2012 Olympic Games as early as possible; to get active and lend our support.
“Learning and performing the routine was easy to do and great fun. I do hope as many people as possible join in. With two left feet, I doubt I will be making the final of Strictly Come Dancing anytime soon but, the message is, if I can do it, you can do it!”
Local residents are also encouraged to organise their own ’20 past 12’ dance in their own homes or workplaces. To learn the routine go online to register your group and you will then be forwarded to a video, featuring Cheshire East Council’s Chief Executive, Erika Wenzel and Cabinet Member, Councillor Andrew Knowles rehearsing the routine along with volunteers from across Cheshire East.
Simply learn the routine online and perform it in your own home or garden - or get a group of friends, family or work colleagues together and perform it in a venue of your choice.
