133rd Annual Conference
Conference dates – Friday 20th June – Sunday 22nd June 2025.
Venue – Crowne Plaza, Bridge Foot, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 6YR
Friday 20/06/2025
Friday night
River cruise, refreshments – time tbc – Tickets £15
Saturday 21/06/2025
Saturday daytime
Lecture
Lesley Bowman lecture – Goal Setting – time tbc
AGM
time tbc
Please have your 2025 BATD Membership card with you to attend the AGM.
Saturday night
Dinner Dance – Saturday 21st June 2025 – Tickets – £60 (over 25’s), £40 (under 25’s)
Reception is at 6:00pm with Dinner at 6:45pm for 7:30pm.
Cabaret:
The BATD Scholarship Winners
Charise Renouf & Bafana Matea
Ben Milan-Vega and Morgan Hemphill
Rebecca Thou and Eilidh Gammons
Urdang Academy
Followed by the music of John Knox
Sunday 22/06/2025
Lectures
Ballroom lectures – times tbc
Ben Milan-Vega and Morgan Hemphill
(Waltz and Foxtrot) and Latin (Cha Cha Cha and Rumba)
Highland Lectures – times tbc
Cecilia Orr – prepping candidates for Scholarships
Elizabeth Gollan – Improving jig technique – open to students
Stage Lectures – times tbc
Charise Renouf and Bafana Matea – open to students – content tbc
Inventive Dance Competition
B.A.T.D Trophy – First Prize £125, Other Finalists £20
Worrall Trophy – First Prize £125, Other Finalists £20
President’s Trophy – First Prize £125, Other Finalists £20
All Day Ticket – Ballroom Lectures, Inventive Dance Competition and teaching of winning dances – BATD Members – FREE, Non-Members – £20
Afternoon Ticket – Inventive Dance Competition and teaching of winning dances only – BATD Members – FREE, Non-Members – £15
Closing date for Ticket purchases and Inventive Dance Competition entries is 2nd June 2025.