Janet Whiley

We love Janet! Janet is one of our newest team members and has a gift for pretty much everything she puts her hand to. Apart from being totally organised, Janet has been a wonderful member of the community and with her fabulous northern accent has added a great deal to the life and feel of our community.

In her own words: "I'd say I'm addicted to swing dancing and a little bit in love with blues dancing. What I love about swing dancing is the energy, the really lovely positive people it attracts and the link between you, the music and the person you're dancing with. Also love how a really good social dance will still have you smiling the next day.”

Janet recently attended dance camps in Provence France and "Snowball" in Stockholm Sweden but you will see Janet social dancing almost every night around London. Janet started swing dancing because of the following: "I got into swing dancing because I have 'year of...' rather than new years resolutions. After a not very successful year of learning guitar and a not very successful year of learning to DJ. I decided to have a 'year of learning to dance'. I planned to go to a different class each month until I found a dance that I liked. It didn't take long as I went to one swing class and my search was over. I was hooked."