Maggie G in Malta - This holiday is no longer available -

• Flights from London
• Flights from Manchester when booked by 5 January 2014 (supplement thereafter)
• Regional flights available on request (supplement payable)
• Return airport transfers
• 7 nights half board accommodation in the 4 star Seashells Resort
• Unlimited water, soft drinks, wine, beer and coffee during dinner
• Nightly line dance entertainment and fun from Maggie and her team
• 12 hours line dance tuition from Maggie
• Club Dance Holidays Host
• Welcome Drink and Orientation Pack on arrival
• Optional excursions

Enjoy a brand new Line Dance holiday for 2014 with the legendary Maggie G on the stunning Mediterranean island of Malta.

You'll be staying in the 4 star Seashells Resort in the resort of Qawra, where you'll enjoy daily classes with Maggie and her team, line dance socials every evening, half board accommodation, the chance to explore the island and much more!

NEW: Fancy dress theme is The Maltese Flag (Red and White).

Call us now to book your space on 0207 099 4816.

"Very enjoyable - good value for money. Maggie and Anja were fantastic, we could not have been in best hands."

"Maggie is always a superb hostess. Everything she does is first class."

"Madness - so much fun, can't wait for the next one!"

"Absolutely brilliant!"

"Excellent. It was great to dance by the pool on sunny days"

"Maggie worked extremely hard trying to ensure that everyone enjoyed themselves. There were a good mix of dances taught and a good mix of dances during the evening socials."

Here's a sample itinerary so you can have an idea of what your holiday can look like.

DAY 1
Arrival and transfer to hotel
Afternoon - Activity suggestion 
Evening - Overview of the week; Dinner included; Welcome Drink and Warm up night Line dance Social with Maggie G 

DAY 2
Morning - Line Dance Workshops
Afternoon - Lunch and free time to sunbathe and enjoy the hotel facilities and surroundings 
Evening - Dinner included; Line dance Social with Maggie G!

DAY 3
Morning - Line Dance Workshops
Afternoon - Lunch and free time to sunbathe and enjoy the hotel facilities and surroundings
Evening - Dinner included; Line dance Social with Maggie G!

DAY 4
Morning - Line Dance Workshops
Afternoon - Lunch and free time to sunbathe and enjoy the hotel facilities and surroundings 
Evening - Dinner included; Line dance Social with Maggie G!

DAY 5
Morning - Line Dance Workshops
Afternoon - Lunch and free time to sunbathe and enjoy the hotel facilities and surroundings 
Evening - Dinner included; Line dance Social with Maggie G!

DAY 6
Morning and afternoon - Free day for shopping, beach etc.
Evening - Dinner included; Line dance Social with Maggie G!

DAY 7
Morning - Line Dance Workshops
Afternoon - Lunch and free time to sunbathe and enjoy the hotel facilities and surroundings 
Evening - Dinner included; Line dance Social with Maggie G! Fancy dress Party: NEW: Fancy dress theme is The Maltese Flag (Red and White).

DAY 8
Transfer to Malta Luqa Airport

You'll enjoy  12 hours of line dance workshops over the week, 2 hours a day over 6 days.  The workshops will be directed at intermedate level but of course anyone of a higher line dance level can take part! All the line dancing will take place in a fabulous dance room within your  hotel.

Line Dancing with Maggie G in Malta offers you a truly first class experience with high quality teaching and entertainment comprised of choreographers, DJ's and live music led by Maggie Gallagher.

Spectacular entertainer Maggie Gallagher is one of the top line dancing instructors in England. She travels the world extensively hosting workshops and she was honoured to teach in Texas at the 1999 World Line Dancing Championships and at the Tarheel Festival in USA in September 2000. Subsequent trips across Europe, Japan, Singapore and Australia have confirmed Maggie's firm foothold in Linedance across the Globe. Maggie has appeared in the video 'Lionel Dancing' with Lionel Blair along with other dance instructors and can be seen instructing dances that she has written, including the very popular dance "Magatina Cha Cha" which was choreographed by Maggie and Tina Neale and danced to music by the Dean Brothers. Maggie has seen a large number of her own choreographed line dances hit the "Line Dance Charts", with dances "Just a Memory", "Hot Love" and Na Mara" all huge smash hits, still filling the floor at most socials in the UK and abroad. Her mammoth, award winning 2001 dance "Mony Mony" was the first ever line dance to enter the charts at No 1. Maggie was honoured with being voted by Linedancer Magazine readers "Female Linedance Personality of the Year" 1999, 2000 and 2001 and was totally thrilled to also collect "Crystal Boots" for "Beginner Dance Of The Year " (Just A Memory), "Choreographer Of The Year", "Overall Dance Of The Year" (Mony Mony), and also "Instructor Of The Year". Maggie has been involved in many forms of dance throughout her spectacular career including tap, ballet, modern and Irish dancing (where she toured alongside Colin Dunne and Jean Butler, who later went on to star in River Dance). She began her love affair with Line Dancing over seven years ago in Coventry and true to form Maggie has been very successful in this field.

Malta offers a wide variety of sophisticated international cuisine to suit every budget. Italy has a big influence, with some great pizza and pasta restaurants but the main resorts offer everything from Japanese to Brazilian to Pan-Asian cuisine. Traditional Maltese food is rustic and based on the seasons. Look out for Lampuki Pie (fish pie), Rabbit Stew, Bragioli (beef olives), Kapunata, (Maltese version of ratatouille), and widow’s soup, which includes a small round of Gbejniet (sheep or goat’s cheese). On most food shop counters, you’ll see Bigilla, a thick pate of broad beans with garlic. The snacks that must be tried are ‘hobz biz-zejt’ (round of bread dipped in olive oil, rubbed with ripe tomatoes and filled with a mix of tuna, onion, garlic, tomatoes and capers) and pastizzi (flaky pastry parcel filled with ricotta or mushy peas). Favourite dessert delicacies are Kannoli (tube of crispy, fried pastry filled with ricotta), Sicilian-style, semi-freddo desserts (mix of sponge, ice-cream, candied fruits and cream) and Helwa tat-Tork (sweet sugary mixture of crushed and whole almonds).
Malta may not be renowned like its larger Mediterranean neighbours for wine production, but Maltese vintages are more than holding their own at international competitions, winning several accolades in France, Italy and further afield.
 

To ensure you make the most of your trip, we offer you a variety of optional extras to make your holiday even richer and add some local colour.  You can buy your optional extras at the welcome meeting at the beginning of your holiday, where we'll ask you to pay in cash and fill out a form. 

Optional excursions (bookable locally). Prices in euros.

Valletta Half Day (Monday)
34.00

Harbour Cruise Half Day (Monday and Thursday afternoon)
30.00

Mdina Full Day (Tuesday)
48.00

Casa Rocca Piccola + Valletta Living History Half Day (Wednesday)
28.50

Valletta + Malta Experience Half Day (Thursday)
33.00

Blue Grotto + Limestone Heritage Half Day (Friday)
28.00

Three Cities Half Day (Sunday)
30.00

On Arrival: You will receive a detailed itinerary and details of any optional extras, along with information on the local sights, recommended restaurants and other helpful tips to ensure you make the most of your experience.

Club Dance Holidays Host:  Your holiday tour host is there to make your holiday as enjoyable as possible. Club Dance Holidays Tour Hosts are a cut above your typical Holiday Rep with a lightness of touch that enables you to get the best out of your holiday. We make sure you get the best out of the destination even though you are there for a relatively short time and we do this through our local knowledge and our knowledge of dance. Club Dance Holidays Tour Hosts normally offer much more of themselves than you would expect including making sure your nights are sociable and fun often well into the small hours if that is your whim. During the daytime the level of participation and presence of Club Dance Holidays tour hosts varies according to the nature of each holiday and its destination.

Overview of the Week and Welcome Drink: At the beginning of the week there is an Overview of the Week where your tour host will tell you about all the exciting details of your holiday. You'll also be able to buy your optional extras at this point and receive an invitation from us to be our guest to a drink!

Free time: We encourage you to explore the local area and make use of the excellent hotel facilities. This can be done around the activities and dance classes that we have organized for you. Your tour host will be on hand for any queries you may have about the local area so feel free to ask!

Banks and Money: The easiest way to obtain euros is by using a credit card at cash points. You can buy small amounts, as often as you like, at any time, without queuing. You will need to know your P.I.N. Bank opening hours are normally 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Banks will change cash, travellers cheques and will sell you currency on your credit card providing the lines to Britain are open. You will always need to show your passport at a bank.

Tipping: This is less common in Malta than in Britain so there's no need to tip taxis. Leaving a euro for a nice meal is sufficient but entirely up to you.

Language: Malta's first language is English.

Making friends: The dance classes and dance evening events in the hotel at night are exclusive to Club Dance Holidays clients. Generally, we discourage people who are not on the holiday from joining our activities and we ask for your discretion in this respect. By all means, outside of the itinerary, do mix with other holidaymakers staying in the hotel.

The Line Dance Socials will be filled endless fun, laughter and line dancing with best country and modern line dance music, animation, fancy dress and Salsa animation! Leading the fun in these Line Dance Socials will be our guest line dance teacher Maggie G. She loves to mix with the crowd and will cater their party games and music for everyone there. The evening line dancing taks place in a private room in your fabulous 4 star hotel.

Flights : We include a flight from London. A flight from Manchester is included when you book by 5 January (supplement thereafter). Other regional flights are available on request (supplement payable).

Transfers: We offer airport transfers to coincide with our flights from the UK. If you're making your own way to Malta and would like to join one of our transfers please provide us with your flight arrival times when you book booking.

Your flight may arrive on a different day to the standard holiday. We can happily arrange a transfer for you at an extra cost - please ask us for details. You may wish to make your own way to your hotel and can find details on how to do this below.

Please ensure that your holiday is confirmed to you by us before you buy your flights.

Which airport? The nearest airport to Qawra is Malta Luqa. The hotel is approximately 15 minutes away by taxi.

If your flight arrives on a different day to the standard holiday we can happily arrange a transfer for you at an extra cost - please ask us for details.

You may wish to make your own way to your hotel. The nearest airport to Qawra is Malta Luqa. The hotel is approximately 15 minutes away by taxi.

NB Its important that your holiday is confirmed to you by us before you buy your flights.

It's nice to have an idea on the cost of food and drink when you travel. Here are some guidelines to help you do your own calculations. Please refer to the optional extra section of the fact sheet for the prices of the optional extras.

Three course meal including drinks: 30 - 40 euros.
Beer: 3 euros
Coffee: 2 euros

Health and Fitness: There are no particular health requirements for a dance holiday. However you should be able to dance for at least two hours a day in order to be able to enjoy the workshop/socials. If you do have any concerns please do feel free to give us a call on 0207 099 4816.

Insurance, Visa and Passport Requirements: Insurance is a condition of booking. Visas may be required for non EU citizens. British nationals need a full passport to travel to Malta. Refer to the information supplement for full details.  

Travel Documents: Once you have paid for your holiday in full and we have received your airline tickets, we will send you your travel documents, along with the address and phone number of the hotel and any emergency contact numbers. In some cases the airlines do not release the tickets until five days before the departure date. 

With temperatures averaging to a nice 20 degrees in September you should be able to get some late summer sunbathing in!

Useful Things to Bring
Camera - to capture those exciting moments!
Comfortable walking and dancing shoes
Spring/Summer clothes for the day
Jackets for the cooler evenings
Swimwear and accessories
Travel Documents: Including your ticket, passport, this Factsheet and Joining Instructions

What to wear for dancing: We recommend that you bring comfortable leather sole shoes, dance trainers or cowboy boots for the classes and socials. Lightweight cotton socks are advisable if you want to avoid suffering from sweaty and blistered feet! You may get through quite a few bits of clothes in the workshops and at the socials (it can get quite hot!) so be sure to bring a variety of outfits. Comfortable and loose clothing for the classes and evenings are also recommened. The dress code at night is pretty informal but feel free to dress country and western style if you like!