Residents at Brighterkind’s Ross Court Care Home in Ross-on-Wye, enjoyed a morning of belly dancing courtesy of local dance school, Alanya Bellydance, on on February 3rd.

The session was kicked off with Alanya and members of her dance troupe, Liz, Jane, Sarah and Trish who demonstrated the art of belly dancing with some slow and fast tunes.

Whilst in the comfort of their seats, residents were able to join in with various musical instruments and bells. A spokesperson for the home said: "The element of sound adds another level of sensory engagement for the residents."

Resident, Pam, really took to the music and had a giggle with the ladies. Peter joined in with a pink belt complete with bells and coins that jingled with every movement. He said: “It’s a bit tricky to get the hang of all the movements at once, but its good fun trying.”

Resident, Brenda, joined in too, along with team member, Jill Walsh, both thought it was “very good exercise.”

Alanya said: “It was lovely to see the smiles on the residents faces and especially find so many eager to join in and have a go!"

Magic Moments Club Co-ordinator, Clare Lockley, said: “It was such good fun we’re looking into setting up regular visits in future months for interested residents and team members to get involved in. We look forward to shaking our bellies again soon!”

Every Brighterkind home now has a Magic Moments Club which provides a vast range of activities and fun things to do that are open to all of our residents. The idea behind Magic Moments is that just because someone moves into a care home doesn’t mean that the things they love doing should suddenly stop – quite the contrary, we believe our residents should have the opportunity to love every day, by doing the things that they have always loved as well as trying new things along the way.