You may go to the Strictly Come Dancing Blackpool Tower – and even have afternoon tea and dance classes

The Wurlitzer organ serenades us as we make our method to the gold-draped ballroom the place well-dressed folks follow their ballroom steps.

Tables laden with finger sandwiches and thick scones flank the principle dance flooring and waiters weave between company, serving glasses of prosecco and serving tea in elegant plated glasses.

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We take pleasure in a magical afternoon tea expertise at Blackpool Towerwhich is the place it seems on tonight’s episode of BBC1’s Strictly come dancing.

I grew to become Blackpool Transformed three years in the past once I visited to look at Rod Stewart in Lytham Festival.

However this time I had introduced my mom with a promise Diana Ross gig to lure her there.

The altering tide within the northwest metropolis means Accurately cast They are not the one celebrities who’ve added showbiz glamor to the highlights.

The likes of American legend Diana W Lewis Capaldi Be a part of a rising listing of A-listers visiting the world on tour dates.

Subsequent yr’s flock of vacationers from Blackpool will embody Lionel Richie, Sting and Gameroquay, all of whom are set to carry out on the close by Lytham Competition.

Mattress and breakfasts in Blackpool might conjure up visions Fawlty Towers on Sea However relaxation assured, the £12m Boulevard Resort is within the arms of… Blackpool Pleasure Beachoffers most London motels a run for his or her cash.

And within the resort foyer, the Stroll of Fame can catch a glimpse of the competition’s superstars, who have been well-known for staying on the resort.

Through the day, the occasional blood-curdling shriek might float by way of your window from thrill-seekers on curler coasters, however the resort is way sufficient off the strip to provide you a restful night time’s sleep.

Its sister resort, The Huge Blue, is the place it’s Strictly professionals And their celeb companions are hooking up this weekend after which partying afterwards.

They lease out the complete constructing, so staying on the Boulevard is your finest probability of getting a last-minute invite to the after social gathering.

Blackpool Towerthe place one episode of BBC 1’s Dance Track is filmed per sequence, is open all yr spherical and hosts a strictly themed afternoon tea which is a should for followers.

After a glass of bubbles we have been invited to go to the essential ballroom beneath the steering of the organist.

I Anton Du BeckMother Ann Widdicombe (Sorry mother!) and Craig Revell Horwood He’ll say: “It was a dahling dance!”

I can safely say I will not be getting a name from the BBC heads anytime quickly.

For die-hard followers, there’s additionally a Madame Tussauds museum simply down the street the place you may stand up near a waxy Craig (attempt to inform the distinction!) and endure a barrage of insults – in case you’re into that.

We’re tied alongside

We have sufficient time to pick out the Blackpool Tower 4-D expertise from our listing and sip a cocktail at 500 toes earlier than on the point of social gathering tonight.

Lytham St Anne’s, the place we watch Diana carry out, is a 15-minute drive from our resort – remember to ebook upfront.

Most guests to Lytham Competition are day-trippers, so the environment is far calmer than at common festivals – and most significantly, there aren’t any obnoxious revelers or hour-long strains.

Per week earlier than Lytham’s live performance, the Chain Response singer performed Legends at Glastonbury For an viewers of over 200,000 – at Lytham 20,000 of us sing and all of us had a greater view of it too.

Probably the greatest issues about Lytham Competition although, is not only the performer, however the location.

Proper within the metropolis middle, competition goers have every little thing they want close by similar to outlets and eating places and there may be nowhere to camp in the midst of anyplace else.

I can not say we hit all of the excessive notes whereas we strapped on, however Diana was at her finest with songs like Ain’t No Mountain Excessive Sufficient and Child Love ringing all the way in which again to Pleasure Seaside.

And my mother? Properly, I guess she’ll be dancing on the ceiling subsequent yr.

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