We are Jenny & Tom Ruffley - we've been Western Dancing since 1991 and we started the SILVER WINGS Western Dance Club in September 2006.

SILVER WINGS is a Partner Dance Club and we meet every Wednesday at St. Michael's Parish Hall, Chapel Lane, Burtonwood, Warrington, WA5 4PS (UK) (click here for directions). We start at 8 pm and finish at 10.30 pm. St. Michael's Parish Hall has a large dance floor and a bar, although the bar doesn't open until 9 pm so everyone is encouraged to bring their own soft drinks until then. SILVER WINGS is a very friendly club and we welcome new dancers.

Where did our name come from?
Burtonwood Airbase became the largest military base outside the USA and played a major role in the Berlin airlift. Because our club is in Burtonwood and our dancing roots come from America we wanted our name to reflect this. We then found this wonderful picture of the B17, otherwise known as the Flying Fortress (Memphis Belle) and so we became SILVER WINGS (also Merle Haggard's song SILVER WINGS clinched it).

Music
Country Music is the root of Western Dancing and we like to encourage our dancers to enjoy a dance to lots of different tracks. The highlight of our night is that we get to play so many lovely tracks of music and each week there is something different on the turntable (sorry computer).
Western Dancing was always like that wasn't it? We went out to dance and found a dance to fit the music the artist was playing - not the other way around as it can be today. The poor artist is so busy trying to please and play the music for the latest dance.