If you know you Latin from your Ballroom, your Cha Cha from your Tango, you’ll be keen to hear that two of Strictly Come Dancing’s top stars Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag are putting on a performance at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne this February.

If you missed the sell-out tour last year be quick to book now – and while you’re at it, book some handily-placed accommodation in Eastbourne, such as the suitably chic hotel Guesthouse East on Hartington Place. Double suites are only £70 per night mid-week in February so dust off the DJ and polish the patent leather. Check availability.

….one positive side effect of the recent grim weather is that the registration deadline  for Eastbourne Festival 2010 has been extended to January 29th.

So, if you think you can dance, sing, recite literature or perhaps simply raise a single eyebrow in an impressive fashion I suggest you sign up sharpish. It could be your year!

This year’s event runs from Friday 5th to Saturday 20th February, promising events, workshops, orchestras and an artists’ open houses.

Given the sheer scale of the festival accommodation in Eastbourne will be in demand, especially those near to the Winter Garden.

Ring 01323 722774 for availability at The Guesthouse East, the boutique bed and breakfast. Enjoy luxurious bedrooms, spacious ensuites and seperate kitchens within the suites. Prices from only £70 per night self catering.

Chill wind, frost-bitten fingers, a precarious ledge and vertigo. A great combination. Hotelier life in Eastbourne with a Grade II-listed property is nothing if not rock ‘n roll – a spot of pointing above a window bay has been the crescendo of the morning after seamlessly adopting the roles of cleaner, financial analyst, website optimiser and bookeeper. And a nice sounding chap is on his way round to look at a suite so I’d better get my customer-facing head back on, dust myself down and look vaguely presentable.

Given that I must be on about 37p an hour (if I if I did the maths) I should make myself available for contracts – the minimum wage sounds VERY appealing…..