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You probably watch it every week in the comfort of your own home but here

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you have the chance to see the dancers, celebrities and all, live at the Manchester Evening News Arena. It must be proving popular as this is the fifth year when the show has been taken on the road. So come along and see the amazing costumes, the opinionated judges, and awesome dances. Celebrities include former soap stars Anita Dobson and Jason Donovan, and footballer, Robbie Savage. If you love dancing, if you love celebrities, and you love controversy, then this is the ideal event for you.

You’re bound to be among like-minded people and will have plenty to talk about afterwards should you wish to enjoy a post-event drink. There aren’t many opportunities, once a year in fact, to catch this show live and where you can make some great new friends to boot, so book your place now while you still can. If you’re usually hell bent on spending Saturday nights alone then this is a great event to start your Social Circle journey with as it will offer something very familiar. But you will probably find that you’re sick of being stuck in the box every weekend. So come and join us for a great night out next Tuesday and you can pretend that it’s Saturday night.

The Peak District have numerous areas which offer a wonderful experience to the country walker. With their amazing views, their unique gritstone ‘edges, crystal clear rivers, and strolls along gentle limestone dales, they make for a stunning environment.

There is only one more national park in the world that is more visited than this one. It receives somewhere within the region of 30,000,000 visits each and every year. Part of this reason is its accessibility as close to a third of the UK can be there within an hour from leaving their home so most of the visits are day trips. At the South end of the Pennines, there are approximately 550 square miles of countryside and small towns. Most of the park is in Derbyshire but it also extends to Cheshire and Staffordshire.

Come and join us on Sunday for a challenging walk to Chrome Hill. Our walks always allow members to get to know each other, with plenty of time for conversation along the way. And we usually stop off for lunch afterwards where we enjoy a Sunday roast and a drink or two. The walk will be around 10 miles and will last about four to five hours.

Our wine tasting events are among our most popular, not just for obvious reasons, but they tend to be among our more social and more fun. Enjoy some wine education from our expert in a friendly, informal, and informative style. He will engage you with his passion for wine and pass on knowledge no matter what your level.

You’ll get a sense of how it feels to be able to just get the aura of a glass of wine and know how the wine was made, where it originated, and whether or not you should be drinking it now or leaving it to mature for a while. You will also feel more confident when buying wine from a shop or ordering it in a restaurant. The techniques you will learn will give you that sense of confidence.

However, as it is a Social Circle event, the focus will be mainly on fun, of course. You’ll team up with some fellow Social Circlers, allowing you to get to know each other and join forces against the other teams.

So if you enjoy sipping, and even better, drinking wine, book your place quickly on one of our more popular events this Friday, whilst you still can.

Come along and learn all about colour and how it affects your image. Your instructor, Catherine will be bringing along a series of books which not only show you how to use colour to make yourself more beautiful but also younger and slimmer. CMB uses simple guidelines to help you in choosing the right colours and shades. It further helps you to find your ‘colour’ personality, as well as your ‘fashion’ personality and your perfect make-up colour. So if you want to look more unique and make the most of your shape, this is the perfect event for you.

Generally, colour makes a huge difference to how we look and feel and how others perceive us. When we wear the right colours, we can look like a new person. It can give us an immediate transformation and colours that complement the skin can make you appear more healthy, vibrant, and younger.

You will also meet other ladies on the event, all with an interest in make-up and fashion, and all looking to meet new people. So come along onthis Thursday for a night of colour and conversation and leave with an idea of exactly how you should look to make the most of your body and your wardrobe. And as a member, the event is free so you’ve absolutely no excuse.

Social Circle has been building its’ portfolio of partner companies and organising special FREE member events like they are going out of fashion and all to provide our members with more than they have ever had before!

UP TO 100 MEMBER EVENTS FREE EACH MONTH

Now Social Circle partners companies such as: Frog and Bucket, Slug and Lettuce, Neilson Ski Holidays, Hilton Hotel, Virgin Active, Cineworld, Trof to only name a few.

From summer this year Social Circle has been able to provide up to 100 FREE EVENTS for members every single month and for only £15 a month for 6 months membership WE KNOW OUR MEMBERS KEEP SAVING AND SAVING!

NEW ACTIVITIES / A FUN, REVITALISED CALENDAR

Not only are there lots of free activities from; Halloween parties, walks, climbing, pub crawls, free cardio, aerobics and Pilates classes but we have introduced some brand new events and regular activities.

Educational workshops have been a feature with Social Circle for a few months but we are stepping up our workshops in the future and from this October we provide you the opportunity to attend our self-confidence workshop classes which are offered on 5^th and 26^th October. Another FREE event for our members saving them £25 each!

The confidence workshop cleverly deals with individuals’ goals, self motivation and confidence across various parts of life and the class empowers an individual to control anxiety, lack of self esteem etc.

This workshop alone could change your whole outlook on life!!!

Hosted by well-known life coach Paul Ryder of Future Mind Training this class can improve your confidence, energy levels and motivation in one session!

To find out more and book FREE as a member of social circle click here:

http://www.social-circle.co.uk/event-view.asp?id=3914&event=Free-Self-Confidence-Workshop

Social Circle Members enjoy FREE weekly Virgin Active exercise classes!! (No need for expensive gym memberships)

Social Circle in South Manchester have been working  very hard with their partner companies to provide more and more FREE events to their members on a regular basis. This October there are up to 100 COMPLETELY FREE events for members and that’s the same EVERY MONTH!

A key area Social Circle has concentrated upon is in the provision of regular exercise classes at Virgin Active in Didsbury to provide all their members with the benefits of FREE regular classes run by experts that cost absolutely nothing for our members!

For those who work in city centre Manchester we offer a regular fitness Pilates class at Habitual Fitness so there’s no excuse not to be fit and healthy as it costs less than ever before and is available on your doorstep!

Our member’s never need to pay hundreds of pounds for expensive gym memberships again because this is already covered in our low monthly membership of £15 for 6 months (and that’s without up to a further 90 + FREE events a month to choose from with Social Circle) from comedy to salsa, walks to parties and football to motivational workshops with plenty more completely FREE.

Social Circle really does provide its members unbeatable value for money!!!!

Our FREE Virgin Active fitness classes are provided weekly to members so everyone can enjoy a healthier lifestyle on a regular basis!

Freestyle Aerobics (normally costing £15 a class but is a whole month’s membership cost at Social Circle) is one of our regular classes held by professional gym instructors and it provides an all round cardio workout.

Free Cardio classes are another regular feature at Social Circle (normally costing £15 alone for one class but FREE to our members) and in conjunction with Virgin Active Didsbury a professional instruction will guide our members through a fabulous fun cardio class workout!

Social Circle also provides a Virgin Active regular ‘Relax and Chill’ which sees our members enjoying the spa section and some of the extensive equipment which is provided on-site including;

state-of-the-art cardiovascular equipment, swimming pool, toning circuits, weights, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and indoor cycling studios.

To listen to the Social Circle founder and find out just how much you can enjoy and actually SAVE for only £15 a month as a member of Social Circle visit: http://www.social-circle.co.uk/join-manchester-social-group.asp

Christmas in Manchester is only a close second to Christmas celebrations in London when it comes to the popularity of group parties during the festive season.

Central Manchester is now even more poignant during December with the now-annual Christmas markets which provide open-air festive atmosphere with hot drinks, traditional Christmas gifts, festive music and fresh hot snacks.  Christmas celebrations spread widely across the inner-streets and all the way to the Town Hall steps in Central Manchester in the lead-up to the December holidays.

Generally speaking, there is always a Christmas office party or a Christmas party with friends to be enjoyed somewhere but on occasion the annual office party is not an option because a person maybe self-employed or even on secondment.

Social Circle in South Manchester has been working very hard this year to bring the best-ever Christmas ball to its’ packed annual sports and social calendar.  This year it is not only members who are invited but non members too so anyone can book and join the fun and excitement with a great group of genuinely nice friendly, fun-loving people.

On 10^th December the annual Social Circle Christmas party will be taking place at the 4 star Renaissance Hotel in the heart of Manchester City Centre on Blackfriars Street.

This year Social Circle friends and members will enjoy absolute luxury with a mixture of office parties celebrating on the same evening. The Social Circle Christmas celebrations this year means a ‘Christmas Black Tie Ball’ of ultimate fun.

The Christmas Black Tie Ball will be one of the biggest highlights of your year; a fabulous 3 course meal, disco and fully licensed bar and a night of decadent partying.

At the beginning of the evening meet new friends at the drinks reception within the Renaissance banqueting suite followed by a mouth-watering meal and dancing till the early hours of the morning by booking now (places limited)!!

Halloween parties, dressing up and Trick or Treating is only a few of the many ways we celebrate Hallows Eve on 31^st October although when it comes to seasonal celebrations Halloween in the UK is a ‘lesser’ celebrated occasion than celebrations which take place in the USA.

Halloween origins are thousands of years old and date back as far as the 2000 year old Celtic festival of Samhain where it is though it was first celebrated in the country’s; UK, Ireland and the northern regions of France. The original date Halloween was celebrated was 1^st November and it was the day that marked the end of summer and the beginning of harvest.

During the transition night between summer and harvest the Celts believed that the boundaries blurred between the worlds of the dead and living and the evening of 31^st October became the highly celebrated Samhain. On Samhain it was believed ghosts returned to the earthly plane and caused trouble amongst the living such as damaging crops.

In later years Halloween celebrations was marked by the Druids who built large sacred bonfires; people would gathered around the bonfire sacrifice animals in sacred sacrifices to Celtic deities.

In A.D. 43, the Romans conquered most of the original Celtic territory and over the 400 years that the land remained their habitat their 2 original festivals were combined with the Samhain Celtic festival.

Christianity spread to the ancient homelands of the Celts by 800 and the 7^th Century saw Pope Boniface IV officially designate 1^st November as ‘All Saints’ Day’ (or All-hallows) where people honoured saints and martyrs which changed the reference to the night before now ‘All-hallows eve.’

In the 18^th Century as European immigrants began to travel further the Halloween Festival spread throughout the USA.

Halloween has always been an occasion filled with superstition, mystery and magic from friendly spirits (where treats are given on doorsteps) to today’s Halloween ghosts and parties.

Make Halloween a special day in your diary and come and enjoy the Halloween Monster Mingle party with Social Circle by booking here with a fully licensed and cheap bar, a ghostly disco, free Halloween punch (alcohol) and enjoy snacks and chocolates, karaoke, prize give-aways and lots of new friends in South Manchester.

Matt and Phreds offers a relief to the typical bar, club and restaurant scene in Manchester city centre. It is a jazz club which attracts a loyal following of jazz and blues enthusiasts. It features live music from both local and national talent.

In fact, live music plays from every Monday to Saturday and you don’t have to enjoy the music without something nto nibble on as it is also famous for its fine pizza. It is best if you reserve a table and enjoy the pizza with some cocktails. All in all, a great night out!

You are sure to leave Matt and Phreds, having enjoyed a great night out and one that you will want to tell your friends to. The small size of the venue make for a peronal gig which is why many of the acts are local. The prices are frinedly too for a club and overall, there is nothing bad to say about this venue.

The building is large which means those that wish to have a natter can do so by the door without annoying those who wish to purely listen to the music. If you really wish to be at one with the music, you can head towards the stage and revel in the fine acoustics that complement some of the fine acts upon the stage. It creates a great mood and atmosphere. You’ll feel right at home in your threads as you do in your loose jumper and jeans.

Come along and enjoy some live jazz with Social Circle. Jazz is a genre of music you can enjoy on your own but it is a more enjoyable experience when with others who also appreciate the genre. So do so in some like-minded company with quality pizza and one or two from a selection of cocktails.

Do you have personal stories you would like to share from your travelling days? Do you enjoy listening to others share their own experiences, whetting your appetite for further travel. Well, here is your chance to do so over wine at The Slug and Lettuce on Wine Wednesdays where they have a bottle of their house wine for just £10.95.

You have undoubtedly had experiences out of the norm or seen something which you love telling people about. It may be simply somewhere that sticks out or that caught your heart, even years after your visit. Well, this si where you can share those memories. This is your platform. You can tell your funniest, most heart-warming or just plain strange experiences. The ones you love to tell around the dinner table.

It has become a trend for travellers to keep travel blogs and update tehir friends and even those who don’t know them on the their travel experiences. It is more informative than a postcard and more convenient than making a telephone call. Travellers like to keep a journal of their experiences not only for their friends but as a way for them to look back on the time that they spent.

Well, here you can tell your story in person which is not only convenient but social. Noone will understand your stories who haven’t themselves travelled so don’t waste your precious stories on your friends and family. You can tell it, debate it as long as you are willing to listen to other fun stories.

So come along and enjoy some serious travel talk over a bottle of wine. We pride ourselves on introducing like-minded individuals to one another and this event will surely achieve that aim. Who knows? You may even find a potential future travel partner or two.