Partygoers gather for special tea dance at Trinity Church Hall, Inverness

By Staff Reporter

Published: 06:40, 08 July 2019

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Nicola McAlley with her mum Donna Morrison.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Enjoying the event were Marie MacIver (left) who was celebrating her 81st pictured along with Kay Mackenzie (80).....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Everyone had a great time.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Guest Ann Gray ....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Singing at the event were (left to right), Jenni Donnelly, Colleen Watts and Gill Davidson.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Guests enjoying a dance.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

June Curson who turned 86 this week.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Guest Liz Fraser joins in the music.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Dancers from Tow 2 Toe dance school Barry Hirst and Samantha Wunder on the dance floor....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

Liz Urquhart joins in the singing.....Nicola McAlley tea dance.Picture: Gair Fraser. Image No. 044256..

CITY old folk recently enjoyed an afternoon of music and dance aimed at tackling social isolation.

Around 70 partygoers aged between 60 and 90 gathered at the Trinity Church Hall in Inverness for a special tea dance organised by STV reporter Nicola McAlley.

The event was just the latest in an initiative that has been running since 2017 to help elderly people get out and about and meet more of their peers.

Ms McAlley said: “It was a really good event with a great variety of entertainment and people really enjoyed themselves.”

“We are pleased we are still getting loyal people coming along, but we also had many new faces this time.

“Some of them were a bit hesitant at first, but we convinced them to come and join us and this is the point of what we do – getting people that normally wouldn’t come to a new place by themselves out.”

Among the organisations helping out on the day were Toe 2 Toe dance school, whose members performed, as well as volunteers from Cycling Without Age Inverness who also got guests out and about with trips along the banks of the Caledonian Canal.

Partygoers gather for special tea dance at Trinity Church Hall, Inverness

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