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I am constantly impressed by the calibre of what Jitterbugs has to offer. I've had grandchildren who have attended Jittabug classes for several years - mostly before Covid, obviously, but I've just been to the Jitterbugs show at the Tacchi-Morris centre and it was just just thrilling to see, and know that Jittabugs is back and the spirit of the team is thriving.The entire teaching team are completely child focussed. Any production shows you children just loving what they are doing. There may be the odd glitch - but with a smile and a reassuring pat the child is made to feel good and the whole audience claps all the louder because this is about children having fun and being themselves and valued and it's truly excellent to see.My grandson was reluctant to be at Jittabugs but attended because his sister did, and Caroline and the whole team cherished him, ignored him when they needed to and celebrated everything he did, endlessly praising whatever he did. It was about him having new experiences and fun and feeling good, not the reputation of the school.I've seen children with a range of additional physical and cognitive needs welcomed into the classes and lovingly nurtured to enjoy and express themselves. I worked as a SENCO before retiring and while we aimed at inclusivity for all, I was very aware that finding this in practice in the wider world was very very rare, so this aspect of Jittabugs impresses me hugely.My grand daughter recently changed to a very expensive professional franchise dance and drama school. I attended their show and saw children being nervously shepherded from one place to another, not really understanding what was happening and each child took part in one or two songs - with no drama input discernible. In contrast, at the Jitterbug show the children belted out show tunes and enacted the performance, with faces wrapt in the emotion of their role, and every child had 3 - 4 - 5 turns on the stage. Absolutely mesmerising. My grand daughter is going back to Jittabugs because as she said quite simply, it was far more fun. I couldn't agree more.