18 Jan 2012

Year starts on a high note for MAD Academy’s Emma

Henley Standard – Wednesday 18th January 2011 This year is set to start on a high note for music and dance instructor, Emma Lelliott, who has been recently honoured for her business success in this year’s national MAD Academy awards. Emma has run MAD Academy classes for children aged three months to five years in [...]

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10 Oct 2011

Academy joins festival crowds

Norwich Evening News – 27 September 2011 A Norwich music and dance academy for pre-school children has taken part in a food and music festival in Suffolk. Mad Academy (Norwich) went to Harvest at Jimmy’s Farm Festival to run classes in the children’s area of the festival on September 10-11. Hannah Falgate, who has taken [...]

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15 Apr 2011

Prestigious WO4LO award nominations

Awards success is one step closer as MAD Academy goes through to the voting stages of the What’s On 4 Little Ones Awards. MAD Academy has been nominated in both the Best National Baby and Toddler Development Activity category and the Best Children’s Party Entertainment category. Two of our wonderful class instructors, Emma Lelliot and [...]

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13 Apr 2011

Toddlers show off their moves

Bicester Advertiser – 13 April 2011 BABIES and toddlers showed off their moves in Bicester at new dance and music classes. The MAD Academy performed at the Wyevale Garden Centre on Monday. Sophie Hill, who runs the group, said: “It was really good fun, we did lots of different things with them, teaching them rhythm [...]

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14 Jun 2010

Profit from child’s play

Daily Mail – 14 June 2011 Trish Nawacki (right) has been a franchisee with MAD Academy for six years. ‘I took my daughter to one of its music and dancing sessions and realised it would combine my love of music, teaching and business skills,’ says Trish, 41, a former IT specialist who has two girls, [...]

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30 Nov 2009

New recruit for the MAD Academy

Families Thames Valley West – November/December 2009 Vicki Lynskey spent many years working as a criminal lawyer, but after the birth of her two children decided she needed a change. Vicki has loved music since childhood, singing in a choir and playing violin in her local orchestra. More recently she has brought music to her [...]

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21 Jan 2009

Tots with rhythm

Eastern Daily Press – 21 January 2009 Heavily pregnant and suddenly finding herself without a job, Zoë Darwin faced some difficult decisions about her future. So after giving birth, the mum-of-two decided upon a dramatic career change to work with children. Now, 18 months since being made redundant from her job as a product manager [...]

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20 Oct 2008

Musical madness is key

Henley Standard - 20 October 2008 Anyone passing the parish hall of the Sacred Heart on a Monday will no doubt do a double take as they see groups of young children, adults and even babies strutting their stuff to the strains of the Village People, Japanese drummers and, yes this week, Status Quo! And how [...]

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29 Mar 2008

MAD For It!

Telegraph – 29 March 2008 The rock ‘n’ roll toddlers get in tune Mary Common sings out for the music and dance classes that offer extra bounce. I used to be in awe of the mothers who attended our local music class. While I tussled with my twins, they sat in an ever-so-jolly circle, word [...]

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19 Feb 2008

Want to branch out? Purchase a franchise

The Independent – 19th February 2008 You don’t have to come up with a new business idea to run your own business. Franchise businesses offer access to a proven business model and the purchased package usually includes training and ongoing support; an ideal compromise between the uncertainty of a new business venture and the dead [...]

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