The Wellington Performing Arts Centre (PAC) has been our rehearsal space for many years. It's been a friendly place and the people have been brilliant. (Thanks Jenny Stevenson!) But the management is changing and it's time for us to move on. Last night we farewelled our studio. We also toasted its terrible floor. Several Crows were bearing fresh battle wounds -- cuts and grazes from crawling or rolling over that scabby floor.

Next year we'll rehearse in a larger studio on a (beat this) beautiful sprung floor. Very good for old bones like mine. And protective of younger bones too. That's at the New Zealand Academy of Bharata-Natyam in Webb Street, Wellington, run by the distinguished dancer and choreographer Vivek Kinra.