"I always thought as a performer that this is something I would love to be involved in because it is a great kaupapa for whānau, and so I thought why not try either host, perform, or be part of it, and here I am."
She said practices had definitely been a learning experience.
"People think, 'Oh, you're a performer so you should be good', but this is a completely different discipline.
"It's a different form, there's so much technique involved, and the need to rehearse and get everything right is paramount. But I'm enjoying the journey, it's been fantastic."
She said the main thing was they were there to support hospice and to celebrate all the mahi it had done for whānau and friends, and all the mahi it would continue to do.
A highlight had been learning the style of dance they were doing, because it was completely unfamiliar to her, she said.
"I've been moving in ways I never thought possible and finding muscles never thought existed until now."
She cannot wait for show night.
"I love the stage and this will be a nice way to do something different that people aren't used to seeing me do. Normally I'm up there singing or dancing as in side-by-side or a two-step."
Fergusson-Hughes, the service co-ordination team lead at Wera Aotearoa Charitable Trust, said he had known quite a few people who had used the services of hospice, including whānau friends.
"I thought how about we pay it forward and do something to help out an organisation that I just don't understand how we could possibly not have."
He said he was happy to support such a fantastic group of people that did amazing work to support others at a challenging time.
Fergusson-Hughes also cannot wait to get on the stage, and is keen to have a fabulous time and a laugh.
"You think at the beginning you've got 15 weeks of rehearsals, and you think, 'okay we are going to practice three times a week, oh easy'."
But six weeks out they were dancing to their music for the first time - "so it's taken a long time and you underestimate the technique... you do all these things that challenge the logical thinking that we have sometimes for dancing".
And talk about sore muscles. He said at one point the day after practice they were hobbling around the office.
A benefit of being both colleagues and dance partners was that they could meet up during the work day and bust out a 20-minute session, he said.
"I've had an injury through dancing so that took us out for a couple weeks at the early stages. It was hard to sit back and watch everybody else move on with the dance but I think we are where we should be."
They said the dance instructors Ellie, Troy and Glen had been keeping them on task and helping them to catch up when injury or those nasty bugs floating around had taken them out a few times.
"But we are still here, not giving up, and going to be there."
They said Ellie and Troy's ability to go from one dance to the next blew their minds.
"They are so graceful. Hats off to them."
Tickets are now on sale to the public. They are available online through Ticketmaster.
People can get all their updates on the Harcourts Dancing for Hospice Facebook page.
