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Performance TitleThe First International Professional and Amateur Ballroom Dancing Championships 1953, in aid of The Friends of Jewish Agricultural Training
Performance Date29 October 1953
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time18:00
Main PerformersDance Contestants
Secondary PerformersCharles Jacobs - chief scrutineer
Frank Alback,
S Y Harwich,
A Sheinwald,
A A Klein - scrutineers,
I Archer,
Peter Morrison - prize presenters
Orchestra or BandVictor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra,
Geraldo and His Orchestra
ConductorsVictor Silvester,
Geraldo
Set List'Romance Orientale', Peter Morrison,
International Professional Championship,
International Amateur Championship,
The Israel Trophy,
Latin-American Professional Trophy,
Four-Dance Contest - Rumba, Samba, Paso-Doble and Jive,
The Jewish Observer Trophy,
Latin-American Amateur Trophy,
Four-Dance Contest - Rumba, Samba, Paso-Doble and Jive,
The Elsa Wells Trophy,
The Juvenile Trophy,
Four Dance Contest - Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango and Quickstep
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1953/152)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/I2tIwkcImG3_k
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/152Elsa Wells International Dance Championships 195329 October 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oihovoixoh_BaimThe First International Professional and Amateur Ballroom Dancing Championships 1953, in aid of The Friends of Jewish Agricultural Training1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7891Wells; Elsa (fl 1920s-1960s); British dancer, dance coach
DS/UK/7540Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra; fl 1940s-1960s; British ballroom orchestra
DS/UK/1470Bright; Gerald Walcan 'Geraldo' (1904-1974); English bandleader
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