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Performance TitleButlin's Spectacular Dancing Festival - News of The World Ball of The Year - Old Time and Modern Sequence
Performance Date25 February 1966
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time18:45
Main PerformersArmy Gymnastic Team from the School of Physical Training

Old Time and Modern Sequence Ball constestants:
Joe and Doris Myers,
Betty Dyce and Sam Faultley,
Maurice Vallance and Kathleen Bonner,
Holland Brockbank and Sylvia Pratt,
David and Gillian Stead,
Laura Wray and Bernard Gale,
Jack Rigby and Florence Newbegin,
Gilbert Daniels and Nora Capps,
Martin and Sheila Simmonds,
Ted Burroughs and Jean Willson,
Derek Tonks and Beryl Bates,
Robert Stewart and Rita Pover,
Joe and Kathie Stead,
Robert and Winifred Abraham,
John and Phil Humphries,
Rita Pover and Robert Stewart,
Jack Crossley and Rosa Drinkwater,
Lilian and Ted Hinett,
Frank and Jean Sage,
Ted Bignell and Joan Haddon,
Margo and Mervyn Alderman,
Maurice Fletcher and Fay Burrows,
Stella Clarke and Tony Northan,
Leonard Leslie and Rita Carradus,
Lewis and Joan Wilson

Veleta Trophy contestants:
I.Haywood and Miss W.Turk,
B.Weir and Mrs.A.Weir,
R.J.Walford and Miss M.G.Gane,
K.S.Morgan and Mrs.M.J.Morgan,
K.Foster and Miss M.Chadburn,
C.Battersby and Mrs.M.Battersby,
D.Wyeth and Miss S.Pearce,
A.Thompson and Miss V.Rippin,
S.Wright and Miss K.Keelan,
B.Alcock and Miss C.Richards,
A.Pattimore and Miss F.Winter,
R.Blackford and Mrs.V.Blackford,
W.J.Taylor and Mrs.N.Taylor,
B.J.Shrimpton and Miss A.Johnstone,
C.F.Cutting and Mrs.K.M.Cutting,
J.Fluck and Miss G.James,
P.G.Lilly and Miss G.A.Fisher,
G.Roberts and Mrs.P.Roberts,
F.Westbrook and Mrs.P.Westbrook,
G.Watkins and Mrs.A.Watkins,
B.Freeman and Mrs.H.Freeman,
T.Young and Miss C.Jennings,
M.Watmore and Miss L.Fielding,
B.Lunn and Miss D.Malin,
I.Coles and Miss S.Ivil,
R.Muldoon and Miss M.Freestone,
A.W.Shaw and Mrs.J.Shaw,
A.Thompson and Miss J.Wallace,
F.McKernan and Mrs.N.McKernan,
W.F.Harvey and Mrs.L.M.Harvey,
M.Mills and Miss P.Budden,
B.E.Willcocks and Mrs.M.I.Willcocks,
G.Sheldon and Miss V.A.Bailey,
R.Fletcher and Miss B.L.Davie,
J.Hardcastle and Miss E.Todd,
R.M.Rippin and Miss L.Phillips,
A.Town and Miss J.Coles,
D.J.Cassidy and Miss M.V.Lee,
N.Ions and Miss J.Hotchkiss,
E.Holroyd and Miss D.Holroyd,
P.Bignell and Miss J.A.Carder,
N.Hough and Miss D.Froggett,
C.F.Larmer and Miss G.Clarke,
B.Turner and Miss D.Lowe,
N.Monk and Miss J.E.Ensor,
B.Shilton and Miss C.V.Shilton,
I.Cuerden and Mrs.M.Seed,
G.S.Witherford and Miss B.Clements,
B.Townsend and Miss M.Jones,
J.V.Marsden and Mrs.T.Marsden,
I.Steel and Miss E.Reed,
A.Donald and Mrs.M.Donald,
F.Watt and Mrs.M.Watt,
J.Cave and Miss P.Johnson,
H.Rowe and Mrs.W.Rowe,
R.Shairp and Mrs.T.Shairp,
A.S.Perry and Mrs.C.Perry,
H.Kelly and Mrs.E.Kelly,
J.Parr and Miss J.A.Whippey,
J.R.Grace and Miss A.Rolland,
R.M.Aldridge and Miss A.Fellingham,
M.Harris and Miss J.Catley,
E.Gloster and Miss K.Williams,
P.Russell and Mrs.E.Redmore,
B.Hoskin and Mrs M.Hosking,
R.Corkery and Miss Y.Barratt,
T.Mace and Miss L.Judge,
M.R.Huggins and Miss C.Thurlby,
S.Southwall and Miss R.Greenwell,
I.R.Atkinson and Miss L.Wightman,
K.C.Catherall and J.H.Barr,
P.Schofield and Miss A.Trend,
L.Bates and Mrs.E.Bates,
S.Hammond and Mrs.J.Hammond,
C.Chapman and Miss S.Dolton,
J.Hall and Miss B.Haywood,
J.N.Finniss and Mrs.M.P.Finniss,
J.Bartlam and Miss C.Hudson,
A.Harley and Miss C.Knott,
R.Jones and Miss A.Mullins,
R.McGilchrist and Miss M.Lappin,
J.Mills and Mrs T.Mills,
I.J.Dibble and Miss M.Clarke,
G.Smith and Miss M.Wilcox,
F.Paterson and Mrs.M.Paterson,
B.Earnshaw and Miss P.Earnshaw,
B.Parker and Mrs.B.Parker,
R.B.Suckling and Miss J.Beers,
K.Herd and Miss P.Holmes,
E.Mullins and Mrs M.Mullins,
C.Desborough and Mrs.M.Desborough

Open Amateur Old Time Formation Team Trophy:
Weston Super Mare,
Birmingham,
Slough,
Blackpool,
Bristol
Secondary PerformersLeonard Morgan,
Leslie Abernethy Lewis,
Joan Collins,
Bill Elsdon,
Norah Galloway,
Jean Johnson,
Myrtle Langton,
Jack Pamphilon,
Tony Smith,
Marjorie Wantling,
James T Williams,
Laurie Winter - adjudicators,
Sir William Carr - sponsor,
Sir William Butlin - producer
Orchestra or BandSydney Thompson and His Broadcasting Orchestra,
Sydney Thompson Concert Orchestra,
Band of The Irish Guards
ConductorsMajor C H Jaeger
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Army Gymnastic Team display,
Old Time and Modern Sequence Ball,
Veleta Trophy dance contest
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1966/24)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1966/24Butlin's Spectacular Dancing Festival - News of The World Ball of The Year - Old Time and Modern Sequence25-26 February 1966
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Emonuniez_MoisButlin's Spectacular Dancing Festival - News of The World Ball of The Year2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6835News of the World; 1843-2011; British newspaper
DS/UK/9206Orange; Wilfred (fl 1940s-1980s); British dance director
DS/UK/12724Carr; Sir; William Emsley (1912-1977); British newspaper proprietor
DS/UK/9196Butlin; Sir; William Heygate Edmund Colborne "Billy" (1899-1980); South African-born British entrepreneur
DS/UK/14644Thompson; Sydney (fl 1960s-1970s); British bandleader, conductor
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/14010Jaeger; C.H (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
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