Record

Performance TitleButlin's Fifteenth Annual Spectacular Festival 1960
Performance Date9 March 1960
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersHuddersfield Team,
The Ace Club Team,
Queensbury (Bradford) Team,
Slough (Teenagers) Team,
Blackpool (Stead) Team

Miss She Competitors - Barbara Smith, Jean Miller, Marilyn Samuels, Doreen Smith, Anne Smith, Sylvia Bland, Beryl Harrison, Janet Buckingham, Barbara Parnell, Ann Buckley, Connie Brenchley, Adrianne Bazeley, Pauline Cain, Eileen Stoddart, Sheila Walker, Frances Barf, Doreen Clancey, Pat Nicholls

The Happy Wanderers,
The Fabulous Dior Dancers,
Atlas Sahara Troupe,
Rudi-Llata Troupe,
Butlin Young Ladies,
Irene Kitley

Dance competitors:
Albert Etheridge and Beryl Etheridge,
Jack Liddell and Jessie Davis,
Wally Clarke and Wyn Roche,
Pat Laine and June Carlyle,
JimWatson and Vera Watson,
Dennis Udell and Joyce Brampton,
James Stanley and Blanche Stanley,
Matt Allen and Mary Scott,
Tony Clark and Gladys Mortimer,
Eric Chuter and Pamela Marsden,
Patrick Button and Gladys Fortune,
Desmond Ellison and Brenda Winslade,
Gordon Fletcher and Joan Fletcher,
Michael Needham and Monica Dunsford,
Fred Boultwood and Joyce Boultwood
Sammy Harris and Pearl Rudd,
Eddie Key and Lyn Key,
Denis Murphy and Doreen Murphy,
Johnny Greig and Jacqueline Greig,
Andy Fox and Beryl Wilson,
Bill Phillips and Rose Phillips,
Stan Page and Beryl Holland,
Eddie Noyce and Muriel Noyce,
Benny Tolmeyer and Sylvia Sylve,
Don Whiting and Jennifer Cann,
John Irvine and Angela,
Bernard Knight and Shirley Daye,
Windsor Herd and Joan King,
John Summers and Ivy Summers,
Paddy Shanaham and June Wilding
Secondary PerformersJean Clarke,
Shelagh Wilson,
Russ Conway,
Diana Dors,
Nancy Spain,
Jackie Rae,
Dickie Dawson - judges,
W E Butlin - prize giver,
Gabrielle Campbell,
Nancy Clarke,
Patricia Enderby,
Cecil Ruault,
Tony Smith,
Philip J S Richardson - adjudicators,
Charles Jacobs - scrutineer,
Stanley Atack,
Billy Bocker,
Bob Garganico,
Arthur Franks,
Charles Jacobs,
Wilfred Orange - championship committee
Orchestra or BandEric Winstone and His Orchestra,
Al Freid and the Butlin Concert Orchestra,
Harry Davidson and His Orchestra,
First Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) Band
ChoirsButlin Choral Society
ConductorsMr A H Kenney,
Eric Winstone,
Al Freid,
Harry Davidson,
Glyn Jones
Set ListOpen Amateur Old Time Team Trophy Finals Competition,
Butlin's Professional Modern Dancing Championship,
'Miss She' Competition,
Army Game,
Presentation of a cheque to Bootsie and Snudge for the National Playing Fields Association (Billy Butlin),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesFilm footage of this event is available from British Pathe (Film ID 1668.23) Running time 1min 47secs.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1960/24)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1960/24Butlin's Fifteenth Annual Spectacular Festival 19609-12 March 1960
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Erap_HylineapButlin's Fifteenth Annual Spectacular Festival 19605
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/10303The Happy Wanderers (fl 1950s-1960s)
DS/UK/9196Butlin; Sir; William Heygate Edmund Colborne "Billy" (1899-1980); South African-born British entrepreneur
DS/UK/10305Tiffen; Martin (fl 1950s-1960s); British actor
DS/UK/3442Richardson; Philip J.S (1875-1963); British co-founder of The Royal Academy of Dance
DS/UK/9206Orange; Wilfred (fl 1940s-1980s); British dance director
DS/UK/9762Garganico; Bob (fl 1950s-1960s); British dance school proprietor
DS/UK/9233Grant; Constance (fl 1950s-1960s); British dance school proprietor
DS/UK/6874Winstone; Eric (1913-1974); English big band leader, composer
DS/UK/7594Al Freid and The Butlin Concert Orchestra; fl 1940s-1960s; British light orchestra
DS/UK/7347Davidson; Harry (1892-1967); British musical director, band leader
DS/UK/9751Jones; Glyn (fl 1950s); Welsh conductor
DS/UK/12086Atlas-Sahara Troupe; fl 1960s; Moroccan acrobatic troupe
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