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Performance TitleThe Star Ball 1964
Performance Date20 April 1964
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAmateur Modern Championship Contestants:
Ken Park and Mavis Whiteside,
Len Patrick and Doreen Key,
Robert Adams and Patricia Fletcher,
Bryen Allen and Edna Allen,
Charles and Joan Butterworth,
Byron Charlton and Pamela Perkin,
Ernie and Myra Chatt,
Richard Cleave and Janet Wade,
George Coad and Pat Thompson,
Gordon and Muriel Connell,
Bob Dewar and Maureen Alexander,
Terry Fielden and Sylvia Rimington,
Terry Frowen and Janet Frowen,
Michael Gray and Shirley Mulholland,
Tommy Gray and Norma Saville,
Derek Green and June Aspland,
Ron Hainsworth and Fay Coates,
Maurice and Mary Higgins,
Mervyn Higgins and June Hunt,
Peter and Joan Hopkinson,
Brian Isaac and Gaye Biffen,
Frank and Patricia Lambert,
Brian and Ida McNelly,
Ray and Sheila Moore,
George and Betty Pitkeathley,
Bryan and Barbara Price,
Derek Squires and Peggy Callaghan,
Graham Strowbridge and Pat Carder,
Robert Taylor and Anita Gent,
John and Jean Vickers,
Eddie White and Beryl Singleton,
John Westley and Betty Westley,
Patrick Johnson and Vicky Green,
John Roberts and Anne Roberts,
Rodney Weeks and Gillian Davies,
Bill Mitchell and Sylvia Mitchell

Professional Modern Championship Contestants:
Len Armstrong and Elaine Welch,
Reg Borrows and Hilda Stirling,
Bob Burgess and Doreen Freeman,
Patrick Button and Gladys Fortune,
Richard Carey and June Jones,
Tony Clark and Gladys Mortimer,
Eric Donaldson and Edna Barnett,
Norman Grayson and Jessie Grayson,
Sammy Harris and Diane Barron,
Anthony Hurley and Fay Saxton,
Bill and Bobbie Irvine,
Jack Liddell and Jessie Davis,
Michael Needham and Monica Dunsford,
Harold Russell and Pat Rees,
Paddy Shanahan and June Silding,
Manabu Shinoda and Masako Shinoda,
Ron Stevens and Joyce Hollingsworth,
Peter Eggleton and Brenda Winslade,
Michael Houseman and Valerie Waite,
Andy Fox and Beryl Wilson,
Dennis Udell and Joyce Brampton,
Ken Bateman and Blanche Ingle
Secondary PerformersCharles Jacobs - chief scrutineer,
Sonny Binnick,
Josephine Bradley,
Laura Dixon,
Constance Grant,
Bob Garganico,
Eric Hancox,
Phyllis Haylor,
Keith Jones,
Billy Martin,
Alex Moore,
Leonard Morgan,
Gwen Silvester,
Jimmy Small,
Charles Thiebault - judges,
C Reginald Willis - prize giver
Orchestra or BandRoyal Artillery Band,
Herald Trumpeters of The Royal Artillery,
Joe Loss and His Orchestra,
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra
ConductorsMajor S V Hays,
Joe Loss,
Victor Silvester
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesBroadcast by BBC television from 22:40 with commentator Judith Chalmers and presenter Philip Lewis.

Amateur Cup winners - John and Betty Westley,
Professional Cup winners - Bill and Bobbie Irvine

Associated Press Archive hold B&W British Movietone footage of the event (BM88206).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1964/50)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1964/50The Star Ball 196420 April 1964
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ovadeapiot_MobThe Star Ball 19641
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7812Chalmers; Judith (1936-); OBE; English television presenter
DS/UK/9233Grant; Constance (fl 1950s-1960s); British dance school proprietor
DS/UK/9762Garganico; Bob (fl 1950s-1960s); British dance school proprietor
DS/UK/9204West; Peter Anthony (1920-2003); English television presenter, sports commentator
DS/UK/2640British Army; Royal Artillery Band; 1762-; British military band
DS/UK/3643Silvester; Victor Marlborough (1900-1978); English dancer, author, musician, bandleader
DS/UK/12488Hays; S.V (fl 1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/7942Loss; Joe (22 June 1909-6 June 1990); LVO OBE; British musician
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