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Performance TitleThe Star Ball 1963 and World Ballroom Dancing Championships
Performance Date7 May 1963
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersWorld's Professional Nine Dance Championship Contestants:
Eiko & Hajime Masuoka - Japan,
Manabu & Masako Shinoda - Japan,
Nils & Anita Sundeson - Sweden,
Siegfried & Anneliese Krehn - Germany,
Ernst & Helga Fern - Germany,
Wolfgang & Evelyn Opitz-Hadrick - Germany,
Axel & Dorothee Germind - Germany,
Mr & Mrs Egil Bakken - Norway,
Walter & Marianne Kaiser - Switzerland,
Desmond McDonald & Evelyn Raff - S.Africa,
Hans & Helga Schucker - Austria,
Raymond Weiss & Helen Vaillart - Belgium,
Wim Voeten & Jeanne Assman - Holland,
Wim & Mary Lier - Holland,
Enrico & Milvia Maggioni - Italy,
Bill & Bobbie Irvine - UK,
Bob Burgess & Doreen Freeman - UK,
Michael Needham & Monica Dunsford - UK,
Sammy Harris & Diane Barron - UK

World's Amateur Nine Dance Championship Contestants:
Normand Martin & Shirley Holt - USA,
Phil Ryan & Stella Greene - Ireland,
Ake Eriksson & Ulla Britt Hjort - Sweden,
John & Ella Frederiksen - Denmark,
Erik & Dorrit Hybel - Denmark,
Karl & Ursula Breuer - Germany,
Dr.Jurgen Bernhold & Helga Bernhold - Germany,
Carl Werner Fischner & Inge Fischner - Germany,
Axel Kannemann & Gunda Breitkopf - Germany,
Bjorn Johnsen & Grethe Anderson - Norway,
Louis Laurent & Suzy Loraine - France,
Monsieur & Madame Ovize - France,
Hans & Madelaine Duby - Switzerland,
Rudolf & Rita Baumann - Switzerland,
Hans & Louise Pfeifer - Austria,
Mr & Mrs Leon Leonard - Belgium,
Mr & Mrs Julien Van De Wouwer - Belgium,
Henk & Rita Holshuysen - Holland,
Wim & Ad Slingeland - Holland,
Piet & Moot Kleinhaut - Holland,
Taisto & Maila Natunen - Finland,
John & Betty Westley - UK,
George Coad & Pat Thompson - UK,
Ernie & Myra Chatt - UK,
Robert Taylor & Anita Gent - UK

Finals of the Star UK Formation Championship Contestants:
Alan Joliffe Formation Team, Liverpool,
Stevenson Formation Team, Cleethorpes,
North London Formation Team,
North Twenty Formation Team
Secondary PerformersCharles Jacobs - chief scrutineer,
Frank Alback,
John Irvine - scrutineers,
Arthur Franks,
Charles Paumen,
Carl Carlsen,
Gaston D'Erlimont,
Herr Hegemann,
Paul Krebs,
Fred Dieselhorst,
Wim Bonel,
Thomas Bus,
Constance Grant,
Bob Garganico,
Eric Hancox,
Alex Moore - judges,
C Reginald Willis - prize giver
Orchestra or BandJoe Loss and His Orchestra
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra
Cyril Stapleton and His Show Band
Band of The Royal Marines School of Music
ConductorsLt.-Colonel F Vivian Dunn
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe event was televised by the BBC at 22:15 on 6 May 1963 with commentators Peter West, Judith Chalmers and Peggy Spencer with television presenter Barrie Edgar.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1963/57)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/57The Star Ball 1963 and World Ballroom Dancing Championships6-7 May 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Exalutcr_M_MThe Star Ball 1963 and World Ballroom Dancing Championships2
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/3643Silvester; Victor Marlborough (1900-1978); English dancer, author, musician, bandleader
DS/UK/8590Stapleton; Cyril (1914-1974); English violinist, jazz bandleader
DS/UK/12669Royal Marines School of Music (RMSoM); 1903-; British military music school
DS/UK/6483Dunn; Sir; Francis Vivian (1908-1995); KCVO OBE FRSA; Music director, conductor
DS/UK/7942Loss; Joe (22 June 1909-6 June 1990); LVO OBE; British musician
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