BALLROOM DANCING

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28323, 8 July 1957, Page 3

BALLROOM DANCING

Festival Held This Week

Thirty-six candidates were examined for gold and gold-star medals in ballroom and Latin-American dancing at a festival of dance held by the Federal Association of Teachers of Dancing of Australia and New Zealand.

The examiner and judge, Mr J. Boneham, of Auckland, congratulated the Christchurch committee members on the organisation of the festival and the standard of dancing. The results of the gold and goldstar tests will be announced simultaneously with those of. tests of a further 100 candidates whose examinations for bronze, silver, and sil-ver-star medals will be held this week-end.

Results of championships were: Canterbury Maiden Championship. —Heat 1: Eric Marshall and Dawn Marshall 1, G. Curtis and Miss L. Rhodes 2, Jack Richards and Jean Richards 3. Heat 2: Dennis Peacock and Lorraine Mitchell 1, John Morgan and Janette Grey 2, Frank Grey and Pamela Franks 3. Heat 3: Richard Handisides and Caroline Hollis 1, Harold Baker and Colleen McKee 2, Ronald Cogger and Merle Olin 3. Final: Richard Handisides and Caroline Hollis 1, Dennis Peacock and Lorraine Mitchell 2, Eric Marshall and Dawn Marshall 3.

Canterbury Novice Newburgh Cup Championship.—Heat 1: Phillip Williams and Ngaire Greenland 1, Harry Baker and Colleen McKee 2, Eric Marshall and Dawn Marshall 3. Heat 2: Ronald Cogger and Merle Olin 1, Kelvin Kyle and Patricia Campbell 2, Albert Hatcher and Judith James 3. -Final: Phillip Williams and Ngaire Greenland 1, Harry Baker and Colleen McKee 2, Ronald Cogger and Merle Olin 3. Canterbury Junior Newburgh Cup Championship.—Heat 1: William Greenland and Marcia Hennessy 1, Brian Jones and Dorothy Jackson 2, Ted Girling and «Judy Girling 3. Heat 2: Joe King and Mary Martin 1, Tom-Breeze and Vera Breeze 2, Phillip Williams and Ngaire Greenland 3. Final: William Greenland and Marcia Hennessy 1, Brian Jones and Dorothy Jackson 2, Joe King and Mary Martin 3. Canterbui-y Senior Newburgh Cup Championship.—Finals Ramon Flavell and Rosaline Flavell 1, Joe King and Mary Martin 2, Robert Sutherland and Helene Wilson 3.

Hollis Trophy Junior Championship.—Heat 1: Joe King and Mary Martin 1, Brian Jones and Dorothy Jackson 2, Robert Sutherland and Helene Wilson 3. Heat 2: Brian Handisides and Nancy Hendrickson 1, Ted Girling and Judy Girling 2, Frank Golding and R. Golding 3. Final: Joe King and Mary Martin 1, Brian Handisides and Nancy Hendrickson 2, Brian Jones and Dorothy Jackson 3.