Juvenile Dances

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7240, 21 August 1933, Page 2

Juvenile Dances

Two 11-year-old dancing champions, who recently went to Paris from Man- ' Chester, hoped to beat all comers and take back to England the World’s Junior Professional Ballroom Dancing Championship. Dora Reid, of Brcdbury, near Stockport and Jimmy Winner, of Ancoats, Manchester, are the two cleaver young ■ dancers who were defending their title at the Salle Wagram, Paris. When I saw them ■ (writes a Sunday Chronicle representative) they were just preparing for their final lesson. While Jimmy, a good-looking, blueeyed, fair-haired boy, and Dora, a wellbuilt vivacious brunette, were changing their shoes they stated that they would be competing against the picked i couples of almost every European . country. They have to do tho foxtrot, , quick-step, waltz, tango, and blues iu • defence of their title. Iu each dance ] they had something new to show the | judges,-and any spars time would be j spent in practice. I “Arp you scared of the crowds 1” \ Jimmy was asked. | “No.” he replied, hauling up his ( socks. “I danced before 5000 people , at Blackpool when I was eight, and ( Dora and I liave won 20 prizes and t given scores of demonstrations togeth- , er We don’t think of anything but ]