JUVENILE DANCERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22025, 7 August 1933, Page 14

JUVENILE DANCERS

DEFENCE OF A TITLE. Two 14-year-old dancing.champions, who recently, went to Paris from Manchester, hoped to beat all comers and take back to England the World’s Junior Professional Ballroom Dancing Championship. Dora Reid, of Bredbury, near Stockport, and Jimmy Winter, of Ancoats, Manchester, are the two clover 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, blue-eyed, fairhaired boy, and Dora, a well-built vivacious brunette, were changing their shoes they stated that they would be competing against the picked couples of almost every European country. They have to do the fox-trot, quickstep, w-nltz, tango, and blues in defence of their title. In each dance they had something new to show the judges, and any spare time would be spent in practice. ‘‘Arc you not scared of the crowds?” Jimmy was asked.

“ No, - ’ he replied, hauling up his socks. “ I danced before 5000 people at Blackpool when 1 was eight, and Dora and 1 have won 20 prizes and given scores of together. We don’t think of anything but dancing once the music starts.