NATIONAL DANCING

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4193, 7 June 1939, Page 4

NATIONAL DANCING

WAIKATO WINTER SHOW CONTESTS. MANY SUCCESSES FOR TE AWAMUTU. The juvenile dancing competitions at the Waikato Winter Show are always attractive, and they create a good deal of interest. This year the contests were quite up to the standard of the previous best, and it is pleasing to note that competitors from Te Awamutu and neighbourhood were able to hold their own with opponents from other centres. An outstanding achievement was that of Miss Ailsa Docherty, the wellknown dancing instructress. Her pupils competed in 37 classes, and registered 32 firsts, 31 seconds, and 23 thirds—a record that probably iswithout equal in New Zealand. Results of Te Awamutu interest are:— OPERATIC DANCING. Solo, under 8 years: Colleen Campbell 1. Under 10 years (novice): Colleen Campbell 1. Under 12 years: Nita Paice 1. TAP DANCING. Under 8 years: Diana Rhodes 1, Colleen Campbell 2, Erica Mclntyre 3. Under 10 years: Elaine North 1, Shirley Goldsborough 2. Under 12 years: Lance Whisker 1, Kyra Forsythe 2, Yvonne Nelson 3. Under 12 years (novice): Lance Whisker 1, Kyra Forsythe 2. Under 14 years (novice): Pat Allen 1, Coila Barrowman 2, Nola Morriss 3. Open tap dance: Nancy Howell (Te Kuiti) 2. Elaine North won the class under 10 years for the third year in succession. Character solo, 12 years and under: Coila Barrowman 1, Kyra Forsythe 2. NATIONAL DANCES. Highland fling: Under 8 years: Diane Rhodes 1, Shirley Goldsborough 2, Colleen Campbell 3. Under 12 years: Nola Fleming 1, Elaine North 2, Audrey Cameron 3. / Under 15 years: Nancy Howell 1, Nola Morriss 2, Muriel Gulland 3. Open: Roie Docherty 1, Dawn Miller 2, Nancy Howell 3. Swords: Under 12 years: Nola Fleming 1, Joyce Miller 2, Elaine North 3. Under 15 years: Nancy Howell 1, Dawn Miller 2, Nola Morriss 3. Open: Roie Docherty 1, Nancy Howell 2. Novice: Dawn Miller 1, Shirley Goldsborough 2, Joy Graham 3. Seantriubhas: Under 12 years: Elaine North 1, Nola Fleming 2, Joyce Miller 3. Under 15 years: Nancy Howell 1, Nola Morriss 2, Dawn Miller 3. Novice: Daphne Hunt 1, Eileen Pi eken 2. Reel: Open: Roie Docherty 1. Hornpipe: Under 12 years: Nola Fleming 1, Joyce Miller 2, Elaine North 3. Under 15 years: Iris Symes 1, Nola Morriss 2, Muriel Gulland 3. Open: Anita Copeland 1, Roie Docherty 2. Irish jig: Under 12 years: Peter Mills 1, Elaine North 2, Nola Fleming 3. Under 15 years: Margaret Thomas 1, Nola Morriss 2, Nancy Howell 3. Open: Roie Dochttty 1. Novice: Nola Morriss 1. “ * Grand championship: Anita Copeland 1, Nancy Howell 2. The latter was only one point behind the winner-