Carl Alan Awards 2008 The Oscars of the World of Dance

The Carl-Alan Awards were first introduced in 1953 by Eric Morley and were named after the joint Chairmen of Mecca Carl Heimann and Alan Fairley.

The International Dance Teachers' Association was proud to present the 2008 Carl Alan Awards on Sunday 3rd February, in conjunction with the IDTA President’s Dinner and Dance. The IDTA were pleased that all three sections of the awards were presented:

Freestyle Stage/Theatre Ballroom, Latin & Sequence

There are five categories of awards in each section.

Performer's Award Teacher's Award Competitive Coach/Choreography Award Outstanding Services to Dance Award Lifetime Achievement Award

All recognised dance associations or societies were invited to make nominations in all categories and each association or society was invited to send a delegate to represent them on each of the selection committees. The IDTA remained independent in the selection process.

From the many nominations received, the selection committees were asked to short-list up to three nominees in each category. To be nominated for a Carl Alan Award by your peers reflects the nominee's considerable contribution to the world of dance.

IDTA would like to congratulate all the nominees; unfortunately there can only be one winner in each category.

The IDTA would like to thank star of screen and stage Mr Lionel Blair for hosting the evening.

Performer's Award

From the many nominations received, the selection committee short-listed the following nominees:

Freestyle Performer's Award Amy Bloomer Sadie Flower Aaron Morgan

Winner: Aaron Morgan Aaron is currently appearing in the west end in the Lion King. He was trained at the Touch of Class dance Centre and the Urdang Academy.

Stage/Theatre Performer's Award Deborah Bull CBE Darcey Bussell CBE Graeme Henderson

Winner: Darcey Bussell CBE

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Performer's Award and Warren and Kirsti Boyce Bryan Watson and Carmen

Winners: Darren Bennett & Lilia Kopylova

The Awards were presented by

Eight times undefeated World Ballroom Champion Mr Richard Gleave accompanied by Mrs Anne Gleave

Teacher's Award

From the many nominations received, the selection committee short-listed the following nominees:

Freestyle Teacher's Award Jilly Harris Lynda King Carol Walker

Winner: Jilly Harris Jilly is a well respected Freestyle Teacher and coach and has trained many Freestyle Champions

Stage/Theatre Teacher's Award Yvonne Goût David Needham Judith Thompson

Winner: Judith Thompson Judith trained at the Royal Ballet School and performed with the Company. She is much sought after freelance teacher and choreographer.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Teacher's Award Martin Cutler Alan and Joan Merrall Mary Richardson

Winners: Alan & Joan Merrall Alan and Joan are former champions. They run a very successful, busy school on the Wirral, Merseyside

The awards were presented by

Former International and UK Latin Champion and Star of the BBC’s , Miss Karen Hardy

Competitive Coach Award

From the many nominations received, the selection committee short-listed the following nominees:

Freestyle Competitive Coach Award Kemi Chandler Vicky Cooper Anna Jones

Winner: Vicky Cooper Vicky is a well-established freestyle coach and specialises in the training of Freestyle teams.

Stage/Theatre Coach/Choreographer Award Jean Geddes Paul Harris Carole Todd

Winner: Paul Harris Paul Harris is a leading choreographer, dance teacher and movement director in film, television and theatre. Paul’s most recent film credit is for Harry Potter and The Order of the Pheonix.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Competitive Coach Award Lynette Boyce George Coad Monica Needham

Winner: George Coad George is a former World and British Ballroom Champion and well respected world renowned coach and teacher.

The award were presented by IDTA Patron Lord Fearn

Outstanding Services to Dance Award

From the many nominations received, the selection committee short-listed the following nominees:

Freestyle Outstanding Services to Dance Award Brenda Forward Nicky Miles Rosemary Oakes

Winner: Nicky Miles Nicky runs one of the largest schools in the South of England, training high level dancers and competitors as well as medallists and social dancers. Nicky is also a scrutineer at the Blackpool Festival, the International and the UK Championships.

Stage/Theatre Outstanding Services to Dance Award Sho Botham Ashley Page Shirley Thompson Bradley

Winner: Shirley Thompson Bradley Shirley is the President & Founder of the Midlands International Dance Arts Association and the President of The Theatre Dance Council International.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Outstanding Services to Dance Award Keith Holmes Rashmi Patel

Winner: Keith Holmes Keith along with his wife Margaret has run a very successful school in St. Helens, for over 50 years. Keith has served on the British Dance Council and was Chairman of the British Dance Council Sequence Advisory Committee. A Fellow, Examiner, former Director and past President of the IDTA, Keith is now the IDTA’s Chief Executive.

The awards were presented by

Actress Shirley Anne Field

Lifetime Achievement Award

From the many nominations received, the selection committee short-listed the following nominees:

Freestyle Lifetime Achievement Award Beryl Hill Carol Rayner Geoff and Vickie Sheldon

Winner: Beryl Hill Beryl is a renowned figure in the Freestyle world and has been involved with Freestyle from its inception.

Stage/Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award Darcey Bussell CBE Freda Compton MBE Betty Pattison

Winner: Freda Compton MBE A very successful teacher, lecturer, adjudicator and Examiner, who has trained many dance champions. Freda was awarded her MBE by the Queen in 1999 for her charity work

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Lifetime Achievement Award Jack Briggs Freddie Boultwood Keith Jones

Winner: Jack Briggs Jack with his wife Joyce is a former British professional Classical Sequence Champion and has trained many Classical and Modern Sequence Champions.

The awards were presented by President of the International Dance Teacher's Association Miss Anna Jones

Carl-Alan Award Winners 1953 - 2007

Listed below, by year and alphabetical order, are the recipients of the Carl-Alan Awards from 1953 - 2006. We apologise if we have omitted anyone be accident.

Presented by Mecca 1960 Bob Burgess & Doreen Freeman 1953 Billy Butlin Wally Fryer & Violet Barnes Constance Grant Constance Grant Frank Noble & Nora Bray Victor Silvester Helen Wicks-Reid Joe & Kathy Stead 1961 Eric Beuss 1954 Jack & Joyce Briggs Sonny Binnick & Sally Brock Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade Maurice Fletcher & Fay Burrows James & Gertrude Stevenson Olive Ripman Peter West

1955 1962 Sonny Binnick & Sally Brock Wim Bonel Constance Grant Arthur Franks Alf Halford & Marjorie Robinson Bill & Bobbie Irvine Victor Silvester Ada Unsworth Ken Park & Mavis Whiteside 1956 Alf Davies & Julie Reaby 1963 Maurice Fletcher & Fay Burrows Josephine Bradley Victor Silvester Evening News Frank & Peggy Spencer Kosaku Fujimura Bill & Bobbie Irvine 1957 Ken Park & Mavis Whiteside Sonny Binnick & Sally Brock Doreen Weeks Courtnenay Castle Jack Rigby & Florence Newbegin 1964 Frank & Peggy Spencer Carl Carlsen Laird & Lorraine 1958 Freddie Pederson Kai Jensen Syd Perkin, Harry Smith-Hampshire & Elsa Wells Doreen Casey Lewis & Joan Wilson Philip J S Richardson OBE Jack Rigby & Florence Newbegin 1965 Frank & Peggy Spencer Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade Constance Grant 1959 Richard & Lucy Keller Desmond Ellison & Leonard Morgan Brenda Winslade Frank & Peggy Spencer Harold Hulley & Doreen Edwards David & Gillian Stead Alex Moore John & Betty Westley

Micky Powell 1966 James Stevenson George Coad & Pat Thompson

Fred Dieselhorst

Bill & Bobbie Irvine

Philip Lewis

Alex Moore

Frank & Peggy Spencer

Derek Young & Shelia Buckley 1967 1973 Thomas Bus Jeff & Muriel Aldren Peter Eggleton & Brenda Winslade Renee Anderson Mervyn Higgins & June Hunt Richard & Janet Gleave Sybil Marks John Monte Peggy Spencer Elizabeth Romain Bill Tasker Frank Venables & Linda Horwood Lewis & Joan Wilson Alex Warren

1968 1974 Ernie & Myra Chat Jim Hall & Denise Mayo Nina Hunt Phyllis Haylor Bill & Bobbie Irvine MBE Detlef Hegemann Frank & Peggy Spencer Peter Maxwell & Lynn Harman Rudolph Trautz Eric Morley Glyn & Anne Watkins Len Scrivener Michael Stylianos & Lorna Lee 1969 Richard & Janet Gleave 1975 Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton Glenn & Lynette Boyce Stanley Jackson Barrie Edgar Albert van Lingen Hans-Pieter Fischer Billy Martin Richard & Janet Gleave Jimmy Saville John & Joan Knight Glyn & Anne Watkins Alex Moore Roy & Linda Muldoon 1970 Robin & Rita Short Jack Briggs Gerd Hadrich 1976 Leonard Morgan Sonny Binick Eric Morley Keith & Judy Clifton Michael & Monica Needham Gunter Dresen Stan Shippy & Iris Kane Peter Maxwel & Lynn Harman Alan Smith Leonard Morgan Glyn & Anne Watkins Wayne & Wendy Packard

1971 1977 Michael Barr & Vicky Green Alan & Hazel Fletcher Maurice Fletcher Kosaku Fujimura Bob Garganico Eric Higgins Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton Stanley Jackson Joe Jenkins Eric Morley Roy Mavor Gary Waite & Jennifer Pople John & Betty Westley Greg Smith & Marion Alleyne Olga Wilmot Terry Wogan

1972 1978 Alan & Hazel Fletcher Michael & Vicky Barr Richard & Janet Gleave Wim Bonel John Knight Ted Burroughs Joe Loves Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate Wolfgang Optiz Bobbie Irvine MBE Wilfred Orange Stan Ross Cecil Ruault Victor Silvester OBE (Postumously) Peggy Spence MBE David Sycamore & Denise Weavers

1979 Presented by Butlin’s H.I.H. Prince Mikasa of Japan Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather 1993 Barry & Susan Earnshaw Fred Bijster Richard & Janet Gleave Freddie Boultwood Flora Millar Jack Briggs Alex Moore MBE Warren Bullock & Jane Philips Harry Rollins Joanna Bungay Bob Burgess 1980 Donne Burns MBE & Josephine Bradley Gaynor Fairweather MBE Nancy Clarke John Byrnes & Jane Lyttleton Harry Korner Roy Castle Walter Laird Donna Claffey Hans & Anne Laxholm Janet Clark Wilfred Orange Dorothy Coates Espen & Kirsten Salberg Frances Dawson Gary& Patricia Waite Mary Edwards Robert Wrightson Michael O’Callaghan & Emma Dodds 1981 Marcus & Karen Hilton Bob Dale Mark Paton & Jacqui Davis Gilbert Daniels Helen Rose Alan & Hazel Fletcher Bobby Short Kenny Welsh & Kathy Gilmartin Sadie Simpson Eric Hancox Michael Stylianos Doris Lavelle Leonard Morgan 1994 Sidney Wells Roger Billington Professor Marian Wieczysty Paul Brookes Jean Cantell 1982 Emily Chadburn David Bullen Richard & Lisa Dyke Sidney Francis Julie Earnshaw Marcus Hilton & Karen Johnstone Ella Hardy Peter McLaughlan Robert Harold Eric Morley Russell Heppenstall & Meryem Pearson Michelle Prigmore Bobby Short Adrian Hibberd & Jenny Grew Sammy & Shirley Stopford Nigel Horrocks Michael Stylianos Corrie van Hugten Jurgen & Petra Zumholte Anthony Hurley Rebecca Jackson 1983 Keith Jones Leonard Morgan Joanna Kilminster Wayne & Wendy Packard Mark Lucas & Delia Crossley Bobby Philp Mark Lunn & Jannie Baltzer Ella Scutts Natalie Morris Tony Smith Margaret Redmond David Sycamore & Denise Weavers Augustus Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton Rita Thomas Robin Short Benny Tolmeyer Sammy Stopford & Barbara McColl Rudi Trautz Rita Thomas John Wood & Heather Stuart Leanne Thompson

1984 - 1992 No Awards

1995 1997 Corky & Shirley Ballas Bryan Allen Bonnie Barr Lilian Aubrey Ted & Sue Burroughs Craig Bedwell & Angela Painting Bob Dale Paul Beeton Joanne Denham Fred Bijster John Francis & Susan Pyatt Philip & Helen Blackburn Robert Finnigan & Johanne Lloyd Nancy Clarke Len Goodman Frances Dawson Geoffrey Hearn Robert Falshaw Detlef Hegemann Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari Marcus & Karen Hilton Graeme Henderson Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton Marcus & Karen Hilton MBE Rebecca Jackson Gill MacKenzie Ross Mitchell Kristen McNally Edna Murphy Stan Page Darren Park & Andrea Kilgour Michael Parkinson Tina Parkes Nicholas Rogers & Andrea Crockfield Paul Richardson & Lorna Dawson Alan & Donna Shingler Angela Rippon Barbara Tucker Jessie Stewart David Watson & Malin Karlsson Dougie Squires Joanna Yuille Bill Tasker Gerry Zuccarello Leanne Thompson 1998 1996 Adam Billingham & Zoe Smith Luca Baricchi & Lorraine Barry Freddie Boultwood Nora Billington George Coad Philip & Helen Blackburn Len Colyer Margaret Cox Hayley Conway Matthew & Nicolé Cutler Jonathan Crossley & Geoff David Matthew & NicoléCutler Lilian Dooley Jennifer Ellison Sydney Francis Derek Green Paul Hill & Jennifer Grew Kate Goldey Lizzie Grunsell Jukka Haapalainen & Sirpa Suutari Christopher Hawkins & Marcus & Karen Hilton MBE Jean Johnson Rudi Hubert Anna Jones Michael & Margaret Jeffries John Leach Walter Laird Christopher Lewis Ian McLeod Nicola & Rosalind Lynch Kerry Platts Natalie Morris Amy Ellen Richardson Yvonne Taylor-Hill Jean Rowbotham Pat Thompson Jackie Sanderson Frank Venables Robin Short Lyndon Wainwright Craig Walker & Kirstie Allen Bryan Watson & Karen Hardy Phil Winston

1999 Presented by Dance News Special Len Armstrong Projects Ltd. Freddie Boultwood Sponsored by the International Dance Stephen Buck Teachers’ Association Jacqui Donaldson Rosemary Ford 2001 Veronica Hamill (presented January 2002) Peggy Harrison Rudi Baumann, Gill MacKenzie Karl Breuer Bill Phillips Peter Dobner, Wayne Sleep Mick Free Rita Thomas John Kimmins, Pat Thompson John Knight Derek Tonks Rita Thomas, Lyndon Wainwright Norman White

2002 Presented by (presented January 2003) Stage Dance Council International Ken Bateman & Blanche Ingle Doreen Freeman 2000 Bill & Bobbie Irvine MBE Jean Geddes Borge Jensen, Audrey Griffiths Isao Nakagawa Hilda Hylton-Bromley Harriet Skipper 2003 (presented January 2004) 2001 Peter Eggleton Norah Button Adalberto & Lalla Dell ’Orto John Harrison Rene Barsi Lorette Legge Alan & Hazel Fletcher Barbara Woff Kathy Oldland, Jack Reavely 2002 Lilian Aubrey 2004 Graeme Henderson (presented January 2005) Barbara Sharples Freddie Boultwood Judith Silvester Lesley Garrett CBE Edith Kershaw 2003 Gill MacKenzie Colin Lang Michael Stylianos & Lorna Lee Glenys McGill Margaret Walls 2005 - 2006 no awards presented

Presented & Sponsored by the International Dance Teachers’ Association

2007 Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton Anna Jane Casey Tony Bill Sue Burroughs Hilda Hylton-Bromley Jill Kemp John & Arlene Leach Patricia Lupino Thompson Stephen Mear Philip Perry Lori Silmon Garry Waite Samantha Williams Philip Wylie