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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 2011 Carl Alan Awards on Sunday 6th 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 Theatre Ballroom, Latin & Sequence

There are five categories of awards in each section.

Performer's Award Teacher's Award Competitive Coach/ 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 member body of the British Dance Council or Theatre Dance Council International 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 Miss Angela Rippon for hosting the evening and presenting the Carl Alan Awards.

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Performer's Award

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

Freestyle Performer's Award Lewis Baker Dannielle Gilmour Ashley Green

Winner: ASHLEY GREEN Ashley has won many championship titles including, three United Kingdom, British, European and World championships.

Ashley has performed in cabaret and after drama school he has toured the UK with "Theatre Lab" and has performed in 15 productions at the Royal Opera House. He choreographed "Churchill the Hollywood Years" and was the guest teacher/performer in channel 5’s "Seriously Dirty Dancing". Other film and TV credits include: "My Family", "Entrapment", "Vanity Fair" and the "Other Boleyn Girl" to name a few.

Theatre Performer's Award Kade Ferraiolo Craig Smith & Natalie Woolf Louie Spence

Winners: CRAIG SMITH & NATALIE WOOLF Craig and Natalie are the World Professional Exhibition Champions, United States Open Exhibition Cabaret Champions and British Open Exhibition Champions

Craig and Natalie began performing together in 2006 and have gone on to perform for audiences around the world including the BBC’s . Their exhibition dance work incorporates spectacular lift work through strength and agility with the aesthetic beauty and fluidity of classic dance.

Craig began dancing at the age of 8 in South Africa and has won major national titles including the South African Latin Champion and Adult South African Freestyle Couples Champion.

Natalie began dancing at the age of 5 and later attended the South African National School of the Arts where she added contemporary, modern, tap and advanced to her repertoire of dance styles.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Performer's Award Warren & Kristi Boyce & Ekaterina Sokolova Kyle Taylor & Liis End

Winners: WARREN & KRISTI BOYCE Warren and Kristi are Great Britain’s leading couple in the professional ballroom field and are reigning champions in the UK Closed and British National championships.

They enjoyed an extremely successful career as amateurs, winning the British National championship a record 6 years and one world title. As professionals they have broken into the major finals including the Asian Open, European and the British Open at the Blackpool Dance Festival. They are much in demand all over the world entertaining audiences with their fabulous shows.

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Teacher's Award

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

Freestyle Teacher's Award Maria Howse Dawn Parker Carole Walker-Shaw

Winner: CAROLE WALKER-SHAW Carole started dancing at the age of 11 and held many championship titles in Ballroom and Latin. Carole has been teaching for over 30 years and is very proud and privileged to have taught and trained many champions and teachers with the help and support of her family. To quote Carole “Dancing has given me a wonderful life and I hope that I have given some of this happiness back to others”.

Theatre Teacher's Award Chris & Kathy Booth Janice Sutton Denise Winmill

Winner: JANICE SUTTON Janice is a Fellow of the IDTA and principal for over 50 years of the Janice Sutton Theatre School, the oldest established dance school in Skegness and one of the most successful on the east coast. A talented and inspirational teacher, Janice has taught thousands of pupils many of whom have gone on to exceptional professional careers. She nutured former Royal Ballet principal, Deborah Bull and renowned theatre star Ramin Karimloo and well known choreographer Gary Lloyd.

Numerous other pupils have continued their training at top London theatre colleges finding work in the West End, on cruise ships and in summer seasons and cabaret shows worldwide.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Teacher's Award Mary Richardson Derrick Squires & Peggy Callaghan Jane Tumelty

Winner: MARY RICHARDSON Mary has been a professional dance teacher since the age of 15 and has run a successful school in Reading training medallists, teachers and competitors at all levels. Mary was appointed an Examiner of the NATD at 26 and her work for her Association culminated in her becoming President of the NATD. Mary has promoted dance in education, teaching ballroom and Latin dancing in many of the schools in the Reading area.

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Competitive Coach Award

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

Freestyle Competitive Coach Award Ashleigh Barr Colin Maxwell Donna Shepherd-Marshall

Winner: DONNA SHEPHERD-MARSHALL Donna's Award was collected by IDTA Director, Anna Jones.

Donna had a successful professional competitive Freestyle dance career before beginning to teach and opening her school in 1997. Over the years Donna’s pupils have enjoyed much success as teams, couples and soloists, winning top titles in major championships and festivals, including the Eurodance Championships in Brean and the Superteams at Blackpool. Donna has lectured in Europe and is a Midland Area Committee member for the ADFP.

Theatre Choreographer Award Simon Green Richard Marcel Shani Mitchell

Winner: SIMON GREEN Simon may be better known to you by his stage names, Nicky Andrews or Betty Legs Diamond. Simon has numerous West End Theatre, Regional Theatre and TV credits including “On your Toes”, “42nd Street”, “La Cage aux Folles” and numerous royal variety performances. Simon was the director / choreographer of Funny Girls, in Blackpool from 1994 - 2009.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Competitive Coach Award Robert Grover Graham Oswick Paul Taylor

Winner: ROBERT GROVER Robert's Award was collected by the Chairman of the ISTD, Peter Kyle, OBE

Robert has coached and nurtured hundreds of couples at all levels and all ages to great success on the national and international scene. Many of these couples have gone on to win the Worlds, British, International and UK Open Ballroom Championships.

At present Robert is very much involved in guiding and coaching the dancing lives of all the top flight dancers competing today in both the Professional and Amateur Ballroom sections.

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Outstanding Services to Dance Award

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

Freestyle Outstanding Services to Dance Award Betty Bouston Colin Plummer Derek Povey

Winner: DEREK POVEY Derek was a member of the original BDC/ADFP joint committee in 1989 and has been working over the last 12 months with Nigel Horrocks on two books for the newly formed BDC/ADFP joint committee.

In 1996 Derek introduced to the Freestyle scene and ran the first competitions. As President of “Streetdance International” which he founded in 1997, Derek has worked to bring the Street dance style to everyone. Derek has also written the Associate Street dance syllabus for the NATD.

Theatre Outstanding Services to Dance Award Katrina Allan Gillian Lynne Betty Pattison

Winner: BETTY PATTISON Miss Pattison's Award was presented posthumously by the Carl Alan Selection Committee and collected by her daughter and principal of Pattison College, Elizabeth McConnell.

Betty was a Fellow and Theatre Branch Examiner of the IDTA and served on many IDTA committees including the Theatre Council and she was also a Fellow in the Ballroom and Latin Branches.

Betty’s achievements are too long to list, her school Pattison College speaks for itself and was recognised as an Outstanding Independent School by Ofsted in 2008. She was awarded an Honorary MA for Services to Dance and Drama from Warwick University, the IDTA Distinguished Service Award and the Good Citizen Award by Coventry City Council.

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Outstanding Services to Dance Award Dereck Brown Geoffrey Hearn Carol Parry

Winner: DERECK BROWN Dereck is a Fellow, Examiner and Director of the IDTA Dereck began dancing at a very early age in the Oldham area and was mentored by Nora & Albert Billington. After Army service Dereck moved to Peterborough and started teaching dance there in October 1952 and in 1970 opened "Brown's Dancentre" with his wife Edna. Dereck and Edna are still teaching supported by their daughter Joanne and head teacher Janina Mossman. Dereck’s other career, making films, began in 1937 when he bought a cine camera in Oldham market, this grew into VHS and DVDs and he still films all the major dance conferences.

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Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Freestyle Lifetime Achievement Award Frances Dawson Anna Jones Anne Lingard

Winner: ANNE LINGARD Anne began teaching Disco / Freestyle in the summer of 1978 following the success of Saturday Night Fever. Along with colleagues Peggy Spencer, Pat Thompson, Michael Stylianos and George Lloyd, Anne ran the first Disco workshop for professionals in October ‘78 and then the first Disco competition in Kent in November ’78.

Anne wrote the ISTD Contemporary Course, the forerunner of the eventual qualification in Disco Freestyle. Anne travelled widely around the world lecturing on Disco/Freestyle and Rock’n’ Roll.

Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award Lilian Aubrey Frances Clayton Edith Duncan MBE

Winner: FRANCES CLAYTON Frances is a Fellow, Director and Theatre Branch Examiner of the IDTA and is the principal of the Midlands Academy of Dance & Drama, in Nottingham, offering Musical Theatre training courses, accredited by the Council For Dance Education and Training, with students from the college going on to work in the West End and Theatre tours and TV. Frances is also highly qualified in Ballroom, Latin, Classical Sequence and Freestyle. Frances serves on a number of IDTA Committees and helped to produce the Freestyle and the Musical Theatre Syllabi for the IDTA

Ballroom, Latin & Sequence Lifetime Achievement Award Eric Rowland Roy Sharpe Joan Turner

Winner: ERIC ROWLAND Eric has been involved in the world of dance since 1947 and his life has revolved around his love of the “Art of Dancing”. After competing as an amatuer and professional, Eric qualified as a dance teacher with the DTA, NATD and the UKA. Eric was the Senior Vice President of the UKA and on reaching retirement age, was appointed an Honorary Council Member. In 1986 Eric was elected President of the Guild of Professional Teachers of Dance. Eric is a popular lecturer, adjudicator, examiner, coach and teacher of dance at all levels and runs a successful school in Walsall with his wife Mandy.

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Carl-Alan Award Winners 1953 - 2011

Listed below, by year and alphabetical order, are the recipients of the Carl-Alan Awards from 1953 - 2011. We apologise if we have omitted anyone by accident.

Presented by Mecca 1960 Bob Burgess & 1953 Doreen Freeman, Wally Fryer & Violet Barnes, Billy Butlin, Constance Grant, Constance Grant, Victor Silvester, Frank Noble & Nora Bray, Joe & Kathy Stead Helen Wicks-Reid

1954 1961 Sonny Binnick & Sally Brock, Eric Beuss, Maurice Fletcher & Jack & Joyce Briggs, Fay Burrows, Peter Eggleton & Olive Ripman Brenda Winslade, James & Gertrude Stevenson, 1955 Peter West Sonny Binnick & Sally Brock, Constance Grant, 1962 Alf Halford & Wim Bonel, Marjorie Robinson, Arthur Franks, Victor Silvester Bill & Bobbie Irvine, Ada Unsworth, 1956 Ken Park & Mavis Whiteside Alf Davies & Julie Reaby, Maurice Fletcher & 1963 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 & 1964 Florence Newbegin, Carl Carlsen, Frank & Peggy Spencer Laird & Lorraine, Freddie Pederson, 1958 Syd Perkin, Kai Jensen, Elsa Wells, Harry Smith-Hampshire & Lewis & Joan Wilson Doreen Casey, Philip J S Richardson OBE, 1965 Jack Rigby & Peter Eggleton & Florence Newbegin, Brenda Winslade, Frank & Peggy Spencer Constance Grant, Richard & Lucy Keller, 1959 Leonard Morgan, Desmond Ellison & Frank & Peggy Spencer, Brenda Winslade, David & Gillian Stead, Harold Hulley & John & Betty Westley Doreen Edwards,

Alex Moore, Micky Powell, James Stevenson

16 1966 1972 George Coad & Pat Thompson, Alan & Hazel Fletcher, Fred Dieselhorst, Richard & Janet Gleave, Bill & Bobbie Irvine, John Knight, Philip Lewis, Alex Moore, Joe Loves, Frank & Peggy Spencer, Wolfgang Optiz, Derek Young & Shelia Buckley Wilfred Orange, Cecil Ruault 1967 Thomas Bus, 1973 Peter Eggleton & Jeff & Muriel Aldren, Brenda Winslade, Renee Anderson, Mervyn Higgins & June Hunt, Richard & Janet Gleave, Sybil Marks, John Monte, Peggy Spencer, Elizabeth Romain, Bill Tasker, Frank Venables & Lewis & Joan Wilson Linda Horwood, Alex Warren 1968 Ernie & Myra Chat, 1974 Nina Hunt, Jim Hall & Denise Mayo, Bill & Bobbie Irvine MBE, Phyllis Haylor, Frank & Peggy Spencer, Detlef Hegemann, Rudolph Trautz, Peter Maxwell & Glyn & Anne Watkins Lynn Harman, Eric Morley, 1969 Len Scrivener, Richard & Janet Gleave, Michael Stylianos & Lorna Lee Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton, Stanley Jackson, 1975 Albert van Lingen, Glenn & Lynette Boyce, Billy Martin, Barrie Edgar, Jimmy Saville, Hans-Pieter Fischer, Glyn & Anne Watkins Richard & Janet Gleave, John & Joan Knight, 1970 Alex Moore, Jack Briggs, Roy & Linda Muldoon, Gerd Hadrich, Robin & Rita Short Leonard Morgan, Eric Morley, 1976 Michael & Monica Needham, Sonny Binick, Stan Shippy & Iris Kane, Keith & Judy Clifton, Alan Smith, Gunter Dresen, Glyn & Anne Watkins Peter Maxwel & Lynn Harman, Leonard Morgan, 1971 Wayne & Wendy Packard Michael Barr & Vicky Green, Maurice Fletcher, 1977 Bob Garganico, Alan & Hazel Fletcher, Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton, Kosaku Fujimura, Joe Jenkins, Eric Higgins, Roy Mavor, Stanley Jackson, John & Betty Westley, Eric Morley, Olga Wilmot Gary Waite & Jennifer Pople, Greg Smith & Marion Alleyne, Terry Wogan

17 1978 1983 Michael & Vicky Barr, Leonard Morgan, Wim Bonel, Wayne & Wendy Packard, Ted Burroughs, Bobby Philp, Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate Ella Scutts, Bobbie Irvine MBE, Tony Smith, Stan Ross David Sycamore & Victor Silvester OBE (Postumously), Denise Weavers, Peggy Spence MBE, Rita Thomas, David Sycamore & Benny Tolmeyer, Denise Weavers Rudi Trautz, John Wood & Heather Stuart 1979 H.I.H. Prince Mikasa of Japan, 1984 - 1992 No Awards Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather, Barry & Susan Earnshaw, Presented by Butlin’s Richard & Janet Gleave, Flora Millar, 1993 Alex Moore MBE, Fred Bijster, Harry Rollins Freddie Boultwood, Jack Briggs, 1980 Warren Bullock & Jane Philips Josephine Bradley, Joanna Bungay, Nancy Clarke, Bob Burgess, Harry Korner, Donne Burns MBE & Walter Laird, Gaynor Fairweather MBE, Hans & Anne Laxholm, John Byrnes & Jane Lyttleton, Wilfred Orange, Roy Castle, Espen & Kirsten Salberg, Donna Claffey, Gary& Patricia Waite, Janet Clark, Robert Wrightson Dorothy Coates, Frances Dawson, 1981 Mary Edwards, Bob Dale, Michael O’Callaghan & Gilbert Daniels, Emma Dodds, Alan & Hazel Fletcher, Marcus & Karen Hilton, Kenny Welsh & Mark Paton & Jacqui Davis, Kathy Gilmartin, Helen Rose, Eric Hancox, Bobby Short, Doris Lavelle, Sadie Simpson, Leonard Morgan, Michael Stylianos Sidney Wells, Professor Marian Wieczysty 1994 Roger Billington, 1982 Paul Brookes, David Bullen, Jean Cantell, Sidney Francis, Emily Chadburn, Marcus Hilton & Richard & Lisa Dyke, Karen Johnstone, Julie Earnshaw, Peter McLaughlan, Ella Hardy, Eric Morley, Robert Harold, Meryem Pearson, Russell Heppenstall & Bobby Short, Michelle Prigmore, Sammy & Shirley Stopford, Adrian Hibberd & Jenny Grew, Michael Stylianos, Nigel Horrocks, Jurgen & Petra Zumholte Corrie van Hugten, Anthony Hurley, Rebecca Jackson, Keith Jones,

18 Joanna Kilminster, Pat Thompson, Mark Lucas & Delia Crossley, Frank Venables, Mark Lunn & Jannie Baltzer, Lyndon Wainwright, Natalie Morris, Bryan Watson & Margaret Redmond, Augustus Schiavo & 1997 Caterina Arzenton, Bryan Allen, Lilian Aubrey, Robin Short, Darren Carless, Sammy Stopford & Craig Bedwell & Barbara McColl, Angela Painting, Rita Thomas, Paul Beeton, Fred Bijster, Leanne Thompson Philip & Helen Blackburn, Nancy Clarke, 1995 Frances Dawson, Corky & , Robert Falshaw, Bonnie Barr, Jukka Haapalainen & Ted & Sue Burroughs, Sirpa Suutari, Bob Dale, Graeme Henderson, Joanne Denham, Marcus Hilton MBE & John Francis & Susan Pyatt, Karen Hilton MBE, Robert Finnigan & Gill MacKenzie, Johanne Lloyd, Kristen McNally, , Stan Page, Geoffrey Hearn, Michael Parkinson, Detlef Hegemann, Nicholas Rogers & Marcus & Karen Hilton, Andrea Crockfield, Timothy Howson & Alan & Donna Shingler, Joanne Bolton, Barbara Tucker, Rebecca Jackson, David Watson & Ross Mitchell, Malin Karlsson, Edna Murphy, Joanna Yuille, Darren Park & Andrea Kilgour, Gerry Zuccarello Tina Parkes, Paul Richardson & 1998 Lorna Dawson, Adam Billingham & Zoe Smith Angela Rippon, Freddie Boultwood, Jessie Stewart, George Coad, Dougie Squires, Len Colyer, Bill Tasker, Hayley Conway, Leanne Thompson Jonathan Crossley & , 1996 Matthew & Nicolé Cutler, Luca Baricchi & Jennifer Ellison, Lorraine Barry, Derek Green, Nora Billington, Kate Goldey, Philip & Helen Blackburn, Jukka Haapalainen & Margaret Cox, Sirpa Suutari, Matthew & Nicolé Cutler, Marcus & Karen Hilton MBE Geoff David, Rudi Hubert, Lilian Dooley, Michael & Margaret Jeffries, Sydney Francis, Walter Laird, Paul Hill & Jennifer Grew, Ian McLeod, Lizzie Grunsell, Kerry Platts, Christopher Hawkins & Amy Ellen Richardson, , Jean Rowbotham, Jean Johnson, Jackie Sanderson, Anna Jones, John Leach, Robin Short, Christopher Lewis, Craig Walker & Kirstie Allen, Nicola & Rosalind Lynch, Phil Winston Natalie Morris, Yvonne Taylor-Hill, 19 1999 Presented by Len Armstrong, Nigel & Janice Horrocks Promotions Freddie Boultwood, Sponsored by the United Kingdom Stephen Buck, Alliance Jacqui Donaldson, Rosemary Ford, 2001 Veronica Hamill, Gillian Anderson, Peggy Harrison, Dawn Barrett, Gill MacKenzie, John & Charlotte Comrie, Bill Phillips, Wayne Sleep, Derek Green, Rita Thomas, Pat Thompson, June Green, Derek Tonks, David Jones, Lyndon Wainwright Derek Mayes, Iris Mayes

Presented by 2002 Stage Dance David Boyd, Council International Jean Cantell, Chris Green, 2000 Sinead Hickman, Jean Geddes, David & Anna Jones, Audrey Griffiths, Stephen & Stephanie Jones, Hilda Hylton-Bromley, Karen Llewellyn, Harriet Skipper Paul Streatfield

2001 2003 Norah Button, Anita Brown, John Harrison, Tony Curley, Lorette Legge, Frances Dawson, Barbara Woff Nigel & Janice Horrocks, Barbara Johnson, 2002 Rosemary Oaks, Lilian Aubrey, Karen Stewart, Graeme Henderson, Margaret Walls Barbara Sharples, Judith Silvester Presented by Dance News Special 2003 Projects Ltd. Colin Lang, Sponsored by the International Dance Glenys McGill, Teachers’ Association Margaret Walls

2001

(presented January 2002) Presented & Sponsored by Nigel & Janice Rudi Baumann, Horrocks Promotions Karl Breuer, Peter Dobner, Mick Free, John Kimmins, 2000 John Knight, Rita Thomas, Stephen & Denise Green, Norman White Kenneth Lee, Donna Wyatt 2002 (presented January 2003) Ken Bateman & Blanche Ingle, Doreen Freeman, Bill & Bobbie Irvine MBE, Borge Jensen, Isao Nakagawa

20 2003 2009 (presented January 2004) Gillian Anderson, Peter Eggleton, Annette Bromley, Adalberto & Lalla Dell ’Orto, Warren & Jane Bullock, Rene Barsi, Joan Field, Alan & Hazel Fletcher, Bruce Forsyth, Kathy Oldland, Lauren MacAuley, Jack Reavely Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis, 2004 Margaret Redmond, (presented January 2005) David Roberts, Freddie Boultwood, Russell Sargeant, Lesley Garrett CBE, Yvonne Taylor-Hill, Edith Kershaw, Maggie Quilietti, Gill MacKenzie, Joy Weller, Michael Stylianos & Lorna Lee Phil Winston, Derek Young,

2005 - 2006 No Awards 2010 Bonnie Barr, Lynn Bill, Presented & Sponsored by the Adam Booth, International Dance Teachers’ Association Ann Green, Dame Beryl Grey, Stephen Hillier MBE, 2007 Stephen & Stephanie Jones Timothy Howson & Joanne McPhee, Joanne Bolton, Anna Jane Casey, Rita Pover, Tony Bill, Jackie Sanderson, Sue Burroughs, Mark & Jayne Shutlar, Hilda Hylton-Bromley, Jessie Stewart-Haggarty MBE, Jill Kemp, Jayne Torvill & John & Arlene Leach, Christopher Dean, Patricia Lupino Thompson, Elma Whyte, Stephen Mear, Jonathan Wilkins & Philip Perry, Hazel Newberry MBE. , Lori Silmon, Garry Waite, 2011 Samantha Williams, Philip Wylie Warren & Kristi Boyce, Dereck Brown, 2008 Frances Clayton, & Ashley Green, , Simon Green, Jack Briggs, Robert Grover, CBE, Anne Lingard, Betty Pattison (Postumously), George Coad, Derek Povey, Freda Compton MBE, Mary Richardson, Vicky Cooper, Eric Rowland, Jilly Harris, Donna Shepherd-Marshall, Paul Harris, Craig Smith & Natalie Woolf, Beryl Hill, Janice Sutton, Keith Holmes, Carole Walker-Shaw Alan & Joan Merrall,

Nicky Miles, ~~~o0o~~~ Aaron Morgan,

Judith Thompson, Shirley Thompson Bradley

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