STOKE-ON-TRENT
OPEN DANCE FESTIVAL
INCLUDING
DINNER & DANCE
23RD & 24TH OCTOBER 2021
RUN UNDER BRITISH DANCE COUNCIL RULES
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Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival 2011, this was the second year and that evening we saw two fantastic competitions take place. The Amateur Ballroom Challenger Cup & the Amateur Latin Challenger Cup. Live music by the Empress Orchestra directed by Ashley Frohlick. The Amateur Ballroom winners Ben Taylor & Stafanie Bossen are pictured right holding the Trophy with Former President of the British Dance Council, Bryan Allen. The Amateur Latin winners Ryan McShane & Ksenia Zsikhotska are pictured left holding the trophy with the Sponsor Jenny Bell and Former President of the British Dance Council Bryan Allen.
Adjudicators R – L. Bryan Allen, Derrick Squires, Martin Cutler, Judith Bennett, Linda Venables, Nigel Horrocks, George Coad, Richard Rose, Chairman David Trueman.
​Latin Line Up R – L. 1st Ryan McShane & Ksenia Zsikhotska, 2nd Michael and Lauren Hemera, 3rd Manuel Favilla and Victoria Burke, 4th Sergey Kravchenko and Lauren Oakley, 5th Daniel Power and Paulina Majewska, 6th Jonas Kazlauskas and Jasmine Chan.
Ballroom Line Up R – L. 1st Ben Taylor & Stefanie Bossen, 2nd Andrey Sirbu and Alexadra Hixson, 3rd Sergey Kravchenko and Lauren Oakley, 4th A. J Pritchard and Chloe Hewitt, 5th Damino Soldati and Melissa Leanne, 6th Callam Thomson and Charlotte Hurst.
Amateur Latin Line Up R – L. Jenny Bell, 1st. Ryan McShane & Zsenia Zsikhotska, 2nd. Alex Zampierollo & Lucy Jones, 3rd. Michael Hemera & Lauren McFarlane-Hemera, 4th. Adelmo Mandia & Leila Stewart, 5th. Daniel Power & Victoria Holmes 6th. A J Pritchard & Chloe Hewitt.
The 2013 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival, for the first time we introduced a professional Ballroom & Latin event to the competition to run alongside our two Amateur events. The winners of the Professional Latin, Anton Sboev & Patrizia Ranis, pictured here with event organiser Duncan Trever & event Sponsor Jenny Bell. Professional Ballroom winners Stefano Soldati & Natasha Manderson pictured here with event organiser Hannah Trever & event Sponsor Jenny Bell. Armature Latin winners Michael Hemera & Lauren McFarlane Hemera, pictured here with event organiser Duncan Trever & event Sponsor Jenny Bell. Amateur Ballroom winners Ben Taylor & Stefanie Bossen are pictured with event organiser Hannah Trever & event Sponsor Jenny Bell. Line Up pictures R – L. Professional Latin: Jenny Bell, 1st Anton Sboev & Patrizia Ranis, 2nd Carlos Custodio & Elena Custodio, 3rd Richard Still & Morgan Hemphill, 4th Djordje Tanasijevic & Emma Lee Yanasijevic, 5th Markos Pagiaslis & Valeriya Ivanova, 6th Aleksander Kvam & Izabela Szydelko. Amateur Latin: Jenny Bell, 1st Michael Hemera & Lauren McFarlane Hemera, 2nd Daniel Power & Victoria Holmes, 3rd Adelmo Mandia & Leah Rolfe, 4th AJ Pritchard & Chloe Hewitt, 5th Ben Milan-Vega & Kerry Dennehy, 6th Sam Hunter & Shannon Fitzgerald. Professional Ballroom: Jenny Bell, 1st Stefano Soldati & Natasha Manderson, 2nd Richard Still & Morgan Hemphill, 3rd Stephen Summers & Sarah Summers. Amateur Ballroom: Jenny Bell, 1st Ben Taylor & Stefanie Bossen, 2nd Andrey Sirbu & Alexandra Hixson, 3rd Jamie Cutler & Courtney Taylor, 4th AJ Pritchard & Chloe Hewitt, 5th Callam Thomson & Laura Fox, 6th Alex Plant & Faye Edge. Live music by The Empress Orchestra directed by Ashley Frohlick. Adjudicators R – L: Tony Bennett, George Code, Amanda Dokman, Lindsey Hillier-Tate, Mark Lunn, Carol MacRaild, Nicola Nordin, Carol Powell, Michael Sandham, Frank Venables, Chairman David Trueman.
Looking back at the Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival
Lets go back to the beginning!
The 2020 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival was cancelled due to COVID-19
The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Latin Winners, (Left) Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
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The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Ballroom Winners, (Right) Kyle Taylor & Izabela Skierska can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Latin Winners, (Left) Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
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The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Ballroom Winners, (Right) Kyle Taylor & Izabela Skierska can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Juvenile Ballroom Winner Evan Holmes & Lili Crain-Morris are pictured here with event sponsors Frank Winfield & Maisie Lloyd
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Adjudicators L to R:
David Trueman (Chairman), David Sycamore,
Mark Lunn, Cheriy Berisford, George Code, Nicola Nordin,
Margaret Redmond, Katia Short & Bryan Allen
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Live music by the Empress Orchestra
Directed by Ashley Frohlick
Juvenile Ballroom Winner Evan Holmes & Lili Crain-Morris are pictured here with event sponsors Frank Winfield & Maisie Lloyd
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The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Latin Winners, (Left) Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
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The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Ballroom Winners, (Right) Kyle Taylor & Izabela Skierska can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Latin Winners, (Left) Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
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The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Ballroom Winners, (Right) Kyle Taylor & Izabela Skierska can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Latin Winners, (Left) Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
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The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival Amateur Ballroom Winners, (Right) Kyle Taylor & Izabela Skierska can be seen holding the trophy with event sponsor Jenny Bell.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Above the 2019 Amateur Latin line-up photo from R to L. Event sponsor Jenny Bell. 1st Oliver Beardmore & Zoe Cunningham 2nd Kirill Dovzhik & Lydia Hall 3rd Stas Olarescu & Marketa 4th Aaron Flynn & Niamh Curtin 5th Harrison Keep & Nadya 6th Yaroslav Brovarskyi & Caitlin Heasman.
Adjudicators R to L. Bryan Allen, David Douglass, John Knight, Mark Lunn, Margaret Redmond, Pam McGill, Carole Smythe, Adrian Pritchard, Derrick Squires, Frank Venables, Chairman - David Trueman.
Adjudicators R – L. Dale Bennett, Hannes Emrich, Carol MacRaild, Laura O’Brien, Margaret Redmond, Pat Thompson, Nigel Horrocks, Frank Venables, John Wood, Chairman David Trueman. Live music by The Empress Orchestra directed by Ashley Frohlick. 2013 photos coming tomorrow!
The 2012 Stoke-on-Trent Dance Festival. Pictured here are the Amateur Ballroom Winners Ben Taylor & Stafanie Bossen pictured with the Sponsor Jenny Bell. Amateur Latin Winners Ryan McShane & Zsenia Zsikhotskaare pictured here with the Sponsor Jenny Bell.
Amateur Ballroom Line Up R to L. Jenny Bell, 1st. Ben Taylor & Stefanie Bossen, 2nd. Kyle Taylor & Polina Shklyaeva, 3rd. A J Pritchard & Chloe Hewitt, 4th. Damiano Soldati & Melissa Leanne, 5th. Sam Hunter & Charlotte Plant, 6th. Callam Thomson & Stephanie Warwick.
