April 2009
Schools and dance groups around the UK will mark Anzac Day this month by hosting charity tea dances in aid of the Royal British Legion. Anzac biscuits are named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, who first fought with British Soldiers in World War I. They were originally baked by army wives and mothers for their loved ones on the front line. Today, Anzac Biscuits support the British Legion by donating a percentage of all their sales, and are sponsors of the annual tea dances. “Strictly” star Karen Hardy and Chelsea Pensioner Bill Moylon – this month’s cover stars – launched this year’s campaign, and Carole Edrich talks to some of the people gearing up to host an event in Time for Tea (page 52). Also in this issue, Alison Kirkman – production editor of our sister title, Dancing Times – reports from a day of back-to-back dance classes at MOVE IT 2009, where I caught up with Monika Molnar, whose roots in competitive ballroom and Latin dancing formed the basis of her varied and exciting career (Latin Revolution, page 22). In addition, Rachelle Stretch gives an insight into the history and production of rhinestones (All That Glitters, page 43) that’s guaranteed to provide pause for thought next time you’re dazzled by a
dress on the dancefloor.
Katie Gregory
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60 Raithwaite Rumba At home with the Irvines, plus: The Ball-Room Guide On the cover: Karen Hardy and Chelsea Pensioner Corporal Lewis Prangle launch the annual Anzac Tea Dances (see page 52). Photograph © Matt Faber (PA). |