Dolphin dancers ride wave of success

DANCERS came away with a host of trophies and medals at the national Blue Dolphin Championships.

There were around 80 dancers, parents and teachers from Samba Dance and Fitness in Whitworth who attended the competition, in Scarborough.

Freya Bingham, 13, Milly Eyre, 12 and Rosie Griffiths, 11, were among 10 dancers from Whitworth Community High School at the event.

They all competed in solo, solo slow, rock and roll, slow pairs, street pairs, show team and slow team sections.

More than 600 dancers from England, Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales competed.

●● Dancers from Whitworth’s Samba Dance and Fitness took part in a national competition

Freya and Milly have been dancing at Samba since they were two and, although dancing since the age of four, Rosie only took up competitive dance when she was nine.

Freya said: “I was third in rock and roll and sixth in solo out of about 20 dancers.”

Milly said: “In the solo you don’t know what music you are going to dance to. It is hard in slow because you have to use your emotions to interpret the music and sometimes the song they play is not one you have ever heard before.

“I didn’t get through in round one of the solo, but I got through to the final from round two; sadly I didn’t get placed.

“I like dancing because I like to be with my friends and I dance five times a week.”

Rosie was fourth in the final for the solo slow and finished fifth in the final of the solo freestyle.

Not to be outdone, the parents’ team also won their category.