1.      Sequence Dancing was said to have first appeared  in which year?

Answer:  1850

2.     When did the Broadway Quickstep appear on the dance floor?

Answer: 1952

3.     Lancashire is claimed to be the home of Sequence Dancing?

Answer:  True.

4.     The “British Dance Council” took control of Sequence Dancing  in which year?

Answer: 1975

5.     Give the year “The Eva Three Step” came on the scene.

Answer: 1904

6.     The Old Time Waltz was first introduced in

Answer: 1812

7.     The Modern Waltz style of dancing was created in

Answer: 1924

8.     When did the Tower Ballroom open?

Answer: 1894

9.     “Those were the days” was a programme of Old Time Dancing on BBC Radio. When did it start?

Answer: 1945

10.    When did we first dance the “Palais Glide”?

Answer:  1928

11.     Who introduced the full Natural or Right turn as we know it today, into Modern Ballroom Dancing?

Answer: Victor Silvestor.

12.     Harry Fox a USA Vaudeville artist was credited as the man who first introduced us to the Foxtrot.

Answer: True.

13.      How many Sequence Inventive Dance Competitions  each year are recognised by the British Dance Council?

Answer: 15.

14.     The first “Palais De Dance” was opened in Hammersmith. What was the year?

Answer:   1919.

15.     Which is the first Sequence Dance Competition of the year?

Answer:   Northern Counties Dance Teachers Association. Always held in January and on this Sunday January 11th.

16.     Who are the arrangers who name their dances after types of wood?

Answer:    Ian and Sue Webster.

17.     Name our three main script providers.

Answer:   Brockbank Lane, David Bullen,  Northern Dance Services.

18.    Who wrote the book “The History of Sequence Dancing.”

Answer.   Mr TA Whitworth.

19.    How many Associations will run inventive competitions this year?

Answer. 7     NCDTA-ISTD-ADA-UKA-BATD-IDTA-ISDC. We have not included the BDC itself as it is not classed as a teaching association. 

20.Who is currently Chairman of the BDC Sequence Dancing Advisory Committee?

Answer:  Mr Roy Sharpe.

Our thanks to GA for the questions and answers.