Ballroom Icons: Table of Contents

Here's what you'll find inside the 295 fascinating pages of Ballroom Icons:

Acknowledgements, 6

From the Author, 7

Foreward by Bryan Allen, 8

Foreward by Prof Dr. Thomas Druyen, sociologist and author of Olymp des Lebens and Goldkinder, 9

Introduction, 10

Historical Notes, 12

More Historical Notes, 62

The Beginnings:

Vernon & Irene Castle: darlings to the world, 14

PJ Richardson: let's get organized, 22

Victor Silvester, OBE: champion, bandleader... TV icon, 30

Josephine Bradley, MBE: the first lady of ballroom dancing, 24

Phyllis Haylor: another grand lady, 26

Monsieur Pierre and Doris Lavelle: let's rumba. 34

Henry Jacques: the pioneer in ballroom dancing notation, 46

Alex Moore: taking it a step further, 38

Elsa Wells: creating an event, 28

Sonny Binnick: strong tabacco, 52

The Technicians

Paul Krebs: Viennese Waltz is his baby, 66

Sydney Francis: the next Latin expert, 92

Walter Laird: the "spiritual father" of Latin dance, 98

Bill and Bobbie Irvine, MBE: the successor to the first lady, 134

Peter Eggleton: a gentle man, 142

Anthony Hurley: a gentleman, 180

Alan & Hazel Fletcher: strength through unity, 244

The First Champion Makers

Len Scrivener: putting it into practice, 42

Eric Hancox: ambassador, 50

Nina Hunt and Dimitri Petrides: champion maker, 94

Benny Tolmeijer: not only for tango, 86

Lorraine: an innovative "follower", 102

The Artists

Bobby Medeiros: tamed mambo mania, 187

Vernon Brock: let's face the... audience, 190

Sam Sodano: from "rippler" to mega-promoter, 194

Espen Salberg: wearing many hats, no problem, 252

Mick Stylianos: twenty-one ways to do it and
Lorna Lee: woman power, 240

Ruud Vermeij: a whole new world at hand, 256

Frank and Vicki Regan: they could have won it, 202

The Silent Stars

Doreen Freeman and Bob Burgess: Hollywood personified, 54

Julie Laird: quality is here to stay, 106

Harry Smith-Hampshire: first impressions on Russia, 82

Len Colyer: the "Colyer circus", 60

The Educators

Lee and Linda Wakefield: Brigham Young University, 260

Pierre Dulaine: take the lead, 234

Wolfgang Opitz: boom, cha ca cha ca cha ca boom, 78

Evelyn Hörmann: the life of the daughter of an icon, 74

Richard Gleave: champion..., 216

The Politicians

Bobby Short: the first promoter, 129

Kosaku (George) Fujimura: putting Japan on the map, 40

Tetsuji Kojima: keeping it there, 130

Detlef Hegemann: peacekeeper, 152

Robin Short: a true diplomat, 212

Karl Breuer: champion, TV star, president..., 158

Brian McDonald: bridging the new and the old world, 228

Rudi Trautz: disciple of the champion maker, 174

Gerd Hädrich: let the world dance, 70

Isao Nakagawa: let's make a living, 220

Gerd Weissenberg: how can we make it even better, 250

The Visionaries and Entrepreneurs

Arthur and Kathryn Murray: creating an empire, 18

George Theiss: keep it going, 110

Phil Masters: and going, 112

John Kimmins: and going, 114

John Monte: putting the U.S. on the map, 166

Chrisanne and Peter Dobner: from the attic to the runway, 266

Supadance Mick and Barry Free: we need good shoes, 126

Ron Gunn: tailor to the champions, 198

Méryem Pearson: putting Canada on the map, 228

The Ones Behind the Scenes

Peggy Spencer, MBE: TV star, president, award recipient, 88

Gillian MacKenzie: Blackpool our Blackpool, 208

Bryan Allen: critic, editor..., 170

Marguerite Hanlon: patron to the arts
and John Ford, 118

Heinz Späker: the Olympic dream, 156

Commentaries by the next generation, 272

In Closing, 287

About the Photographer, 290

About the Author, 291

About Ron Self, 292

Sources, 293

Footnotes, 294