The Greatest Dancer

[Leicester Boy 335]

1 hour ago, Chalky said:

It is back when he danced

Excellent dj and the sort of young blood the scene needs. 

[Frankie Crocker 1,692]

On 08/01/2020 at 13:57, Source Team said:

just so aware

we will be closing this topic in approx 24 hours as do feel that the original topic has run its course

source site team

Glad the thread is still running. Hottest topic on here for a while. Please keep it open as it is a great read with lots of good clips. AND we’re really looking forward to the next show...

[Len 3,712]

16 minutes ago, Frankie Crocker said:

Glad the thread is still running. Hottest topic on here for a while. Please keep it open as it is a great read with lots of good clips. AND we’re really looking forward to the next show...

Yes, we felt it is going well so will leave it running - Don't forget to vote for our man folks! 

Len 

[Zed1 2,621]

I've watched many great dancers down the years and you can usually tell the venue from back in day that influenced their Style. Dancers from Station Rd had a unique style which contained lots of tricks & spins etc timed to the instro breaks in the more uptempo tracks.  Dancers from the earlier Torch  & Wheel etc tended to be much more expressive using hand movements to match the same breaks and changes in the record.

Not sure what this guys style is based on unless it's just his own interpretation based on lots of visits to local Soul. 

[Kathryn Magson 401]

51 minutes ago, Frankie Crocker said:

Glad the thread is still running. Hottest topic on here for a while. Please keep it open as it is a great read with lots of good clips. AND we’re really looking forward to the next show...

Well said Frankie - this thread makes for very interesting reading! Hope he drops out this week though - not happy about it all being on prime-time telly! Channel 4 & to a very small audience in the early hours is one thing, but Strictly Come Dancing & now The Greatest Dancer?? NOOOOOOOO!! 

[Soul16 332]

54 minutes ago, Frankie Crocker said:

Glad the thread is still running. Hottest topic on here for a while. Please keep it open as it is a great read with lots of good clips. AND we’re really looking forward to the next show...

As cringeworthy as it was last week, now I’ve got used to the idea, part of me is looking forward to it tomorrow! I’m as protective of ‘the scene’ as anyone else on here, but we also have a reputation for being a friendly bunch, so I’m gonna run with that attitude. Northern Soul stopped being a secret society decades ago, but the simple beauty of the music never fades for me.

It could have been worse, at least he didn’t open up by dancing to Frank Wilson and demonstrated to the masses that there are more than two Northern Soul records in existence - the other one being The Snake...

[Leicester Boy 335]

53 minutes ago, Soul16 said:

As cringeworthy as it was last week, now I’ve got used to the idea, part of me is looking forward to it tomorrow! I’m as protective of ‘the scene’ as anyone else on here, but we also have a reputation for being a friendly bunch, so I’m gonna run with that attitude. Northern Soul stopped being a secret society decades ago, but the simple beauty of the music never fades for me.

It could have been worse, at least he didn’t open up by dancing to Frank Wilson and demonstrated to the masses that there are more than two Northern Soul records in existence - the other one being The Snake...

The irony being haven't heard either at a soul night for years. 

[Tomangoes 2,151]

Let's not diss DILYIID

Or we start world war 3..

And he would have probably been able to dance to it better than James Carr, which hardly anybody can dance to well.

Ed

[Billywhizz 963]

3 hours ago, Leicester Boy said:

Excellent dj and the sort of young blood the scene needs. 

jordan here to stay , just luv it 

[wiggyflat 689]

1339 on here.....the man in the zone.This style of dancing I think has died but i rememember loads of lads dancing like this.

 

 

Edited January 10 by wiggyflat

[Shufflin 1,894]

9 minutes ago, wiggyflat said:

1339 on here.....the man in the zone

great videos mate, music is fantastic, that lad was properly enjoying himself

[WoodButcher 1,493]

What the f**k was that entering from the right of screen at around 15:30 in the 15 hole Doc Marten clown boots ....... 

[wiggyflat 689]

He was wearing boxing boots....80's scooterboy gear.

[Shufflin 1,894]

11:05 - now that is a fast spin

Edited January 10 by Shufflin

[Winsford Soul 11,219]

11 minutes ago, Shufflin said:

11:05 - now that is a fast spin

Picture of me and possibly the greatest spinner of them all Vernon taken on New year eve at the Monaco ballroom in Wigan 

We have both added a few pounds around the middle since those Halcyon days of the Casino and beyond,  

 

Edited January 10 by Winsford Soul

[Zed1 2,621]

7 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Picture of me and possibly the greatest spinner of them all Vernon taken on New year eve at the Monaco ballroom in Wigan 

 

Isn't there some footage of Vernon dancing/spinning at Wigan Ste?..

 

[Zed1 2,621]

Still the man.....

 

[Winsford Soul 11,219]

13 minutes ago, Zed1 said:

Isn't there some footage of Vernon dancing/spinning at Wigan Ste?..

 

Yes Gaz, There,s some footage knocking about mate. Trust you and the Lovely Debs are fine. 

4 minutes ago, Zed1 said:

Still the man.....

 

 Up there with the very best and a top man too

Edited January 10 by Winsford Soul

[Zed1 2,621]

11 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

 Trust you and the Lovely Debs are fine. 

 

No too bad Ste ( for a couple of Fat old Pensioners)...

Yourself?.

[Winsford Soul 11,219]

10 minutes ago, Zed1 said:

No too bad Ste ( for a couple of Fat old Pensioners)...

Yourself?.

Always good in my world mate thanks. 

[Speedlimit 845]

41 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Yes Gaz, There,s some footage knocking about mate. Trust you and the Lovely Debs are fine. 

 Up there with the very best and a top man too

Possibly the best dancer the scene has seen free flowing relaxed great foot work spins in time the works and like said a top man too. 

[Veedub 284]

Just a few seconds in... the Wigan clips from Something Else program.

 

[Tomo 27]

Great footage showing some unbelievable spinning from Vernon, when he had a cigarette in his mouth it used to look like a complete circle of fire. He perfected the art of when he was just about to lose his balance he would go down into the splits.
Did see him come second in a dance competition at Hinckley ( think it was the night Edwin Starr was on) by a guy called Kim, what a dancer he was.

 

Tomo

[Zed1 2,621]

11 hours ago, Veedub said:

Just a few seconds in... the Wigan clips from Something Else program.

 

Rare footage, and 0ne of the few clips from Station Rd other than This England. If you look at the First clip the place looks empty other than the dancers, seem to recall reading it was filmed in a Morning after everyone had gone?. 

[Rhino 388]

14 hours ago, Zed1 said:

Isn't there some footage of Vernon dancing/spinning at Wigan Ste?..

 

The best dancer I've personally and around good lad Vernon, remember him winning the dance competition at the morecambe pier anniversary. Think I was told he won at station road didn't he ste. Taken it toll on him can't spin anymore due to years of doing it, old age catching us all up. 

[Monny1916 122]

Thommo from Nottingham,,, wow the guy could do anything,,Stephen 

 

[sir cumference 246]

On 08/01/2020 at 20:26, Tomangoes said:

I could watch ? Cameron Diaz all night long....

Need to get to Matlock soon.

Ed

 

Cameron Diaz is a poor second!

[Mssoulie 387]

On 08/01/2020 at 19:11, Chalky said:

Is it just me or do a lot of the good dancers look like they are dancing to a different record than the one playing?

Heehee got agree. Pulling shapes and doing the moves is not the same as dancing. 

Hugh. 

[Mssoulie 387]

On 09/01/2020 at 20:39, geoffp said:

Stephen. You still have a friend from St Helens. He just doesnt go out so much these days. And she does make it look effortless, i agree. See you soon, hopefully.

 

 

 

Pretty damn fine dancer yourself. 

Hugh. 

[geoffp 473]

12 hours ago, Mssoulie said:

Pretty damn fine dancer yourself. 

Hugh. 

Swap my footwork for yours any day. Hope you two are ok. Get up there soon as old age allows.

[Timillustrator 442]

On 10/01/2020 at 17:21, Leicester Boy said:

Excellent dj and the sort of young blood the scene needs. 

There's another young, dancing DJ - Alex Gallagher in Nottingham, fantastic and about 19 years old.

 

[Rhino 388]

This is a warning ⚠. Northern soul on TV be warned. It's all up to personal taste. 

[Blackpoolsoul 715]

On 11/01/2020 at 15:21, Monny1916 said:

Thommo from Nottingham,,, wow the guy could do anything,,Stephen 

 

Wonder if anyone has got any dancing footage from The Palais, who was the black guy they called Mr Electric Man ? I am so old now 14/15 at the time, I can't remember

Edited January 12 by Blackpoolsoul

[Winsford Soul 11,219]

Another of the scenes greatest dancers Craig Westwood 2nd from the left

Taken on New year's eve at Monaco ballroom in Wigan 

 

[Chalky 14,262]

1 hour ago, Rhino said:

This is a warning ⚠. Northern soul on TV be warned. It's all up to personal taste. 

The program is about the photos from (one of ) the last nights at Wigan taken by Francesco Mellina.  It has traced some of those featured in the photos.

[Monny1916 122]

Whose that weird looking fella in the front with the dodgie tattoo 

[Winsford Soul 11,219]

6 minutes ago, Monny1916 said:

Whose that weird looking fella in the front with the dodgie tattoo 

[Tomo 27]

Went to the Remembering Clive Johnson night yesterday in Sheffield, some of the the filming on here was a real talking point.

 Thanks to all who posted the great footage.

Tomo

Edited January 12 by Tomo

[Zed1 2,621]

1 hour ago, Monny1916 said:

Whose that weird looking fella in the front with the dodgie tattoo 

When he used to go to Wigan he had a full head of Hair...... so he thought he'd go back and see if he could find it. 

[Mssoulie 387]

10 hours ago, geoffp said:

Swap my footwork for yours any day. Hope you two are ok. Get up there soon as old age allows.

Been a while mate. We're the same as always I still wear the trousers because she still says I can.

 

10 hours ago, geoffp said:

Swap my footwork for yours any day. Hope you two are ok. Get up there soon as old age allows.

Hope you two are good to. 

Hopefully we'll see you soon somewhere. 

 

[davemac3 17]

she's good, great timing

 

 

 

 

Edited January 12 by davemac3

[Shufflin 1,894]

3 minutes ago, davemac3 said:

she's good, great timing

that man moving all over the place though

why do some people do that?

[Veedub 284]

28 minutes ago, Shufflin said:

that man moving all over the place though

why do some people do that?

It's quite obvious, he's trying to avoid being kicked by the Morris dancer and the Sailer doing the Hornpipe.

[Garswood 212]

On 08/01/2020 at 19:18, Shufflin said:

lots of energy in this room

 

Can somebody tell me the title of track playing in this vid, I know it, just can’t remember...philPhil

[Shufflin 1,894]

3 minutes ago, Garswood said:

Can somebody tell me the title of track playing in this vid, I know it, just can’t remember...philPhil

Deep Sensation ‎– Somehow, Somewhere (There's A Soul Heaven)

1998 is the original

[Garswood 212]

3 minutes ago, Shufflin said:

Deep Sensation ‎– Somehow, Somewhere (There's A Soul Heaven)

1998 is the original

Thank you

[Len 3,712]

On 10/01/2020 at 21:59, Shufflin said:

11:05 - now that is a fast spin

And in time with the music (which makes a refreshing change) 

Len 

[Speedlimit 845]

17 hours ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

Wonder if anyone has got any dancing footage from The Palais, who was the black guy they called Mr Electric Man ? I am so old now 14/15 at the time, I can't remember

Now do you mean Tony curlew curly to the Notts crowd 

[Speedlimit 845]

No footage to my knowledge and attended most events there from 74 onwards. I've got loads of photos I'll have to load to gallery at some point 

 

Regards Steve 

[Blackpoolsoul 715]

24 minutes ago, Speedlimit said:

Now do you mean Tony curlew curly to the Notts crowd 

If you have a photo I will hopefully recognise him, great idea to upload them all as there is not a lot of stuff on The Palais (as far as I know)