The Yorkshire Disco Dancing Championships

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The Yorkshire Disco Dancing Championships

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The 1980 EMI Yorkshire Television Disco Dancing Championship was filmed at Romeo and Juliet's in Doncaster and broadcast by Yorkshire television. It is an excellent example of the disco dancing scene that was a major part of the cultural zeitgeist during this period of time. This quasi studio production is presented by Simon Bates, then a BBC Radio 1 DJ. The film also features 12 disco dancing finalists who made it through various heats all over Yorkshire, and this regional final will see the winner go on to compete for the UK title.


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