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Oversby, Mary

Dancer from Dentdale.  Born c. 1881.

She had attended dancing classes in Dent run by “Pop” John Mason in about 1899 and was able to give information on these.

The dance repertoire consisted of:

  • Barn Dance
  • Cottagers
  • La Vasoviana
  • Lancers
  • Polka
  • Quadrilles
  • Schottische
  • Square Eight
  • Swinging Six
  • Turn-off-Six
  • Waltz
  • Waltz Cotillion

Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Mary Oversby on 5 April 1960.

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