The Board of People Dancing was delighted to announce, at the event, the awarding of 30 Honorary Life Memberships to mark People Dancing's 30th anniversary, in 2016. The awards were made to some of the people who have made an exceptional contribution to community dance and People Dancing since 1986.
The 30 community dance pioneers for 30 years are:
| Diane Amans |
Sujata Bannerjee |
Ken Bartlett |
Carol Brown |
| Dr Susanne Burns |
Kate Castle |
Sanjeevini Dutta |
Scilla Dyke MBE |
| Fergus Early OBE |
Kiki Gale MBE |
Karen Gallagher MBE |
Beverley Glean |
| Gil Graystone |
Linda Jasper MBE |
Veronica Jobbins |
Isabel Jones |
| Rosemary Lee |
Prof Veronica Lewis MBE |
Royston Maldoom OBE |
Marie McCluskey MBE |
| Cecilia Macfarlane |
Tamara McLorg |
Jane Mooney |
Judith Palmer |
| Philip Piggin |
Bisakha Sarker MBE |
Wolfgang Stange |
Jayne Stevens |
| Christopher Thomson |
Ruth Till MBE |
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The People Dancing Board intends to announce more Honorary Life Memberships in the future.