Ed Lawton

[Twinkle]

What is happening re Ed Lawton? I know that the last time we saw him, (at Weymouth?) he had an injured knee, and someone said a while later that he had to give up dancing, is this right. I never see him mentioned in the magazine, or am I only looking with one eye.
Always liked his dances.
Lorna
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[C.SIDERS]

Me too!
Janex

[Anne Mac]

Me too. I liked a lot of his dances as well. Twinkle, I can't believe that 180 people have looked at your question and not one person can help to answer it. Surely someone on the boards must know how he is and whether he's had to give up dancing. Anyone???

[jmw85]

Hi Lorna,

Ed's doing well. He has 4 pubs/bars in Stoke.

Base @ Hanley
Brindleys Lock
The Victoria (just near Kings Hall)
and another I don't know the name of.

He did give up dancing but his knee is ALOT better and he's able to walk alot more. I visited and stayed in May and he was talking about hopefully being able to dance again.

I'm actually going to his in a few weeks so I'm hopefully going to talk him into dancing and choreographinh again!

Jamie x

[theoloyla]

I am pleased to hear he has improved. Very nice man and a good teacher/choreographer.

On a side issue another person I havent noticed anything about of late is Max Perry. We have recently been dancing his fantastic dance Roman Holiday and I always teach beginners Eatin' Right and Drinkin' Bad.

[Alan and Fi Haywood]

On a side issue another person I havent noticed anything about of late is Max Perry. We have recently been dancing his fantastic dance Roman Holiday and I always teach beginners Eatin' Right and Drinkin' Bad.

Max is still going but mainly at the US events and he's still teaching and choreographing there as far as I know. He doesn't travel as much as he used to, but friends of ours who attend the US events say they still see him and Kathy there.

[Sugar Plum Fairy]

I always remember that Ed Lawton taught Dirty Dancing at a workshop and he heard me say 'no' when he asked if everyone had 'got it'. So he came and danced right next to me which totally threw me and my 'variations' multiplied . I didn't know he had given up dancing but I had wondered what had happened to him too.

[Dancing Chris]

That might be said about a lot of people who use to post frequently on these pages. We just don't see their posts any more.

[Rosy]

Hi
Times change - people move on. That's why we have to keep beginners classes going to keep the line dance conveyor belt moving otherwise it will stop and we'll all be redundant, so take note, beginners are VERY important to us all - even the advanced dancers.

As far as Ed Lawton is concerned I only saw him once - years back - after he'd won a cup or something at a competition. I was in earshot of him saying 'I've got so many of these things I don't know where to put them'!!!

So maybe that's why he's given up?

[Twinkle]

He always complained that he hadn't won anything at the CBA's, so at one workshop he was presented with a silver wellie on a plinth,I think it was an ordinary one that had been sprayed silver.
He raised money for Leukaemia research too.
Lorna
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