It was the most glamorous night of the year at Hammersmith's Latymer Upper School, with celebrity guest seeing ten Sixth Form couples taking to the dance floor to compete in the final round of this year's Strictly Latymer.

The exciting show was opened by the Latymettes, Latymer’s very own cheerleading dance team before the competing couples took to the stage.

The contest took place over two evenings, with the opening night on Thursday, expertly hosted by Mr Noakes and Sixth Former Eve Delaney and judged by Mrs Markowska, Miss Garforth, Mr Holmes and Mr Lomon.

Linnea and Jack – Cha Cha
Vasia and Jonathan – Foxtrot
Myria and Mungo – Tango
Lucy and Nico – Salsa
Joana and Kaine – Jive
Jade and Moses – Samba
Annabel and Alexis – Rumba

Lara and Henry – Charleston
Anna and Oscar – Mambo
Amelia and James – West Coast Swing

Once all the couples had danced, it was Lucy and Nico, and Annabel and Alexis who were in the lead and into the dance-off stage. While the audience made their decision and texted in, the Zumba, Hip Hop and Teachers performed. Congratulations to Lucy and Nico who won over the audience on the first night with their Salsa.

The Friday night saw the first ‘10’ awarded to three of the couples, and Mr Edwards took over from Mrs Markowska at the judges table. With a three-way tie between Joana and Kaine, Annabel and Alexi and Anna and Oscar, Head Judge, Mr Holmes, selected Joana and Kaine and Anna and Oscar for the dance-off.

Congratulations to Anna and Oscar who won the audience vote and were presented the Strictly Latymer 2014 trophy by Strictly Come Dancing 2011 winner, Harry Judd.

Strictly Latymer was in aid of Charity, and this year it supported Body & Soul,a pioneering UK charity dedicated to transforming the lives of children, teenagers and families living with, or affected by HIV. It also raised funds for our New Sports Centre and Latymer's Uganda charity-sponsoring/paying for 8 children from M-Lisada orphanage in Kampala to go to school.

Head of Dance, Miss Desmons commented “I am extremely proud of the pupils’ performance, their dedication and hard work was evident to all. A big thank you to Maria and all the team behind Strictly, and of course to Harry Judd for presenting the trophy. Overall, a roaring success and my favourite Strictly Latymer to date!”

January 29, 2014