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THREE generations of ballroom dancers are keeping the tradition "strictly" in the family.
"Glam-mother" Lynn Bailey, her daughter Vicky D'Arcy, and Vicky's son James are all ballroom dancers.
The trio attend the Batten- Bettison School of Dance in east Hull and already have several medals under their belts.
For grandmother Lynn, 53, the appeal is mainly in the fashion.
"I love dancing, I like it for exercise and my third reason for doing it is the shoes," she said.
"I have rather a lot of dance shoes now in all different colours.
"I must admit, though, the 3in heels are a little bit high for me now and I've had to go down to 2.5in."
Lynn was a dancer when she was a young girl but, when she became a teenager, other things got in the way and the hobby was stopped.
But then, last year, she took part in Dove House Hospice's Strictly Learn To Dance and her love for all things Latin, cha-cha and samba was rekindled.
"I took it up where I'd left off and loved it," said Lynn.
"In Dove House's Strictly, a gentleman had to drop out, so my daughter's husband stepped in.
"I got chatting to one of the tutors, Yvonne, and it turned out she'd taught me before.
"After the competition, I said to my daughter, 'Why don't you come and have a go?' and it went from there."
The dance classes involve a range of ballroom dance styles, from fox trot to samba.
Vicky, 32, said: "I initially went along to give mum support.
"We started doing the social classes together and I quite enjoyed it, so I decided to get more involved and started doing the exams for medals."
Almost 18 months on, the three dancers have racked up about ten medals.
Griffin Primary pupil James, five, has two medals. He said: "I like the music. When we go to class, we sit down and then we warm-up, then we do some routines. I like all the routines.
"I like grandma and mum going, too."
So, is it nice having someone older to show you what to do, or does James end up teaching his grandma and mum?
"It's a bit of both," he said.
Even younger members of the family are now starting to catch the dancing bug.
James's sister Olivia, three, has started watching the classes and sometimes joins in for a few steps.
Vicky said: "James enjoys it and looks forward to going.
"He has two medals, the same as me, so there is a little bit of friendly competition between us.
"I think he would like to start doing competitions. At the dance school, a little girl's mother asked if James would be her partner and he seems quite excited about the idea.
"Olivia comes with us now, too, and she joins in the warm-up to the Jelly On A Plate song."
Vicky says she thinks the fact there are three generations is quite unique.
She said: "I think it is unusual we all have medals, as not many adults do those – you usually get the children doing them.
"Most people think you only dance when you're a kid, and I must admit that learning as an adult is a bit harder, but it is really enjoyable and good fun."
When they are twirling round the dance floor, not only are the family having "good fun" they are burning off a few calories too.
Lynn, who works as a quality manager in Greencore's cakes and desserts team, said: "We're starting work on the Christmas cakes range at work, so I need the dancing to burn them off." Reported by This is 16 hours ago.
THREE generations of ballroom dancers are keeping the tradition "strictly" in the family.
"Glam-mother" Lynn Bailey, her daughter Vicky D'Arcy, and Vicky's son James are all ballroom dancers.
The trio attend the Batten- Bettison School of Dance in east Hull and already have several medals under their belts.
For grandmother Lynn, 53, the appeal is mainly in the fashion.
"I love dancing, I like it for exercise and my third reason for doing it is the shoes," she said.
"I have rather a lot of dance shoes now in all different colours.
"I must admit, though, the 3in heels are a little bit high for me now and I've had to go down to 2.5in."
Lynn was a dancer when she was a young girl but, when she became a teenager, other things got in the way and the hobby was stopped.
But then, last year, she took part in Dove House Hospice's Strictly Learn To Dance and her love for all things Latin, cha-cha and samba was rekindled.
"I took it up where I'd left off and loved it," said Lynn.
"In Dove House's Strictly, a gentleman had to drop out, so my daughter's husband stepped in.
"I got chatting to one of the tutors, Yvonne, and it turned out she'd taught me before.
"After the competition, I said to my daughter, 'Why don't you come and have a go?' and it went from there."
The dance classes involve a range of ballroom dance styles, from fox trot to samba.
Vicky, 32, said: "I initially went along to give mum support.
"We started doing the social classes together and I quite enjoyed it, so I decided to get more involved and started doing the exams for medals."
Almost 18 months on, the three dancers have racked up about ten medals.
Griffin Primary pupil James, five, has two medals. He said: "I like the music. When we go to class, we sit down and then we warm-up, then we do some routines. I like all the routines.
"I like grandma and mum going, too."
So, is it nice having someone older to show you what to do, or does James end up teaching his grandma and mum?
"It's a bit of both," he said.
Even younger members of the family are now starting to catch the dancing bug.
James's sister Olivia, three, has started watching the classes and sometimes joins in for a few steps.
Vicky said: "James enjoys it and looks forward to going.
"He has two medals, the same as me, so there is a little bit of friendly competition between us.
"I think he would like to start doing competitions. At the dance school, a little girl's mother asked if James would be her partner and he seems quite excited about the idea.
"Olivia comes with us now, too, and she joins in the warm-up to the Jelly On A Plate song."
Vicky says she thinks the fact there are three generations is quite unique.
She said: "I think it is unusual we all have medals, as not many adults do those – you usually get the children doing them.
"Most people think you only dance when you're a kid, and I must admit that learning as an adult is a bit harder, but it is really enjoyable and good fun."
When they are twirling round the dance floor, not only are the family having "good fun" they are burning off a few calories too.
Lynn, who works as a quality manager in Greencore's cakes and desserts team, said: "We're starting work on the Christmas cakes range at work, so I need the dancing to burn them off." Reported by This is 16 hours ago.