Writers and co-producers Helen Spring and Carol Gleeson, who also star in 'Are Ya Dancin'? The ballroom of romance it certainly wasn’t. There were three rows of males smelling of alcohol and cheap aftershave on one side of the Granada ballroom in Granard, and as many rows of females against the opposite wall. When the band — it may have been local outfit The Mighty Avons — struck their first chords, the males surged across the maple dancefloor like wildebeest crossing the Zambezi.
Cries of “Are ya dancin’?” pierced the air as their targets were yanked from the female assembly lining the wall. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
