General News
22 August, 2022
The last dance
SEEING young people blossom has been the enduring memory for Cheryl and Murray over more than two decades of training debutantes in the Loddon. Cheryl said they “fell into training the debs” after first volunteering to assist Boort Agricultural...
SEEING young people blossom has been the enduring memory for Cheryl and Murray over more than two decades of training debutantes in the Loddon.
Cheryl said they “fell into training the debs” after first volunteering to assist Boort Agricultural and Pastoral Society a decade earlier.
“And when the A and P society stopped doing the balls, we went under the hospital (Boort District Health) umbrella,” said Cheryl.
“Everything just sort of evolved ... you volunteer and it goes from there.”
She said husband Murray had always enjoyed dancing and had partnered seven debutantes in his youth. “He was from a farm between Wedderburn, Charlton and Boort and knew lots of people in the area,” she said.
“Training the debutantes has kept us up with the young ones around town and the the balls have been something important for them to do together.
“We have always supported the local debutante balls and will continue to go along to dance, to see people blossoming. But it’s time for us to retire from training the deb sets.”