Lester Sheepshanks
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Former ballroom maestro, dance teacher, all around entertainer and tv personality |
| Location | Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am a retired ballroom dance master, famed for my notorious "Feet of Flames" and fondness for pork-based products. A winner of the British Ballroom title a record 18 times I have also written several stage productions such as "CHUFFIN' HELL WHERE'S ME OSTRICH!??!!!" and "LESTER SHEEPSHANKS in CAP'N LESTER AND HIS BARNACLED SHEEPY SHANKS!" etc and worked with a host of true showbiz greats such as Les Dennis, Bernie Clifton, Judith Chalmers, Syd Little and Roger De Courcy - several of whom I would list as close personal friends. |
| Interests | Ballroom dancing, good food (pork especially), fine wine's and vintage sherries, Red Setters, poetry and the continuing memory of Mater' |
| Favorite movies | Singing in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Billy Elliot, Maude does Scarborough (18). |
| Favorite music | Val Doonican, James Last, The Roger Beavis Decision and the Joe Loss Orchestra. |
| Favorite books | A Concise History of Barrow in Furness by Jed Buxton, ‘Dancing is My Life’ by Victor Silvester, and anything by Kendall Fontaine' |