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VALE – Garth Griffith

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We celebrate the life of a dancing resolute – the likes of whom our industry may never see again

In the early 1970’s, Garth and wife Marilyn were members of the Frankston and District Younger Set and they set up Southern Cross Ballroom together.  They organised dances & balls with the proceeds being donated to charity, amongst them, the Red Cross and the Frankston Hospital. In the late 1970’s Garth left secure employment as a cabinet maker and commenced teaching Ballroom dancing full time.

Graduating to studio ownership in both Orbost & Adelaide, he travelled every week to each studio to teach there, travelling overnight and sleeping in his car, taking lessons during the day and travelling overnight again so he would be back in Melbourne for his lessons the next morning. Garth took his competition couples to many country and interstate competitions. In the 1980’s, he acquired the Moorabbin Dance Centre from Barrie & Joan Marr and he ran the Dance Centre until the year 2000, moving to the Star Ballroom where he taught for a number a years. Earlier, in 1987, he also acquired Dance Record Supplies from Barry Mole changing the name to Dance Music Supplies. 

Garth adjudicated many Australian Championships and was a required adjudicator at Dance competitions through the years. Garth also helped The Federal Association of Teachers of Dancing (FATD) at their many competitions including being the Scrutineer at the South Pacific Championships when it was located in Melbourne.

Garth continued to adjudicate until very recently, and was judging for Sheree Coulthard in Albury until he became ill 2 months ago. After a short illness Garth passed away on 29th October 2017.

What a contribution!!!!  To Garth’s family – his wife Lyn, his mother Shirl and his children, Phil, Tina & Scott, their partners, Jade, Royce & Jane, his 6 grandchildren, and his brother Kim & Kim’s wife Jackie – this was a talented and skilful man, a pioneer of DanceSport in Australia.

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