Ballroom dancers ready to defend their title

Lula Belle Findlay and Evan O'Dea started dancing at the age of 10

Two teenagers from the Isle of Man have scooped a major ballroom dancing award. 

Lula Belle Findlay and Evan O'Dea, who are both 14, won the junior category at the Le Classique de Danse Awards 2024 in Blackpool. 

The pair, who partnered up during the lockdown in 2020, have won multiple British championship titles, made TV appearances and mixed with Strictly Come Dancing stars.

Manx Radio's Christy De Haven spoke to them as well as Jacqui Hamblett from the Isle of Man Dance Teacher’s Association:

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