Our Home Care Specialists are experts at helping you navigate the My Aged Care system. Next Steps? Call our friendly team on 13 18 19 or contact us online and we can arrange for one of our Home Care Specialists to come and visit you at home to talk you through the process. “Nina has become a good friend of mine, she did from the word ‘go’ I couldn’t be without her. Now restricted to walking with a walking stick or frame to support him, Barry is saddened that his dancing days are now behind him, but now enjoys sharing his fond memories and new activities with his Care Worker Nina. Today, Barry, who’s one of CatholicCare’s Home Care clients suffers from Spinal stenosis which severely affects movement in his back and legs and he has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease which attacks the nervous system, also affecting his body movement. Although he continued to show off his talents when he went out to parties and clubs. Unfortunately due to his lengthy absence Barry’s dance partner had lost interest in dancing and so he decided not to pursue dancing competitively any longer. It was an experience.”Īfter completing his training in the National Service Barry returned to Sydney to continue his apprenticeship. “I went in to the service and trained in Wagga Wagga for six months and that interfered with my dancing, my trade, everything.
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Not only was Barry dancing up a storm through his teenage years, he took up an apprenticeship as an electric fitter at the Standard Telephones and Cables Company in Alexandria after leaving school at 15, “in those days you did five years apprenticeship, then came out and did another six months on the job.” With the end of his apprenticeship in sight and with his dancing career in full swing, Barry was called up to train in the National Service. We won this for the Maiden Dancing Challenge in 1954.” He couldn’t believe it when they walked away winners of such a prominent event, “I won a lot of stuff, I got a lot of sashes and things but the only thing I saved was this big trophy. Whilst still very young, Barry and his partner were chosen to represent New South Wales in the Maiden Dancing Challenge competing against a couple from Victoria. You watch on Dancing With the Stars now, they come off after one dance and they can’t breathe. “We had to do four dances, we had to start with a Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango and then the Quickstep. Barry’s eyes light up and he becomes animated when he remembers all the competitions they entered.
There he was matched with a talented dance partner. After winning a few minor competitions Barry was directed to the Froulop and Paton Dance Studio in Darlinghurst to further his ballroom dancing career. When asked how he got into the ballroom dancing scene he added it was when his mate and tennis partner said “we’re not going to meet any girls this way, we’ve got to learn to dance.” So with that they strolled on down to Bill Lascott’s dance studio on George Street and started working on their dance moves there.īarry’s mate soon met a young lady and lost interest, but Barry was just finding his feet. In those days you worked hard to get a trophy, nowadays you get one for turning up”.īarry recalled that he also won a lot of medals and ribbons in ballroom dancing. Pointing to the trophy on his shelf Barry recalls the time that he and a mate won the men’s tennis competition, “we were only boys and yet we played in the men’s comp. A talented sportsman in his youth, Barry enjoyed watching and playing numerous sports, particularly tennis. Barry, who grew up in Camperdown in Sydney, gives a cheeky grin when he recounts stories of his early years.
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