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Memorial show for influential dance teacher
A Swindon dance teacher who taught tap as a teenager right up until she was 79 is being remembered in a
show by students this summer.
Maureen Barkham, who found- adult tap at Gorse Hill right up to “The memorial show will raise
ed the Maureen Cockram School December 2010, even choreo- money for the Alzhiemers Society
of Dancing under her maiden graphing during hospital visits, but and Prospect. Her husband Rob
name, died of leukaemia in Feb- then had to stop. She was over the had Alzhiemers and Maureen spent
ruary. Her adult students are per- moon when we decided to carry her last weeks at the hospice.”
forming a show in July and invite on with Sue Dalrimple leading. We The show takes place at Gorse
all past pupils, parents, friends were to put on a surprise show for Hill Community Centre on Satur-
and family to come and remember Maureen, but she passed away day 16 July, 7.30pm. Tickets £5
Maureen. before it was ready. from John Forde on 727440.
The daughter of former Swin- Maureen with some of her mature students in 2008
don mayor Ted Cockram, Maureen
started holding classes at a stu-
dio in her parents’ garden. Jackie
Morgan, who is helping organise
the tribute, said, “Maureen taught

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