Sheffield Universities Dancesport (SUDS for short) represents members from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University at inter-varsity dance competitions around the United Kingdom. The society has both latin and ballroom dancers, as well as competitive and social dance classes.
The Sheffield Social
Every February, the society hosts one of the largest inter-varsity dance competitions outside of IVDA and NUDA - The Sheffield Social. This is held every year in the Octagon Centre at the University of Sheffield.
Professional influence
Many within the Dancesport society were very privileged to have been taught by two Strictly Come Dancing professional stars, Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova, during 2004 at the City Limits dance studio in Sheffield.
The Sheffield Social
Every February, the society hosts one of the largest inter-varsity dance competitions outside of IVDA and NUDA - The Sheffield Social. This is held every year in the Octagon Centre at the University of Sheffield.
Professional influence
Many within the Dancesport society were very privileged to have been taught by two Strictly Come Dancing professional stars, Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova, during 2004 at the City Limits dance studio in Sheffield.
Maggie Hinnant Barnes (Kenly, North Carolina, March 6, 1882 - January 19, 1998) was an African American supercentenarian.
In 1997, however, Maggie's family claimed she was at the alleged age of 117, born in 1880, based on her marriage certificate. In addition, the 1900 census listed the North Carolina woman as having been born in 1881, making her 116. Although Guinness World Records decided to give the "oldest person" title to then-116-year-old Marie-Louise Meilleur of Canada (who was born August 29, 1880), Maggie's age at death was later verified to have been not less than 115 years old.
She is the third-oldest African American on record ever, and still holds . The American woman died from gangrene at the apparent age of 115 years and 319 days, although she could possibly have been a year or two older.
In 1997, however, Maggie's family claimed she was at the alleged age of 117, born in 1880, based on her marriage certificate. In addition, the 1900 census listed the North Carolina woman as having been born in 1881, making her 116. Although Guinness World Records decided to give the "oldest person" title to then-116-year-old Marie-Louise Meilleur of Canada (who was born August 29, 1880), Maggie's age at death was later verified to have been not less than 115 years old.
She is the third-oldest African American on record ever, and still holds . The American woman died from gangrene at the apparent age of 115 years and 319 days, although she could possibly have been a year or two older.
Betsy Russell Baker (Brington, England, August 20, 1842 - Tecumseh, Nebraska, October 24, 1955) was an American supercentenarian first listed in the 1966 Guinness Book of Records as possibly one of the oldest people ever, and this was confirmed by researchers in 2002. She died 65 days after her 113th birthday, having been only the second person to undisputedly reach that age. The first one was fellow American Delina Filkins in 1928. While Baker was born in England, she was an immigrant to the U.S. at age four. She is the second-oldest person to die in the state of Nebraska. Her record as Nebraska's oldest resident was only broken by Helen Stetter, who died at 113 as well, in 2007. Clara Huhn, who was born in Nebraska, died in California in 2000, aged 113 years and 327 days.
Mary Electa Bidwell (May 9, 1881 - April 25, 1996) was an American supercentenarian. She died at 114 years and 352 days, making her the 25th oldest person to ever live and the oldest American living at the time of her death. She was also the oldest person ever to die in Connecticut.
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descedant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.
Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.
She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.
Her parents were Charles Woodruff Bidwell and Alice Beach Nobel. She was a descedant of John Bidwell, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bidwell worked as a teacher in a one-room school house for six years. She married Charles Hubbell Bidwell, a distant cousin, in 1906.
Bidwell lived on her own in North Haven, Connecticut until she was 110. Bidwell died at the Arden House, a nursing home in Hamden, Connecticut.
She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1881.