Valentine's Dance Competition

Couples at a St. Valentine's dance and ballroom dancing competition at the Empress Rooms at the Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington, London, 14th February 1921. Among the group are Kate Brenda Holberton, Lady Muir Mackenzie (standing, centre, right) and members of the judging panel: writer on dancing Phillip John Sampey Richardson (Phillip J. S. Richardson, standing, third from left), actor, playwright and theatre impresario, George Grossmith Jr. (standing, centre, left), Francis Dudley Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh (standing, fourth from right), actress and singer Heather Thatcher (seated far left) and dancer and choreographer Phyllis Bedells (seated, second from right). The competition was organized by dance teacher Belle Harding (seated, second from left). (Photo by Morey/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)