Toes twinkle and the disco dancing partners gets into the swing of things. Forget Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Who needs John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? When it comes to the softpaw shuffle Sarah Crown and Lucy are a step ahead of the rest. Sarah, 3, is a great little dancer. But the star of the act has to be four-year-old Lucy, the mongrel with the twinkling rear paws. Together the pals sway, skip and boogie as happily as any grown-up disco duo in Romford, Essex. Their dancing began simply as a game for a child and her pet

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Toes twinkle and the disco dancing partners gets into the swing of things. Forget Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Who needs John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? When it comes to the softpaw shuffle Sarah Crown and Lucy are a step ahead of the rest. Sarah, 3, is a great little dancer. But the star of the act has to be four-year-old Lucy, the mongrel with the twinkling rear paws. Together the pals sway, skip and boogie as happily as any grown-up disco duo in Romford, Essex. Their dancing began simply as a game for a child and her pet. But Sarah's father, busker Don Crown, reckons that Lucy's talent should be taken seriously. After all, he has already trained two memorable stars--Budgie Sheen the motorcycling bird, and a mighty terrier called Russell the Muscle. September 1983 P006561