Four generations of ballroom legacy now rest on the adorable tuxedoed shoulders of British championship hopeful, seven-year-old Owen Moss. The tiny dancer has fancy footwork in his blood, with nearly everyone on mum Kristina’s side of the family, from great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents all being involved in ballroom dancing on a competitive level. Even 18-month-old baby sister Natasha is the subject of high hopes in the family, where kids sometimes start as young as two or three.
His award-winning nan Jeannette, 50, is also his dance partner, in training and in competitions. The dance school the family attend in Oldham, Manchester is a social centre for the family – with wedding receptions, anniversary parties and birthday being routinely held there. Jeanette even met her current husband there – where he worked as a dance teacher. At the moment, Owen and Jeanette are the stars of the family - the miss-matched pair have quickstepped their way through countless competitions, both bagging the top prizes for sequence and Latin in regionals and are currently preparing for the British National Dance Championships in Blackpool in October. Normally training for an hour a week, in pre-competition periods they double their practice time. The family’s passion for dance means that Strictly Come Dancing is a weekly family ritual, with Owen’s grandfather joining the family of four on the sofa to watch the show. Owen likes to brag to  his school friends that he’ll be on the show one day. It could happen – he’s won a rosette in each competition he’s been in since he began at four and is number one in his region for sequence and Latin. The story featured in Yours magazine after Owen's family spoke to Cavendish Press.

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