These days Wodonga’s Noreen Brown, 90, and John Griffin, 89, take to the floor together, and often.

Their weekly schedule can include old-time dances in Lavington, Yackandandah, Wodonga, Corowa and elsewhere around the district.

“And sometimes there’s a dance on Sunday,” Mr Griffin said.

“You could land at every one if you wanted to.”

The couple plans to attend next month’s Blue Tie Ball (“Rather!”) run by the Albury-Wodonga Prostate Cancer Support Group.

Organiser Yvonne Bensley said Mrs Brown and Mr Griffin were well-known for their dance abilities, with other couples turning to them for assistance when needed.

“Noreen is vision impaired, but she knows when you go past that you’re on the right foot when you should have been on the left foot,” Mrs Bensley said with a smile.

Last year’s inaugural Blue Tie Ball raised $6000 towards professional development for Border nurses and the 2017 event on September 2 at Commercial Club Albury will also support this cause.

Scholarships funded by Albury-Wodonga Prostate Cancer Support Group allow nurses to study more about caring for patients with this condition.

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia said prostate cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian men.

More than 3000 men died of the disease in Australia every year, more than the number of women who died of breast cancer.

Tarragal will again provide live music at the Blue Tie Ball and also a Sunday dance the next day at Mirambeena Community Centre, Lavington.

Mrs Brown and Mr Griffin, although not part of the support group, are happy to join charity dance events.

“Just for the enjoyment and you meet a lot of people,” Mr Griffin said. 

The couple has been dancing together about three years.

“We were both on our own and John asked me to dance with him,” Mrs Brown said.

“We danced quite a lot and he asked me if I’d partner him. When you’re on your own you’ve got to go out and meet people, you can’t sit home and do nothing.”

And now the dance partnership has become something more.

“Yes, we’re together all the time,” Mrs Brown said.

Mrs Bensley said many people had found new partners through dancing.

“We had a wedding earlier on this year and we’ve got a couple of couples who are engaged,” she said.