LINE dancing fans got the New Year off on the right foot with a fund-raising evening for the Mayor's Appeal.

Tickets and a raffle at the American line dance evening raised around £750 for Bury Hospice, the Save the Children Fund and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Bury, Councillor Bill Johnson and his wife Joyce were among more than 200 people stepping out in style at event, hosted by Loose Boots Western Dance at the Radcliffe Civic Suite.