An invitation to lead on Flora Day tops off a special year for one of the leading set in this year’s morning and evening dances.

As reported last week, the leading set for this year’s morning and evening dances on Flora Day will be Scott Parker and Sharon Ashton, Shaun Howells and Lisa Robson.

Scott, who was born and raised in Helston, now lives in Porthleven with his wife Emma and they have three children, Lewis, Freya and five-year-old Evie-Mae.

This is the first year Freya will be dancing in the children’s dance, with Helston Community College, making Flora Day 2015 all the more special for the family.

In what is a big year for his family, he will mark his 40th birthday in June, while his mother Kathy Pascoe turns 60 the day before Flora Day, on May 7.

Scott, who started dancing at Nansloe School and continued through Helston Community College before joining the morning and evening dance, said he was “shocked” at the invitation to lead.

Around four or five years ago he was second lead gentleman and has now been promoted to first gent.

He said: “To lead this historical event is an absolute honour. I think it is just the atmosphere – everybody is in good spirits.”

And he added of the morning and evening dance: “It’s such a lovely dance to participate in because you get to dance it twice. At the 7 o’clock it’s so fresh and everybody is excited to see what other people look like.”

He has only missed two years of this dance, when his youngest daughter Evie-Mae was receiving treatment for a brain tumour.

Although she still has epilepsy and right-sided weakness, she attends mainstream school and is looking forward to Flora Day.

A particular fan of the band, Evie-Mae loves nothing more than to listen to the dance tune on her iPad, with Scott saying: “Quite often we’ll have Flora Day on at any time of the year!”

Scott works as a staff nurse at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske in the medical admissions unit.