A CHANCE encounter on a dance floor in Kyabram blossomed into a love story that has endured for six decades.

David and Valorie Whitelaw, who met in the Goulburn Valley when they were teenagers, this week marked their 60th wedding anniversary.

Then 19-year-old David had boldly asked Valorie, 17, for the first dance.

“I was booked to have a dance with somebody else,” Valorie said.

“But I s...