Twelve months ago, a local young performer successfully auditioned for the prestigious West End Kids song and dance academy.

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She was 1 of only 2 chosen from 70 other aspiring performers at a national audition.

West End Kids is an elite musical song and dance academy based in Central London. The Academy, founded in 2001, provides a unique programme of on the job training combining intense weekend rehearsals with a busy programme schedule performing at charity events and festivals. The Academy is led by its founder Martin Williams. She was initially accepted into the WEK training corps which is split on ability into four groups of twenty teenagers and this involved her Saturday's spent at rehearsals held at the David Game College in Aldgate Central London.

With the routines and songs learnt at training, the young lady and the WEK elite troupe have enjoyed a very successful season performing to thousands of people. Her debut was on the stage in front of a packed Trafalgar Square for West End Live, followed in front of further large audiences on stage in Hyde Park for British Summertime and Pride festival's.

A busy programme over the rest of the year has included Bestival at Lulworth, Epsom Racecourse Family Open Day, Regent Street Open Air Motor Show, Make a Wish Annual Charity Ball with David Walliams at the Royal Horticultural Halls, David Shepherd Wildlife Annual Charity Ball at The Dorchester Hotel London attended by Dame Judi Dench, Sussex Cancer Charity Ball at the Grand Hotel Brighton, Great Ormond Street Hospital Christmas Parties for children and families with the season ending this weekend at the Trafford Centre Manchester Christmas Event.

Through the year the WEK hold quarterly revues involving the troupe and training corps at the Greenwood Theatre Kings College London Bridge to showcase the routines that they have learnt and perform for family and friends. She featured prominently in the troupe numbers at the recent December revue.

In addition to her WEK involvement she supports her local Spotlight Dance School where she has been a member for many years. Recently she had a major part in her dancing school's feature in the Wessex Association of Ballet Schools annual fund raising show at the Pavilion. She is studying for her GCSE's this year at QE Wimborne and hopes to continue with WEK in 2020 to the summer and then go on to study musical theatre, song and dance at college which she hopes will lead to a successful career in this field.

It has been amazing to see what she has achieved this year.