A Lanarkshire schoolgirl will quickly must get an even bigger room to deal with the entire dancing trophies she has amassed.
On the tender age of simply seven, little Leah Highley has scooped an unimaginable 201 trophies, 21 medals and 34 winners’ sashes for her freestyle disco dancing prowess.
The Summerlee teen - who solely took up dancing solely 4 years in the past - has additionally strutted her stuff on the well-known Tower Ballroom in Blackpool and has even appeared in a music video.
Leah, who's in P3 at St Bartholomew’s Main, is captivated with dancing and has been a devoted member of Airdrie’s Dance Metropolis studio, since she was three.
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Proud mum Steffany Fisher advised Lanarkshire Dwell: “Leah began dancing when she was three, started competing when she was 4 and now goes to bop lessons 5 days every week.
“Her ambition is to be a dance instructor and to open her personal dance faculty, but additionally needs to be a major faculty instructor in the course of the day.
She went on to say: “The most important competitors she has entered was on the Barrowlands, however the farthest afield she has danced is on the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool.”
And though she has by no means watched Strictly, the seven-year-old sensation was excited to step out on the iconic Blackpool venue.
Steffany defined: “Once I advised her that she was going to bop there she was so excited to be performing in the identical ballroom because the well-known dancers.”
Gentle-footed Leah has additionally appeared as a backing dancer in Newcastle singer Channy Thompson’s latest music video.
Steffany defined: “ She contacted Leah on her Instagram web page and invited her to be considered one of her dance ambassadors and seem as a backing dancer in her new music video for her track, Do It For The Love.
“Leah was in her component and mentioned it was the perfect factor ever.”
In addition to her dance instructor Rebecca Deas, Leahr is impressed by her mum Steffany, who herself was a dancer.
Steffany mentioned: “I used to go to Rebecca’s dance faculty. It’s simply good they usually concentrate on each child.
“It’s Leah’s life and that’s the place her mates are. All of them are simply actually shut.
“They're like a giant household and all get on brilliantly and on the competitions the youngsters all cheer one another on.”
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