YOUNG ballet dancers took to the stage last night for a final sell-out performance of Sleeping Beauty.

More than 100 children from across the region have been appearing in the English Youth Ballet production at Darlington Civic Theatre since Tuesday.

The eight to 18-year-olds were chosen at auditions in the town in January.

Ballet director Janet Lewis said: "The dancers have really enjoyed themselves.

"As you go on, the performance gets better and by the final night, the enthusiasm is beyond belief. It has been wonderful."

The following names are those of performers inadvertently omitted from yesterday's list in The Northern Echo:

Diane Bowe, 17, Rachel Coad School of Dance; James Hyde, 12, Eden Theatre Dance; Charlotte Hutchings, 11, Houghton Dance and Performing Arts; Jennifer Wagstaffe, 14, Elvet Ballet School; Hollie Robinson 11, Joanne Banks Dancers; Amy Napper, eight, Lynn Wardell School of Dancing/Nadine Kennedy Academy; Emma Anderson, 13, Lena Whitelocke School of Dance; Emily Lawson 11, Lena Whitelock School of Dance; Jenny Illingworth, 13, Lakeland and Morecambe Academy of Theatre Arts; Megan Taylor, 14, Sibilla School of Dance; Emily Goodwin 13, Thompson Schools of Ballet; Katharine Smith, 13, Thompson Schools of Ballet; Tim Bretherton, ten, Thompson Schools of Ballet; Hannah Kent, ten, Thelma Thompson School of Ballet; Kate Drysdale, 11, Unique School of Dancing; Naomi Howe, 11, Unique School of Dancing; Ruth Johnstone, 16, Thompson Schools of Ballet; Emilia Mack, nine, Thompson Schools of Ballet; Molly Templeman, ten, Thompson Schools of Ballet; Hannah McGhee, 12, S&N Dance Centre; Kerrianne Covell, 12, Karen Heritage Theatre School; Bethany Fisher, 11, Karen Heritage Theatre School; Chloe Dargue, 13, Sarah Louise School of Ballet; Katrina Stevenson, 14, Elaine Milbourne Theatre Dance School; Caroline Shield, 17, Gillian Quinn School of Theatre Dance; Anna Richmond, 15, Gillian Quinn School of Theatre Dance; Catherine McKernan, 14, Elvet Ballet School; Hannah Battista, 12, Emma McGurrell School of Dance; Erin Hope-Hume, 12, Gillian Quinn School of Theatre Dance and St Hilda's Ballet School; Leanne Davies, 12, Unique School of Dance; Robyn Archer 11, Unique School of Dancing; Carly Nolan, 13, Unique School of Dancing; Hayley Jackson, nine, Unique School of Dance; Christy Egan, 12, S&N Dance Centre; Jessica Harker, 11, S&N Dance Centre; Michael Boardman, ten, Mariyka's Dance Studios; Stephanie Peacock, ten, Karen Shiel School of Dance; Maria Thompson, 11, Houghton Dance and Performing Arts Academy; Bethany Wright, ten, Houghton Dance and Performing Arts Academy; Elizabeth Heeler, 11, Houghton Dance and Performing Arts Academy; Claudia Garrett, 15, Elvet Ballet School; Rebecca Vafeas, 15, Melanie Edmenson School of Dance; Hebe Trotter, nine, Rachel Harrison Dance School; Lisa Thomason, 11, Lakeland Studio of Dance and Performing Arts.

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Published: 20/05/2004