Dancers enjoy success in regional competition

LAMATA Dancing School competed in the North West Dance Class Championships in Liverpool.

Abi Buczynski, 12, Lucy Bunce, 11, Martha Chaisty 10, Lucy Hood, 10 and Olivia Webb 11, all represented Lakeland & Morecambe Academy of Theatre Arts (LAMATA) at the competition.

The girls competed in three genres – tap, modern and ballet.Abi Buczynski reached the semi-final in ballet (12-13 age category).

Martha Chaisty reached the semi-final in tap and ballet (10-11 age category).

Lucy Hood reached the semi-final (10-11 category) in tap and modern and  reached the final in ballet placing five.

Lucy Bunce reached the semi-final (10-11 category) in modern and reached the final in ballet and achieved first place out of a total of 55 competotors.

A spokesman for LAMATA said: “It was a fantastic achievement for LAMATA dancing school.”

LAMATA is based on Marine Road East, Morecambe.