Palladium Review

December 22nd, 2001
WE CAN DO IT Pupils at the Jane Mackinnon School of Dancing perform their Bob the builder routine
Budding young dancers from a Southampton dance school have jigged their way from Never Never Land to one of London's most famous theatres - and received a spooky good luck message from Phantom of the Opera. Pupils at the Jane Mackinnon School of Dancing, near Rownhams, were chosen to perform at the Young Performers Variety Show held at Her Majesty's Theatre in the heart of the West End. Thirty nine children took to the famous	by Tracie Billington-Beardsley	real flavour of what performing on a London stage is like." The excited pupils used the changing rooms belonging to the stars of the hit show Phantom of the Opera. "The Phantom had even left a good luck message in the changing rooms for the kids," said Jane . "They were so awe struck by the whole place. Fortunately, even the pretend dead bodies hanging in the wings that are used in the Phantom didn't put them off their steps!"
	stage to perform extracts form The Adventures of Peter Pan - a show they put on at The Point in Eastleigh at the end of November to resounding success. Jane Mackinnon, a dance teacher for more than ten years who directed and choreographed Peter Pan said: "It was a wonderful experience for the children and gave them a
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