Lanarkshire dancing queens overjoyed after earning places at World Cup tournament

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A group of Lanarkshire dancers are feeling on top of the world after landing places at the World Cup.The girls are all members of the Dance Elite School in Cambuslang and are overjoyed at being picked to represent Team Scotland at the prestigious Dance World Cup in Portugal in June.Lily Gow, 13, nine-year-olds Daisy Robertson and Zoe Kirkpatrick-Brown, Rae Hamill, eight, and Ella Fleming, seven, will perform a variety of lyrical, jazz contemporary, hip hop and acro routines following their successful video auditions last month.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The Dance World Cup is the most prestigious competition in the dance calendar and only the best dancers from around the world are selected to compete, with the competition featuring dancers from sixty-two countries and a total of 120,000 competitors.Principal coach Amy McCabe told Lanarkshire Live: “Our team of coaches are still taking the amazing news in. "This is the first time we have put our girls forward for such a huge competition. "This will be an amazing experience for them and we are all extremely proud of the hard work and determination they have all shown to qualify.

To represent Team Scotland at a world-wide competition is a massive achievement."Meanwhile, the team has launched a fundraising campaign to help cover the cost of the