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WHAT A WEEK IT WAS FOR AWARDS WINNER ELLIE
Good news came in threes for Best of Wearside Awards winner Ellie White.
For as well as winning the Child of Achievement category in last year’s competition, there was a new addition to the family just three days after the awards night when mum Joanne had a baby boy called Harrison.
And if that wasn’t enough, dad Darren celebrated his 40th birthday on the night that Ellie won her award!
Joanne, from the Fulwell area, reflected on the amazing awards finale and said: “We absolutely loved it. We thought it was brilliant.”
She told how Ellie, seven, has continued to perform wonders in the dance world and has added to her string of top titles even though she is now competing against dancers aged up to 10.
She has been awarded tickets to attend the biggest dance convention in the world in March.
And Ellie has a host of competitions on the way in places such as Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford.
Ellie, who attends NU Dance with Rachel Jackson, won last year’s awards after judges heard she had achieved numerous first places for her solo dances in styles including ballet,tap and modern.
The talented youngster has been dancing for the past four years and joined the competition team two yearsago.
Since then she has won 82 first places, 39 second places and 36 third places.
Her triumphs have included most outstanding dancer, most personality, most entertaining dancer, most outstanding performance for her song and overall performer of any age.
Joanne also had a mes-