Debbie Whiteside
First Principle Soloist

I used to enter Uncle Peter Websters talent show and I was lucky enough to win it, I won a gold watch singing Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown. Mum and dad sent me to singing lessons I had an audition when I was 11 to get into the Tower Ballet, Charles Barlow and his orchestra backed me where I was first principle singer.

When the evening show finished you had to check you had no trace of makeup on your face coming out and short socks. I was in the Tower Ballet from 11 to 15.

Debbie Whiteside