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DEBBIE IS 36 AND HAS BEEN PERFORMING LOCALLY SINCE HER FIRST SOLO DANCE PERFORMANCE AT THE CONGRESS - AGED 6. DEBBIE HAS WORKED IN YOUTH THEATRE FOR 18 YEARS AND HAS DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED FOR MANY LOCAL GROUPS. SHE SPENT 7 YEARS WORKING FOR EASTBOURNE COLLEGE AND MORE RECENTLY HAS WORKED AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR RATTON SCHOOL AND CHOREOGRAPHED THE RATTONIANS PRODUCTION OF 'FAME'. DEBBIE HAS APPEARED IN 'BUDDY' FOR THE BBC AND MADE SEVERAL PRO RECORDINGS. AS A QUALIFIED NURSERY NURSE DEBBIE HAS WORKED WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND BELIEVES IT HELPS IF YOU ARE A BIG KID YOURSELF!!

THOMAS IS 31 AND AS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN - PLAYING SAXOPHONE, CLARINET AND PIANO - HE HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE THE AGE OF 11. THOMAS MOVED TO EASTBOURNE FROM LEWES WHEN HE MET AND MARRIED DEBBIE AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN - ELIZA AND FINIAN. TOM HAS ACTED AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR MANY LOCAL GROUPS AND IS WELL KNOWN FOR PERFORMING IN COUNTLESS PRINCIPAL ROLES IN LOCAL THEATRE. HE HAS PLAYED VERY DIVERSE ROLES FROM 'BILL SNIBSON' IN 'ME AND MY GIRL' TO 'TONY' IN 'WEST SIDE STORY'. TOM WORKS FOR SUSSEX POLICE.

CATHERINE IS 16 YEARS OLD AND HAS JUST FINISHED HER LAST TERM AS A STUDENT AT TRAPDOOR. AS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL LOCAL GROUPS CATHERINE IS WELL KNOWN TO EASTBOURNE AUDIENCES AS A PERFORMER AND HAS PLAYED A HUGE VARIETY OF ROLES. AS A PUPIL OF RATTON SCHOOL CATHERINE PERFORMED IN MANY SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS AND WENT ON TO JOIN THE RATTONIANS PLAYING 'ANYBODYS' IN 'WEST SIDE STORY' AND MOST RECENTLY CREATING THE ROLE OF 'GEORGIA WASHINGTON' IN THE UK PREMIER OF 'FAME FOREVER'. CATHERINE RECENTLY BEGAN HER 6TH FORM STUDIES AT BATTLE ABBEY, WHERE SHE WAS AWARDED THE JOHANNA LUMLEY SCHOLARSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS.