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Samantha
has been performing on stage since
the age of two and has been
in many professional and amateur productions.
At
the age of two she started dance
classes with Sandra Taylor School of
Dance, a local dance school at
Essington in the West Midlands. She
took part in her first dance show
the week before her 3rd birthday and
danced in a show every year after
that.
By
the age of eight, Samantha was
also taking classes at another dance
school in Willenhall, which at the
time was run by Jackie Bailey. The school
had a contract for the pantomimes
at 'The Grand Theatre', Wolverhampton.
Sam auditioned to be a juvenile
dancer and was over the moon when
she was chosen. The pantomime was
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears and starred
Frank Bruno.
The
same year she played the lead
role of The Pied Piper in
the school play, was a
finalist in a BBC Blue Peter
dance competition, and joined 'Youth
Onstage', an amateur dramatics
society for kids.
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Between
the ages of nine and
fifteen Sam performed in many
musicals for 'Youth Onstage' and
successfully auditioned for four
professional pantomimes at Wolverhampton's
'Grand Theatre' and one at
'Stafford Gatehouse', working with
stars such as Cannon and
Ball, The Grumbleweeds, Paul Hendy,
Richard Cadell and Sooty,
Emma Atkins and Gary Wilmot.
At
this time Sam began to do
supporting artist work in T.V.
and appeared in Doctors, Hollyoaks,
Grange Hill and Midsomer Murders. She
also joined the 'Steptacular' dance
school in Willenhall where she took
lessons with Beverley Harris in
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