light-footed dancers from the Barbara Taylor School of Dance hope to raise more than £1,500 for charity with their annual show.

About 140 talented youngsters aged between three and 18 are staging It's Dance Time, the group's annual show, at New Earswick Folk Hall.

Barbara Taylor, who established the school nearly 36 year ago, said all the students had worked extremely hard for six months to prepare the sell-out show. She said all proceeds would be given to St Leonard's Hospice, the service for people with life-threatening illnesses, based in Tadcaster Road.

"The show is a mixture of different kinds of dances with ballet, song and dance and disco. The grand finale number is Cinderella," she said.

Updated: 09:20 Friday, May 23, 2003