Fourteen-year-old Katie Pearson hurt her leg while practicing her dance steps and is now on crutches; and Jeremy Davidson, 11, broke his arm in a cycling accident.

Katie still hopes to take to the stage for the Scala Performing Arts show Born To Perform at Yeadon Town Hall from April 23 to 26. But there is doubt that she can do the trickier dance steps in her role as Tinkerbell.

Jeremy's mum Karen says his biggest concern is that his costume might not fit! But he still hopes to do his solo as Sky Masterson in an excerpt from Guys and Dolls.

Both children and 80 other Scala Kids will perform favourites from top film and stage musicals like We Will Rock You and Hairspray.

Seats are still available for the Scala extravaganza for which the young performers, aged five upwards, have been rehearsing since September.
They hope to raise funds for Martin House Hospice. Last year they raised £6,000 for charity and hope to beat that total this time.

The two-and-a-half hour show will start with characters from Disney films.

Scala Performing Arts was founded 35 years ago by Lynne Walker who trained 12 girls for a local panto in a Bradford cinema called Scala – hence the name.

It has an outstanding reputation for producing new talent and one of its students, Matthew Lewis, 18, has played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter series of films.

* Tickets for Born To Perform cost £10 for adults and £8 for children and pensioners. Call (0113) 2577183.