Girls practise for Middle East dance

5:00pm Friday 15th March 2013 in News

Martha Howard, right, is pictured preparing for the charity dance show. Picture: OX57728 Jon Lewis Buy this photo » Martha Howard, right, is pictured preparing for the charity dance show. Picture: OX57728 Jon Lewis

EIGHT-year-old dancer Martha Howard is among those preparing for a charity dance show later this month.

The Middle Eastern-themed Shimmytastic will raise cash for Bloxham Primary School and the county branch of stillbirth and neonatal death charity, Sands.

It is being organised by Bloxham primary teacher and Oxfordshire Sands chairman Karen Hancox, whose daughter Kayleigh was stillborn in 2007.

She said: “The death of a baby is still very taboo. It can lead to feelings of immense isolation.

“Funds at Oxfordshire Sands are running low and we desperately need money to continue the charity’s work supporting bereaved parents.”

The show will be held on Sunday, March 24, at 2.30pm at the village’s secondary, Bloxham School, in Banbury Road.

Tickets are £8 and available from the Tadmarton Road primary school, from Mrs Hancox on 07870 345983 or shimmytasticshow@ gmail.com.

To donate visit justgiving.com/kayleighhancox

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Comments (2)

7:46pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Myron Blatz says...

Is it right to show photos of young girls in the Oxford Mail, when parents and grandparents are stopped taking photos of their own children by many schools?
Is it right to show photos of young girls in the Oxford Mail, when parents and grandparents are stopped taking photos of their own children by many schools? Myron Blatz

9:05pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Karen Hancox says...

Please be assured that all parental consent was gained prior to photographs being taken for this event.
Please be assured that all parental consent was gained prior to photographs being taken for this event. Karen Hancox

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