AN ELLESMERE Port twinkle-toes is among the youngest in the UK to take part in a prestigious dance competition.

Scarlett Lewis, nine, is in the final three in the Junior Theatre Award category of the Classique Ball & Awards in South- port this Saturday.

The awards will be hosted by former Emmerdale actress and model Linda Lusardi and her husband Sam Kane.

Scarlett’s mum, Donna Lewis, said she was “very proud” of the Christ Church Primary pupil, who attends the town’s Chriska dance school.

Mrs Lewis added: “The Classique Ball & Awards is one of the top events in the dancer’s calendar, with professional awards for teachers, choreo- graphers and dancers alike, and is selected by a professional panel of adjudicators from all over the UK.”