Rushtons Chartered Accountants very-own Stacey Whelan (MAAT) has made it to the Dance Hero Finals.
Her story was recently picked up by the Blackpool Gazette, which ran with the headline ‘I’m a boring accountant by day and burlesque dancer by night’!
Whelan will be among the 12 finalists in the 2024 Dance Floor Heroes Show at The Blackpool Winter Gardens Empress Ballroom on Friday 14 June.
The event has been called the ‘Strictly for real people’, and Whelan will be paired with a professional partner (Ping) for the competition.
All the monies raised goes to the Tia’s Crown – a local charity which supports well-being and mental health through dance.
Whelan started dancing with tap and musical theatre and then went on to burlesque dancing with her pal, and it all spiralled from there!
She told PQ magazine: “I’ve found my happy place in dancing and doing what I love and raising money for charity at the same time, spreads that happiness.”
Whelan is running a Burlesque and Bubbles fundraiser for the charity on Friday 31 May, with friends and fellow finalists Loie McNeill (an NHS accountant) and Linda Adams. Here is a link to her fundraiser page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/stacey-whelan-1712405490877?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fstacey-whelan-1712405490877&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
Read all the news first in the latest PQ magazine, out now: https://issuu.com/pqpublishing/docs/pq_jun24_multi.
