A LOCAL Keep Fit teacher has been honoured with the chance to choreograph a team demonstration item at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Alysia Gilda has been coaching the team at St, Martin's Sports Centre for the past few months ready for the show 'Moved to Dance' which is the showcase event of the Keep Fit Association.

Here, teams from around England show their displays in a 3 hour show in front of a packed audience.

Alysia runs a dancing school in Bolton-le-Sands, and was thrilled to be asked to lead the team in her Silver Jubilee year - she first opened her dancing school in 1977.

She joined Lune Valley KFA soon afterwards, and has produced demonstration items for the local team over the last 25 years, but this is her first Albert Hall production, although she has performed as a team member in past years.

The team is made up of KFA members from the North West areas of Wirral, Fylde, Manchester, North-East Lancs, and the Lune Valley.

Six ladies from the Lancaster/S.

Cumbria area came through the auditions to get on the team.

Val Patterson from Barrow, Rose Crawford and Sadie Taylor from Ulverston and Ann Wardle from Bolton-le-Sands have all been on the North West Albert Hall team many times before, but it is the first time that Kym Walton from Slyne and Alethea Robinson from Morecambe have been on the team.

Both attend Alysia's classes and were encouraged to try for the team by Alysia, and they are looking forward to the experience.

A large contingent of local members of Lune Valley KFA are travelling down to London to support the team.

Alysia was inspired by the musical 'Fosse', which she saw when she was last on the team two years ago, and has used music from this show - 'Steam Heat' - for the team item this year.

Team members have found the work 'challenging', as most of them are not trained dancers, but they have risen to the challenge, and are looking forward to the weekend in London.