STRICTLY CAT DANCING

Copyright Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2009

Text by Jade King and Anna Martin

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WELCOME TO THE FIRST SERIES OF

Strictly Cat Dancing!

Good evening, all you moggy movers! Here are your hosts: Jasper and the

cat-ilicious Bess.

Bess: Welcome everyone. We have a feast of dancing and prancing, glitter balls and fur

balls mamma meow! Im just itching to find out which lucky felines are going whisker-

to-whisker to win the Golden Furball Trophy in this seasons Strictly Cat Dancing!

Jasper: Itching? I think you had better get a new flea collar, Bess!

Bess: HISSSSSS!

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Bess

Jasper

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LETS MEET COUPLE NUMBER 1: FIFI AND FELIX.

Fifi LeFluff is best known for her role in Caternation Street as Trixie, the loud-mouthed matriarch of the knickers factory. Shes one moody

minx!

Felix Diablo grew up in Spain and is a professional dancer. He was a

finalist on last years Kittens Got Talent.

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I cant wait to shake my tail feathers!

Fifi

Felix

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INTRODUCING COUPLE NUMBER 2: TOMMY AND ALBERTA.

Star of TVs Kittenia High, Tommy Pilchard is guaranteed to set hearts

a-flutter. Well, Im just doing it for my old mum, who incidentally has a

bad case of hairballs and and Im not sure shell make it please vote

for me. Aww, isnt he sweet?

Lady Alberta Brusque III may be heir to the throne, but she insists her

dancing awards have come from hard work, blood, sweat and fleas. Im

not afraid to break a claw, she yowled at our researchers. Me-ow!

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Tommy

Alberta

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TAKING TO THE FLOOR WITH A FLOURISH, ITS COUPLE NUMBER 3:

GEORGE AND MABEL.

Officially disowned by the Liberal Demo-cats, George Addison-Hughes hopes his career change will get a kick-start here. Well, after my third wife left me, and my political career came to a halt, I felt the need to be surrounded by young, beautiful kittens again. Like Mabel here!

Mabel Kotskovia was Russian Ballroom Kitten Champion between the ages of two and five. George has wined and dined me since we started rehearsing, Ive put on so much weight, he as dropped me twice already!

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GeorgeMabel

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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ITS COUPLE NUMBER 4: POPPY AND GASTON.

Poppy Allbright is an upcoming all-singing, all-dancing, all-perfect feline, with a solid background in the performing arts and celebrity cat parents. I just love to dance! she exclaimed to our researchers, whilst trying to cat-wheel. And does she think her dance training will give her an unfair advantage in the competition? Oh, gosh no! I just want to bring a smile to the faces of all the little kittens. Kittens are our future!

Gaston Noir dancer, lover, secret agent has starred in several movies about

his own life. However, his specialist dance is the Lindy Hop. Cest la vie!

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Poppy

Gaston

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NOW ITS TIME TO MEET THE

JUDGES

Dolores Batfisher is one

sassy cat. A retired dancer,

and now a successful singer-

songwriter, she is best known

for her stage-musical, Mice!,

about the grubby rodents who

live among the tunnels of the

London Underground. Mice!

2: Mice in Space is scheduled

to hit the West End next year.

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Ken Meatyard may seem

like an unlikely judge for

a glamorous cat ballroom

competition, but look behind

the rabid stare and doggy

breath and youll find a true

connoisseur of feline dance.

Ken has written many

volumes of contemporary

poetry, including Pad Softly,

Sweet Kitten and Mewing

Echoes of the Soul.

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Champion of Inter-Species

Latin Ballroom five

years running, Lorenzo

Bigglesworth has made

a name for himself on the

controversial Human and

Cat Dance circuit. Some say

his motivation lies not in the

sardines handed out by his

human dance partner, Betty,

but the large inheritance

Lorenzo is set to receive

upon her demise.

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Sharpen your claws! Nigel

Clifford-King isnt known

as the cattiest tomcat in

showbiz for nothing. With

razor-sharp whiskers and

the temperament of a queen

on heat, some say Manx cat

Nigel is simply making up

for his lack of tail. Lets hope

the cats not got his tongue

tonight!

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