AMATEUR dancers are set to dazzle in front of celebrity judges in a bid to raise cash for cancer patients across Glasgow and the west.
Beatson Cancer Charity's Strictly Come Dancing event will see Donnie Burns, American Dancing With the Stars host, perform on the night.
Held on October 8 at DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central, the night will showcase the moves of five teams - each with personal connections to the charity.
There will be two professional dancers assigned to groups of six novices and each group will dance as a formation.
Team Eilidh, from Lanarkshire, are supporting the charity in memory of 22-year-old Eilidh McHugh who died in 2017 after being diagnosed with a rare cancer.
They have raised more than £400,000 for the charity since Eilidh passed away.
Elaine McHugh, Eilidh’s mum, said: “When we lost Eilidh, as a family we made a positive decision that we would make a difference in her name in the world – and that’s what we’ve been doing for five years.
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“Eilidh loved to dance and it’s not easy for us to dance because that’s carefree and fun and life is difficult some days, but it really strengthens our soul to do this and we’re forever grateful for the team coming together and we’ll dance on the night in her name."
Team Eilidh will go toe-to-toe with Beat 6, made up of members from the Six by Nico group.
Nico opened Beat 6 to give back to the charity after his wife Valentina was diagnosed with cancer when she was 25 years old and was treated at the Beatson.
Morgan Pope, brand director at Six by Nico, said: “We decided to take part because we opened Beat 6 and fundraising for Beatson Cancer Charity is at the core of what we do at the restaurant.
“Beatson Cancer Charity’s close to everyone at the company but mostly Nico, and obviously he’s a great dancer so we thought ‘let’s show everyone his two-step’."
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Glasgow-based cladding firm Curtis Moore Ltd are also taking part in the event following a personal link to the Beatson, as is chief executive of
AutoRek in Glasgow, Gordon McHarg, with a team of friends and family.
Family and friends from the Malcolm Group are also taking part.
Judges for Strictly Beatson include Donnie, who was born in Hamilton and now lives in California.
He has previously hosted Dancing with the Stars in America and was heavily involved with Strictly Come Dancing in the planning stages of the show.
He’ll be joined by his wife Heidi Groskreutz, who is best known for reaching the finals of the second season of So You Think You Can Dance in America.
Also judging alongside the couple will be professional ballroom dancer Barbara McColl, and broadcaster Bryan Burnett will host.
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