Worthing student performs in London for Queen's Platinum Jubilee beacon lighting ceremony

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Young Rustington performer Sydney Craddock will be appearing live at the beacon lighting in London to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

A singer, dancer and actor, the Davison High School student has been training with West End Kids since the age of 11 and recently took part in the troupe's recording of A Life Lived With Grace, the official song for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

This new song is a special tribute to the Queen, commissioned to be sung by groups in all 54 Commonwealth countries at the same time as the lighting of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee beacons around the world on Thursday, June 2.

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Martin Williams, West End Kids founder and musical supervisor, said: "The West End Kids are excited to be able to make such a significant contribution to such a momentous occasion and hope that the song will bring happiness to everyone who watches it."

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The song was composed by Vincent Atueyi Chinemelu with lyrics by Lucy Kiely.

Alison Cox, founder and chair of trustees for The Commonwealth Resounds, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to have the West End Kids provide such a fun and energetic performance to the project, which the Queen's Pageantmaster Bruno Peek entrusted to The Commonwealth Resounds, celebrating Her Majesty the Queen's extraordinary 70-year dedicated reign over the UK and the Commonwealth."

Sydney has a busy summer ahead, performing with West End Kids at the Glastonbury Festival later in June and a host of other exciting events.

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