Mansfield Rotary is looking to find past winners of Junior Showtime to invite them to a celebration dinner being held to commemorate 50 years of the annual event.

In particular, the club would like to contact Paul Tomlinson, who was the first winner in 1975.
Junior Showtime helps to showcase the skills of talented local youngsters, with categories for vocalists, instrumentalists, dance troupes, variety, and dance.

Many previous winners have gone on to find fame in a variety of productions. Carli Poali is now an international singing star who has sung for the Pope, Lucy Kay came second in ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent and has starred in panto in Liverpool, and Paige Nussey was selected out of thousands of applicants as part of a four-person entertainment team for a year-long world cruise.

This year’s competition heats take place over three evenings in February, with the final scheduled to take place at Mansfield Palace Theatre on the afternoon of 23rd February.

Entries for the 2025 competition are open and forms are available to download at www.mansfieldrotary.co.uk

If people have been a winner, or know of any past winners, they are asked to text the organiser of Junior Showtime, Paul Bacon, on 07973 269033 as soon s possible.