<p><strong>Over the Rainbow</strong> - It’s been a really tough competition but throughout, our local girl,<strong> Lauren Samuels</strong> has shined above the others as an amazingly talented and truly professional performer and singer. Now at this final stage <strong>Lauren needs our support </strong>more than ever to help her take the ultimate prize – the role of Dorothy in Over the Rainbow.</p> <p><a title="Visit the bestof Hinckley feature for HSDS" href="http://www.thebestof.co.uk/local/hinckley/business-guide/feature/hinckley-speech-and-drama-studio/64781" target="_blank"><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff6600">Hinckley Speech & Drama Studio (HSDS)</span></strong></a> will be filming with the BBC today at <strong>Concordia Theatre</strong> and this piece should be featured on local <strong>BBC news broadcasts over the next few days</strong>, which may well help to raise the profile for Lauren and add further support but it still needs you to pick up the telephone and VOTE on Saturday evening during the show - <a title="BBC One - Over the Rainbow website" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rd98s" target="_blank"><strong><span style="COLOR: #ff6600">BBC One televison show at 19:00 - Over the Rainbow</span></strong></a>.</p> <p>Let’s all do our bit to help our local talent – Lauren, achieve her goal and all the success that it will bring her.  Lauren’s success will of course also be enjoyed by all of the local people (including our bestof speech & drama studio HSDS) who have each played their parts in nurturing Lauren’s talents.</p> <p>It will be down to us, the viewers and supporters, to decide who has the chance of taking on this coveted role.  Show your support and <strong>take time to vote for Lauren</strong> over the weekend so that we can give her the best possible chance of achieving this life changing opportunity to play Dorothy in the production of Over the Rainbow.</p> <p><span style="COLOR: #ff6600"><strong>Read our blog article in April for further details.</strong></span></p>/556d797c-e2d0-4a01-bc17-b585108e3765.jpg/858ed94e-4bb5-4fdf-8aa7-d2460472dc9d.jpg