Strictly Come Dancing Weekend Experience

The son of band leader Ray Ellington, Lance got his first performing break winning the TV series “New Faces” in 1977 as part of the duo Koffee ‘n’ Kreme. This TV exposure led Lance touring with Johnny Mathis as well as performing at the Royal Variety Show. From there Lance’s career skyrocketed as he went on to work with major artists such as Robbie Williams, George Michael, Sting and Michael Jackson, as well as writing songs for artists including Westlife and Steps. Lance is well known to viewers of Strictly Come Dancing, having joined the line-up of singers with Dave Arch’s band in 2012, and he has sung the lead vocal to many iconic dance routines. Lance has released four albums and continues to tour, record and perform throughout the world.

 

Originally from Belfast, Patrick is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and is a world-renowned singer and stage performer. Patrick’s stage career began with performances in the revival of the musical “Hair” and he went on to perform on the West End stage in shows such as “We Will Rock You”, “Singin’ In The Rain” and “Phantom Of The Opera”. Patrick has provided supporting vocals to recording by artists such as Robbie Williams, Il Divo and Russell Watson and has toured with Michael Ball & Alfie Boe, Elton John and most recently provide backing vocals for Phil Collins on Genesis world tour. Strictly fans will have seen Patrick as one of the vocalists in Dave Arch’s band on “Strictly Come Dancing” as well as a featured vocalist in the “Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour” and “Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals” tours.

 

 

Tommy began his singing career aged nine performing as part of The Blaize Brothers with his siblings Tony and Darrin. Performing at clubs across the UK, Tommy got the taste for performing and his vocal talents led to him working with artists as diverse as Robbie Williams, Stevie Wonder and Queen. Tommy has been a vocalist on Strictly Come Dancing since its inception in 2004 and his distinct voice has accompanied many iconic dances across the twenty series of the show so far. In that time, he has sung hundreds of songs of all different styles and he relishes the challenge of learning new songs every week as each series goes on. Tommy released his own album, "Life & Soul" in 2017 and is currently working on the follow up.