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A dance troupe's trip to the US is back on just days after the money to pay for flights and hotels went missing. | A dance troupe's trip to the US is back on just days after the money to pay for flights and hotels went missing. |
Girls from Bobbi's Academy of Dance in Swindon, Wiltshire, have now raised enough money to make sure Monday's trip goes ahead. | Girls from Bobbi's Academy of Dance in Swindon, Wiltshire, have now raised enough money to make sure Monday's trip goes ahead. |
The group had been due to fly out to the international competition in California last week until it was noticed money raised had disappeared. | The group had been due to fly out to the international competition in California last week until it was noticed money raised had disappeared. |
Amanda Williams, 51, from Swindon, has been charged with fraud. | Amanda Williams, 51, from Swindon, has been charged with fraud. |
She was remanded in custody on Saturday after appearing before magistrates in the town accused of the £27,000 fraud between 31 January and 3 April this year. | |
Free accommodation | |
The dancers raised £11,000 to pay for flights to the US so they could compete in an international competition. | |
The organisers waived their entry fee and also gave the dance troupe free accommodation. | |
Friends, family, neighbours and businesses, including the De Vere Hotel in Swindon, all donated money. | |
The girls have also donated their £100 spending money to the fund. | |
One mother, Carol Morris, who has been behind the fundraising efforts, said: "Everyone has been so generous and pitched in, we've managed to get the money together. | |
"The girls will get there a day late and they'll be tired but they will be there to dance, and that's all they want to do." |
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