Musical maestro Jenny Robertson's latest composition has so impressed judges in a national competition that she is to perform her song in the Millennium Dome.

Skipton Girls High School pupil Jenny, 17, of Grassington, is one of 22 youngsters who will perform at a spectacular concert in February, having beaten off the challenge of more than 2,000 other entries in the Children's Promise Song for the Millennium competition.

But before that, her song, The Guiding Hand, will feature on a Voices of Promise CD, due out in November in Marks & Spencer, and produced by Beatles producer Sir George Martin.

Jenny, who is studying music and is a member of Skipton-based band State of Mind, said it took about a month to write.

She was later selected as one of 500 composers to work with a professional musician on the song.

"The lyrics are not what I would normally write but they are in the spirit of the competition which is about the promise of the future. But I'm very pleased with it - chuffed with the way it came out,'' said Jenny, whose work is inspired by 1970s singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.

Her music teacher, Richard Davies, said: "I'm very impressed. Jenny is very talented. It's a memorable song and reflects her energy and enthusiasm.''

Voices of Promise is part of M&S's Children's Promise final hour fundraising campaign, which aims to persuade everyone to give the value of their final hour's earnings of this Millennium to help children of the next.

Maggie Semple, New Millennium Experience Company project manager, said: "Voices of Promise is our way of giving children the opportunity to tell us what their vision of the future is, in a most creative and educational way."

More than 1,000 UK companies, with more than 4.2 million employees, have already signed up to the Children's Promise, which is aiming to be Britain's largest-ever fundraising initiative.

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