Questions for Lulu Cartwright

Hi Lulu, I must start by saying what a great job you did with the routine for Wings -Silly Love Songs, Cherry, Patti and Yourself were wonderful and it really summed up the hot summer of 1976. Do You still dance these days?.

Another question for lovely Lulu is I may be so bold.  After leaving TOTP did one of you take responsibility for the choreography or did it become a team effort?

Hi Lulu,

I really like your hairstyle from your Ruby Flipper days, how do you feel about that era, looking back, do you like the fashions, hairstyles and music from the 1970s Disco era?, I love the mid/late 1970s myself.

Hi Lulu,

Not a question this time, just a compliment.

I saw you dancing with Ruby Flipper in the rerun of TOTP very early this morning dancing to Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, I have always loved that song and you looked really lovely, what an entertaining and amusing routine, everyone did really well, this along with Silly Love Songs, Heart On My Sleeve & Morning Glory has become a great favourite Ruby Flipper routine of mine - Thanks Lulu, for such a young lady you did a fantastic job.

PJ

by gum panfan i didnt expect my question to be answered to soon ,thanks for taking the time to ask lulu ,i must admit i do forget sometimes when i ask these sort of questions that it is such a long time ago to expect the dancers to remember every routine they did ,i suppose if the dancers themselves dont remember the missing routines theres no other chance of getting any definite proof ,other than the routines might by magic turn up somehow somewhere one day ,but thanks anyway panfan and of course lulu 

hi ,lulu do you still keep in contact with the other girls from legs and co ,

Lulu going back to your ruby flipper days im glad that you were picked because you were always my favourite but did you know if mary from pans people was invited to join the new group ,she had only been with pans for 6 months and was still young and a good dancer i just wondered why she never went on to join ruby flipper ,

Lulu was there any routine that legs and co did on totp that caused any complaints either by the public or mary whitehouse    to the bbc ,were any said to have been not suitable either costume wise or dance move wise for a family tv show ,because as you know things were very different in the 60 and 70s on tv, and mary whitehouse was always on the lookout for something she didnt think was acceptable for us, the british public, lol 

hi lulu ,when you took over the running of legs and co ,did you keep the name legs and co for the group ,or was it always the same ,i know at one time it was in a newspaper that legs were after a new name ,after their time on totp ,and people could send in suggestions ,i remember sending in a name ,but ive gotta be honest i cant remember what i thought of now ,but obviously i dont think it must have been a very successsful suggestion of a new name from me lol

Hi lulu ,what do your children think about your career as a dancer in one of britain most famous dance troupes ever ,are they proud of the fact that you have still got lots of fans ,30  years after legs left totp,which just go to show what an impression pans and legs made on the british public

Hi Lulu,

You looked AMAZING in last weeks TOTP re-run, your hair was at its 1970s best, I wish there were more photos available of yourself during late summer 1976.

I agree with Cherrys Eyebrows ( I love that name.......has anyone noticed how cute Marys eyebrows are?, lol ) I cant wait to read Lulus interview at this website, cant be too long now and Im sure it will be worth waiting for.

Hi Lulu - first of all I'd like to say I had a real crush on you back in '76 onwards when I was 6, which has returned with a vengeance watching the reruns of TOTP! :)

So, a couple of questions if I may - as a musician I love the process of writing a song, creating something new from whatever inspires me. Sometimes I just begin with a simple melody, lyric or chord structure, and it takes off in twists and turns from there.

What intrigues me is where on earth did you begin creating a dance routine? Especially one involving so many bodies! And how did it evolve into the finished routine? How difficult was it to create and learn these dances within such a short timeframe?

Secondly, one of the things I love about the charts in the 70s and 80s was the diversity of the music. So many different genres, from disco, rock 'n' roll, punk, funk, new romantic etc. Was there a particularly favourite 'era' or style of music you had a fondness for? And any that you had a definate disliking of?

And finally (for now!) did you often get recognised in public? Did you feel like a celebrity? You must have had a fantastic life, being so young too.

By the way, your hair looked awesome back in '76, did you ever go back to that style? It really suited you! I think they modelled Amanda Holdens' look on you for the series The Grimleys. The resemblance is striking!

Jase (Lulu fan club member 001) :)

Before asking any questions,I,d just like to thank you,and the others in Legs&Co,for all the joy you've given.Best wishes to all of you.                                                               Glenn

How did the routines for the cabaret act version of Legs & Co vary from those of TOTPs?I mean,could you give us a taste of what we might have expected to see had we been lucky enough to see a show?Thank you and Happy New Year Lulu. 

Slowly getting through this website (lots of content here!) I have just discovered Legs & Co appeared on Celebrity It's A Knockout, and Tiswas. Uptil now I have been quite envious of all the bands the girls worked alongside in their career, but now I am downright jealous! I'd have loved to have been on those shows! Lol!

Any recollections of those appearances, Lulu?

Jase

Hi Lulu, Did you ever meet Pans People member Mary Corpe?, I wonder if you ever met duing 1976 while Ruby Flipper were being trainned by Flick as the new TOTP dancers. Also, what are your favourite tv programmes? Have you ever watched Life On Mars and its follow up series Ashes To Ashes?.

Patti & Yourself looked amazing on your Never Mind The Buzzcocks appearence ( although I dilike this programme as I feel they belittle their guests, not my type of humour ) are you still in contact with Patti?, if you are, please send her my love.

I would like to ask Lulu if there were any songs she would have liked to have danced to 1976-81 but never got the chance.  Also does Lulu think it would have worked for Legs & Co to have continued on TOTP beyond 1981 and what challenges would they have faced [besides the dreaded Hurll]

One clip on YouTube called 'Nice Legs Shame About The Face' is very funny.What are your memories of that sketch.Thanks Lulu.

I understand you,Sue and Patti managed the business side of Legs after TOTPs?How was it for you managing both roles. Also,what are your memories of your first dance on TOTPs with Ruby Flipper?Thanks Lulu.

Lulu,

What are your favourite tv programmes?, have you ever seen Life On Mars & its sequel Ashes To Ashes?, both recent favourites of mine and were great programmes for 1970s and early 80s nolstalgia.

There has been discussion lately lulu on the backing numbers from 1981 on totp ,now at the end of your time on totp ,i always then and now think it was very unfair when your main spot was taken off totp and you were just used as the backers ,but before that earlier in the year when you had your own spot on totp and you also did a backing number as well on the same show ,i really thought it was a real bonus for us fans to see you lot on totp twice in one night ,and some of the backing dances with fred wedlock ,shaky ,sharon redd and anneka etc ,were in my opinion very good backing performances which complimented the singer  on stage very well ,Where you all against doing any backing numbers at the time ,im on about the totp where you also performed your own spot as well,or didnt you mind helping to add a bit of glamour to the artists performance on stage