Her dream of taking to the decks at the club may not have come true just yet - she is still at primary school, after all.

But young DJ Emily Allen has been able to get the lockdown party started by playing dance sets streamed online from her home in Allington, near Maidstone.

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Proud dad Jon Allen, who runs the regular SLAM night at the Social Chill Bar in the county town, has been arranging virtual parties for music fans missing their dancefloor fix because of the closure of pubs and clubs.

The 10-year-old Allington Primary School pupil - who says she loves to make people dance - has been given the chance to open up the weekly online sessions.

She said: "My dad does DJing and I did it on his laptop a few times, and then I asked him if I could DJ at his nightclub called SLAM, but then because we're in lockdown we did an online thing and he asked if I wanted to do it, and I said yes.

"Me and my dad looked at songs that I wanted to do, and out of the songs we put some together that would mix well, and then we tried them out and saw if they worked or didn’t.

"I love singing and I have been singing ever since I was two, it’s my comfort zone. I have been singing in front of like 200 people. But I also like DJing, and maybe I could do both."

Mr Allen has organised a number of events in Maidstone prior to the lockdown being implemented, and says the online parties are a great way to get like-minded people together despite the social distancing rules required to slow the spread of coronavirus.

The 45-year-old dad of three said: "We were due to run our next gig in March but lockdown happened. Our DJs got our heads together and after lots of late nights, blood, sweat and ridiculously long Zoom calls, we collectively live-streamed.

"Emily, at the tender age of 10, kicked the nights off with perfectly mixed 45-minute sets.

"We are trying to bring people together during the lockdown, it's making it much more accessible. People can broadcast to the world from their bedroom, the tech has made it much more user-friendly."

This weekend's virtual rave attracted more than 100 online guests, and it looks like becoming a weekly party.

And how is our budding DJ finding the lockdown? "I like home-schooling," she said, "because I get to be at home and stay with my family, but I miss my friends. I have been calling them quite a lot, but I still want to see them."

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