Foot-stomping Cossacks bring the house down

Saturday 14 August 2004 00:00 BST

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A troupe of Ukrainian Cossack dancers literally brought the house down with a foot-stomping performance.

Svitanok, from Kiev, was due to stage an outdoor exhibition in Alnwick, Northumberland. Because of heavy rain it switched to an upstairs concert room, but the owner of a wool shop downstairs noticed the building was shaking.

Then to Dawn McMullen's horror, the ceiling caved in, showering her stock with dust, plaster and debris. She said: "I got a huge shock, but luckily there were no customers standing beneath."

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