WHEN Peta-Lynne Buchanan was 15 she started choreographing for the dance school founded by her mother Ruby Hayles, The Sunrays.

This weekend Ms Buchanan will celebrate 40 years of her own school, Sunraysia Dance Academy.

"I can't believe I've done it this long," she said.

"I've always loved to dance, and I knew this was where I wanted to be.

"You have to forgo a lot of things, a lot of blood, ...