Dawn Ralph

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Dawn Ralph is mostly known as the young girl soloist that sang on 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma' by St Winifred's School Choir.^[1] The song was a Christmas number one in the UK charts in 1980.

Along came many other recordings:- a Disney themed album, a Christmas Album, 'Hold My Hand'...etc... There were many TV appearances:- 'Top Of The Pops', 'Tiswas', Christmas themed shows...etc... And many live appearances at theatre's ....

Although Dawn enjoyed the success, she didn't always enjoy the attention and turned down many opportunies at the time - including an offer to play 'Annie' in the West End Musical.

Now in her thirties, Dawn is happily married^[2] with one daughter. She still knocks back offers for interviews and TV shows and has no regrets about her decision to stay out of the limelight - despite the possibly of being a huge star if she had continued and accepted the mutliple opportunites offered to her at the time.

Her last TV appearance was on 'This Is Your Life' in the nineties. The show focused on Sister Aquinas - the former Head Mistress of St Winifred's School who was honoured for the work she did for the School along with her considerable charity work. For this reason only, Dawn was happy to step into the public eye for one short moment.

Dawn is immensely proud of St Winifred's and the 'interesting' childhood it gave her.

Memorable moments include:-

A photo shoot with prime minister, Margaret Thatcher in London's Hyde Park.

Appearing on 'Pebble Mill At One' with Tele Savalas - TV's Kojak.

Recording a Disney anniversary album and performing at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Paul McCartney gave Dawn a rose at the 'Guinness Book of Hit Singles' party in London.

Terry Wogan famously called Dawn a 'smurf' - referring to her high voice.

Near Misses:-

The School recorded a song 'Welcome John Paul' in anticipation of the Pope's visit. Unfortunately he cancelled due to illness. The School were going to meet him personally.