Anna Rudd

Occupation: Marketing & Website Development

From: Royal Academy of Good Sorts

About Me:

Growing up in Sydney I always loved weekends “in the bush” and it was not surprising when I fell for a country boy - Monaro local Damian Rudd.  We moved back to Cooma about 10 years ago and bought our farm “Dangelong”, where we now live with our two gorgeous sons - Tom who is 9 & Darcy who is 7. As a family we love going on holidays - whether it be riding in the mountains, skiing, going to the beach or taking our camper trailer to the outback!

My jobs are varied - first and foremost I’m a Mum and I also help Damian run the farm.  As well as that I have a marketing background so I work with my good friend Tan Ward in PR & website development as well as working with Upper Snowy Landcare.  In my spare time I help run the school canteen and P&C committee.

I love living in Cooma and all the great friends that we have here - it’s a fantastic town and the MCCR and events such as this are a testament to our community and what small towns can achieve.

Why I am participating in Strictly Musical:

Someone asked me recently if I could do any job I wanted, what would it be?  And I said that I’d perform on broadway - so I guess that Strictly Musical is the closest I’m ever going to get!!

Like just about everyone, cancer has very recently reminded me of it’s cruel nature.  A gorgeous friend of mine from school has just passed away leaving 2 beautiful very young daughters who won’t get to grow up with their Mum; and we’ve also just lost my uncle after a 15 year battle with the disease.

So whilst I’m going to have a heck of a lot of fun and get to know some great people along the way, I also appreciate the benefits that will come from this event for the Cooma community and for those local families that will be tragically effected by cancer.

My Choreographer are:

Tennille Casanova-Sturgeon & James (Boo) Ewart