Tracey-Lee McKinney

2026 Adjudicator

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Tracy-Lee was trained by Yvonne Duffy LTCL as a private student in Sydney from an early age and competed in many Eisteddfods around the Sydney, Bankstown and Sutherland Shire area. Tracy and her sister performed at Hurstville Musical Society and the Rockdale Light Opera Company from a young age. After a career on stage dancing and acting in light operas, such as Lacia Di Lammemoor, The Gondoliers and many other performances, Tracy moved into TV commercials with Lionel Long's Screen Actors studio and Radio with Steven O'Doughty's Sundown Rundown on 2CH.At 25yrs of age Tracy-Lee wrote a poem and won a competition to meet and watch John Denver's concert in Sydney. She has written, directed and choreographed many end-of-year performances with her studios in Bathurst and Tamworth. After moving to Melbourne Tracy taught at Mentone Girls Grammar school and continued to write and publish poetry, monologues and duologues. She continued to study the Art of Speech and obtained Associates under Trinity college London as well as Licentiate with the IMEB (International Music Examination Board) under the guise of Dr. Tim Smith and Professor Darryl Hines. Many of her students have become Speech Therapists, worked on TV and live stage as well as travelled to London to work with some prestigious Drama Companies. Currently, Tracy teaches at Kinross Wollaroi Private school in Orange preparing students for their exams and writes/directs pantomimes for end of year performances.