Editing Stacey Q (section)

==Early life==
Swain was born on November 30, 1958, in the [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] suburb of [[Fullerton, California]].<ref name=somethings>{{cite web|url=http://www.stacey-q.com/somethings.htm|title=Stacey Q: Some Things About Her|work=Stacey-Q.com|access-date=2007-01-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125182648/http://www.stacey-q.com/somethings.htm|archive-date=2007-01-25}}</ref><ref name=discogs2>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/53539-Stacey-Q|title=Discogs Stacey Q Page|website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=2006-01-24}}</ref> She is the youngest of three children.<ref name=book>{{cite web|url=http://www.stacey-q.com/book.htm|title=Stacey Q: You Wrote The Book|work=Stacey-Q.com|access-date=2007-01-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125182554/http://www.stacey-q.com/book.htm|archive-date=2007-01-25}}</ref> Her mother, Joyce, bred [[Cardigan Welsh Corgi]]s that have appeared in [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films and television.<ref name=anon>{{cite web|url=http://home.pacbell.net/awiring/interview.html|title=Interview Intercepted Through Wire Tap – Joyce Swain, Mama Q. | work = The Official Stacey Q Fan Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030227073131/http://home.pacbell.net/awiring/interview.html|archive-date=2003-02-27|url-status=dead }}</ref> In a 1989 interview, Swain said she was three years old when she asked for dance lessons, but had to wait until she was five,<ref name=fb>{{cite web|url=http://home.pacbell.net/awiring/flashback.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030227073708/http://home.pacbell.net/awiring/flashback.html|archive-date=2003-02-27|title="AnOnYmOuS Flashback" at The Official Stacey Q Fan Club (dead site)|access-date=2007-04-20}}</ref> when she did [[classical ballet]]. In 1969, she became the youngest member of the Dance Theater of Orange County, a local company that performed at [[benefit show]]s in [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]].<ref name=anon/><ref name=myspace/> She spent 11 years studying ballet and also learned [[flamenco|flamenco dancing]].<ref name=book/> She performed at multiple [[Disneyland]]'s Christmas ''Fantasy on Parade'' events. She studied at the Community Theatre of Performing Arts and the Wilshire Theatre of Arts.<ref name=somethings/> She also performed in costume as the "Dutch Puppet", a name she used as a publishing alias during her early recording career.<ref name=somethings/><ref name=anon/> She went to [[Loara High School]] during her sophomore year, but then transferred to [[Anaheim High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/edu/889/000165394/|title=Loara High School, Anaheim, CA|website=www.nndb.com}}</ref> After graduating from high school in 1976, Swain joined the [[Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus]], where she performed as a showgirl in her first year, and as an elephant rider in her second year.<ref name=somethings/><ref name=book/> Her first singing project was a Los Angeles radio spot where she introduced and announced programs while impersonating members of [[The Go-Go's]].<ref name=anon/>