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School Holidays - July, 2010
 With so many
eisteddfods over the break it really is hard to recognise everyone but some of
the stand out achievers included.
Caitlin Watson
- BDA Perpetual Award, HC singing duo at Mac Challenge with Lauren,
2nd Song and Dance Mac Challenge
Lachlan Dearing
- BDA Perpetual Award, Song and Dance Championship Winner at
Wollongong, Open Hip Hop Winner Wollongong
Cameron Wilcox
- Open Song and Dance and Song and Tap Winner Wollongong, 1st
Prize at the Bonnyrigg Talent Quest Final winning $500 in vouchers.
4th Place 12/U Open Fast Tap - Decadance, 2nd Place 12/U Open Song&Tap -
Decadance, 1st Place Open 12&14s Song
Jessica Wilcox
- Encouragement award at Bonnyrigg Talent Quest Final, 2nd place
Modern at Wollongong, 1st Place 10/U Open Song & Tap - Decadance, 1st Place 10/U
Open Sng&Soft Shoe - Decadance
Rosie, Ash, Shivvy
- 2nd Place at the Bonnyrigg Talent Quest Final, Senior
Division winning $400 worth of vouchers.
Annie O'Farrell
- Placed In Modern at Mac Challenge, 1st Place Wollongong Open Slow Tap, HC at
Decadance in Open Slow Tap
Miah-Rose Lake
- 1st Place Song and Dance at Mac Challenge and 2nd Place Tap Mac
Challenge, 2nd Place Song & Dance Wollongong, 2nd Place Song & Dance
Championship Wollongong, 1st Place Modern BDA, 1st Place Fast Tap BDA, HC Song &
Dance BDA (open)
Chelsea Ovijach
- 2nd Place Song and Dance Wollongong, 2nd Place Fast Tap Wollongong.
Ella Williams
- 1st Place 8u song and dance Wollongong
Maddison Stubbs
- 2nd Place in Jazz & 3rd Place in Tap at BDA Only, 3rd Place in Tap at BDA
Open, HC in Jazz at Wollongong
Kaitlin McDermott
- 2nd Place in Fast Tap and 2nd Place in Song & Dance at BDA Open
Kara Stokes
- 1st Place Novice Tap 6/U at BDA
Please send Willie an email if you have any other results to add to the list.
Moondance 2010
 Planetdance did extremely well at our second eisteddfod of the year. We placed
in every section we entered. Our official tally was
1st - 10
2nd- 4
3rd- 3
Our jazz results were outstanding - we took out every age group except 8s in
which we placed second. I was especially pleased with 'Ray of Light' which
really seemed to take on all of Mr Mitchell's notes from the last eisteddfod. I
must admit I was surprised to see the judges give a standing ovation for 'White
Wedding'. Through all my years at eisteddfods this has never happened. Our
senior troupe really pulled together after a hard week. Special mention to our
6/u troupes who both danced so well for their very first eisteddfod. We look
forward to our next competition where we will be competing against 18 schools!!!
The entertainment section was a blast to watch. Our "Elegance" girls looked
exquisite and our little nuns were so cute. The "Producers" stole the show again
- what a great routine!!!
Tappers once again did a great job with
our 8s and 10s coming in 1st and our seniors in 3rd place. "Cartoon Crew" was a
crowd favourite also taking out the top prize. Miss Isabelle would have been
pleased with the senior modern who looked very rehearsed and also won their
section.
We have to thank Miss Lyn for all her hard work on the costumes. I am so glad
she has been given the recognition she deserves by taking out all the costume
awards at the eisteddfod. Thanks also to Miss Allyson and Mitch who accompanied
me to Bangkok and helped pick out some of the costumes that were part of the
teams that won the awards.
The elimination sections were so much fun and gave us so many 'Moondance
Moments' for 2010. Click here for some photos.
Moondance Elimination
(Juniors)
It’s obviously taken me a while to recover from Moondance
because this report is so delayed. Please email Willie if I have missed anyone
out. We had great results in the elimination, just check out all the finalists
below.
SOLOS
6/u solo – 2nd Maddison Stubbs, 5th Hayley Rayner
8/u solo – 3rd Kate Orchard
9/u Boy – 5th Cameron Field
10/u solo – 1st Miah-Rose Lake, 2nd Brianna Dearing, 3rd
Jessica Wilcox, 4th Imogen Ovijach
12/u solo – 2nd Abbey Cantrill, 3rd Anneliese O’Farrell, 4th
Chelsea Ovijach, 5th Emily Mckay, 7th Brie Wakefield
12/u Boy Solo – 1st Cameron Wilcox, 2nd Lachlan Dearing, 5th
Nathan Wong
DUOS
8/u Duo -3rd Kate Orchard & Paris Lepre, 4th
Anna Pemberton & Emily Boesen
10/u Duo - 2nd Jessica Wilcox & Alicia Wong, 3rd Brianna
Dearing & Stephanie Risteski, 4th Miah-Rose Lake & Imogen Ovijach, 5th
Kaitlin McDermott & Jessica Brannelly.
12/u duo – 2nd Abbey Cantrill & Nathan Wong, 3rd Chelsea
Ovijach & Lachlan Dearing, 5th Amy Garrill & Brianna Wilkie, 6th
Teagan Cocchietto & Kayla Nyberg.
It was fabulous to see so many of our new students joining
in the elimination and some even making the finals on their first go!!!! Great
job! Planetdance was also lucky enough to be represented in the major junior
solo awards. Cameron Wilcox won $100 cash and the title of ‘Most Promising
Junior’ and Miah-Rose Lake won a free pass to the Australian Dance Workshops and
the title of ‘Most Outstanding Junior Girl’.
Click here for some other great shots of our elimination
students.
Dancelife Unite
Our first eisteddfod was a great kick start to
the year. The competition was fierce and inspiring at the same time. An industry
professional commented that there must be at least 7 of the top 15 schools in
Sydney competing at "Dancelife Unite". I feel privileged to hear that
Planetdance is considered in this league and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the
wonderful work that other studios have been doing as well.
Our tappers dominated at this eisteddfod -placing in every tap section. Our
12/Us received high praise from the judges coming in 1st place in a very hard
section. Special mention goes to our 8/U tap troupe who received 1st place in a
routine with lots of brand new members. It's great that you helped us keep up
our reputation in the younger tap sections - our littlies have placed 1st or 2nd
in every competition entered for the last 2 years!!!
The jazz sections were hotly contested. I was
particularly pleased with all the new Planetdancers who competed in these
sections. I have to single out the seniors in this category who really gave it
everything they possibly could in their 'White Wedding Routine'. To place 3rd,
with a brand new routine, amongst the top jazz schools in Sydney really was a
wonderful effort. Leanne Cherney, one of the adjudicators in this section
absolutely loved this routine and gave us a fabulous report. Lots of audience
members also commented how they loved our new senior dance.
The Cartoon Crew, although a small group also made a big impact in their Hip Hop
section.
Planetdance continues to strive to provide students with an all round performing
arts education. We believe that singing and acting are essential tools if you
want to work in the entertainment industry. We won both entertainment sections
we entered at Dancelife Unite. Congrats to the 14/Us with their very popular
rendition of "Thirteen'.
The 12/u troupe won a bonus award of 'Most
Entertaining Junior Troupe' after they received a perfect score of 200/200. What
a great way to recognise that we are training our students so well in this area.
Overall, it was a fantastic new competition which
I am sure will grow even bigger and better next year (if that's possible).
Congrats to Ash Power who also took out one of only three individual prizes as
the most outstanding intermediate performer. Ash wins a scholarship to next
years "Electric Safari" - well deserved Ash!!!
Planetdance also competes regularly in talent quests throughout Sydney. Our
latest success came from the Chatswood Talent Quest which saw two of our
students excel in the finals. Lachlan Dearing won the junior section with
Miah-Rose Lake coming in as the runner up. Both students won fantastic cash
prizes. I am continually hearing excellent feedback from industry judges about
these two students who have been nicknamed by their peers the King and Queen of
Song and Dance!!!
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