Galaxy of Stars 2009 - April 25th - 26th, 2009

Step With Style students had an excellent showing of their routines this past weekend! Earning themselves not only one but two of the Galaxy Super Nova Awards. Both the Junior and Intermediate Super Nova (top mark Junior and top mark Intermediate) were won by SWS! Teachers and students hard work throughout the season paid off as students earned themselves choreography awards, specialty awards and an outstanding amount of Overall Awards-(top marks of the competition). Congratulations to all dancers for an incredible showing!

Marking System

• Bronze 79.99 and lower
• Silver 80-84.99
• Gold 85 and above

Age Divisions

• Mini 8 yrs and Younger
• Junior 9-11yrs
• Intermediate 12-14yrs
• Senior 15+yrs

PLACEMENTS

OVERALL AWARDS

NOVICE

• 1st Overall Novice Winner: Tori Williams 10yrs Jazz “Tilt Ya Head Back”

MINI SOLO

• 1st Place Shyla Davenport 8yrs Song and Dance “Born To Entertain”
• 2nd Place Justine Tooth 8yrs Jazz  “Buttercup”
• 3rd Place Sarah Mulder 8 yrs Ballet “Giselle”

MINI DUET /TRIO

• 1st Place Shlya Davenport and Justone Tooth 8yrs Acro Duet “Me and My Shadow”

MINI GROUPS

• 1st Place “We Will Rock You!” 7yrs Jazz Large Group
• 3rd Place “Shout!” 7yrs Tap Large Group

JUNIOR SOLO

• 1st Place Aidan Tooth 10yrs Lyrical “Once Upon a December”
• 2nd Place Ashlynn Seccord 11yrs Acro “Joker”
• 3rd Place Lauren Hutchinson 10yrs Jazz “So Fierce”

UNIOR DUET/TRIO

• 1st Place “Putt’n On The Ritz” Kayla Coatham, Joelle Joncas and Caylie Jackson 10yrs Tap Trio
• 2nd Place “Drumline”Kristina Drazso and Emily Krolick 11yrs Tap Duet

JUNIOR GROUP

• 1st Place “Supermodels” 11yrs Jazz Large Group
• 2nd Place “You Say it Best” 10 yrs Lyrical Group
• Tied with “Fuir Elise” 11yrs Ballet Group
• 3rd Place “Just Dance” 10yrs Jazz Group

JUNIOR LINE

• 1st Place “Pop” 11yrs Tap Line

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JUNIOR SUPERNOVA WINNER: “SUPERMODELS”!!!!!!
THE HIGHEST JUNIOR MARK OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION!

INTERMEDIATE SOLO

• 1st Place Madison Bell “Dancing Flame” 12yrs Open
• 2nd Place Madison Bell “Masquerade Waltz” 12yrs Ballet
• 3rd Place Caylie McCurdie “Shut Up and Let Me Go!” 13yrs Jazz

INTERMEDIATE DUET/TRIO

• 1st Place “Mein Hier” 13yrs Jazz Trio Tori Campeau, Katie Blow, and Courtney Morgan

INTERMEDIATE GROUP

• 1st Place “I Love You Always Forever” 13yrs Lyrical Group
• 2nd Place “Swing Kids” 14yrs Open Group
• 3rd Place “Mercy” 13yrs Tap Group

INTERMEDIATE LINE

• 1st Place “Force” 12yrs Open Extended Line
• 2nd Place Purple Rain” 13yrs Lyrical Line

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INTERMEDIATE SUPERNOVA WINNER:“FORCE” !!!!!!
THE HIGHEST INTERMEDIATE MARK OF THE ENTIRE COMPETITION!

SENIOR SOLO

• 3rd Place Patrick Derry “I’m On Stage” 18yrs Hip Hop Solo

SENIOR DUET/TRIO

• 1st Place “I Thought She Knew” Megan Byer and Patrick Derry
• 2nd Place “Body Language” Megan Byer Tamara Freethy and Ashleen Hutchinson

SENIOR GROUPS

• 2nd Place “To Where You Are” 17yrs Lyrical Group
• 3rd Place “Rock Steady” 16yrs Tap Group

SENIOR LINES

• 1st Place “I Robot” 16yrs Open Line
• 2nd Place “Let The Beat Control You” 16yrs Hip Hop Line

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS

Throughout the competition adjudicators chose routines for their unique choreography. At each adjudication only one routine is chosen. SWS were proud to receive many of these awards through the competition.
The winners were:

• “We Will Rock You!” 7yrs Jazz Large Group- Choreographer Amanda Coatham
• “I Could Only Imagine” 16yrs Senior Lyrical Line- Choreographer Amanda Coatham
• “Joker” Ashlynn Seccord 11yrs Acro Solo- Choreographer Almitra McMillan
• “Let The Beat Control You” 16yrs Senior Hip Hop Line- Choreographer Yos Niznik

CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY

• “To Where You Are” 17yrs Lyrical Group- Choreographer Amanda Coatham

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Congratulations to all of our competitive team! Keep up the great work!
Love Mandy and Sasha