TRADITION | UNITY | EXCELLENCE
Congratulations to the following students for receiving special awards for their 2019 Tapatak Oz Exams:
Isla Davies
Taylor Cocks
Danika Mason
Tiani Cashel-Patterson
Emma Mollison
Shawnia Donnelly
Charlotte Mcardle
Bryony Luppi
Grace Gonano
Coastal Dance presents ‘Let’s Dance!’ on Sunday the 1st of December at the Somerset College Performing Arts Building starting at 6:00pm (QLD time).
Tickets go on sale Monday the 21st of October at 10:00am from tryBooking.com .
Ticket prices are: Adults $35.00, Concession $30.00 and Children $25.00.
Our annual Soloist Showcase will be held on Saturday the 9th of November at the Helensvale Cultural Centre starting at 6:00pm. Our Soloist Showcase provides an opportunity for our #teamcoastal students to perform their solos & groups in a non-competitive, atmosphere for their family & friends.
Tickets are $15 and available at the door. You can join the Facebook event page HERE.
Congratulations to all of our #teamcoastal soloists who performed at the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts over the holidays. We are so proud of our soloists who represented the studio beautifully regardless of their placings. Special congratulations to Tiani who also received the Open Age Tap Perpetual trophy. Thank you to Helen Green and all the volunteers for all your hard work. Murwillumbah is really ‘the friendly festival’!
Tiani
1st – Tap Solo
1st – Jazz Solo
1st – Jazz Impro
2nd – Waltz Tap Solo
2nd – Song & Dance Solo
2nd – Song & Dance Championship
2nd – Tap Impro
3rd – Contemporary Solo
HC – Lyrical Solo
Winner – Open Age Tap Perpetual
Ella
1st – Restricted Ballet Solo
1st – Restricted Tap Solo
3rd – Student Choreography Solo
HC – Lyrical Solo
Danika
HC – Song & Dance Solo
Amanda
HC – Ballet Solo
Rose
HC – Jazz Solo
Grace & Isa
1st – Tap Duo
Rose, Kebby & Sinead
HC – Jazz Trio
Congratulations to our #teamcoastal eisteddfod groups who performed over the weekend at the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts. We have been thrilled with the development of our eisteddfod teams this year as they continue to grow & improve each competition. Their results are as follows:
Under 8
1st – Song & Dance Group
1st – Tap Group
2nd – Song & Tap Group
HC – Ballet Group
HC – Jazz Group
Under 10
HC – Ballet Group
Under 15
1st – Song & Dance Group
1st – Tap Group
2nd – Song & Tap Group
2nd – Jazz Group
HC – Lyrical Group
Under 18
1st – Song & Dance Group
1st – Musical Theatre Group
2nd – Song & Tap Group
3rd – Tap Group
3rd – Street Tap Group
Solo results to follow!
We would like to congratulate senior student Jacqueline Owen who has been awarded a scholarship to attend the 2019 Australian Dance Festival. Jacqueline was nominated by Miss Kate for her resilence. No matter how tough things are Jacqueline always comes to the studio with a smile on her face! We would like to thank the Australian Dance Festival who created their scholarship program to help deserving students participate in the festival.
Congratulations to our #teamcoastal soloists who performed at the Ipswich Junior Eisteddfod. They received excellent results & performed beautifully!
Tiani C-P
1st – Waltz Tap Solo
1st – Contemporary Solo
3rd – Speed Tap Solo
VHC – Straight Tap Solo
HC – Song & Dance Solo
HC – Jazz Solo
Isla D
2nd – Tap Solo
3rd – Ballet Solo
VHC – Jazz Solo
VHC – Contemporary Solo
VHC – Student Choreography
VHIC – Jazz Impo
Isla D & Grace G
1st – Tap Duo
3rd – Jazz Duo
Congratulations to our #teamcoastal groups who performed at the 2019 Coffs Harbour District Eisteddfod. We had performers aged from 7 to 70+ competing over 3 days. Thank you to the committee, volunteers & our #teamcoastal families for a fun-filled weekend!
Under 6
1st – Jazz Trio
Under 8
1st – Tap Group
1st – Jazz Group
2nd – Jazz Group
HC – Ballet Group
Under 10
1st – Variety Group (8’s)
HC – Jazz Group
HC – Ballet Group
Open Age
3rd – Tap Group
3rd – Cabaret Group (18’s)
3rd – Teacher Feature
HC – Variety Group (15’s)
HC – Jazz Group (15’s)
HC – Lyrical Group (18’s)
HC – Group Choreography
25 Years & Over
HC – Mature & Motivated
13 Years & Over
3rd – Student Choreography Tiani Cashel-Patterson
10 Years & Under
2nd – Isla Davies & Grace Gonano – Tap Duo
Congratulations to our #teamcoastal eisteddfod teams who competed at the Ipswich Combined Teachers Festival over the weekend. Our groups performed beautifully & made us very proud! We are looking forward to a great year of competition with #teamcoastal! Thank you to the ICTF committee and volunteers for all your effort in putting this great competition on!
Under 8
1st – Song & Dance
1st – Tap
2nd – Jazz
3rd – Song & Tap
HC – Jazz
Under 10
2nd – Jazz
Under 15
VHC – Lyrical
VHC – Song & Tap
HC – Jazz
Under 18
1st – Song & Dance
3rd – Tap
VHC – Lyrical
VHC – Musical Theatre
HC – Street Tap
Congratulations to senior students Tiani & Mia who have successfully auditioned for the Brisbane season of the LOcREaDO Dance Company. This is a junior contemporary company which is run by Loredo Malcolm.
Coastal Dance has had students in all 3 QLD programs with students also travelling to Sydney & China to perform. We are grateful for the opportunities this program gives young dancers and we can’t wait to see the show!