We will be holding our 3rd annual Halloween Disco on Saturday the 1st of November from 6:30 – 8:00pm. Entry is $5 & students are asked bring a plate of food to share. The event is open to students of Coastal Dance & their friends. This is a great night for the kids to socialise outside of dancing & they always have lots of fun. Prizes for the best dressed!

Congratulations to the Coastal Dance singing students who competed in the Gold Coast Eisteddfod singing sections last week. For some of our students it was the first time they had performed a vocal solo in a competition.

12 & 13 Years Popular Vocal Solo – 1st Laura Suttle
11 Years & Under Disney Vocal Solo A – VHC Amelia Mills
11 Years & Under Disney Vocal Solo B – HC Emma Mollison HC Jade Gordon
11 Years & Under Musical Theatre Vocal Solo A – HC Emma Mollison
14 & 15 Years Musical Theatre Vocal Solo A – VHC Brock Parker

Congratulations to Summer Duyvestyn who was awarded the Most Promising Dancer 8 years & under at the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts 2014. Summer was asked to perform her jazz solo at the annual Gala where she was also awarded her trophy. Our Under 15’s were also asked to perform their song & tap in the gala.

We will be holding our 3rd annual concert on Tuesday the 9th of December at 6:30pm in the Somerset College performing arts building. Tickets will be available to purchase from the studio in term 4.

Congratulations to the Coastal Dance students who participated in this years Tapatak Oz exam session. Our examiner Christine Denny was again complimentary to the high standard to tapping shown. Thank you to David Sheather for preparing our students to such a high standard. This years special award recipients were:

Most Outstanding Junior – Amelia Mills & Ruby O’Halloran
Most Promising Junior – Emily Loveridge
Most Outstanding Senior – Riley Johnston
Most Promising Senior – Joel Murphy
Personality Award – Tiani Cashel-Patterson

Congratulations to our Coastal Dance soloists who performed at the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts.

14 Years & Under Jazz Solo – 1st Holly Johnston
14 Years & Under Slow Modern Solo – 1st Riley Johnston 2nd Holly Johnston
14 Years & Under Contemporary Solo – 3rd Holly Johnston
14 Years & Under Tap Solo – HC Holly Johnston
20 Years & Under Contemporary Solo – HC Joel Murphy
20 Years & Under Slow Modern Solo – HC Joel Murphy
20 Years & Under Jazz Solo – HC Joel Murphy
8 Years & Under Jazz Solo – 1st Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Contemporary Solo – 2nd Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Tap Solo – HC Caitlin Cameron
10 Years & Under Song & Dance – 2nd Tiani Cashel-Patterson HC Amelia Mills
10 Years & Under Song & Tap – 1st Tiani Cashel-Patterson 2nd Ruby O’Halloran
10 Years & Under Tap Solo – 2nd Amelia Mills
10 Years & Under Demi Character Solo – HC Ruby O’Halloran
12 Years & Under Tap Improvisation – HC Ruby O’Halloran
8 Years & Under Tap Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Dance Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn
10 Years & Under Dance/Song & Dance Duo/Trio – 1st Emma Mollison, Ruby O’Halloran & Tiani Cashel Patterson 2nd Amelia Mills & Paige Duyvestyn 3rd Caitlin Cameron & Charli Guest
10 Years & Under Tap Duo/Trio – 1st Ruby O’Halloran & Tiani Cashel Patterson
20 Years & Under Dance Duo/Trio – 2nd Joel Murphy, Holly & Riley Johnston 3rd Holly Johnston & Joel Murphy

Congratulations to our Coastal Dance students who performed at the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts over the weekend.

10 & Under Song & Dance Group – 1st 101 Dalmations
10 & Under Tap Group – 1st Razzle Dazzle 3rd Did You Get My Message
12 & Under Musical Theatre Group – HC Matilda
12 & Under Tap Group – HC Stut Your Funky Stuff
12 & Under Song & Dance Group – 3rd I Got The Sun HC Wherever You Go
12 & Under Up-Tempo Group – HC A Little Party
15 & Under Song & Dance – 1st Tap Your Troubles Away
15 & Under Contemporary Group – 2nd BomBom
15 & Under Tap Group – 2nd Turn Around
15 & Under Up-Tempo Modern Group – HC River Deep

Congratulations to Joel Murphy (15) & Tiani Cashel-Patterson (10) for making it into the finals of the Senior Jazz (Joel) & Junior Musical Theatre (Tiani) scholarships at BPAC 2014. They are the first two Coastal Dance students to participate in BPAC & we are very proud of their achievements.

Congratulations to our Coastal Dance students for a great weekend of dancing!

10 Years & Under Jazz Small Group – 1st Hairspray
10 Years & Under Tap – 1st Razzle Dazzle 2nd Did You Get My Message
10 Years & Under Song & Any Dance – 1st 101 Dalmatians
10 Years & Under Jazz – 1st Played A-Live
10 Years & Under Novelty – 1st Matilda
12 Years & Under Song & Any Dance – 1st Wherever You Go HC I Got The Sun
12 Years & Under Jazz – 2nd A Little Party
12 Years & Under Tap – 1st Strut Your Funky Stuff
12 Years & Under Novelty – HC She’s In Love
14 Years & Under Tap – 3rd Candyman
14 Years & Under Slow Modern – HC The Scientist
14 Years & Under Jazz Small Group – 1st Titanium
Open Age Song & Any Dance – 1st Tap Your Troubles
Open Age Slow Modern – 1st I’ll Be There HC LaLaLa
Open Age Tap – 2nd Turn Around
Open Age Jazz – 3rd River Deep HC Get Outta My Way
Open Age Contemporary – 3rd BomBom

10 & Under Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn 2nd Emma Mollison, Ruby O’Halloran & Tiani Cashel-Patterson 4th Ruby O’Halloran & Tiani Cashel-Patterson HC Caitlin Cameron, Summer & Paige Duyvestyn
12 & Under Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron & Charli Guest HC Amelia Mills & Paige Duyvestyn
14 Years & Under Duo/Trio – 2nd Holly & Riley Johnston
Open Age Duo/Trio – 1st Joel Murphy, Holly & Riley Johnston HC Holly Johnston & Joel Muprhy

8 Years & Under Lyrical – 1st Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Jazz – 1st Summer Duyvestyn

Congratulations to our Junior Soloists who competed in Get The Beat (Lismore) over the weekend. A special mention to Caitlin, Summer & Amelia for qualifying for the championship.

8 Years & Under Tap – 1st Caitlin Cameron
8 Years & Under Jazz – 3rd Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Novice – HC Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Jazz Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under Tap Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn
10 Years & Under Tap – 2nd Amelia Mills HC Charli Guest
10 Years & Under Song & Dance – HC Amelia Mills HC Ruby O’Halloran
10 Years & Under Jazz – HC Charli Guest
10 Years & Under Any Style Duo/Trio – 3rd Amelia Mills & Paige Duyvestyn
10 & Under Jazz Duo/ Trio – 2nd Caitlin Cameron & Charli Guest