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

Congratulations to our Coastal Dance eisteddfod teams who competed in the Ipswich Combined Teachers Festival last week. We had a very successful weekend of dancing & we received some very complimentary reports from the adjudicator regarding the high level of technique of our students.

Under 10

1st – Novelty Group – When I Grow Up
2nd – Up-Tempo Modern Group – Played A-Live
HC – Up-Tempo Modern Group – You Can’t Stop The Beat
HC – Tap Group – Razzle Dazzle

Under 12
HC – Song & Dance Group – I Got The Sun

Under 15
1st – Slow Modern Group – I’ll Be There
2nd – Song & Tap Group – Tap Your Troubles
3rd – Up-Tempo Modern Group – River Deep
HC – Up-Tempo Modern Group – Get Outta My Way
HC – Slow Modern Group – LaLaLa
HC – Tap Group – Turn Around

Congratulations to all the Coastal Dance soloists who competed in Starbound Eisteddfod last week. Our students danced beautifully & were a great representation of the school. The results from the week are as follows:

8 Years & Under – Tap Solo – 1st Caitlin Cameron
8 Years & Under – Modern Solo – HC Summer Duyvestyn
8 Years & Under – Popular Solo – HC Caitlin Cameron
10 Years & Under – Tap Solo – HC Tiani Cashel-Patterson HC Ruby O’Halloran HC Charli Guest
10 Years & Under – Theatrical Solo – 3rd Tiani Cashel-Patterson HC Amelia Mills HC Ruby O’Halloran
10 Years & Under – Modern Solo A – HC Tiani Cashel-Patterson
10 Years & Under – Modern Solo B – HC Ruby O’Halloran
10 Years & Under – Popular Solo – 3rd Charli Guest HC Tiani Cashel-Patterson
12 Years & Under – Tap Solo – HC Ruby Johnston
14 Years & Under – Modern Solo A – HC Holly Johnston
14 Years & Under – Popular Solo – HC Holly Johnston HC Riley Johnston
14 Years & Under – Tap Solo – 2nd Holly Johnston 2nd Riley Johnston
14 Years & Under – Slow Modern Solo B – HC Riley Johnston
16 Years & Under – Vocal Solo – HC Laura Suttle HC Brock Parker
16 Years & Under – Modern Solo – HC Joel Murphy
16 Years & Under – Popular Solo – 3rd Joel Murphy
8 Years & Under – Duo/Trio – 1st Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn
10 Years & Under – Duo/Trio – 3rd Ruby O’Halloran & Tiani Cashel-Patterson HC Caitlin Cameron, Paige & Summer Duyvestyn HC Emma Mollison, Ruby O’Halloran & Tiani Cashel-Patterson
15 Years & Under – Duo/Trio – 2nd Joel Murphy, Holly & Riley Johnston
Open Age – Duo/Trio – HC Holly Johnston & Joel Murphy
Junior Championship – Runner Up – Tiani Cashel-Patterson