COASTAL DANCE

We would like to thank our #teamcoastal community for their generous donations for our annual raffle. This year’s raffle will be going towards additional acrobatics mats for the studio. This year’s raffle prizes are:

1 x Nights accomodation at any Mantra Hotel – Kindly donated by the Cocks Family
Maywood Handcrafted Board – Kindly donated by the Cocks Family
$50 Voucher – The Pastry Emporium, Bundall
$50 Voucher – Dancers Emporium, Tugun
$50 Voucher – Bamboo Bungalow – Kindly donated by Michelle Derrick
Wash & Blow Dry – Kindly donated by Lisa Lowe
Travel Hamper – Kindly donated by Em & Colleen Travel
1 x 60 Minute Surf Lesson – Kindly donated by Kerryn Luppi
TL Candle – Kindly donated by the Tiani & Cassandra Cashel
Ballet Light Up Picture – Kindly donated by Brite Sparks, Ballina
Car Pack – Kindly donated by the Taylor Family
Massage Gift Voucher – Your Body for Life – Kindly donated by Natasha Kunej
Coastal Dance Hamper
Gift Hamper – Donations from the Coastal Dance community

Tickets can be purchased for $1 each or 12 for $10. Ticket books are available from reception or can be purchased on the night. Good luck!

To finish off the dancing year we will be hosting various workshops open to all Coastal Dance students, not limited to their usual genres. We would love for our students to try a new class and dance with their friends!

Tuesday 3rd December – Petit Pointers with Kate Hanna
3:30 – 4:00 3 – 4 Years Ballet

Tuesday 3rd December – Jazz with Holly Johnston
4:00 – 5:00 8 Years & Under
5:00 – 6:00 9 Years – 12 Years
6:00 – 7:30 13 Years & Over

 Thursday 5th of December – Contemporary & Lyrical with Joel Murphy
4:00 – 5:00 Lyrical 12 Years & Under
5:00 – 6:00 Contemporary 12 Years & Under

Thursday 5th of December – Commercial Jazz with Bodie Fullerton
6:00 – 8:00 13 Years & Over Only

We will be holding our annual end of year photo day with Move Photography on Monday the 25th of November. You can view the Concert Photo Schedule 2019 here..

Click here to view the Concert Handbook 19

Congratulations to the following students for receiving special awards for their 2019 Tapatak Oz Exams:

Most Outstanding Tapper

Isla Davies
Taylor Cocks
Danika Mason
Tiani Cashel-Patterson
Emma Mollison

Most Promising Tapper

Shawnia Donnelly
Charlotte Mcardle
Bryony Luppi

Most Improved Tapper

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.