The Dalles Dance Club Academy members made history at last weekend’s Grand Championships held at the Seaside Convention Center on Aug. 3-4 with the highest-scoring group awards in the Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and Accelerated Advanced divisions. In the photo are, from left to right, starting in the back row, Kyla Grillone, Isabella Beitl, Jessie Lamb, Morgan Donivan, Lilly Alvarado, Anabeth From and Olivia Prado. In the front are, from left, Alyssa Nelson, Uma Carosella, Allison Frigoroa, Lucy Polehn, London Moody, Maycee Foote and Madeleine Omeg. That group scored first place in Tap, first in Jazz, and they racked up the highest-score in the Beginning division, third-highest overall.
The Dalles Dance Club Academy members made history at last weekend’s Grand Championships held at the Seaside Convention Center on Aug. 3-4 with the highest-scoring group awards in the Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and Accelerated Advanced divisions. In the photo are, from left to right, starting in the back row, Kyla Grillone, Isabella Beitl, Jessie Lamb, Morgan Donivan, Lilly Alvarado, Anabeth From and Olivia Prado. In the front are, from left, Alyssa Nelson, Uma Carosella, Allison Frigoroa, Lucy Polehn, London Moody, Maycee Foote and Madeleine Omeg. That group scored first place in Tap, first in Jazz, and they racked up the highest-score in the Beginning division, third-highest overall.
The Dalles Dance Club Academy made history at the Grand Championships in Seaside last weekend by receiving the highest-scoring group awards in the Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and Accelerated Advanced classifications, marking the first time ever a program has swept all levels in the event’s 37 years.
Dance Club members, ranging from 8-to-18-years of age, participated in Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Clogging, Hip-Hop and Variety, and lead instructor Kristi Maley won the Choreography Award with an Intermediate Jazz Dance routine involving a teeter-totter, as the judges determined that this was the best-choreographed and creative dance of the competition.
Maley praised her students for the tremendous growth they all have displayed this summer.
“It is really important, not to take the summer off,” Maley said. “No other competitive dance studio takes the summer off, and if you want to be good at anything, you must continue to work on your craft. Dancing year-round is important, and helps the students get caught up on the technique and skills necessary to make them competitive in the dancing world.”
Added to the group recognition, judges selected Tora Timinsky, Hannah Kortge, Aidan Telles and Jordyn Hattenhauer with a Judge’s Choice trophy for their all-around efforts.
Timinsky received one in the Advanced category for her outstanding stage presence, Kortge earned hers in the Advanced division for her stage presence, and both Telles and Hattenhauer picked up one apiece in the Accelerated Advanced class, the highest division a performer can enter.
“Tora is an amazing dancer who spends a lot of time in the studio taking all disciplines of dance and it really shows,” Maley said. “Hannah is a beautiful dancer and really fun to watch. Both Aidan and Jordyn are tremendous dancers with a professional presence. They are so amazing on stage together.”
Taking first place in Tap and first in Jazz with the highest group score and third-highest overall in the Beginning division were London Moody, Alyssa Nelson, Allison Figueroa, Lucy Polehn, Maycee Foote, Madeleine Omeg and Uma Carosella.
Omeg and Morgan Donivan secured top billing for their efforts in Duo, Foote and Moody received first in their Duo and had the highest Tandem total with the second-highest overall score in the Beginning division.
Anabeth From, Jessie Lamb, Isabella Beitl, Olivia Prado, Kyla Grillone, Lillyannah Alvarado and Donivan also combined to receive first place awards in both Tap and Jazz.
The group of Makenzie Barrett, Ella Anderson, Tygh Timinsky, Ava Malcolm, Jayden Hansen, Bridget Donnell and Jocelyn Olivan received first place in Jazz, first place in Tap and were the highest-scoring group in the Intermediate division. Individually, Tygh Timinsky received first place for her Solo performance.
In the Advanced division, Madison Stembridge, Allie Masterson, Paige Compton, Katelyn Vassar, McKenna Strain, Laurel Kirby, Tora Timinsky, Faith Gouch, Hayley Peterson, Bella Perez and Ahnikah Rubio received first-place honors in two categories, Tap and Jazz, and they also received Highest Scoring Group honors.
Tora Timinsky and Perez each reeled off first-place finishes in their Solo routine.
Racking up first place trophies in Tap and Jazz in the Advanced division was the squad of Meli Avila, Lola Nelson, Lorelay Berry, Kortge, Ari Lopez and Elizabeth Olivan, with Olivan taking first in solo, while Berry was runner-up after her solo routine.
Kortge and Avila received first place and were also the highest-scoring duo in the Advanced division.
Telles, Evan Despain, Hattenhauer, Anna Singhurst, Ella Morgan, Giselle Schwartz and Gillian Wolf took home firsts in Jazz and Tap in the Accelerated Advanced division and were the highest-scoring group overall.
Both Hattenhauer and Telles received first place and notched the highest-scoring Duo crown.
At its new location, at Petersburg School, located on 3855 Fifteen Mile Road in The Dalles, The Dance Club Academy starts fall classes for boys and girls ages 3-19 on Sunday, Sept. 9. DCA offers competitive or performance classes in Tap, Jazz/Contemporary, Ballet, Tumbling and Cheerleading.
Adult exercise classes will also be offered, as well as piano and voice lessons.
Follow all the latest news and notes by liking The Dance Club Academy’s Facebook page or email Kristi.maley@gmail.com with any questions.
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