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2009-1010 Competition Dancers & Tumblers
WAY TO GO!
LOCAL DANCERS & TUMBLERS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS!!!
Finish out the Competition Season with a BANG!!!!
Competitors from all across the United States attend the regional Dance & Acro competitions in St Louis. This year’s team has grown greatly and had an exceptional year. This team of dancers & tumblers performs for community events in Bourbon, Cuba and Steelville. They do a number of fundraisers to help fun their competition efforts. They have grown greatly as a team. This is the team’s 6th competition season. Thank you to Cuba Free Press and all of its sponsors for their support. To have the dancers perform at an event for you or you would like more info on our studio and programs, contact Lisa Gansner at Miss Lisa's Dance Express..885-2630 or lisa.danceexpress@yahoo.com.
Competition Dancers from Miss Lisa’s Dance Express has had an AMAZING competition season.
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This season the students from Dance Express took 23 routines to the competitions. The brought home a number of trophies, ribbons, medals and awards! Contestants were from all over Missouri, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Wisconsin…across the United States. We offer 2 different types of Competition Teams…Company and Twinkles. Company Students come 2 times a week and train intensively in Ballet, Jazz, Tap and some Hip Hop and Pointe. Company Team results….. |
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“Peter Pan” Production piece
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“Belief” Lyrical piece Company members: Devan Brewer, Maddi Brown, Taylor Light, Jesi Maness, Viki Rowden, Emily Weaver Nexstar- Gold Trophy and 1st Place in the their age division
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“I Believe” Lyrical piece Katlyn Bolden, Maia Bond, Abby Colbert, Cayman Cottrell, Heather Gahr, Katelynn Priest, Hannah Weaver, Sierra Zeiss
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“New Attitude” Jazz piece Devan Brewer, Maddi Brown, Taylor Light, Jesi Maness, Victoria Rowden, Emily Weaver, Sierra Zeiss, Mariah Zeiss Nexstar- Gold Trophy and 1st Place in the their age division |
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“She Works Hard for the Money” Jazz piece Katlyn Bolden, Abby Colbert, Maia Bond, Cayman Cottrell, Hannah Weaver, Heather Gahr, Katelynn Priest, Sierra Zeiss Nexstar- Gold Trophy and 1st Place in the their age division
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“Boom and Move” Hip Hop piece Devan Brewer, Maddi Brown, Abby Colbert, Cayman Cottrell, Katelynn Priest, Sierra Zeiss, Taylor Light, Viki Rowden, Faith Birdsong, Emily Weaver, Mariah Zeiss Nexstar- Gold Trophy and 1st Place in the their age division, 5th place overall
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“Circus” Tumbling Acro piece Faith Birdsong, Sophie Case, Abby Colbert, Nikita Gahr, Tyler Heaton, Baily Koppelmann, Maryanne Korte,Taylor Light, Viki Rowden, Alyssa Sharp Rainbow Connections-High Gold Trophy
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“Always Midnight” Lyrical piece Rainbow Connections-High Gold Trophy
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“It’s Raining Men” Jazz piece Maddi Brown & Taylor Light
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“A Moment Like This” Lyrical piece Heather Gahr & Katelynn Priest
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“Mad World” Lyrical Contemporary piece Viki Rowden
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“Mad World” Lyrical Contemporary piece Viki Rowden
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“Finally Found My Way” Lyrical piece Taylor Light
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“Climb” Lyrical piece Cayman Cottrell
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“LaBreyedere” Pointe piece Abby Colbert
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“Forrest Gump Suite” Ballet piece Sophie Case Rainbow Connections-Platinum Trophy and 2nd overall
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“Hurt” Contemporary piece
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“Stand in the Rain” Lyrical piece Katlyn Bolden
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“An Excerpt from Swan Lake” Pointe piece Victoria Rowden
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* NOT PICTURED* “My Skin” Lyrical Contemporary piece Jesi Maness |
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2nd season this year is our Twinkles Competition Group!!!! And Great they were!!! They meet 1-2 times a week. This group is for the recreational dancer who would like to start competing, but on a much more relaxed level…fun opportunity to get out there on stage and see more of what dance can be about….they only come to their regular dance class….and sometimes an extra practice as needed Dec-March. We start them at age 5 with enough ballet experience. |
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“Part of Your World” Ballet piece Isabelle Johnson, Hannah Shockley, Hanna Smith, Haylee Woodall
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“Ever Ever After” Ballet piece Spencer Parkinson, Naomi Perkins, Alyssa Sharp, Sophie Case, Laine Cottrell, Hanna Holland, Giorgia Medows Rainbow Connections- Platinum Trophy and 5th place overall
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“Crazier” Lyrical piece ages 9 and over Faith Bair, Brittany Brown, Paige Cottrell, Haley Lewis, Alex Parkinson |
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Congratulations to all the dancers who competed. Dancers are from Cuba, Steelville, St James, Owensville, Bourbon and Leasburg. All the competitions were very tough. Studios that competed were from Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and more. During this season, the dancers qualified to compete in the Nexstar & Rainbow Connections Nationals in Branson and the Showstoppers Nationals in July in Texas. Great Job on another successful Competition Season! All these students put in a lot of extra hours as do their parents. This takes an extreme amount of dedication and discipline…It is a Family Affair…You have had an amazing year!!! GREAT JOB TO EACH OF YOU…and WE LOVE YOU! Thank you to the local individuals and local businesses who helped support these girls financially toward their fees and costuming by purchasing t-shirt ads. Thank you to the parents who stand behind these students and help motivate them to strive to be their best and reach their goals. Competitions are fun..please don’t be intimidated by the word….it is a lot of fun…helps dancers and tumblers see how hard work can pay off, increase their self-esteem and confidence….great experience…the rewards are endless! Many Twinkles moms have expressed what a good experience it was for their dancer and how much fun they had!...perfect for those in between and young!!!! www.misslisasdanceexpress.com or 885-2630 Looking forward to our Spring Recital at UM-Rolla on May 16th! Dance Express Holds Private
Dance Convention This season, Dance Express held its first ever dance convention. Platinum Edge Dance Convention, directed by Kelly Daughtery and assisted by Sarah Roth came to Cuba and held a dance convention for ages 6-up. The goal of Platinum Edge is to educate, inspire and push your dancers to the next level by giving them the latest trends in choreography, technical training and real world dance education. Their staff members are top notch performers, choreographers, and most importantly: Teachers. Dancers studied various styles of dance from Hip Hop, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Tap, Jazz and more. They led students through audition experiences. It was a one day convention…all day. Ages 6-11 attended the evening session. It was a huge hit. IT was great to bring a convention of this caliber to our area vs our students always having to travel to St Louis, Kansas City and afar to attend such events. They furthered their technique, terminology understanding and learned various floor work and routines. It was a very fun day! 2 Dancers received Scholarships from Platinum Edge to attend another convention based on their performance at the convention…congrats to Devan Brewer and Faith Birdsong! Dance Express Staff that attending the convention thus further educating themselves to help the students in our area: Miss Lisa, Mrs. Heather Case and Ms. Michelle Pearson.
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