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COMPETITION NEWS
From July 2nd til 6th, 24 dancers travelled to beautiful Victoria where they competed in 4 days of gruelling competition at the 2008 Scotdance Canada Championship Series. The largest Highland Dance competition in the world with almost 850 dancers, saw our dancers competing against some of the best dancers from around the world in their age groups. On the Friday, Katie Rattray and Cameron Collins danced in the Canadian Inter-Provincial Championships, representing both the province and the studio very well.
It was a great week of dance, with awards won and many friendships made with dancers from across Canada and abroad. Even if you didn't bring home medals, we hope that you came home with some great experiences, friendships and hopefully a couple of stories from your times in Victoria.
A rundown of the accomplishments from this event:
-Katie Rattray representing BC for the first time, came away with a judge's placing in the 9 & Under Canadian Inter-Provincial Championships.
-Cameron Collins representing BC for the ninth time, came 5th Runner Up in the 18 & Over Canadian Inter-Provincial Championships, won the City of Victoria Championships and won the Premier Highland Aggregate.
-Colleen Chambers won the Restricted Premier Highland Aggregate in the 7 & Under 11 class.
-Clara Coyne won the Restricted Premier Nationals Aggregate in the 19 & Over class, as well as placing in the Restricted Premier Highland class.
-Steven MacRae placed in the Premier Highland, Nationals and City of Victoria Championships in the 21 & Over class.
-Vincent Collins placed in the City of Victoria Championships in the 18 & Under 20 class.
-Kaitlin Sullivan placed in the Premier Highland, Nationals and City of Victoria Championships in the 13 Years class.
-Jack Peitsch-Tyerman placed in the Premier 11 Years Nationals competition.
-Madeline Goodman placed in the Premier 7 & Under 10 Nationals competition and the 7 & Under Pre-Championships.
-Kim Drabyk placed in the Restricted Premier Highland, Nationals and Pre-Championships in the 21 & Over class.
-In the 16 & Under 18 Restricted Premier class, April Fanstone placed in the Highland competition and Lauren Dewar placed in the Highland and National competitions.
-Chauntel Laforge placed in the Restricted Premier Highland competition in the 14 Years class.
-Steven Black placed in the Intermediate 13 & Over class in both the Highland and Nationals competition.
-Sasha Eidsvik placed in the Novice 10 & Under 12 Highland competition.
-Owen Goodman placed in the Novice 9 & Under Highland and Nationals competitions.
-Vincent Collins, Steven MacRae and Cameron Collins also qualified for the Super, Super Sailor Challenge Final Round.
-Elaine Vallis, Sonya Vallis, Jennifer Black, Victoria Edwards, Emma Johnston all danced well in their respective Premier classes, and Charlotte Dewar also danced well in the Restricted Premier class.
-Laura Sullivan danced well in the large Novice 9 & Under class and Erin Eidsvik danced very well in her first Intermediate class in the Intermediate 14 & Over class.
Extra congratulations go out to Ailsa McKeon, up from Australia who placed in Premier 17 Years Nationals competition, and to Tanis Montgomery, up from Florida who danced well in the Premier 17 Years class.
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