DMI-What a great convention DMI was! Great teachers! We took a few solos and 2 duo trios. Top junior duo trio and top pre teen duo trio! Abby was 1st runner up Miss Dmi, Madeline won Miss Preteen DMI, Ella 1st runner up Miss Jr Dmi, Kenya was 3rd runner up Miss Sr DMI! I’m trying to gather our other dancers placements as they flashed them so quickly I couldn’t read-will update! Scholarships to Mackenzie, Madeline, Kaitlin, Kenya . Lauren Marie won the Giving Keys award. Great weekend!

Nycda recap: senior hi score-77, studio pick-77, senior Critics Choice 77, mini critic Choice-Salute, mini hi score- Youth Lagoon, Versatility award for Mini and junior level, sr hi score contemp-We Move Lightly, teen hi score lyrical Je Suis, teen open hi-Crumbling, teen critic choice nominated-Je Suis and Crumbling, sr nominated Critic choice-Made of Stone, and We Move Lightly, choreo awards-Made Of Stone, The Crumbling, 77. Precision award-77, focus award-Made of Stone, Staging award-Be Still, Energy Award-77, Best interpretation-Be Still, Finish Line, Everywhere I Go, Concept Award-77, Made of Stone , top mini group-Youth Lagoon 2nd Finish Line, top mini jazz Salute, top mini contemp Yourh Lagoon, mini duo 2nd overall-Girls 3rd overall -Everywhere. Top mini line-Salute, hi score jr jazz-Got It, top jr ex line-Rule. Mini critic nominations-Youth Lagoon, Finish Line-jr nominated-Got it. Also-3rd teen hi score group-Je Suis, 4th Teen hi score group-Crumbling, 2nd Sr hi score group-Made Of Stone, 2nd Mini Group-Finish line, 4th jr hi group-Got it, Top extended line-Be Still

Congrats to our Company scholarship finalists and winners from NYCDA. Piper was awarded Top Teen Outstanding Dancer, Samantha was runner up Junior dancer, Brooke runner up Sr, and Destinee was runner up top Mini. Carek won a Peridance one week scholarship, Brooke received the Rockette award and Hip Hop scholarship. Scholarship finalists for outstanding dancer were: Abby, Karson, Kenya, Kaitlin, Michayla, Natalie, Briana, Carek, Bella H, Lauren Marie, Mackenzie M, Lulu, August, Madelyn, Hannah, and Katie. We are so proud of our dancers and couldn’t be happier with our dances for the first time ever to hit a stage. Way to go BSD! Studio dancers Mallory and Lauren also were scholarship finalists.