Dance Canada London

THEY'VE DONE IT AGAIN! Congratulations to the Elite Lite and Team Elite teams for their great scores at Dance Canada in London!

Congratulations goes out to Alexander and Rachel for scoring 2nd Runner Up Junior and Senior Pre-Competitive Soloists, "Born to Fly" won 1st runner-up Highest Scoring Junior Pre-Competitive Duet/Trio and "Party Rock" won 1st runner-up Highest Scoring Junior Pre-Competitive Group! Congrats also to Katherine for winning 3rd and Highest Scoring Novice Soloist of Competition!

"Ding, Dong!" won Highest Scoring Mini Duet/Trio, "We Got the Beat" and "I Just Wanna Be Happy" won 1st runner-up and Highest Scoring Mini Groups with "Superstar" winning Highest Scoring Mini Line!

Lauren M., Madi and Lauren Bn. swept the Junior Overall Solo awards winning 3rd, 2nd and Highest Scoring Junior Solos. "Cooler, Couleur" won 2nd Highest Scoring Junior D/T, "Libertango" and "Tightrope" won 2nd and 1st runner-up Highest Scoring Junior Group.

Makayla won 2nd runner-up Highest Scoring Pre-Intermediate Solo, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" won 1st runner-up Pre-Intermediate D/T and "Feel Good Time" won 1st runner-up Highest Scoring Pre-Intermediate group. "Commander" came away with Highest Scoring Junior Line/Ext. Line.

Additional congratulations to "Heart of the Homeless" who won Highest Scoring Senior Group and "Versus" who won 2nd runner-up Highest Scoring Senior D/T.

More congratulations to our Miss Dance Canada qualifiers: Riley, Emma H., Lauren M., Madi, Lauren Bn., Lauren Br., Emma S., Makayla, Madeleine, Madisen and Jillian U.

Lastly, congratulations to Ms. Tonya for winning Best Choreography for "Commander" and also to "Commander" for winning the JUNIOR CANADA CUP!!!

Well done boys and girls! One more to go!

StarCatchers

THREE-PEAT!! Congratulations to the Team Elite and Elite Lite teams for their spectacular performances this past weekend (April 13-15) in Niagara Falls. Nearly 600 routines and you continued to stand out! Way to go!

Most Potential soloist of competition were awarded to Alina, Madi and Madisen. Best Sessional Choreography went to "African Sunrise", "Good Morning", "Heart of the Homeless" and "Cooler Couleur". 

Congratulations to Maia for winning Overall Mini soloist and to "Ding, Dong!" for 1st runner up Mini Duet/Trio. "Waiting on the World to Change" won 1st runner up Junior D/T with "Cooler Couleur" winning Highest Scoring Overall Junior D/T. 

Also, "Heart of the Homeless" won Highest Scoring Senior Group, and "Commander" won Highest Scoring Junior Ext. Line. Emma S. and Makayla were both Top 10 Junior Soloists, with Madi winning 1st runner up Overall Junior soloist. Madisen was also ranked as a top 10 Senior soloist, with Jillian U. winning 1st runner up senior soloist.

Additional congratulations goes to our scholarship winners: Madi, Emma S., Maia, Alexander, Zachary, Madisen, Jillian U. and Makayla who were awarded over $2000 in scholarships!

A final congratulations goes out to "Commander" who won Overall Junior Finalist of Competition along with awarding Ms. Tonya Best Choreography of Competition! Well done everyone, let's keep this going! 
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Spectacular Weekend at StarBeat Dance Champions

SO AWESOME! Well done dancers! Team Elite returned from a spectacular weekend at StarBeat Dance in Toronto! You continue to amaze, you brought home nearly two-thirds of the overall awards!

Congratulations to Sydney for receiving 1st runner up Novice solo, Kate, Ella and Maia for winning 3rd, 2nd and Highest scoring Mini soloist, Alina and Emma H. for winning 3rd and 2nd Highest scoring Pre-Junior Soloist, Lauren Bn. and Madi for winning 3rd and 2nd Highest scoring Junior soloist with Lauren Br. and Emma S. winning 3rd and 2nd Highest scoring Pre-Intermediate soloist.

Zack and Madeleine each won for 3rd and 2nd highest Intermediate soloist with Jillian and Madisen each winning 2nd Highest Pre-Senior and Senior soloist. Additionally, Maia won highest scoring Musical Theatre number of competition!

Additional congratulations goes out to "Peroxide Swing" and "Cooler Couleur" for winning 3rd abd 2nd Highest scoring Duo/Trio and "Versus" was awarded Highest scoring Senior Duo/Trio. "Drumline Girls" won 2nd Highest scoring Junior Group, "When We Were Young" won 2nd Highest scoring Junior large group, "Sinnerman" won Highest scoring Intermediate group and "Commander" won Highest scoring Intermediate Ext. Line.

Also we would like to acknowledge our scholarship winners: Madisen and Jillian U. came home with both Scholarships for $1000 to train in L.A. and N.Y.C! Plus, Emily W. and Madi won the FRESH dance scholarship! As well, Madeleine won "Best All-Around Dancer of Competition" scholarship to train at the prestigious "Steps on Broadway" studio in N.Y.C.

Lastly, both "Drumline Girls" and "Sinnerman" made it into the Dance-Off and came 1st runner-up in the Junior and Intermediate categories! Way to go boys and girls! Keep up the excellent work!

Wow! What a Start!

WOW! WHAT A START! Congratulations to Team Elite and Elite Lite Teams for their fantastic work this past weekend at Champions Dance in Hamilton! What a great start to the season!

Wonderful scores, tons of special awards and excellent performances, you performed extremely well. Honourable Mentions went out to Maddi H., "Peroxide Swing", "When We Were Young", "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Good Feeling", Alexander and Rachel! Way to go!

Congrats to Kate, Ella and Maia for 3rd, 2nd and Highest Scoring "Petite" solos, Alea and Isabelle for 2nd and Highest Scoring "Mini" Solos, "Cooler Couleur" for 1st runner up Junior Trio, and Lauren Bn. and Madi for 3rd and Highest Scoring Junior Solos.

"Libertango" and "Oh My Love" scored 3rd and Highest Scoring Junior Group/Line, Lauren Br. and Emma scored 1st runner up highest "Intermediate" solos with Madeleine scoring the 3rd highest scoring "Pre-Senior" solo and Sydney and Katherine scoring 3rd and 1st runner up Overall Novice Solos. Additional congratuations to "Sinnerman" and "Commander" for 3rd and Highest Scoring Intermediate Group/Lines!

Lastly, "Commander" scored 1st runner up Intermediate Champion of Champions and "Oh My Love" scored Overall Junior Champion of Champions! Way to bring home the hardware! Let's keep up the excellent work!

2012 Competitive Showcase

Elite Dance Centre hosted its 8th annual Competitive Showcase on Sunday, February 5th! Excellent work, boys and girls, you looked great! We are so proud of you! Here we go, one month countdown to competition, let's keep it up!

EDC Movie Night

What a great night! Thank you to Ms. Melanie and all the volunteers who helped out organizing the movie night. An extra special thank you goes to Fanshawe College for donating the popcorn machine! Popcorn, treats, movies, jammies and friends - we couldn't have asked for a better event!

Elite Dance Centre Christmas Food Drive A Huge Success

Elite Dance Centre Students and Families brought in over 600 items for those in need this Christmas Season.  This was more than double the goal of 300 items.

What a great effort!  Thank you so much for your overwhelming show of support!

Woodstock Santa Claus Parade

What a magical night! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the "Santa Claus Parade: Cookies and Cheer" such a great time! All the cookies, hot cocoa, festive treats made for a great celebration of the upcoming holiday season! Thanks so much!

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The Enchanted Forest Halloween Party

WOW-EE! Best Halloween party ever! "The Enchanted Forest" was a huge success! Everyone had such amazing costumes, parents too! Thanks to all the volunteers and organizers who made this event so extra special, treats and tricks galore! What a fun time!

Perfect Attendance for September!

Congratulations to Team Elite for perfect attendance through September! Well done!

Summer Intensive 2011

2011 Summer Camps

Dance Extravaganza 2011 - Saturday June 18, 2011

WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE SEASON!!!

Both the Team Elite and Elite Lite teams returned from Toronto to end out their fantastic winning streak on a high note! Yet again, with too many amazing standings and special awards to mention, you dominated the overall awards!

Congrats to "My Own Step" and "Boom" for winning 1st Runner Up and Highest Scoring Pre-Competitive Duet/Trios! Also to Olivia for winning 2nd Runner Up Highest Scoring Junior Ballet solo, and to Emily for scoring 2nd Runner Up Highest Scoring Senior Ballet Solo!

Also congratulations to Madi and Alyssa for winning 1st and 2nd Runner Up Highest Scoring Mini Solo, Emma and Makayla for winning 1st and 2nd Runner Up Highest Scoring Junior Solo and to Katie for winning Highest Scoring Senior Solo!

Congratulations to "Dynamite", "Party Time" and "Silent Night" for winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd Highest Scoring Junior Duet/Trios, "Kids in America" and "Can't Buy Me Love" winning 1st and 2nd Highest Scoring Mini Small Groups, "When She Loved Me" and "Beggin'" for 1st and 3rd Highest Scoring Junior Groups, "For Our Heroes" for winning 2nd Highest Intermediate Group.

More congratulations go out to "Winter Migration" for winning 3rd Highest Scoring Junior Large Group and to "Tribute" for winning Highest Scoring Ext. Line or Production along with the 3rd Highest Mark of Competition! Also we are proud to welcome home yet another huge trophy after receiving the 3rd Highest Combined Score Total for the weekend!

Lastly, congratulations to our scholarship winners, Jillian and Katie who received over $1500 in Scholarships to L.A.!

What a season! We couldn't be more proud of you with all your hard work and commitment. It really shows in every performance and we are truly happy to have been able to be a part of your lives again this year! Way to go dancers!

The Streak Continues at Star Catchers in Hamilton

THE STREAK CONTINUES! Team Elite recently returned from competition in Hamilton victorious once again!

Congratulations to the fantastic placements from all of our dancers as they came away with too many overall and special awards to mention including Best Choreography, Highest Scoring Routines of Session and Most Promising Performances!

Special congratulations goes to "Party Time" for Highest Scoring Mini Duet/Trio, "Kids in America" for Highest Scoring Mini Group, Kassidy for Highest Scoring Mini Routine, "Silent Night" for Highest Scoring Novice Duet/Trio, Madi for Highest Scoring Novice Routine, "When She Loved Me" and "Can't Buy Me Love" for 1st Runner up and Highest Scoring Junior Groups.

Also, kudos to "Toxic" which scored 1st Runner Up Highest scoring Senior Duet/Trio, and to "Night of Salsa" and "Tribute" which scored the 1st Runner Up and Highest Scoring Junior Routines of Competition!

Additional Congratulations to our students recognized as being the Most Promising Performers of competition: Alina, Lauren B., and Makayla. We must also recognize our Scholarship Winners: Madeleine, Madisen and Zachary who were awarded over $2000 in scholarships by the competition!

Finally, congratulations once again to "Tribute" which was awarded the coveted Highest Achievement for a Large Choreographed Routine of Competition! WELL DONE!

Keep it up! One more to go! As usual, we are so proud of each and every one of you!

Dance Canada

THREE-PEAT! Congratulations to Team Elite, Elite Lite and Mini Teams for their fantastic performances recently in London. They returned with an unbelievable number of overall awards including a clean sweep of Overall Highest Scoring Novice, Junior, Intermediate and Senior Routines.

An additional congratulations goes out to Madeleine and Lauren B. who won each of the prestigious "Destined to Succeed" Awards in the Senior and Junior categories! Also congratulations to Ms. Tonya who won both the Junior and Senior "Creative Concept" Awards.

More congratulations to the three highest scoring routines of competition: 3rd Highest Score, "Toxic", 2nd Highest Score to Katie H., and the Highest Scoring Routine of Competition to Madisen.

We would also like to congratulate all the VIPs selected by the competition to compete for the titles of Mr. and Ms. Dance Canada: Olivia, Kassidy, Madison, Madi, Julia, Lauren Br, Lauren Bn, Makayla, Emma, Allison, Madeleine, Jillian, Zachary, Katie and Madisen.

What a great job! We are so proud of you! Keep up the excellent work!

Star Beat Dance

THEY'VE DONE IT AGAIN! Team Elite recently returned from competition in Toronto against over 700 routines winning an unprecedented number of overall awards, including highest scoring solos, duets, trios, small groups, large groups and extended lines!

Additional congratulations to all of our scholarship winners from this competition! Over $2500 in scholarships won, including trips to Los Angeles to train with LA's best choreographers! WOW!! Another special congratulations to Madisen who scored the highest scoring routine of competition, 95.73!

Way to go team! Keep up the fantastic work!

Pulse

Elite Dance Centre recently had the privilege of attending the Pulse Dance Workshop in Toronto. They trained with such world famous dancers and choreographers as Cris Judd, Brian Friedman, Gil Duldulao and Tyce Diorio! Way to dance your heart out!

Halloween at Elite - October 23, 2010

Woodstock Sentinel Review Article on Elite at ShowStopper

The Woodstock Sentinel Review reported on Elite's success at ShowStopper in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Local news

Elite earns a North American Championship

Posted By BRUCE URQUHART, SENTINEL-REVIEW

The roughly 1,500-kilometre journey from their Woodstock studio to the Myrtle Beach Convention Centre proved worthwhile for the young students of Woodstock's Elite
Dance Centre.

By the end of the Showstopper: American Dance Championships, one team from the studio had captured the championship while a second earned a top-10 finish and a spot in a "Web TV' broadcast. Considering that Elite's dancers were competing against 2,500 other entrants from 74 schools across North America at the early July finals, their accomplishments were considerable. "We're a small studio," said Tonya Leduc, who owns Elite with her husband Rob. "Our students held their own quite well, and it's nice to hear the comments coming back from the judge about strong technique."

The group that won the "double-platinum" championship was competing in the competitive eight-and-under small group category. The group's acrobatic dance routine, "Itsy Bitsy Spider," had the students dressed as arachnids and performing on a "large prop spider web."

"I liked doing the performance," 10-year-old dancer Emma Searles said. "When I perform, I'm happy."

The other high-scoring group was one of the top finishers in the eight-and-under large group competition. Performing a jazz routine called "Right Type of Mood," the Woodstock dancers also finished with a double-platinum score.

"It was a big deal for everybody," said Tonya Leduc, adding the competition's winning performances will be broadcast on ESPN in December. "They had a great time down there."

In total, the studio brought 23 students -- Searles, Lauren Barker, Lauren Burn, Makayla Braga, Savannah Blancher, Riley Carswell, Madeleine Carswell, Julia Copeland, Marlee Eddy, Allison Goodbun, Emma Hagen-Johnson, Bridget Heeman, Katie Heeman, Caitlin Humeston, Madi Langdon, Lauren McReynolds, Emily Porchak, Jillian Sommers, Jillian Utter, Emily Walker, Claire Worrall, Madisen Young and Kassidy Norris. Norris earned a gold medal in the jazz solo competition for her routine, "Dare to Dance."

For the the dancers from Elite earned their spots in the Myrtle Beach championship through their gold-standard performances at a regional qualifier.

"We had to do a regional competition in Battlefield, Mich.," Rob Leduc said, "and they had to place in their categories.

"We're very proud of their accomplishments."

Combined, the Leducs have been teaching dance for roughly three decades, and instruct their students in a number of disciplines, including ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatic, hip hop and ballroom. While both have education degrees -- and were once schoolteachers -- they have now turned their full attention to their dance studio, which is currently registering new students.

"We' re trained to teach everything (we offer), but we specialize in the classes we are strongest in," Tonya Leduc said, "and we have different specialties."

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