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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