The CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew had an awesome weekend at Hall of Fame Dance Challenge in Winston-Salem, NC. They competed against some amazing studios and had such a fun time throughout the entire weekend. Here are the results!

MVP Award (This routine will be featured on the Hall of Fame Website!)
Higher Ground

Future Hall of Fame Small Group
4th Overall - Firework

Future Hall of Fame Large Group
3rd Overall - Hero

Junior Small Group (Rookie) 
1st Overall - The Queen

Junior Small Group (National)
1st Overall - Get Low

Junior Large Group (National)
1st Overall - Respect

Teen Small Group
Titanium - 6th Overall
Higher Ground - 7th Overall

Future Hall of Fame Duet/Trio (Rookie)
1st Overall - Lip Gloss (Kayla and Morgan T.)

Future Hall of Fame Duet/Trio
2nd Overall - Hot and Cold (Jada, Alex and Camryn)

Junior Duet/Trio (Rookie)
1st Overall - Girl Fight (Hannah and Taylor E.)

Teen Duet/Trio (American)
4th Overall - Somebody That I Used To Know (Toni and Zoe)

Teen Solo 
5th Overall - Sacrifice (Zoe)
9th Overall - Sweet Dreams (Hailey)

Senior Solo
5th Overall - Fire (Toni)

Entertainment Award
House Party

Showmanship Award
Gimme Gimme (Sydney)
Watch It (Taylor B. and Camilla)

Super Style Award
Hound Dog (Jada)

Precision Award
Hot and Cold (Jada, Alex and Camryn)
Respect

Star Quality Award
Sacrifice (Zoe)

Fabulous Feet Award
Fire (Toni)

All Star Awards
Sydney, Nyah, Zoe, Hailey and Toni

Congrats ladies! You represented #CPAAnation to the fullest! 

This past weekend, the CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew attended their last Regionals Competition of the Season...Encore Dance Competition. Each dance performed amazingly! Not only did they dance well, they were recognized amongst some of the biggest studios in the Charlotte area. All of the studios were fantastic at the competition. So a BIG shout out to all of the studios that attended Encore in Asheville. An even bigger shout out to the CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew for the following results:

My City - 1st Overall Competitive Junior Super Group and Highest Competitive Score of the Day
Too Darn Hot - 1st Overall Recreational Junior Duet/Trio and Highest Recreational Score of the Day
Come and Get It - 1st Overall Elite Junior Small Group
Countdown - 1st Overall Recreational Junior Small Group
Boing Clash Boom - 2nd Overall Recreational Junior Small Group
My Boyfriend's Back - 2nd Overall Competitive Mini Duet/Trio
Hey Mickey - 3rd Overall Competitive Petite Small Group
A Little Party - 3rd Overall Competitive Junior Small Group
Dance - 3rd Overall Competitive Mini Duet/Trio
Eyes - 3rd Overall Elite Junior Duet/Trio
You - 4th Overall Elite Junior Small Group
Beats (Toni) - 5th Overall Elite Teen Solo
Imagine - 7th Overall Elite Junior Small Group
I'm Really Hot - 10th Overall Elite Junior Small Group

Only 6 Diamond awards were given in the Junior and Petite Competition...and CPAA received 3 of them for "Too Darn Hot", "My City", and "Come and Get It". 

The judges chose one studio to receive the NY Quest Intensive Studio Scholarship...and they chose CPAA!

WOW! It was a great weekend. Such an awesome way to close out our last regional competition. We couldn't have had such a success without our awesome parents and their talented, sweet and crazy kids! Thank you guys!

After the recital, the CPAA Kidz Crew and the Diamonds of the CPAA Dance Company will be competing in Savannah, GA at Encore Nationals. 

Now...Let's get ready for our 5TH ANNUAL SPRING RECITAL! More info to come soon...

This weekend, the CPAA Dance Company and the CPAA Kidz Crew attended Legacy Dance Championships here in Charlotte NC. It was our first competition of the season and we ROCKED it! Listed are the results and some pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Hey Mickey - Platinum and 1st Overall Mini Small Group

Countdown - Platinum, Swag Award and 3rd Overall Petite Small Group

Kiss - Elite Gold, 8th Overall Petite Small Group

Boing Clash Boom - Platinum, 2nd Overall Petite Small Group

A Little Party - Platinum, Clean & Cut Award and 3rd Overall Petite Small Group

My Boyfriend's Back - Platinum, Spunky Award and 1st Overall Mini Duet/Trio

Dance - Platinum, 2nd Overall Mini Duet/Trio

Too Darn Hot - Platinum and 1st Overall Petite Duet/Trio

I'm Really Hot - Platinum and 8th Overall Teen Small Group

Imagine - Elite Gold and 6th Overall Junior Small Group

Come and Get It - Elite Gold and 7th Overall Junior Small Group

You - Platinum and 1st Overall Junior Small Group

Dock of the Bay - Elite Gold and 6th Overall Teen Duet/Trio

Eyes - Platinum and 2nd Overall Junior Duet/Trio

My City - Platinum, Swag Award and 1st Overall Junior Line

The Wild Youth (Zoe) - Platinum

I Need Your Love  (Jenae) - Elite Gold and 8th Overall

Mr. Monotony (Zoe) - Platinum, 3rd Overall, 2nd runner up to Junior Miss Legacy and a scholarship to Legacy Dance Convention

I'm Out (Grace) - Platinum, Special Judges Award and an invite to participate in Legacy Nationals

Beats (Daria) - Platinum, 10th Overall and a scholarship to Broadway Dance Center in NYC

Mamma Knows Best (Riley) - Elite Gold, Special Judges Award, 5th Overall and 2nd runner up to Petite Miss Legacy

"You" also won the Choreography Award for all of the 12 & under dances. Also, CPAA won the Sportsmanship Award for the entire competition! Overall, it was an awesome weekend! We are so proud of all of our dancers.

 

Congratulations everyone!

On Friday, February 7th, the Dance Company and the Kidz Crew performed at Steele Creek Elementary's Valentine's Dance. The students watched as we performed, and it was so much fun! A big thanks to Steele Creek's PTA President Latesha Addison for asking us to perform. We love to perform whenever we can! Check out some pictures from the event below...

 

The CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew attended Monsters of Hip Hop in Atlanta GA last weekend. We had an awesome time! The kids attended classes all weekend by some of the top hip hop choreographers and dancers in the industry.  Classes started on Friday night and continued of Saturday and Sunday...all day long! We joined other dance studios and hip hop crews at the Sheraton in downtown Atlanta to learn from the best!

 

 

On Saturday evening, Monsters let all of the studios perform in a Showcase in order to allow the choreographers to critique the dances from the studios before we actually attend a competition. Some of the Dance Company members performed their small group hip hop dance to "Come and Get It". They did awesome...and the choreographers LOVED it! It was our first time performing the dance in a stage set venue. And I couldn't be prouder of the girls. The had the audience hyped! Congratulations of performing so well ladies!

 

 

They also held a Hip Hop Freestyle Battle for all of the kids on Saturday evening. Tim from the Kidz Crew won $50 and 3rd place in a very competitive battle. Congrats Tim! Some of our parents GOT DOWN in the Parent's Battle, too! Melony, Latesha, Janelle and Sherronda all showed off their skills on stage. They killed it...and got a nice workout too! Latesha got 2nd in the Parent's Battle and almost came home with a scholarship for her daughter. Way to go Tesha!

 

 

 

 

Overall, we had a GREAT time. Monsters of Hip Hop is always one of my favorite conventions. This week, the kids came in practicing all of the dances they learned at the convention. We can't wait till next year to do it all over again!

 



 

 

 

 

CPAA students were phenomenal in this year's recital. Our theme for the 2013 Spring Recital was "Dancing Around the World". All of our recital classes did dances from different parts of the world. We took our audience on a ride all around the world.

We are so proud of our students and their accomplishments from this past year. They have grown so much as dancers, and as people. We couldn't have made this year so successful without our wonderful parents...a BIG THANKS to you all :)

Before the recital started, we played a slideshow of pictures taken by Lauren Cordova at Dress Rehearsal. Many parents wanted to view it again. So...here it is!

The CPAA Dance Company and the CPAA Kidz Crew will perform at Taste of Charlotte on Saturday, June 8th at 3:30pm. Come and support CPAA at the Center Stage at the intersection of Tryon and Trade St. We will be sure to take many pictures and share them with you all!

Summer Classes start on Monday, June 10th. To participate in the CPAA Dance Company or the CPAA Kidz Crew, you must take at least 4 weeks of classes during the summer. Look up the Summer Classes for more information and register ASAP. Space is limited!

Until next time...peace, love and dance :)

Well since the last post, we have had so much going on! One Saturday, some members of the CPAA Dance Company and the CPAA Kidz Crew performed for the Queen City Sarcoidosis Foundation's Annual Dinner. They had a beautiful formal dinner. Our girls performed some inspirational numbers and also some fun, high-energy entertaining dances. The Kidz Crew performed "Move Shake Drop", the CPAA Dance Company performed "Help the People", and Cameron, Toni and Zoe performed their solos. The crowd LOVED our performances. The girls definitely gave hope and inspiration and rocked the crowd too!

This past weekend, the Dance Company and the Kidz Crew traveled to Asheville NC to compete at Encore Dance Competition to the Stars. Also at the competition were other talented, local studios Miller Street Dance Academy and BB Dance Productions. There was so much talent at this competition. It was awesome to be amongst so many talented dancers.

Our girls performed so well! Not only did they perform their numbers the BEST they have ever performed them, but they also scored extremely high! All of our group dances received Platinums, and "Church" received the highest honor to receive...a Diamond! Only two studios actually received a Diamond at Encore in Asheville. We are so proud to be one of those studios! Here are the results:

"Church"
     1st Overall Junior Elite Small Groups
     Junior/Petite Choreography Award (chosen from    
     all dances performed on Saturday!)
"Dance With Somebody" (Cameron)
     1st Overall Petite Elite Solo
"Move Shake Drop"
     2nd Overall Junior Recreational Small Groups
"The Dance"
     3rd Overall Junior Elite Duet/Trios
"Imma Be" (Toni)
     5th Overall Teen Elite Solos
"Habanera" (Riley)
     Special Judges Award

Encore was our last regional competition of the season. Next up, we are preparing for the recital! The 2013 Spring Dance Recital is "Dancing Around the World". It will be held on June 1, 2013 at 5:00pm at Nation Ford High School Auditorium. We are so excited to have all of our classes, as well as the CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew perform in our annual recital. Make sure you get your tickets ASAP!

On Saturday, May 20th, member of the CPAA Dance Company and the CPAA Kidz Crew completed a community service project for a ministry called "Moved by Compassion".

"Moved by Compassion" focuses on helping provide food and day to day items to homeless men and women. They collect items and bags and pass them out to the homeless on Sunday afternoons. Our goal was to make 50 total kits. The kits included everyday items such as deodorant, lotion, toothbrush/toothpaste, underwear, socks, tuna/chicken kits, vienna sausages, canned fruit, breakfasts bars, and many other items as well.

After practice on Saturday, around 6:00pm, we all brought whatever we purchased to the studio and began to sort and pack bags. We listened to music while the girls and the parents went to work. The girls were so excited to work on something that helps others. They had such a sweet spirit that made them feel so special for helping the less fortunate.

50 kits completed!

A big thanks to all of the students and moms that came to help out! It is so awesome that our girls can make a difference. Also, a big thanks to Drea, Cameron's mom, for putting this community service event together!

The girls posing together after their community service project

Legacy Dance Championship Stage

This weekend the CPAA Kidz Crew and the CPAA Dance Company travelled to Columbia SC to participate in the Legacy Dance Championship. There were so many amazing schools there including Columbia City Jazz (Miss Siara grew up dancing there), Miss Donna's School of Dance, The Dance Company, the Dance Department and many more. Our girls did their thing! They represented for #CPAAnation to the FULLEST. 

Kidz Crew backstage waiting to perform

This was the Kidz Crew first time competing EVER. They were nervous backstage, but when they got on the stage...they KILLED it! The Kidz Crew is a hip hop based dance crew that was started in August of 2012. They compete at a few competitions per year (only hip hop) and participate in the Monsters of Hip Hop Convention (click to see our experiences at Monsters of Hip Hop). They take classes and rehearse for only one day a week for 1.5 hours. 

Listed are the results of Legacy Dance Championships:

Kidz Crew after winning 6th Overall!

Petite Intermediate Small Groups
6th overall - Move Shake Drop (Kidz Crew)

Junior Advanced Small Groups
1st Overall - Church
2nd Overall - PYT
6th Overall - People
7th Overall - Why Don't You Love Me

Junior Advanced Large Groups
3rd Overall - Tango

Mini Novice Duet/Trios
3rd Overall - Boogie Wonderland (Alex, Ellora, Mar'yana)

Junior Advanced Duet/Trios
3rd Overall - The Dance (Grace and Zoe)
4th Overall - Drop (Lauren and Zoe)

Petite Soloists after winning their awards

Petite Advanced Solos

1st Overall - Dance With Somebody (Cameron)

5th Overall - Habanera (Riley)

8th Overall - She Wolf (Chloe)

9th Overall - I Hate Boys (Jenae)

Junior Advanced Solos

4th Overall - When You Believe (Zoe)

8th Overall - I Feel Good (Hailey)

"Boogie Wonderland" and Petite Soloists

"People" was awarded a choreography award. Congratulations Troy!

Cameron was awarded runner-up to Petite Miss Legacy.

Hailey was awarded runner-up to Junior Miss Legacy and a scholarship to Artists Simply Human convention.

Zoe was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a Broadway Bound Summer Intensive in NYC.

The Judges were able to pick special awards to go to dances that entertained them and stood out. Special Judges Awards were awarded to:

Move Shake Drop
Church
Imma Be (Toni)
I Hate Boys (Jenae)
Habanera (Riley)
Gotcha (Grace)

Kidz Crew with Miss Siara and Troy

Overall, it was a great weekend! All of the kids came ready to dance and show Legacy what we are made of! Big shoutout to our parents...you guys ROCK! Thanks for allowing us to share our passion with your kids. Also, thanks for being non-problematic "dance moms" and "dance dads" :)

Dance Company with Miss Siara and Troy

Next weekend, the CPAA Dance Company will be traveling to Atlanta GA to attend 24Seven Dance Convention. They will be taking classes all day, as well as competing on Friday and Saturday evening. Wish us luck on our next adventure!

Enjoy some photos from Monsters of Hip Hop on our FACEBOOK page. Check it out :)

Monsters of Hip Hop Stage

The CPAA Kidz Crew and a couple of CPAA Dance Company members attended Monsters of Hip Hop in Washington DC this past weekend. Monsters of Hip Hop is a dance convention where they learn dances from the HOTTEST Hip Hop choreographers/dancers in the industry.