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!

Man, have we been busy during the summer! From competing, to classes, to auditions...we have been on the move! Here's what we've been up to:

• The CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew traveled to Orlando, FL to compete at Legacy Dance Championships Nationals. Not only did they perform well, but they had some of the highest scores of the competition! "Church", "Move Shake Drop" and "Tango" all got the chance to compete in the Final Showdown of the Legends for a chance to win the $600 cash prize. Only 13 total dances in that age category were invited back to compete! 
• "Church" won Third Place in the Showdown of the Legends. All of our girls represented CPAA so well. We are extremely proud!
  
  
  
  
  
• Summer Prep Classes and Intensives were held for all of the students who were preparing to audition for the CPAA Dance Company and Kidz Crew. These girls have been dancing like maniacs (in a good way!) in order to make sure they are ready for the new dance season. We had over 25 girls participate in the Dance Company prep classes and over 10 girls participate in the Kidz Crew prep classes.
• Auditions have been very successful! We had three weeks of audition and we are currently in the middle of the last week. It is so exciting to see new and old faces preparing for the upcoming dance season. I bet it is going to be the best year yet!
• On July 27, 2013, CPAA celebrated National Dance Day by teaching the NDD Hip Hop combination in a free class to our students and filming a video to commemorate the event. Check it out!  
• NEW! This year we will begin an ALL BOYS Hip Hop Kidz Crew! Auditions will be held on September 14th at 9:00am. We will give FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS to 7 dancers to participate in the All Boys Hip Hop Kidz Crew. Help spread the word to all boys who like to hip hop dance!

Here is the final BIG announcement...

WE ARE MOVING!

A brand new dance studio will be ready in time for our Open House on Augsut 24th! We are moving to a bigger space to accommodate our dancers better. We have been working so hard to get the new studio ready for our dancers. We can't wait to show you our brand new space!

It's been a crazy summer. And now that it's winding down, we'd love for you all to join us at our Open House on August 24th from 12:00-2:00pm in order to register your children for the new dance season. Classes begin on August 26th. Space is limited, so it's important to get your child registered as soon as possible. 

View the Schedule for the upcoming Season and download a registration form. (or register online!)

We are looking forward to seeing you at CPAA's brand new studio!

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!

Some of our lovely dancers from the CPAA Dance Company competed at the Hall of Fame Dance Challenge here in Charlotte, NC this past weekend. They competed some solos, duets, and two of our group numbers. Not only did they perform well, but they also received high scores and many awards throughout the weekend! Listed are the results of Hall of Fame: