The CPAA Dance Company had an awesome weekend at Radix! The convention classes were great, the teachers were so informative, and the competition was amazing! Here are the results:

"Dreamgirls"

Competition Awards
Young Money - "On the Edge" (Near Perfect Score) & 1st Overall Teen Production
Pretty Girls - "On the Edge" (Near Perfect Score) & 1st Overall Rookie Small Group
My Team - "On the Edge" (Near Perfect Score) & 1st Overall Mini Small Group
End of Time - 1st Overall Rookie Line
Shake Your Groove Thing - 2nd Overall Junior Small Group
Circus - 3rd Overall Junior Line

End of Time

When I Grow Up - 1st Overall Rookie Duet/Trio

Ain't Your Mama (Elle) - 4th Overall Rookie Solo
Boom! (Khloe) - 5th Overall Rookie Solo
Amazing Grace (Rilynn) - 9th Overall Mini Solo
Sweet Georgia Brown (Camryn G) - 10th Overall Mini Solo
My Love (Cameron B) - 8th Junior Solo
The Promise (Zoe) - "On the Edge" (Near Perfect Score) & 5th Overall Teen Solo

Pretty Girls

Scholarships

Core Performer Scholarship Winners

Zoe - Teen Core Performer Winner
Jasmine - Junior Core Performer Runner-Up
Camryn G, Jada and Trinity - Mini Core Performer Runner-Up

Class Scholarship Winners

Tap Scholarship - Alex
Jazz/Contemporary/Lyrical Scholarship - Toni, Rilynn and Nea
Ballet Scholarship - Rilynn
Hip Hop Scholarship - Cameron, Kyndall, Kyanna and Mar'yana
Musical Theatre Scholarship - Lilah

Enjoy some Behind-the-Scene pics from our exciting weekend!

This was an awesome start to the competition weekend! I'm so proud of all of our students. They ROCKED IT! Can't wait for the next one!

"House Party" - 11 O'Clock Winner (Junior)

The CPAA Dance Company traveled to attend 24 Seven Dance Convention where they competed and took classes! We had a blast at 24 Seven Dance Convention in Atlanta GA! Here are the awards that were won along with some fun pictures :)

"Work" - 11 O'Clock Winner (Teen)

House Party - 1st Overall Junior Large Group, 11 O'Clock Winner, Top Junior Hip Hop Dance, Studio Showcase Routine
Work - 2nd Overall Teen Small Group, 11 O'Clock Winner
Titanium - Top Teen Tap Dance
Somebody - 3rd Overall Teen Duet/Trio
Big Noise - 3rd Overall Mini Duet/Trio
The Way You Make Me Feel (Riley) - 8th Overall Junior Solo
Sweet Dreams (Hailey) - 9th Overall Teen Solo
Sacrifice (Zoe) - 9th Overall Teen Solo

Non-Stop Dancer Scholarship Winner - Cameron B

Cameron B - Mini Non-Stop Dancer Runner-up

Some of the girls ready to take class!

Tap Scholarships:
Camryn G
Nyah
Toni
Mar'yana
Zoe
Brianna

Jazz/Contemporary/Lyrical Scholarships:
Kyla
Grace
Lilah
Nea

Hip Hop Scholarships:
Riley
Jada

Congrats to all of our lovely ladies! You guys were AWESOME!

Posing with Twitch!

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 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!

Hailey and Zoe with Abby Lee Miller

Abby Lee Miller, from the hit TV show "Dance Moms", came to Charlotte to do a meet and greet and teach a master class to a ballroom full of dance students from all over the Southeast. Three students from CPAA went to the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel on Sunday, September 29th to meet and take class from Abby Lee Miller - Hailey, Taylor and Zoe. Not only did they get to meet Abby Lee, they also met Maddie and Mackenzie from "Dance Moms" too!

Taylor with Abby Lee Miller

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!

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: