Tri-City Dance Centre

Achievements

Special Accomplishments 2007/2008 

Congratulations to the 200+ dancers who took R.A.D. ballet exams and A.I.D.T tap exams this fall and spring! Everyone passed easily, with many marks above 80%! Way to go dancers! 

Congratulations to Tianna Hernandez (Senior Contemporary), Saskia Wedding (Senior Ballet) and Shanelle Horobec (Intermediate Stage) for being chosen by local dance festivals to compete at the BC Festival of The Arts (The Provincials) this May in Burnaby. Big congratulations to Tianna for being chosen as the runner-up in the province in Senior Contemporary! 

Congratulations to the following dancers for auditioning, being chosen and attending the following Summer Intensives this July and August:

Matisse Maitland (The National Ballet School), Julia Cunha (Royal Winnipeg Ballet School), Marissa Wong (The Joffrey Ballet School, New York), Mara Lewis (Okanagan Dance Intensive- formerly the Banff Centre for the Arts), Tianna Hernandez (American Ballet Theatre) and Saskia Wedding (The Joffrey Ballet School, New York). 

Congratulations to the following dancers for being awarded trophies, scholarships, bursaries and other recognition from local dance festivals:

Morgan Thiessen, Ellie Wedge, Zee Samnani, Nathan Sartore, Kristina Nishi-Beckingham and Rebecca Gombar, Christian Lagasse, Matisse Maitland, Larissa Horobec, Taylor Murdoch, Shanelle Horobec, Mara Lewis, Julia Cunha, Alex Jorgensen, Tianna Hernandez, Ashley Lafortune, Courtney Lang, Chantal Vicente, Tricia Zuskind, Saskia Wedding, Kaila Maitland and Rebecca Sclater. 

Many of the Professional Training groups won numerous trophies this year, but special congratulations go to the following groups:

Beethoven’s Day (Chilliwack Festival Honours Performance recipient)

Witchdoctor (High Score Div. 1 group in Dance Power Surrey)

Singing in the Rain (High Score Div. 1 in Dance Power Maple Ridge and Peak North Vancouver and Dance Power’s Power Championship Div.1 champion)

Twilight Zone (High Score Div.2 group in Dance Power Surrey and Maple Ridge and Power Championship third runner-up)