2008 Results
Masquerade Nationals
20 Platinum
33 High Gold
12 Gold
1 High Silver
MINI INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Performing Line- "Annie Medley" 1st place Encore Champion 2nd high point &
JUNIOR INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Madison Palmer-2nd high point solo
Rhiannon Lasch-3rd & 5th high point solo
Jenni Lien-4th high point solo
Performing Tour- 1st, 2nd & 3rd high point small group
JUNIOR ELITE DIVISION
Karissa Tricas-1st high point solo
Performing Diamonds- 1st & 2nd high point small group
Performing Diamonds-"Smooth Criminal"-Encore performance semi finalist
Performing Diamonds-"Counting"- Top 3 over all small group
TEEN ELITE DIVISION
Sam Sykora-3rd high point solo
Megan Walsh-5th high point solo
Production-"The After Life"-Encore performance semi finalist
SENIOR INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Senior Tour- "The Audition"- 1st high point large group/line
SENIOR ELITE DIVISION
Brittany Pace-4th high point solo
Lauren & Abbey- 3rd high point duo/trio & Top 3 over all duo/trio
Ultimate Lyrical-1st high point small group
Ultimate Lyrical-"Relief"- Over all Small Group Champion
Ultimate Jazz-"Hey"- Encore Performance Champion
EXTRA SPECIAL AWARDS!
Mykala received the award for top elite choreography for "Relief"!
Dance Tech as a studio received the coveted "Spirit Award"!
STATEWIDE STARZ NATIONALS
40 Platinums
12 Golds
High points
Preteen Division
Karissa Tricas-2nd high point solo
Lily Burke-3rd high point solo
Madison Palmer & Natalie Carlson-1st high point duo/trio
Karissa Tricas- 2nd place Performer of Excellence
Rhiannon Lasch- 4th place Performer of Excellence
Performing Diamonds- 1st, 4th & 5th high point small group
Performing Tour-3rd high point small group
Junior Division
Dezera' Sieracki- 1st high point solo
Sam Sykora- 3rd high point solo
Sam Sykora-1st place Performer of Excellence
Ult. Jazz- 4th high point small group
Production-1st high point production
Senior Division
Abbey Wright & Lauren Kubitschek- 2nd high point duo
Brittany Pace-3rd place Performer of Excellence
Ult. Lyrical- 2nd high point small group
Grand champion-Jr. Division and also taking the highest score of the ENTIRE competition...Production-"The After Life"!
We are so proud of everyone! Way to go dancers!
SYMPOSIUM RESULTS
56 First places!
13 Second Places
3 Third Places!
17 Diamond awards...they only gave out 28 total! WOO HOO!
55 Gold Awards
TERPS
Lily Burke- 1st Place Junior Terpsichorean
Sam Sykora- 1st Place Senior Terpsichorean
>Dezera' Sieracki- 3rd Place Senior Terpsichorean
High Points
JUNIOR DIVISION
Meredith Keller-1st high point solo-
Lily Burke- 2nd & 4th high point solo-
Madison and Natalie- 1st high point duo-
Performing Diamonds- 1st, 3rd & 4th high point small group
Performing Tour- 2nd high point small group
SENIOR DIVISION
Sam Sykora-2nd & 3rd high point solo
Rachel & Brooke- 4th high point duo
Ult.. Lyrical- 1st high point small group
Jr. Diamonds-5th high point large group
Ballet Co.- 4th high point large group
Production- 5th high point production
MASQUERADE RESULTS
28 Platinum’s
48 High Gold’s
5 Gold’s
HIGH POINT AWARDS
Recreational Division
Courtney & Nevaeh- 1st high point duo/trio
Intermediate Division
Madison-1st high junior solo
Rhiannon-2nd high junior solo
Breana-2nd high senior solo
Rachele-3rd high senior solo
Madison & Natalie- 1st high junior duo/trio
Maddy & Mikensie-1st high teen duo/trio
Performing Tour- 1st & 2nd high junior small group
Senior Tour- 1st and 2nd high senior group
Elite Division
Lily- 2nd high junior solo
Karissa-3rd high junior solo
Sam S.- 2nd high teen solo
Abbey-2nd high senior solo
Lauren-3rd high senior solo
Lauren & Abbey-2nd high senior duo/trio
Performing Diamonds-1st & 2nd high junior small group
Ultimate Lyrical- 3rd high senior small group
Choreography Awards
“Conversations”(Mykala)- Top Elite Choreography Jr. div.
“This Place is a Prison”(Kourtni)-Top Elite Choreography Sr. div.
“Counting”(Mykala)-Best Lyrical Jr. Div.
“Coming Up”(Robin)-Best Open Sr. Div.
Steven Boyd Memorial Award Recipients
(only one dancer 12 & under and one 13 & over selected of all dancers!)
Jenni Lien- Jr. winner
Lauren Kubitschek- Sr. winner
Top Studio Award
Dance Tech came in 3rd in all those incredible studios!! So Proud!
Parade of Stars Selections
Lily, Karissa, Jenni, Madison, Lauren, Abbey, Sami, Sam, Brittany
I.D.C. Results
18 Platinum’s
13 High Gold’s
27 Gold’s
8 Sterling Silver’s
1 Silver
HIGH POINT AWARDS
Lily-1st high point junior solo
Karissa-2nd high point junior solo
Madison & Natalie-2nd high point junior duo
Performing Diamonds- 1st & 2nd high point small group
Lily-2nd runner up Jr. Ultimate Challenge (3rd highest overall junior score!)
JUDGE’S AWARDS
Karissa-Best Technical Execution
Annaliese-Best Emotional Execution
“Steppin’ Out”- Touch of Class
EXTRA SPECIAL AWARD
Jenni Lien was selected as the “National Dance Week Center Stage Dancer”
TALENT ON PARADE
Elite Top First Awards-34
Top First Awards-22
First Awards-23
Way to go dancers! Dance Tech dancers took home over $1,000 in cash awards!
HIGH POINT AWARDS
Tiny Techers (Pine City): 5th high point
Perf. Line: 1st and 3rd high point-CASH AWARD!
Perf. Tour: placed all their dances in the top 10
Perf. Diamonds- 3,2,1st high point-CASH AWARD!
Jr. Diamonds,Sr. Tour, Ult. tap, lyrical & jazz: placed in the top 10
Ballet Company-1st high point-CASH AWARD!
Production-2nd high point
Top Costume-Dezera' Sieracki's jazz-CASH AWARD!
Summer in L.A. scholarship-Dezera' Sieracki
TOP STARZ-Karissa Tricas & Sam Sykora
TOP 10 Junior Division-Annaliese, Natalie, Jenni, Rhiannon, Madison, Indigo, Meredith, Lily
Karissa took 1st high point-CASH AWARD!
TOP 10 Teen Division Megan W., Maddy, Michaela,Sami M., Dezera',
Sam Sykora took 1st high point-CASH AWARD!
TOP 10 Sr. Division-Alex, Kelsey, Bre., Lauren, Brittany, Megan S., Abbey
Recreational solos- Savannah(2nd high) Monte-first high point-CASH AWARD!
Recreational Duos- Dylan & Page (4th high), Nevaeh & Courtney (2nd high)
TOP Choreography awards- Amber, Mykala & Robin all received one!
TOP 10 duos in their age division- Madison & Natalie(2nd), Maddy & Mikensie(4th), Kelsey & Amanda(7th)
TOP 10 Avg.- Michaela, Megan S., Brittany, Dezera', Sam, Rhiannon, Meredith, Lily
Karissa Tricas won TOP AVG.- CASH AWARD!
TOP ENTERTAINERS- Megan S., Brittany, Dezera', Lily, Karissa
Sam Sykora won TOP ENTERTAINER-CASH AWARD!
Way too many judges choice awards to mention!
I think there were more than 20!
What a fabulous group we have! Oh so proud!
Statewide Starz
26 Platinums
22 Golds
1 Silver
20 Category winners
HIGH POINT AWARDS
Karissa Tricas- 2nd high solo Preteen
Dezera' Sieracki- 3rd high solo Junior
Abbey Wright- 4th high solo Senior
Kelsey Jaeb & Amanda Peterson - 1st high duo Junior
Lauren Kubitshcek & Abbey Wright- 2nd high duo Senior
Perf. Diamonds- 2nd high small group Preteen
Ultimate Lyrical-1st high small group Senior
Jr. Diamonds- 4th & 5th high large group Junior
Ballet Company- 2nd high large group Junior
PERFORMER OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Karissa Tricas- 1st place Preteen
Lily Burke- 2nd place Preteen
Sam Sykora- 1st place Junior
Brittany Pace- 1st place Senior
Megan Slate- 2nd place Senior
STANDOUT DANCERS
Karissa Tricas, Meredith Keller, Dezera' Sieracki, Courtney Pace
2009 COMPETITION RESULTS
First want to congratulate our family lip sync contest winners,
I plan on getting their videos posted to the website soon!
They were all fabulous!
The Bartlett family-1st place- $500
The Lien family-2nd place-$300
The Cunningham/Bjelland family-$100
OUR NATIONAL'S RESULTS
11 Diamond Elite Top First
37 Elite Top First
12 Top First
1 First
PRETEEN & JUNIOR HIGH POINTS, ETC...
Madison Palmer & Meredith Keller won the Category Cups for Ballet
Madison won a scholarship for T.O.P.'s Dance Directive
Madison took 5th high point out of over 60 solos
Meredith took 9th high point our of over 120 solos
Lindsay & Allison Bartlett got into the "Dance Off" and won 1st high point intermediate duet, as well as a cash award
Lexi Rognstad and Kenzie Mueller took 6th high point intermediate duet
Performing Diamonds got in the "Dance Off"
Performing Tour took the 9-10 lyrical cup
Performing Diamonds took the 11-12 jazz cup
Performing tour took 1st, 3rd and 4th high points in the intermediate division, CASH AWARD! Also took10th, 8th & 6th in the Elite!
Performing Diamonds took 1st, 4th and 7th high points in the Elite division, CASH AWARD!
Junior Tour took 9th, 8th & 4th high point in the intermediate division.
TEEN & SENIOR HIGH POINTS, ETC...
Mikensie Johnson, Courtney Pace & Courtney Peters got in the Jr. Teen "Dance Off"!
JR. TEEN DIVISION
Mikensie took 2nd high point solo
Courtney Pace took 3rd high point solo
Courtney Peters took 5th high point solo
Tristan Lasch took 8th high solo in the intermediate, and 4th place best costume
TEEN DIVISION
Sam Sykora took 2nd high point solo
Alex Murdock took 8th high point solo
Sam won the Category Cup for jazz
Karissa & Sam won the lyrical cup, made it into the "Dance Off" and took 1st high point duet in the 13-14 age category, CASH AWARD!
Bridget, Lily and Sam took 8th high point in the 15-16 age category
SENIOR DIVISION
Bridget Burke took 5th high point solo
Brittany Pace took 6th high point solo
Sr. Tour won 1st, 3rd & 4th high point small group intermediate division, CASH AWARD! Also placed 7th in the Elite division!
Sr. Diamonds made it into the "Dance Off", and
took 3rd, 4th and 7th high point in the Elite division.
Production took 2nd high point
TOP ENTERTAINER
Alex Murdock-1st place TOP Entertainer, CASH AWARD!
Sam Sykora- 6th place for TOP Entertainer
Brittany Pace-9th place for TOP Entertainer
Congratulations to everyone! We are so proud of you all of you!
Looking forward to summer dance starting...new ideas, new teachers, new inspiration!
Best of luck to our graduating seniors! Thanks for being such an incredible part of the DT family! We will miss you so much, and hope that you come to visit us often!
Symposium Talent Contest
30 Diamonds!
38 Golds!
2 Silvers!
51 First Places!
13 Second Places!
8 Third Places!
HIGH POINTS!!
12 & Under
Meredith Keller- 1st high point solo
Lily Burke- 2nd high point solo
Karissa Tricas- 3rd high point solo
Rhiannon Lasch- 4th high point solo
Madison Palmer- 5th high point solo
Lexi Rognstad & Kenzie Mueller- 1st high point duet
Lindsay Bartlette & Allison Bartlette- 2nd high point duet
Performing Diamonds- 1st and 5th high point small group
Performing Tour- 2nd and 3rd high point small group
Performing Tour also received the "Super Tap" award
Lily- 1st place Junior Terpsichorean
13 & Over
Sam Sykora- 1st and 2nd high point solo
Brittany Pace- 4th high point solo
Bridget Burke- 5th high point solo
Sam Sykora & Karissa Tricas- 1st high point duet
Maddy Groschen & Mikensie Johnson-5th high point duet
Lily, Bridgey, and Sam-1st high point trio
Senior Diamonds- 1st and 2nd high point small group
Production-2nd high point production
Tap Group- received "Super Tap"
Sam Sykora- 1st place Sr. Terpsichorean
Lauren Garin received solo "Super Tap" award
We received several judge's choice awards as well!
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN! YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!
MASQUERADE
22 Golds
39 High Golds
23 Platinums
Petite Division(Recreational)
1st high point large group- "Don't Let Your Mom Go Shopping"-Jr. Line
3rd high point large group-"Baby Mine"-Tiny Techers
Best Costume-"Jelical Cats"- Regan & Jamie
Judges Choice- "Don't Let Your Mom Go Shopping"- Best Open Act
"Petite Spirit Award"!- won by the Tiny Techers, Perf. Line and Jr. Line
Junior Division(Intermediate)
1st high point duo/trio-"Pink Panther"- Kenzie & Lexi
1st high point small group-"Dream On"- Perf. Tour
3rd high point small group-"I'm A Dancing Fool"-Perf. Tour
Judge's Encore Performance selection-"Dream On"- Perf. Tour
Best Choreography- "Dream On"- Mykala Lind
Teen Division(Elite)
Miss Masquerade-Sam Sykora!
3rd high point solo-"The Universe"- Sam Sykora
4th high point solo-Small Enough"- Karissa Tricas
3rd high point duo/trio-"Hallelujah"- Sam & Karissa
Judge's choice- Best Tap Routine-"Ala Turka"-comp. tap group
Judge's Encore Performance selection- "Grace"-Perf. Diamonds
Senior Division(Intermediate)
1st high point small group- "Cell Block Tango"- Sr. Tour
Judge's Encore performance selection-"The Garden"- Sr. Tour
Senior Division(Elite)
"Best of Show"(highest scoring routine of the whole senior division!) "The Moment I Said It"
1st high point small group-"The Moment I Said It"- Sr. Diamonds
2nd high point small group-"Gabriel"-Sr. Diamonds
Judge's choice, Best Open Routine- "The Moment I Said It"- Sr. Diamonds
Judge's choice-"Wonder Woman" Award- Bridget Burke
Top Studio
(based on averaging the studio scores)
Dance Tech came in 3rd!
Parade of Stars
These solists were selected by the judges to be a part of a special routine at nationals
Bridget Burke, Lily Burke, Meredith Keller, Brittany Pace,
Madison Palmer, Courtney Peters, Sam Sykora, Karissa Tricas
Legacy Results
16 Platinums
22 Elite Golds
21 Golds
2 High Silvers
HIGH POINT AWARDS
PETITE SOLOS
2nd high point- Madison Palmer
Ms. Petite Legacy- Madison Palmer
JUNIOR TOP 20 SOLOS
3rd high point-Lily Burke
8th high point-Karissa Tricas
9th high point-Meredith Keller
10th high point-Rhiannon Lasch
14th high point- Annaliese Mickelson
TEEN TOP 20 SOLOS
4th high point-Mikensie Johnson
9th high point-Sam Sykora
15th high point-Megan Walsh
2nd runner up Ms. Legacy- Sam Sykora
SENIOR TOP 20 SOLOS
5th high point- Bridget Burke
11th high point-Brittany Pace
12th high point- Alex Murdock
1st runner up Ms. Legacy- Bridget Burke
TEEN DUETS
2nd high point- Sam & Karissa/Maddy & Mikensie
4th high point- Bridget, Lily & Sam
SENIOR DUETS
5th high point- Kelsey and Amanda
JUNIOR SMALL GROUPS
1st high point- Perf. Diamonds "Grace"
2nd high point-Perf. Diamonds "Le Jazz Hot"
3rd high point-Perf. Diamonds "Rama Lama Bang Bang"
3rd high point- Perf. Tour "Dream On"
4th high point- Jr. Ballet Company "Spanish Variation"
5th high point- Pert. Tour "Jam"
JUNIOR LARGE GROUPS
3rd high point-Jr. Tour "Steam Heat"
TEEN GROUPS
9th high point- Jr. Diamonds "Too Far"
8th high point- Jr. Diamonds "Right Now"
4th high point- Jr. Diamonds "Sunday Kind of Love"
SENIOR GROUPS
5th high point- Sr. Tour "All for Believing"
4th high point- Sr. Diamonds "Wicked Little Girls"
2nd high point-Sr. Diamonds "The Moment I Said It"
1st high point-Sr. Diamonds "Gabriel"
SENIOR PRODUCTIONS
1st high point- "Minnesota...Land of 10,000 Homeless"
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
"Grace"-Mykala Lind
SCHOLARSHIPS
Broadway Dance Center in NYC- Mikensie Johnson
L.A. Hip Hop Intensive- Bridget Burke
Full Shock Dance Convention- Lily & Madison
Partial Shock Dance Convention- Annaliese, Rhiannon, Meredith, Karissa, Sam, Megan, Alex, Brittany
Talent on Parade
Our dancers won over $1,000 in cash awards at their first competition!
Elite Top First- 31
Top First-32
First-12
HIGH POINT AWARDS(12 & under solos)
NOVICE DIVISION
Rosie Pearson(1st & cash award!), Nevaeh Isackson-Rod(2nd)
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Natalie Carlson(2nd)
COMPETITIVE DIVISION
(9-10 Year Olds)
Madison Palmer(2nd), Natalie Carlson (7th), Rosie Pearson (9th)
(11-12 Year Olds)
Karissa Tricas(3rd), Rhiannon Lasch(6th), Lily Burke(7th), Meredith Keller(9th)
OVERALL AVERAGE (2 or more solos)
Madison Palmer(2nd), Lily Burke(4th), Rhiannon Lasch(5th)
TOP Entertainer
Madison (4th), Lily (5th)
Category Cup Winners
Madison(ballet & jazz for 9-10) Lily (jazz for 11-12)
Photogenic
Haley Shegsted (2nd place)
Costume
Rhiannon(4th place)
TOP STARS(selected to perform a special routine at nationals)
Karissa & Madison
Best Choreography
Mykala Lind for Karissa's solo, "Small Enough"
DANCE OFF CHAMPION- Abby Sullivan from the Perf. Line!!
Way to go Abby!
HIGH POINT AWARDS(12 & under groups)
NOVICE DIVISION
Perf. Line(5th), Jr. Line (1st-cash award!)
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Jr. Tour(6th & 7th), Perf. Tour(1st-cash award!)
COMPETITIVE DIVISION
(8 & under)
Jr.Line (1st-cash award! & 4th), Tiny Techers (4th & 5th)
(9-10 yr.)
Perf. Tour(1st-cash award!, 2nd & 7th)
(11-12 yr.)
Perf. Diamonds(1st-cash award!, 6th & 5th)
Tap Group(2nd)
Jr. Ballet Co.(7th)
DT Jazz(8th)
CATEGORY CUP WINNERS
(8 & under)
Jr. Line(Jazz)
(9-10)
Perf. Tour (Jazz & Lyrical)
(11-12)
Perf. Diamonds (lyrical)
Tap Group (tap! ha ha)
Best Choreography
Mykala Lind for Perf. Diamonds "Grace"
HIGH POINT AWARDS(duos/trios)
NOVICE DIVISION
Regan & Jamie(3rd)
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Lexi & Kezie (1st-cash award!), Lindsay & Allison(2nd)
COMPETITIVE DIVISION
(13-14 year olds)
Sam & Karissa(1st-cash award!), Maddy & Mikensie(3rd)
(15 & up)
Bridget, Sam & Lily(5th), Kelsey & Amanda(7th), Falina & Tanya(8th)
HIGH POINT AWARDS(13 & over solos)
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Jenna Gale(1st-cash award!), Kayla Kirk(3rd), Amanda Flaherty (4th)
COMPETITIVE DIVISION
(13-14 yr.)
Mikensie Johnson(7th), Megan Walsh(8th)
(15-16 yr.)
Sam Sykora(1st-cash award!), Alex Murdock(4th)
(17-18 yr.)
Bridget Burke(2nd), Brooke Louden(3rd), Brittany Pace(7th)
OVERALL AVERAGE (2 or more solos)
Bridget Burke(3rd), Sam Sykora(4th)
TOP Entertainer
Sam Sykora (2nd)
Category Cup Winners
Sam Sykora(open category)
TOP STARS(selected to perform a special routine at nationals)
Sam Sykora, Bridget Burke
SCHOLARSHIPS
Bridget Burke-$1,000 Hip Hop Intensive in L.A.
Brooke Louden-$1,000 Summer Dance Intensive in L.A.
Costume
Tristan Lasch (1st place)
HIGH POINT AWARDS(13 & over groups)
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Sr. Tour(1st-cash award! & 5th)
COMPETITIVE DIVISION
Sr. Diamonds(1st-cash prize!, 3rd & 9th)
Jr. Diamonds(2nd & 7th)
Sr. Tour(4th)
Sr. Ballet Company(5th)
Production(1st)
Category Cup Winners
Sr. Diamonds(lyrical & open)
Jr. Diamonds(lyrical)
Best Choreography
Robin Lind for Sr. Diamonds, "The Moment I Said It"
GREAT JOB DANCERS! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
