East Central Trader April 14, 2017

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Volume 8 No. 15

Friday, April 14, 2017

OnStage success for Humboldt and area dance companies

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WatsonEnglefeld hand out awards

Watrous School of Dance made it to the Golden Ticket round at the OnStage Dance Festival stage with their age 13-14 lyrical performance Believe. Over 960 dancers from 22 dance companies from across Saskatchewan came into Humboldt to show their stuff. photo by Becky Zimmer By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor

The dance invasion may be complete but the 960 dancers who graced the OnStage Dance Festival stage will not forget their time in Humboldt. Twenty-two dance companies, including Humboldt’s own DK Dance Visions and Impact Dance Company as well as Lake Lenore, Watrous, Wadena, and Wynyard, came to Humboldt to make their mark on the four day competition in a variety of genres. Jaycee Sperling from Watrous School of Dance was the lucky winner of the Outstanding All-Around Preformer for the 13 and over category. At only 13, Sperling hit the stage 12 times during the four days including jazz, tap, pointe, ballet, acro, and lyrical. Sperling says it is pretty cool to win the award and hopes to keep up with her dancing. Dayna Keller with DK says that it is an amazing time to meet up with different dancers and choreographers. Terralea Armstrong with Impact Dance Company says it is nice to compete in their hometown. Both companies are grateful for the board, volunteers, and organizers that put on a wonderful competition for all four days. Now both companies get a break before preparing for their recitals. A lot of hard work went into the weekend all so that their dancers could have fun and show off their talent. Humboldt’s own Golden Ticket competition capped off the weekend with 10 groups being chosen throughout the four days to compete for a cash prize. With all the amazing talent on stage, it was a tough decision for adjudicators Irene Booth, Sarah BakerKroll, and Abbey Dutton.

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Dutton feels like she has come full circle being back in her home area for OnStage. It is indescribable the feeling of seeing dancers on the same stage that she was on not more than 10 years ago. In the end it would be three Impact groups, one DK group, three groups from Melfort Dance Centre, one group from Watrous School of Dance, one from Bold Dance Productions in Saskatoon, and one from JD Dance in Rosetown being invited back to perform at the Golden Ticket round. After the music stopped and the groups struck their final pose, Impact’s Contemporary group age 15-16 would take home the $1,000 grand prize for the 13 and over category and Melfort’s jazz age 11-12 group would take home the $500 for the 12 and under. Not only were they responsible for choosing the ten Golden Ticket groups but also who was going to receive $5,000 worth of scholarships and 14 different travel opportunities for dance conventions in New York, Vancouver, Toronto, and Edmonton. Sometimes those decisions are easy when something stands out about the dancer or group of dancers. Dutton says that decision can be made harder when there are multiple dancers who have that X factor. Many of the golden ticket winners were very large groups working on a small stage. Their ability to work with that small stage and execute their dance with precision was something that caught Baker-Kroll’s eye but also the fact that they are so entertained, they get lost in the dance, says Baker-Kroll. Giving out the golden ticket was an amazing feeling because as dance instructors and directors themselves, they know the teamwork and passion that goes into an amazing performance.

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