CENTRE STAGE DANCE ACADEMY WINS BIG AT MAJOR DANCE EVENT
Trip to Showstopper Dance Championships was An Exciting One
Monrovia, CA--Feb 15, 2013--In Anaheim last weekend, Centre Stage Dance Academy competed against dozens of dance studios and over 1500 routines from around the state and area for prestigious top honors at Showstopper, the largest Dance Competition in the Country. Their entries placed as follows: ''A Star Is Born'' received 8th place overall in Mini Performance Small, ''Swing With Me'' received 7th place overall in Mini Performance Duet/Trio, ''God Bless Texas'' received 6th place overall in Mini Performance Large. 

In our Junior Age Category Nicole Slessor received 6th place overall in Junior Performance Solo, "Trouble received 6th place overall in Junior Performance Duet/Trio, ''Viva Elvis'' received 10th place overall 'I'm Getting Good At Being Bad" received 9th place overall and ''Gangnam Style'' received 4th place overall in Junior Performance Small Group. 

Tatum Relock received 9th place overall and Maddie Buonsanti received 10th place overall in Teen Performance Solo. 

Sarah Shahan received 10th place overall in Senior Performance Solo.  In Senior Advanced Solos, Kevin Vogel placed 10th overall, Jordan Wilhelm received 9th place and Kelsi Barbata received 8th overall. ''Keep Holding On'' received 9th place overall in Teen Advanced Duet/Trio and "Skinny Love" received 2nd overall in the same category. 

Senior Advanced Small Groups saw "Red" taking 10th overall, "Like A Boy" received 3rd overall and  ''Schindler's List'' won the entire category with a 1st place overall in Senior Advanced Small Group. 

Finishing off for CSDA was "Aye Carumba'' which received 2nd place overall in Senior Advanced Large. Centre Stage Dance Academy received 4 double platinum awards; 16 platinum awards; 15 gold awards; This qualifies them to go to the Showstopper National Finals in either Sandusky, Myrtle Beach, Anaheim, or Galveston this summer.

Gold 1st -  
Petite Solos: 
Princess Espinoza "Call Me A Princess"
Brooklyn Ahrens "Born To Be Wild"
Holly Martinez "Show Ya How" 

Petite Trio - 
"Swing With Me" Petite Groups - Rising Stars 
"Little Shop Of Horrors"
"Ease On Down The Road" 

Junior Solos: 
Quezia Popovich "The Corpse Bride"
Zella Goodman "King Creole"
Kelly Sweeney "A Wild, Wild Party"
Kelli Kuttruff "Stuff Like That There" 

Junior Duet - 
Kelly & Tatum "Trouble" 

Senior Solos - 
Sarah Shahan "Oh Industry"
Hailey Konovalov "It's Nicer In Nice" 

Senior Trio - "
Keep Holding On" 

Platinum 1st -  
Petite Groups - 
God Bless Texas "Shining Stars" A Star Is Born 

Junior Solos - 
Nicole Slessor "When You're Good To Mama"  

Junior Groups - 
Shooting Stars "I'm Getting Good At Being Bad" & "Viva Elvis" 

Teen Solos - 
Maddy Buonsanti "Shimmy Like They Do In Paree"
Tatum Relock "My Strongest Suit"
Francesca DeFrancisco "If They Could See Me Now" 

Senior Solos - 
Mattea Malerba "Girl With One Eye"
Flo Bondi "Addicted"
Kailyn Elliott "Why Don't You Do Right"
Kevin Vogel "Game On"
Kendyl Fournier "Yellow"
Jordan Wilhelm "Ave Maria"
Kelsi Barbata "Without A Word" 

Senior Trio - 
"Skinny Love" 

Senior Groups - 
Broadway Stars "Red"

Double Platinum 1st -  
Junior Groups - Shooting Stars "Gangnam Style" 

Senior Groups - 
Super Stars "Schindler's List" & "Like A Boy" 
All Stars - "Aye Carumba"


Congratulations to our 2012 CSDA Competition Team!!! They took away some amazing awards at the Showbiz 2012 Nationals in Palm Springs: 

• Kevin Vogel - Mr Showbiz
• Tatum Relock - 4th Overall Junior Soloist
• Kylie Molnar - 4th Overall Senior Soloist
• Kailyn Elliott - 3rd Overall Senior Soloist & 1st Runner Up Miss Showbiz
• Mattea Malerba - 2nd Overall Senior Soloist & 2nd Runner Up Miss Showbiz
• Minstrel March 5th Overall Petite Duet  
• Dreamgirls 3rd Overall Junior Duet
• King of New York 2nd Overall Junior Duet
• Mama A Rainbow 2nd Overall Teen Trio
• Cinema Italiano 3rd Overall Teen Small Group
• Hero In Me 2nd Overall Junior Small Group
• Careful What You Wish For 1st Overall Senior Small Group
• Jet Set 2012 Grand National West Coast Champions 
• Choreography Award presented to:
• Clinton Huff for Careful What You Wish For 
• Alison Hooper, Misty Miller Huff and Clinton Huff for Jet Set

Show Stopper Competition Awards

• Gold - Shake a Tail Feather, Minstrel March, Single Ladies, Mattea, Kevin, Chelsie, Amanda, Dreamgirls
  

• Platinum - Cinema Italiano, Careful What You Wish For, Hero In Me, Mama A Rainbow, Kailyn, Flo, Kylie, Kelsi, King of NY, Tatum
  

• Double Platinum - Jet Set
  
• 9th overall - Tatum
  
• 8th overall -Kylie
  
• 7th overall -Jet Set & Mama a Rainbow
  
• 5th overall -Dreamgirls
  
• 3rd - Careful What You Wish For
  
• 2nd overall -King of NY

Thunderstruck Competition Awards

• Gold - Sweet Georgia Brown, Ain't Nothin But A Kiss, Single Ladies, Minstrel March, Shake A Tail Feather, Dreamgirls, and Hero In Me
• High Gold - King of New York, I'm In Here, One Monkey, Cinema Italiano, Edge of Glory, Careful What You Wish For, In For the Kill and Mama A Rainbow
• Lightning Gold - Oh Momma, Little Bird and Jet Set

Judges Award -

• Cool & Confident Award - Kevin Vogel for Oh Momma
• Emotional Excellence - Kelsi Barbata for I'm In Here
• Cleanest Number (aka The Orbit Gum award) - Jet Set

Overall Awards -

• Senior Solos - 9th Oh Momma & 4th Little Bird
• Junior Duet/Trio - 5th King of New York
• Junior Groups - 10th Hero In Me
• Senior Groups - 2nd Careful What You Wish For
• Teen Large Group - 1st OVERALL Jet Set!!!

Showbiz Competition AwardsDiamond 1st - 

• Soloists - Kelsi, Kailyn, Kylie, Mattea, Flo, Kevin
• Groups - Careful What You Wish For, Jet Set
  

Ruby 1st - 

• Soloists - Tatum, Chelsie, Jordan
• Duets/Trios - Minstrel March, Dreamgirls, King of New York, Mama A Rainbow

• Groups - Cinema Italiano, Hero In Me
  

Overall - 

• 2nd Overall - Hero In Me, Mama A Rainbow, Dreamgirls
• 1st Overall - King of New York, Kevin 
• Mr Showbiz - Kevin