Mid Year Performance 2019
Date change Sunday 28th July
This is a fun day where all students get the chance to dance and perform to family and friends. The students will demonstrate work from their dance classes. This gives children more confidence and for some a place to shine.
Entry forms will be sent out next week with all entries due in 30th June. Come and join in a fun day out.
Great effort from every student and a big thank you to our parents. We had 2 big weekend in a row with Junior Troupes and Senior troupes competing in one of the largest south east Qld dance competition. Some students it was there first event and they did so well.
Each group came home with placings which was a fantastic result in such a strong standard of competition.
Our next competition will be 1st weekend of June /July School holiday. So let’s keep up the training for another great result.
Congratulations to all students who represented Footworks in ATOD Qld State Scholarships last weekend. You put your heart and soul into your work and made me so very proud.
Well done! – Taylor, Ellie, Emma, Taleigha, Maddy, Tyla, Paige, Mia, Peta, Josie, Summer, Arahbella, Chelsea, Lauren, Amelia
We had great success with many students placing and now also going to represent Qld in July for ATOD Australasian Scholarships.
Arahbella – 2nd Mini Hip Hop, 3rd Mini Tap
Tyla – H/C Sub Junior Jazz, 4th Junior Hip Hop
Maddy – 2nd Sub Junior Tap
Paige – 2nd Intermediate Jazz, 2nd Intermediate Hip Hop, Com Intermediate Ballet, Com Intermediate Tap
Peta – Com Intermediate Tap
Summer – 1st Senior Hip Hop, 1st Intermediate Tap, H/C Intermediate Jazz
Josie – 2nd Senior Hip Hop, H/C Senior Tap
Congratulations to all students who represented Footworks in ATOD Qld State Scholarships last weekend. You put your heart and soul into your work and made me so very proud.
Well done! – Taylor, Ellie, Emma, Taleigha, Maddy, Tyla, Paige, Mia, Peta, Josie, Summer, Arahbella, Chelsea, Lauren, Amelia
We had great success with many students placing and now also going to represent Qld in July for ATOD Australasian Scholarships.
Arahbella – 2nd Mini Hip Hop, 3rd Mini Tap
Tyla – H/C Sub Junior Jazz, 4th Junior Hip Hop
Maddy – 2nd Sub Junior Tap
Paige – 2nd Intermediate Jazz, 2nd Intermediate Hip Hop, Com Intermediate Ballet, Com Intermediate Tap
Peta – Com Intermediate Tap
Summer – 1st Senior Hip Hop, 1st Intermediate Tap, H/C Intermediate Jazz
Josie – 2nd Senior Hip Hop, H/C Senior Tap
We had 4 young ladies get the opportunity to do Character work in the local shopping centres over the easter holidays. Josie, Ellie , Paige and Taylor dressed up for easter as Alice in Wonderland and the Easter Bunny handing out Easter eggs and meeting and greeting many young children and their parents.
Well done girls and we hope with the production team we will now get more of this work in the future. 
If you didn’t know I am a dance examiner for ATOD. This is the syllabus we teach at Footworks and will also have exams later this year. Their are 20 examiners of this syllabus and we travel all over the world examining students.
Over the Easter break I was given the opportunity to examine in Hong Kong. This is a wonderful experience meeting so many lovely people. I examined many students from tiny tots to teachers exams.
I was also asked to travel into China to help promote ATOD and be the representative to open a dance organisation. There were over 30 people for the press conference, signing the blessings and cutting the ribbon. This was a great experience and the people were so warm and welcoming.
I was asked to run a Workshop to help their teachers with their teaching skills. We had so much fun learning from each other.
Our Cruise team has been rehearsing monthly with now 3 routine close to finished. Well done!
Fundraising efforts so far has now given us $1200 raised so far.
$200 Mark Ryan
$150 Bribie RSL
$500 FootworksDance
$350 Easter Raffle
We are looking for more local business who would like to support and donate to our students. Please contact Elizabeth Barritt 0416180185
Mother Day High Tea
We would like to have mums join us for an afternoon tea on Saturday 18th May to celebrate all mums. $35 per person fully catered High Tea and money raised will go to the FootworksDance Cruise Team. Please pay Kristy in the ballet shop ASAP. There are limited numbers.
Our Performance Team has continued their rehearsal over the school holidays and had a stage rehearsal in full costume last Sunday.
Thank you for your efforts students and parents it is a team effort to get these students ready to perform and it is important that we have the support of our parents to make the family work together.
A wonderful effort with so many donations to the canteen and the helpers making food to keep us all energised. A big thank you to Kristy and Tracey for ensuring all costumes and uniforms were ready for the students. Thank you Leia for getting all costumes cleaned re bagged and giving out to the students marked so clearly. Please try to hand back in the same way this was given to you.
I wish our Performance Team all the best in their up and coming competition. For some this will be a first and for others great fun with friends. Plenty of new routines going out. Well done Team.
Thank you to the teachers Miss Gil, Miss Bella and Miss Summer. You make this possible.
Welcome back to all our Footworks families. Term 2 starts all our major competitions for our Performance Team. This weekend and Junior Troupes go to the Sunshine Coast to compete and then Seniors will go on the 11th & 12th May.
We have many students already start their competitions over the school holidays with great results. Congratulations to all students.
I wish our Competition team all the best for the up coming dance Eisteddfod.
I would like to tell you about or Senior student Josie.
Josie is finishing year 12 this year and has received the Senior Art captain at Bribie Island State High. to add to her already busy life she decided she would like to audition for CGen.
Josie auditioned for featured dancer in Qld State School Spectacular – Creative Generation. It was two full weekends of class after class very long days but the outcome has given her an amazing opportunity to perform and this year CGen.
Josie will be kept very busy next term if nearly every weekend taken up at rehearsals. Josie gained placement in 7 routines in this production and will perform in this event on 19th & 20th July.
Well done!
Happy Easter
It’s hard to believe we have already completed our first term. Term 2 starts competition work for our performance teams and we wish them all the best. Our cruise students are fully underway in working on their routines for the trip in January and teachers have all worked very hard in teaching all students in preparation for our exams in August.
Term 2 resumes Tuesday 23rd April with Thursday 25th April public Holiday.
Have a safe and happy easter break and we hope to see you back next term.
Term 2 have many events:
Sunshine Coast Dance Eisteddfod
ATOD State Scholarships