Mercia Dance Festival Trophy

Mercia Dance Festival 2005 - The Comps

The Vanessa Millar School of Dancing went to the Mercia Dance Festival in Tamworth, and came back with a sack full of medals and trophys. How about these for stats?

33 First places 5 Baby Trophies
41 Second places 3 Inter Trophies
23 Third places 4 Senior Trophies
22 Fourth places 5 Other Trophies
119 Medals in total 18 Trophies in total
Teachers trophy - Winners of the Festival!!
Go to results for - Sat 7th | Sun 8th | Sat 14th | Sun 15th | Sat 21st | Sun 22nd | Trophy Winners | Good Luck messages.

Results from first weekend

Saturday 7th May

Junior Modern Duet 2nd Lucy Kerr and Grace Dring
Baby Modern Solo 1st Taylor Bridges
2nd Sky Kirk
3rd Lauren Pace
Junior Song Trio 3rd Sophie Jessop, Marcella Callaghan and Amy Crowder
Musical Comedy Solo 3rd Hannora Kelly
4th Amy Wicks
Junior Classical Group 3rd Vanessa Millar School of Dancing with Witches
4th Vanessa Millar School of Dancing with Petrushka
Baby Song 2nd Sky Kirk
Junior Song Solo 2nd Jeanette Gould
Inter Musical Comedy Duet 2nd Amy Wicks and Holly Shally
Senior Musical Comedy Trio 2nd Danielle Watson, Roxanne Bunn and Nicola Willison
Junior Classical Trio 2nd Lucy Kerr, Grace Dring and Hannah Beastall
Ballet Solo 4th Hannora Kelly
Junior Tap Trio 1st Lucy Kerr, Grace Dring and Hannah Beastall
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Sunday 8th May

Ballet Solo 2nd Daisy Allen
Junior Acro Toupe 3rd Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
Musical Comedy Solo 1st Rebecca Crookes
3rd Emma Davies
4th Holly Shally
Baby Acro Solo 1st Taylor Bridges
2nd Courteney Pace
Junior Acro Solo 3rd Daisy Allen
Inter Classical Troupe 1st Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
Modern Solo 3rd Danielle Knibbs
Inter Tap Duets 2nd Amy Wicks and Holly Shally
2nd Emma Davies and Rebecca Crookes
4th Emily Kerr and Hannora Kelly
Junior Cabaret Troupe 3rd Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
Inter Greek Solo 1st Ashleigh Swift
2nd Rebecca Crookes
Senior Greek Solo 1st Nicola Willison
2nd Jamilla Arkell
Senior Classical Troupe 1st Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
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Results from second weekend

Saturday 14th May

Modern Solo 1st Rebecca Crookes
3rd Holly Shally
Song and Dance Solo 1st Rebecca Crookes
Junior Tap Duets3rd Lucy Kerr and Grace Dring
Baby Ballet Solo 1st Taylor Bridges
2nd Ella Bowers
3rd Brogan Piggott
=4th Lauren Pace
=4th Jade Woodward
=4th Courtney Pace
Baby Tap Solo 1st Taylor Bridges
2nd Brogan Piggott
Junior Song and Dance Duets4th Emily Mellin and Jinny Gould
Musical Comedy Solo4th Daisy Allen
Junior Musical Comedy Trio1st Lucy Kerr, Grace Dring and Hannah Beastall
Inter Song and Dance Duets2nd Amy Wicks and Rebecca Crookes
Senior Modern Duets4th Jamilla Arkell and Niki Willison
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Sunday 15th May

Inter Modern Trio1st Hannora Kelly, Holly Shally and Emily Kerr
Senior Tap Duets4th Kimberley Wigley and Niki Willison
Acro Solo =3rd Ashley Reddington
=3rd Hannora Kelly
Baby Musical Comedy Solo 1st Taylor Bridges
2nd Courtney Pace
4th Rebecka Humphries
Musical Comedy Solo4th Marcella Callaghan
Tap Solo 1st Kimberley Wigley
3rd Kayleigh Hallsworth
Song and Dance Solo4th Amy Wicks
Senior Acro Duets3rd Jamilla Arkell and Niki Willison
Inter Musical Comedy Trio2nd Hannora Kelly, Holly Shally and Emily Kerr
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Results from third weekend

Saturday 21st May

Tap Solo1st Rebecca Crookes
2nd Emma Davies
Inter Own Arrangement Stage2nd Rebecca Crookes
3rd Hannora Kelly
Senior Own Arrangement Stage2nd Kimberley Wigley
3rd Jamilla Arkell
Inter Own Arrangement Classical1st Rebecca Crookes
Senior Own Arrangement Classical1st Niki Willison
Inter Modern Duets2nd Amy Wicks and Holly Shally
4th Emily Kerr and Hannora Kelly
Modern Solo4th Hannora Kelly
Baby Musical Comedy Duets1st Courtney Pace and Lauren Pace
Ballet Solo2nd Amy Crowder
Musical Comedy Solo1st Jamilla Arkell
2nd Danielle Watson
4th Kimberley Wigley
Junior Acro Duets2nd Daisy Allen and Taylor Bridges
3rd Emily Mellin and Courtney Pace
Senior Song and Dance Duets3rd Jamilla Arkell and Danielle Watson
Modern Solo1st Jade Mitchell
Modern Solo2nd Niki Willison
3rd Jamilla Arkell
4th Kayliegh Hallsworth
Senior Acro Troupe2nd Vanessa Millar School of Dancing with Omen
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Sunday 22nd May

Junior Classical Duet2nd Grace Dring and Lucy Kerr
4th Alex Silvester and Amy Crowder
Inter Classical Duet1st Hannora Kelly and Emily Kerr
Ballet Solo1st Kirsten Palmer
2nd Rebecca Crookes
Ballet Solo1st Niki Willison
2nd Jamilla Arkell
4th Harriet Butcher
Ballet Solo1st Kayliegh Powell
Senior Acro Trio2nd Jamilla Arkell, Danielle Watson and Niki Willison
Acro Solo2nd Kirsten Palmer
Acro Solo1st Kayliegh Hallsworth
2nd Danielle Watson
3rd Niki Willison
Baby Character1st Sky Kirk
Junior Character1st Emily Mellin
2nd Harriet Kelly
3rd Jinny Gould
=4th Anna Hickling
=4th Marcella Callaghan
Inter Character2nd Naomi Allsop
3rd Hannora Kelly
4th Gemma Holdsworth
Senior Character1st Danielle Watson
2nd Kayliegh Hallsworth
Junior National3rd Jinny Gould
Inter National Solo1st Naomi Allsop
2nd Hannora Kelly
Senior National Solo2nd Kimberley Wigley
Song and Dance Solo1st Danielle Watson
2nd Cara Povey
3rd Jamilla Arkell
Song and Dance Solo2nd Jade Mitchell
Senior Cabaret Troupe1st Vanessa Millar School of Dancing with Tap
3rd Vanessa Millar School of Dancing with Chicago
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Overall Trophy Winners

Baby AcroTaylor Bridges
Baby Ballet Taylor Bridges
Baby Tap Taylor Bridges
Baby Modern Taylor Bridges
Baby Musical Comedy Taylor Bridges
Inter Song Rebecca Crookes
Inter Ballet Kirsten Palmer
Inter Classical Troupe Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
Senior Ballet Nicola Wilson
Senior Modern Jade Mitchell
Senior Cabaret Troupe Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
Senior Classical Troupe Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
Highest Marks - Overall Jade Mitchell (90)
Highest Marks - Modern Solo Jade Mitchell
Highest Marks - Character Solo Danielle Watson
Highest Marks - Greek Solo Ashleigh Swift and Niki Willison
Most Promising Senior Danielle Watson
And the big one - Teachers trophy and winners of the Mercia Dance Festival 2005 Vanessa Millar School of Dancing
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Good luck Messages to the Dancers

Good luck to Holly, Emily ‘n’ Amy 4 the comps.
We r the best ‘n’ we know it so show them what we’ve got and smile.
Love ya all lots ‘n’ lots Hannora xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXx
TO VANESSA

SORRY WHEN IVE BEEN CHEEKY. WE ARE GOING TO BEET THOSE DAMBUSTERS LOADS. GOOD LUCK FOR THE TEACHERS TROPHY LOTS OF LOVE HARRIET KELLY xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXXxXxXxXxx
We'd just like to wish everyone the very best of luck in the comps, after all The Vanessa Millar School Of Dancing is "simply the Best"!. From Diane and Jess Collis. Good luck to everybody competing at Tamworth. Love from Julia Gaunt.
Harriet Kelly

Good luck Harriet, belt it out, smile, and show them that cheeky face. Love Mum and Dad.
Hannora Kelly

Good luck Hannora, don't forget to smile and point those toes. Love Mum and Dad
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