On Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th of August, 53 students participated in Dance NZ Made regionals.

The students took part in a variety of workshops, learned different choreographies, and for some of them experienced their first-ever performance on a stage in a theater with lighting and a full audience. The students all represented the kura with pride and came away with some great results. 

The following results were achieved at Monday nights solo, duo, and trio competitions;

Year 11 Solo Champion - Tatianna Curtis 

Year 12 Solo First Runner-Up - Briar Grace

Year 13 Solo Second Runner-Up - Faith Shotton-Brown 

Year 11-13 Duo Champions - Faith Shotton-Brown and Sophie McKinnon 

Open Duo Champions - Ella Dolman and Sophie McKinnon 

Highest Scoring Duo and Trio - Faith Shotton-Brown and Sophie McKinnon 

National Solo Nominations 

Briar Grace 

Faith  Shotton-Brown 

Tatianna Curtis 

The following results were achieved at the Tuesday nights groups competition;

Year 11 - 13 Groups Second Runner Up - Show me how you Burlesque 

Briar Grace 

Ella Dolman 

Faith Shotton-Brown 

Pippa McKinnon 

Tatianna Curtis 

Sophie McKinnon 

Open Groups Second Runner Up - Me and My Girls (Led by Briar Grace)

Addi Hyde

Ella Dolman

Faith Shotton-Brown 

Grace Gundry 

Hannah Kawan

Honey Marinas

Izzy Hume

Jess Pilbrow 

Naera Kobal-Adams

Pippa McKinnon 

Priya Williams 

Sophie McKinnon

Tatianna Curtis 

Golden Ticket Awards 

Ella Dolman

Faith Shotton-Brown 

Hannah Kawan

Naera Kobal-Adams 

Sophie Denham