Awards and Honours 2016 - 2017 - Caulfield School of Dance

2016 – 2017 Group Mentions of Honour

Some years, a group or groups, distinguish themselves, and their instructors submit them for special recognition. This year there were four groups that merited honouring:

I loved my Contemporary Technique class this year. It was an honour to share this discipline with such curious, brave, and open dancers. — Cori Caulfield

Georgia Bishop

Nathalie Brown

Braeden Burasee

Kiara Burasee

Conrad Cahoon

Katherine Cahoon

Nyla Devaras

Aaliyah Fiorda

Rebekah Gill

Kaia Goddard

Carter Hayes

Andrea Isea

Sofia Jiminez

Tiffany Levers

Shanna Lilley

Michelle Liu

Dasha Marinets

Lorena Morissette

Rachel Payandeh

Nathan Piasecki

Hailey Rekunyk

Holly Reyburn

Mena Spasova

Kirsten Volberg

Elena Yu

I enjoyed all my classes this year, but I particularity enjoyed working with Closed Musical Theatre who performed “When I Get my Name in Lights”. They were such a great group of KEENERS! They each gave it their all this year! I admire their drive and desire to perfect the number. I love how fueled they were to dance and improve. — Melody Courage

Portia Becker

Sophia Benedict

Sasha Benedict

Autumn Bird

Kyra Finley

Taia Fiorda

Taya Fraser

James He

Jayde Kelly

Sophia Lindvik

Camdyn McLaughlin

Jaedyn McLaughlin

Mia Reitenbach

Victoria Russo

Olive Wiebe

I loved working with Jazz 2 Closed, the “Fireball” P.T.D. Tap, and the P.T.D. “Hallelujah” Lyrical group; but I especially enjoyed my Senior P.T.D. Tap because every dancer was dedicated to the success of the number, even the understudy, Elle. — Hailley Caulfield Postle

Nathalie Brown

Braeden Burasee

Kiara Burasee

Katherine Cahoon

Elle Cunnings

Abriel Da Silva

Rebekah Gill

Kaia Goddard

Tiffany Levers

Shanna Lilley

Kirsten Volberg

I want to thank the P.T.D. Senior Jazz group for making my vision of “Proud Mary” come to life. You all put your heart and a lot of sweat into the number and I could not be happier or prouder of the end result. — Lauren Taylor

Kiara Burasee

Katherine Cahoon

Elle Cunnings

Rebekah Gill

Kaia Goddard

Tiffany Levers

Rachelle Payandeh

Hailey Rekunyk

Holly Reyburn

Mena Spasova

Kirsten Volberg

2016 – 2017 Individual Mentions of Honour

Attendance this year was such that we cannot list all the students (over 90!) with exemplary attendance. To ALL the Students (and their families!) who show their dedication to their own learning and to their teams through excellence in attendance and punctuality, we salute and thank you!

Instructors recommended the following students for individual recognition:

Autumn Bird Talent for Dance, Preparedness

Georgia Bishop Talent for Contemporary Dance, Preparedness

Aerin Chow Talent and Achievement in Ballet, Preparedness

Elle Cunnings Excellent Understudy, Preparedness

Abriel Da Silva Excellent Assistant Teacher, Preparedness

Nyla Devaras Positive Attitude

Emma Erven-Cook Positive Attitude

Taia Fiorda Tap and Musical Theatre Achievement

Carter Hayes Leadership in Classes

Amelia He Excellent Preparedness, Excellent Attitude in Class

Andrea Isea Excellence in Teaching

Julia Jacobson Good Focus in Classes

Elys Jamieson Overall Improvement

Isabella Jiwani Preparedness, Hard Work (and intelligent question asking!)

Hanne Kulak Improvement in Ballet

Emma Langtry Good Attitude in Classes

Alison Lee Talent in Hip Hop

Hajung Lee Tap Improvement

Tiffany Levers Helpfulness to younger students

Shanna Lilley Helpfulness to younger students

Mia Malic Positive Attitude and Excellent Preparedness

Kaia Neal Talent for Acro and Ballet

Mila Neal Talent for Acro

Holly Reyburn Helpfulness (for stepping into Tap 3!)

Kaitlin Rupp Excellent Work Ethic, Preparedness

Victoria Russo Talent and Focus, Preparedness

Elena Yu Leadership in Classes

Joyce Zhang Talent and Focus, Preparedness

Preparedness = having practiced. A prepared student has practiced before each class and so is improved for each class and ready to move on in each class.

2016 – 2017 Caulfield School of Dance Scholarship Awards

The following are publicly announced scholarship award recipients from the Caulfield School of Dance Scholarship Fund. Substantial support for financial need is given annually but only students who have merited recognition are announced. All scholarship recipients must please submit a note of thanks to “Dear Donor” to the Office before any scholarship is applied. We forward notes to individuals and businesses who contribute to the Silent Auction, etc.

The following students are the publicly announced scholarship recipients:

Autumn Bird Improvement and Achievement in Technique and Performance

Georgia Bishop Improvement in Contemporary Dance

Braeden Burasee Outstanding Overall Improvement*, Excellence in Hip Hop

Kiara Burasee Outstanding Improvement in Technique and Performance*

Conrad Cahoon Outstanding Overall Improvement*

Katherine Cahoon Excellence in Hip Hop, Leadership, Achievement in Contemporary Dance*

Abriel Da Silva Leadership, Improvement in Contemporary Dance

Nyla Devaras Hard Work and Improvement in Tap and Contemporary Dance

Nolen Dubuc Achievement in Tap* and Lyrical Jazz*

Catherine Eckman Leadership in Musical Theatre, Citizenship

Aaliyah Fiorda Hard Work, Improvement in Acro, Resilience*

Alexis Fiorda Achievement in Acro, Tap* and Lyrical Jazz*, Outstanding Improvement

Rebekah Gill Excellence in Acro, Performance, Leadership, Resilience

Kaia Goddard Achievement in Lyrical Jazz

Carter Hayes Improvement in Acro, Achievement in Contemporary Dance*

Andrea Isea Leadership

Sequoia Johnson Musical Theatre Improvement and Great Attitude in Musical Theatre

Keira LaCroix Leadership

Tiffany Levers Improvement in Contemporary Dance

Michelle Liu Improvement in Ballet

Jaedyn McLaughlin Musical Theatre, Improvement in Jazz

Hailey Mynott Excellence in Tap

Kaia Neal Achievement in Acro

Hailey Neal Improvement in Jazz and Tap

Mila Neal Improvement in Jazz, Achievement in Acro

Rachelle Payandeh Improvement in Contemporary

Nathan Piasecki Achievement in Musical Theatre

Hailey Rekunyk Achievement in Ballet* and Contemporary Dance*

Holly Reyburn Improvement in Contemporary

Sadie Reyburn Improvement in Jazz and Acro

Kirsten Volberg Leadership and Achievement in Tap, Musical Theatre, and Contemporary

Elena Yu Improvement in Ballet

Performance = excellent performance expression in all classes, rehearsals, and performances.

Caulfield School of Dance Scholarship Fund Royal Academy of Dance Awards

Caulfield School of Dance Scholarship Fund Royal Academy of Dance Program awards are determined by exam results. All other Awards from the Fund are given based upon criteria listed in your Guidebook.

For earning exceptional marks for Royal Academy of Dance Examinations:

Portia Becker Grade I Carter Hayes Intermediate Foundation

Nathalie Brown Intermediate Kaia Neal Grade III

Chiara Go Grade I Elena Yu Intermediate Foundation

All recipients must please submit a note of thanks to “Dear Donor” to the Office before scholarship will be applied. We will forward notes to individuals and businesses who contribute to our Silent Auction, etc.

Caulfield School of Dance Travel Scholarship Awards*

Performing Arts Festivals from all over BC, which meet strict criteria, can select representatives

at allowable age levels in specified disciplines to compete in the Provincial Festival of Performing

Arts BC. To help with travel expenses to represent our School and our Region to compete in the Performing Arts B.C.’s “Provincials” in Fort St. John:

Elle Cunnings Kaia Goddard

To help with travel expenses to represent our School and our Country to compete at the 2017 World Show Dance Championships in Reisa, Germany:

Carter Hayes Dasha Marinets Rachelle Payandeh

Caulfield School of Dance Award of Excellence*

This is the ultimate scholarship award that can be given by the Fund. It is only given in years when there is a student who has set an example of excellence that is unparalleled.

Elle Cunnings

2016 – 2017 Private Scholarship Awards

The following awards are donated to Caulfield School of Dance to be distributed. These scholarship recipients are exempt from the standards applied to recipients from the CSD Scholarship Fund. Criteria are dictated by the Donors.

Azra Collier Young Scholarship Award*

Donated by Cori Caulfield for a student or students who have demonstrated beauty of person (especially in their relationship to younger children) and a passion for dance.

Catherine Eckman

Please submit a note of thanks to Cori Caulfield.

Hailley Caulfield Postle Scholarship Award for Tap*

Donated by Hailley Caulfield Postle to a student or students who have excelled in Tap Dance.

Kirsten Volberg

Please submit a note of thanks to Hailley Caulfield-Postle.

Jennifer Jackson Scholarship Award *

Donated by Brian Peacock in memory of Jennifer Jackson who had given financial support to the School every year until her untimely death in December 2012. Jennifer had stipulated that it be for a student (or students) who: