•May 12, 2021•

Sullivan Dance Studio’s Competition Team attended their final competition of the year April 16-18 in St. Louis. The team had dancers in four different sessions categories at the Star Systems Dance Competition.
Specialty numbers began the team’s competition Saturday morning. All received Elite High Gold ratings. In the age 10-12 category, Elizabeth Owens and Miah Voegel received 2nd Place overall with their “I’m Number One” Musical Theater duet and Gabrielle Carpenter, Avery Renfro and Korry Thilker’s Musical Theater Trio received 5th Place overall. In the age 7-9 category, Adalee Foster and Sophie Foster’s “Lilo and Stitch” Jazz routine received 2nd Place overall. Solos in the 4 and under and 7-9 categories also competed during this session. Gianna Krieger placed 2nd overall in the 4 and under category with her open category “Under the Sea performance. Miah Voegel placed 5th overall with her “Show Off” Musical Theater solo, Avery Florey placed 8th overall with her “Dance Like Your Daddy” Jazz number and Adalee Foster placed 9th overall with her “Spoonful of Sugar” Ballet routine.
On Saturday night the two oldest dancers competed with their solos. Both received Platinum ratings and 2nd Place Overall in their respective age categories. Sarina Voegel competed in the 13-15 age category with her “Don’t Give Up on Me” Acrobatic routine and Elizabeth Owens competed in the 16-18 age category with her “Miss Banana” Musical Theater routine. On Sunday morning three dancers competed with their solos in the age 10-12 category. Performing were Lillian Hood with her “Haunted” Acrobatic routine, Lyla Wright with “Uptown Girl” Acrobatic routine and Synthea Doss with “My Adidas” Hip Hop routine.
Awards from the small group competition portion of the weekend’s events are as follows: “Headphones” Hip Hop received first place overall in the age 7-9 competition, while “Grasslands” Acrobatic routine finished 2nd place overall in the same age category. In the 10-12 age division the team’s Musical Theatre routine “Jailhouse Rock” finished 3rd place overall and the Lyrical routine “Live Your Story” finished 4th place overall. All four routines received an Elite High Gold rating.
The Sullivan Dance Studio Competition Team will perform some of their team routines at the Sullivan Dance Studio Spring Recital on June 3.