December 2009 – Spotlight Christmas Party
Spotlight will be hosting our first Christmas Party this year for ALL students and parents on Sat 19th December at JFK School. More details to follow…..
November 2009 – RAD Ballet Exams
On Sunday 15th November, Spotlight had their first RAD ballet exams at JFK School. Huge well done to the following students…
Primary
Daniel Ball, Darcy Thomas, Maddie Garner, Chloe Porter, Georgie Cook, Abbie Peters, Sian Pirrie
Grade 1
Lauren Osler, Daniella Wylie, Kerys Roberts, Rayne Marsh, Emily Brewin, James Gould, Winnie Loi, Mollie Goddard, Elise Moore, Amber Buchanan, Bethan Gurney, Caitlin Bohm
Grade 2
Amy de Castillo, Emily Cook, Emma Bowman, Tia Ogilvie, Emily Wootton, Jasmine Chury
Grade 3
Louisa Lovatt, Alisha Kan, Naomi Bennett, Katie Craske, Ellie Porter, Ashlea Brewin, Joe Sheehan, Jemma Young
Grade 4 - exam on Mon 23 Nov
Leonie Hoy, Georgia Hessey, Georgia Sheehan, Rebecca Deacy, Hannah Sheehan
Grade 5
Chloe Hoy, Chloe Bennett, Lauren Tipler, Sarah Dunsby
Thank you so much to Gopi Keilman for all her work and dedication with the ballet exams. Results in the New Year so watch this space!
November 2009 – Belswains Christmas Fair
Spotlight’s musical theatre group will be performing Christmas Carols at Belswains School Christmas Fair on Sat 28th November. Good luck to all the students who are taking part!
October 2009 – Halloween Performance
On Sat 31st October, Spotlight was invited by Dacorum council to perform in the Old Town at Hemel’s most popular annual event. Hundred’s gathered in full fancy dress to watch Spotlight perform in the main square…Seven different age groups performed street routines in scary costumes with ‘wicked’ face paint on!
Click here to see pictures from this event.
October 2009 – UK NATIONAL STREET DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Sunday 25th October selected students from Spotlight competed against many other dance schools at this large event held at The Cresset Theatre in Peterborough. Against very tough competition the Spotlight Dancers were amazing and achieved the following results
3rd Place – ALFIE MANSER – Under 9 Solo Freestyle
2nd Place – PHIL ROLLINGS - Under 17 Solo Freestyle
2nd Place – JEMMA WATTS & HANNAH SHEEHAN – Under 17 Duo
2nd Place – JUMPIN’ JUNIORZ – Under 13 Team (Alfie Manser, Ashlea Brewin, Ellie Porter, Ivie Sijuwade, Georgia Hessey, Jemma Young, Joe Sheehan, Jordan Brandon, Leonie Hoy & Thomas Oakley)
3rd Place – MISS-TAKEN – Adult Team (Chloe Bennett, Chloe Hoy, Georgia Sheehan, Hannah Aylward, Hannah Sheehan, Jemma Watts, Jeni Bramley, Lindsey Pollard, Rhianna Wilding & Sarah Norton)
Thank you to the parents for coming and supporting on a very long day….and well done to all the dancers that took part – it was a fantastic event!
Click here to see a few pictures from the event….more to follow. (Album 2)
October 2009 – Assessment date announced
Assessments will be on Sunday 13 th December 2009 at Kings Langley Community Centre. More details to follow soon….
September 2009 – Congratulations Hannah & Joe!
A big well done to Hannah and Joe Sheehan who will be featuring in ‘Aladdin’ (with ‘Nasty Nick’ from Eastenders) at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage this Christmas after making it through the tough auditions!
Oh yes they did! J Well done guys!
August 2009 – Stef’s Birthday Book
I cannot tell you how delighted and surprised I was to receive this and I will cherish it forever. Thank you so much to each and everyone of you who contributed to the book – its one of favourite presents ever and meant such a great deal to me. Thank you so much. Love Stef x
Click here to see pictures of me trying to hold back the tears as I read the book!!!
August 2009 – Street Dance Weekend at the O2
Back in June Spotlight auditioned for Street Dance Weekend, one of the toughest street dance competitions in the UK (2006 winners – Flawless! 2007 winners Diversity!). Sadly our groups didn’t make it through the auditions this year as they only select 8 for each age category, however Phil Rollings did succeed through the audition to be selected as one of the Under 16’s solo freestylers to compete on Sunday 30 th August at the O2. He was amazing on the day finishing 3 rd! As a finalist he was asked to be an extra in the new up and coming film Street Dance featuring Flawless and Diversity and was allowed a week off school to complete filming. How exciting!! Well done Phil!
August 2009 – Spotlight Hip Hop Summer School
Our fourth year of running the summer school proved to be our most popular yet with 31 participates in this week long fun event. More…
The pupils danced from 10.30 to 3.30pm everyday alternating between Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary and Breakdance for the boys. We used our new premises – JFK School dance studio and at the end of the week on Sat 1 st Aug the pupils performed the routines they had learnt including across the floor jazz work and b-boy freestyle. It was a fantastic week – hope to see you there next year!!
Click here to see photos from the Summer School
Click here to see videos from the Summer School
June/July 2009 – Busy Busy Summer!
Spotlight have been very busy this June and July performing at several local events.
You may have seen us at…..
- Sun 7 th June at Midsummer Community Fair, Market Square, Hemel Hempstead
See photos at www.krisgruber.com click on ‘Events’ – then ‘CAD Community Fair’ to see some amazing pictures of the Spotlight dancers. (We are just over halfway through the gallery starting with white masks and finishing in pink army gear! J )
- Sat 13 th June at Leverstock Green Primary School Fair
- Sun 14 th June at Watford Live!, Watford Colosseum
- Sat 27 th June – Lime Walk Primary School
- Sat 14 th July – Belswains Primary School
- Sat 14 th July – Hobletts Manor Primary School (Yes 2 in one day!!!)
June 2009 – We’re Moving!
After three happy years at Leverstock Green Primary School Spotlight are happy to announce they will be moving most of their classes to JFK School on Hollybush Lane from September . More…
We will be using their beautiful brand new dance studio with sprung floor, mirrors and built in sound system. This is a great opportunity and I hope you will all be as excited as I am to use the new premises from September.
Click here to see photos of the new studio
June 2009 – ‘In The Spotlight’ - Annual Show
Spotlight held their annual show on Sat 20 th and Sun 21 st June at Centenary Hall, Berkhamsted School. This was a new venue for us and it couldn’t have worked better with our 150+ cast . More…
After a very shaky dress rehearsal (as usual), the dancers went on to produce a fantastic show on both Sat and Sunday evenings. Stefanie, Gopi and Keith were incredibly proud of the dancers’ hard work and dedication that made the show such a success. It was professionally filmed by Pan Arts Media (pick up an order form in class) and also professional photographer and Spotlight regular Patricia Rayner from www.image2photography.co.uk was taking some great stage shots plus studio photos on the day.
Click here to see photos from the stage.
May 2009 – Starpower Talent Competition
Selected students from Spotlight took part in Starpower National Talent Competition at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, Surrey on Sunday 3 rd May 2009.More…
We competed in 7 different events including the ballet, tap and street categories. We received many awards and 1st places including an outstanding award for ‘Skillz Set’ and even an award for our very own Keith for his choreography of this piece. It was a great day for all involved - Well done Team Spotlight!!
Click here to see photos from this event
Click here to see videos from this event