Students from the Drewitz School Of Dance, under the direction of Lorie-Gay Drewitz-Gallaway, participated in Scottish Dance Teachers’ Alliance Highland exams on Nov. 20.
The examiner was Myra Miller from Glasgow, Scotland. This year’s exams brought in the new dance star exams as well as medal, national and jig examinations.
In the Highland Medals division, in dance star 1, Sierra Burback, Naveah Lang, Summer Gardiner, Kelsie Wilson, Morgan Hase, Kynnadi Smith, Kathryn Orlowski-Lever, Aylish Young, Ekko Sanguin, Sophia Deitz, Aspen Mayuk, Taylor Ellis and Lyric Beaulieu received a successful grade.
In dance star 2, Naveah Lang, Sierra Burback, Kelsie Wilson, Summer Gardiner, Kathryn Orlowski-Lever, Sophia Fleck and Ekko Sanguin were rated as successful.
Sierra Burback received a commended plus in pre-bronze fling. Kelsie Wilson, Summer Gardiner and Ekko Sanguin were commended.
In pre-bronze sword, Sophia Fleck and Alyssa Saccary were highly commended, while Tegan Mosley was commended.
In bronze medal, Aurora McCutcheon was commended plus, Alexis Paton and Sophia Fleck were commended and Sienna Kuntz received a pass plus.
Kerison Burnett was highly commended, and Gabrielle Gedak was commended in pre-silver medal.
In silver medal, Marley Nashiem was highly commended, Jersey Long was commended and Halle Adams received a pass plus.
In gold medal, Tiana Seeman and Elsie Alexander were commended, while Brielle Wakely, Jenna Fleck and Eva Salamon were pass plus.
Madison Zandee was commended in Scottish Award 2 medal, while Gabrielle Bokhorst and Olivia Carr were pass plus.
As for Scottish national medals, in the bronze national category, Kerison Burnett was highly commended and Gabrielle Gedak was commended.
In Irish jig medals, in the pre-bronze division, Jersey Long, Halle Adams and Marley Nashiem were highly commended.
Elsie Alexander, Tiana Seeman, Brielle Wakely and Jenna Fleck were highly commended in silver jig, while Eva Salamon received a commended plus award.
In Scottish Award 1 jig, Madison Zandee and Gabrielle Bokhorst were highly commended, while Olivia Carr was commended.
