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2001 Achievements & Trips
2001 Scotland Tour Brigadoon Dancers travel to Scotland. Nine dancers competed, bringing home 117 medals and 9 trophies.Samantha Beach and Alyssa Beach won the Pre-Championship at the Endinburgh Festival of Dance, in Scotland
2002 Achievements & Trips
2002 - The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Madeline Hunter is nominated for the B.A.T.D. North American Highland Dance Scholarship Competition. The event is held in Las Vegas at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino. She is nominated in the Jr. category. Approximately 60 dancers in North America are nominated from their examination work earlier in the spring. The dancers compete against each other in a technical class, written paper, and a solo arranged by their instructor. Result…Madeline Hunter won 1st place in the Junior Scholarship Competition. She also wins a bursary, to be used toward furthering her dancing. 2003 Achievements & Trips
2003 - The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Kristina Brow and Heather Smith are nominated for the B.A.T.D. North American Highland Dance Scholarships Competition. The event is held in Toronto, Ontario. Both dancers were nominated in the Senior Dance Section. This is an invitational only Competition. Neither dancers placed in the top 6, but were honoured to be selected to attend such an event. 2004 Achievements & Trips
2004 – B.C. Closed Championship/ Selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships! Two dancers from Brigadoon Dance Academy are 1st runner up in their respective age categories at the B.C. Provincial Championships. Samantha was 1st runner up in the 12/13 year old Championship and Loren Macklin was 1st Runner up in the Adult Championship. Both are selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships July 2004 which are held in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2005 Achievements & Trips 2005 – B.C. Closed Championship/ Selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships! Madeline Hunter, 3rd runner up in the 16/17 year old championship and was called in as an alternate for the Canadian Championships. The Canadian Championship was held in Antogonish, Nova Scotia. Although Madeline didn’t place in the Inter-Provincial Championship, she was thrilled to win the Pre Championship!!!
2005 – The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Four Pupils from Brigadoon Dance Academy are nominated for the B.A.T.D. North American Highland Scholarships. Dana Lainchbury and Kitina Munroe are nominated in the Junior Section, Ethan Meservia and Madeline Hunter are nominated in the Senior Section.Dana Lainchbury won 1st runner up in the Junior Competition as well as a dance scholarship. Madeline Hunter won the Senior North American Title and dance scholarship. To this time, Madeline Hunter is the only dancer to have won both the Junior and Senior Titles. The 2005 event was held in Vancouver, B.C.
2005 – Scotland Tour Brigadoon Dance Academy travels to Scotland for their 2nd Competition Tour. Sixteen dancers compete, bringing home 278 medals and 15 trophies. Samantha Beach was 1st runner up at the British Overseas Championship, 7th overall at the British Open Championship, and 3rd runner up at the World Pipe Band Championship.
2006 – B.C. Closed Championship/ Selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships! Paris Johnson, 2nd runner up in the 9 and under B.C. Closed Championship. Samantha Beach, 1st runner up in the 14/15 year old championship. Both dancers are selected to compete at the Canadian Championships in Calgary, Alberta. Paris Johnson was thrilled to win a Bronze medal in the Canadian Championship. 2006 J.L. Mackenzie Canadian Scholarship Samantha Beach is the 2006 recipient of this very special award. Samantha was presented this $1000.00 at the Scotdance Canada Championship Series, in Calgary, Alberta.
2006 - The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Samantha Beach and Morgan Johnson are both selected to attend the 2006 Scholarship Competition held in San Antonio, Texas. Samantha Beach won 2nd runner up in the Senior Competition and also 2nd place in her Senior Choreography 2007 Achievements & Trips 2007– B.C. Closed Championship/ Selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships! Samantha Beach wins her 1st Provincial Championship in the 14/15 year old age group!!! Samantha is selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championship in New Brunswick.
2007 Scotland Samantha Beach competes at The World Highland Dance Championships! She wins 4th runner up in the Scottish Championship in Dunoon, Scotland, in the 15 year old age division. This is enough to qualify her to move forward to the world Championship the next day. Samantha Beach wins a 6th place in the highland fling, at the World Finals (age 12-15 years). A dream come true!!!
2007 - The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Eight Brigadoon Dancers Selected to compete at the 2007 event in Edmonton, Alberta. Megan Spencer, Samantha Beach, Kitina Munroe, Sydney Uhlmann, Anna Jung, Morgan Johnston, Fallon Benson, Jillian Peacock. Anna Jung wins the written paper in the Junior Section. Samantha Beach won 2nd runner up in the Senior Competition and also 2nd place in her Senior Choreography.
2008 Achievements & Trips
2008– B.C. Closed Championship/ Selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships! Samantha Beach wins her 2nd Provincial Championship in the 16/17 year old age group!!! Samantha is selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championship in Victoria, B.C. Madeline Hunter is an alternate for the B.C. adult Class. Winning a Gold Medal in the sword, against such a talented group, was a highlight to her competitive career.
2008 - The City of Victoria Open Championships Fallon Benson wins 2, 6th places in the 14 Year Old Championship Samantha Beach wins 1st runner up in the 16 Year Old Championship Madeline Hunter wins 4th runner up in the 19/20 Year Old Championship
2008 Super, Sailor Hornpipe Challenge – Victoria B.C. Samantha Beach qualifies in her 16 year old age division. She moves on to the finals where she places 5th overall (16 – adult challenge class).
2008 - The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Nine dancers from Brigadoon Dance Academy compete at the B.A.T.D. Highland Scholarship that was held in Atlantic City, USA. Kaileigh Ainsworth, Emma Penley, Selina Hawes, Leah Kitsul, Jillian Peacock, Anna Jung, Zoya Lehrke, Sydney Uhlmann and Jessica Hickey were all selected to compete at this event. Anna Jung won 2nd place in the Junior Written Paper. Zoya Lehrke won 3rd place in the Junior Written Paper. The dancers continued their trip by climbing the Rocky stairs in Philadelphia and then on to New York for a Broadway musical!!!
2009 Achievements & Trips
2009– B.C. Closed Championship/ Selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships! Samantha Beach wins 1st Runner Up and is selected to represent B.C. at the Canadian Championships in Toronto, Ontario. Samantha wins 5th Runner-up at the Canadian Inter-Provincial Championship in the 16 and Under 18 Year Old Division. 2009- Special Event in Honour of James L. McKenzie Samantha Beach qualifies for the finals by placing in the top 6th in the Highland Laddie Challenge. 2009 - The British Association of Teachers of Dancing, Seven dancers from the Brigadoon Dance Academy compete at the B.A.T.D. Highland Scholarship that was held in Toronto, Ontario. Fallon Benson, Jessica Hickey, Sydney Uhlmann, Rachel Bramley, Anissa Jahromi, Kaileigh Ainsworth and Emma Penley attended this invitational only event. Fallon Benson won 5th overall in the Senior Scholarship Competition. 2009 – Scotland This summer, 7 dancers were thrilled to have the opportunity to travel to Scotland to compete at the Commonwealth Highland Dance Championships (Stirling, Scotland) and the Scottish and World Highland Dance Championships (Dunoon, Scotland). Unfortunately an injury prevented Samantha Beach from attending. Rachel Bramley, Zoya Lehrke, Jillian Peacock, Fallon Benson, Jessica Hickey and Sydney Uhlmann worked extreamly hard this summer and improved their skills greatly to compete at these events. This group of 6 were disappointed that their team Captain, Samantha Beach, couldn’t attend. This group were going for experience and were not expecting a thing. When Rachel Bramley’s number was announced for a call back, in the 11 year old age division, we were thrilled! Rachel tied for a 6th place in the Seann Truibhas. All the girls were in tears with excitement! To win a medal at the Cowal Highland Gathering, in Dunoon, is a dream come true!!
Diena Henry was thrilled to attend each of these events with her pupils, except the 2004 Canadians in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Diena was about to deliver her 2nd son around the same time and was not able to go |
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