ESTEVAN - Students from the Drewitz School of Dance, under the direction of Lorie-Gay Drewitz-Gallaway and her assistant teacher Kayla Lafrentz, were examined in tap and jazz badges and medal tests.
The Canadian Dance Teachers’ Examinations is a professional dance syllabus taught by certified teachers across Canada. Children are evaluated in presentation, musicality and strong technical criteria.
Exams took place Nov. 20 and 21 with examiner Jacquie Huck from Regina. Recently received results were as follows:
Tap badges and medals:
Preliminary Tap Badge:
Successful: Madelyn Grobbink, Brinley Wilson, Rylee Gallaway, Willow Van Sickle, Mackenzie Mann, Taylor Curtis, Eva Gedak, Lexey Lievaart, Alice Mowchenko and Emma Salkeld.
Pre-bronze Medal:
Honours: Sofia Carritt, Silver Gardiner, Rowan Grimes and Keira Kessler.
Highly Commended: Zélie Roy-Cennon, Grace Hall, Aubree Marchuk, Summer Petersen and Madison Zukewich.
Bronze Tap Medal:
Honours: Payton Sernick.
Highly Commended: Sophia Deitz and Cana Marsh.
Commended: Ava Mann and Sierra Mantei.
Jazz badges and medals:
Preliminary Jazz Badge:
Successful: Brinley Wilson, Ellise Mayuk, Norah Graham, Ferriday Ciepliski, Emma Grobbink, Lakyn Markoski, Addison Melle, Aylah Nordin, Lilee Van Sickle and Sawyer Zahn.
Pre-Bronze Jazz Medal:
Honours: Natalie Currie, Eva Gedak, Alice Mowchenko, Emma Salkeld, Harper Eskra, Silver Gardiner and Sofia Carritt.
Highly commended: Zélie Roy-Cennon, Lexey Lievaart, Grace Hall, Rowan Grimes, Keira Kessler, Paris Irwin and Madison Zukewich.
Commended: Sofia Erana-Schmegelsky, Ivy Eskra, Delaney Tamblyn and Brooklyn Morissette.
Pass plus: Taylor Curtis.
Bronze Jazz Medal:
Honours: Payton Sernick and Brooke Dzeryk.
Highly Commended: Sydney Lainton and Elliana Wiebe.
Commended: Mckenna Sullivan and Emma Morhart.
Silver Jazz Medal:
Honours: Marley Nashiem, Sydney Ross, Tyann Babyak, Layla Kitz, Sophia Fleck and Rowyn Siever.
Highly commended: Lindsay Mack, Aurora McCutcheon and Peyton Irwin.
Commended: Rya Strilaeff.
