What a fun day of competition with all of our twirlers!
This February contest also has the added bonus of the Sweetheart Pairs event each year. A twirler can perform a short routine with either her dad, uncle, brother, friend, etc. We had two of our twirlers, Olivia and Emma, perform with their sweetheart pairs. Such fun routines!
Our twirlers had a fantastic start to the competition season in November! It was a lot of fun having so many individual competitors participate and our two teams.
I'm so proud of how much these girls worked to prepare for the first competition of the year! You can see their top 3 results below.
We also learned so much at the clinic following the competition. The twirlers worked on dance twirl, rolls, dance series, gymnastics, and 2 baton!
Our twirlers had a great time at the USTA Colorado State Competition on Sunday, May 3, 2015. I'm so proud of all of these girls!
It was a lot of fun having our beginning class students join our competitive twirlers. They performed their class routine and they all entered in a few individual events, too.
A big congratulations to Olivia who won the Colorado State Beginning Solo (ages 9-12)! This was a very large division and she did a fantastic job. Also, big congrats go to Anna Claire who won her Colorado State Beginning Solo (ages 0-8)! Although a smaller division, she performed a fantastic solo routine. Way to go, girls!
It's always so fun to see how far each of twirlers have come after a season of competition. I'm very proud of the hard work these girls put in during the past year!
Anna Claire: Beg Basic (7-9): 2nd Nov Parade (8-9): 2nd Beg Military (8-11): 3rd Beg Presentation (8-11): 3rd CO State Beg Solo (0-8): 1st
Ava: Nov Basic (9-10): 2nd
Caileigh: Level BI Compulsories: Passed Level BI Movement Technique: Passed Beginner Military (8-11): 1st Nov Parade (10-13): 1st Nov Presentation (10-13): 3rd Open Beg Solo (9-10): 3rd
Emma: Beg Basic (13-15): 3rd Beg Military (12-15): 2nd Nov Parade (10-13): 2nd CO State Beg Strut (13-16): 1st
Katie: Level C Compulsories: Passed Nov Basic (5-8): 1st
Mia F.: CO State Nov Solo (0-8): 3rd
Mia M.: Nov Basic (9-10): 3rd
Olivia: Beg Parade (10-13): 3rd Beg Presentation (8-11): 1st CO State Beg Solo (9-12): 1st Open Nov 2-Baton (9-11): 1st
Randi: Level C Compulsories: Passed
Anna Claire & Olivia: Open Beg Pairs Juv: 1st CO State Beg Juv Pairs: 1st
Teams: Heart Skips a Beat (Beg Class)- CO Small Primary Dance Twirl: 2nd Hairspray- CO Small Juvenile Dance Twirl: 1st
We had a great time at the USTA competition on March 8, 2015! It was so much fun having Marley and Mia compete in their first competition.
Our other competitors, Anna Claire, Caileigh, Emma, and Olivia all participated in a fairly new event called Parade March for the first time. They had so much fun and did a terrific job! It takes the basic strut (marching in a square) and adds twirling to it.
Caileigh had her first solo win!! She's now moving out of the novice category and up to beginner. Way to go!
Olivia passed her Level A movement technique and performed the first part of her freestyle routine for evaluation!! She just has to pass her Level A compulsories now in order to qualify for PreTrials in June. Wish her good luck at our clinic when she'll try to qualify!
I'm so proud of not only our twirlers' accomplishments at this last competition, but even more so in how hard they've been working, what great attitudes they had all day, and how encouraging they are to each other. We have the best team!
Anna Claire: Level B Compulsories: Passed Beg Basic Strut (8-10): 1st Beg Military (7-9): 1st Nov Parade March (8-11): 3rd Nov Presentation (8-10): 1st Beg Solo (7-8): 1st
Caileigh: Beg Basic Strut (8-10): 2nd Beg Military (10-12): 1st Nov Presentation (8-10): 2nd Nov Solo (8-10): 1st
Emma: Beg Basic Strut (13-15): 2nd Beg Military (13-15): 2nd Nov Parade March (12-14): 2nd Beg Presentation (11-13): 3rd Nov Strut (12-14): 1st
Marley: Level C Movement Technique: Passed
Mia: Level C Movement Technique; Passed Nov Basic Strut (8-10): 3rd
Olivia: Level A Movement Technique: passed Beg Basic Strut (11-12): 1st Nov Parade March (8-11): 1st Beg Solo (9-11): 1st
Anna Claire & Olivia: Beg Juvenile Pairs: 1st
High Peaks Twirlers Hairspray Dance Twirl Team: Beg Small Juv. Dance Twirl Team: 3rd
Our twirlers did another great job at the USTA Sweetheart Competition on February 8, 2015. The weeks leading up to this competition were filled with some injuries and illnesses, but these girls pulled through!
We had such a great time seeing Anna Claire and Olivia each perform a routine with their dad for the Sweetheart Pairs event. And Olivia and her dad won with their "Annie" performance!
And a big congratulations to both Emma and Olivia who won their respective beginning solo divisions! These were both large groups and I'm so proud of how well they performed their routines. Way to go, girls!
Here are our twirlers' top 3 results:
Anna Claire: Level B Movement Technique: Passed Beg Basic Strut (7-9): 1st Beg Military (7-9): 1st
Caileigh: Level B Movement Technique: Passed Nov Military (9-11): 1st
Emma: Level BI Compulsories: Passed Beg Military (12-14): 3rd Nov Presentation (12-13): 3rd Nov Strut (13-15): 1st Beg Solo (13-16): 1st
Olivia: Sweetheart Pairs (with her Dad!): 1st Beg Solo (11-12): 1st
Our twirlers had a great start to this year's competition season! They had all worked really hard leading up to this first competition and it definitely paid off.
Anna Claire, Caileigh, Emma, and Olivia all competed in dance twirl team plus their individual events. Their hard work showed when they ALL placed in the top 3 in ALL of their events! That does not happen often - way to go, girls!
We performed the first half of our new dance twirl team routine, a medley of songs from Hairspray, for evaluation. Our team put on a great performance and we look forward to entering the completed routine for competition in February. Be sure to watch it and then check out our twirlers' results below.
http://youtu.be/y2WnbzVkvI4
Here are our twirlers' top 3 results:
Anna Claire: Beg Basic (age 7-9) - 2nd Nov Military (age 7-8) - 1st Nov Presentation (age 7-9) - 1st Beg Solo (age 7-9) - 2nd
Caileigh: Level B Compulsories - Passed Nov Basic (age 9-10) - 1st Nov Solo (age 9-12) - 2nd
Emma: Beg Basic (age 12-14) - 2nd Nov Military (age 10-12) - 1st Nov Presentation (age 12-14) - 2nd Nov Strut (age 12-14) - 1st
Olivia: BII Compulsories - Passed Beg Basic (age 10-11) - 3rd Beg Presentation (age 9-11) - 1st Beg Solo (age 10-11) - 2nd
Anna Claire & Olivia: Nov Pairs (Juvenile) - 1st
We had our first twirler, Olivia, travel to the USTA Central Regional championships this summer.
On June 7, 2014, Olivia competed in Tyler, Texas at her first regional competition! I'm so proud of what a great job she did at her first regionals. It's a bit nerve-wracking attending your first multi-state competition!
I was especially proud that she placed 5th in Beginner Solo (ages 9-11)! This was a large division and she did a great solo.
Here are Olivia's results:
Show Twirl: This was for evaluation only, but it was her best performance yet! Beg Open Basic (0-8): 2nd place Beg Open Solo (9-11): 5th place
We had a whirlwind of a weekend with two competitions in two days!
On Saturday, May 3, Emma and Olivia attend the NBTA Colorado State competition in Berthoud. They both competed in basic strut and solo. The rules and music are slightly different for NBTA than our usual USTA competitions and they did a great job at keeping it all straight!
Then on Sunday, May 4, we had a lot of fun competing at the USTA Colorado State competition in Denver with Anna Claire, Caileigh, Emma, Lorelei, and Olivia! It was a long (and hot!) day, but I was so proud of how these girls all kept striving to do their best in their events all day long.
This was the first competition for both Caileigh and Lorelei and they did such a great job! I was so proud of how they went out on the floor with confidence and did their very best.
I want to give a big congratulations to Anna Claire, Emma, and Olivia! Anna Claire placed 1st in the Colorado State Beg Solo (ages 0-8). She looked so poised and had a no-drop routine! Olivia placed 3rd in the Colorado State Beg Solo (ages 9-12). Olivia did one of her best routines yet in this big division with 11 girls competing! Emma placed 1st in the Open Beg Basic Strut (ages 11-12). She demonstrated yet again at what a great job she does when strutting and with a large group of 9 girls in her division!
After the competition we enjoyed a celebration with some frozen yogurt. It was definitely time to kick back, relax, and cool off!
Below I've posted all of our twirlers' top 3 results for their events. On Sunday, our twirlers got to experience some really large groups for their events! It's nice to see so many twirlers competing here in Colorado. I also included Caileigh and Lorelei's placements in basic strut since it was their first competition.
Anna Claire: Level C Compulsories: Passed Beg Basic Strut (7-8): 2nd place Beg Open Solo (7-8): 2nd place Beg State Solo (0-8): 1st place
Caileigh: Level C Movement Technique: Passed Level C Compulsories: Passed Beg Basic Strut (9-10): 8th place
Emma: Saturday NBTA Beg Open Basic (10-12): 1st place Nov Open Solo (10-12): 3rd place Sunday USTA Beg Basic Strut (11-12): 1st place
Lorelei: Level C Movement Technique: Passed Level C Compulsories: TI Beg Basic Strut (7-8): 5th place
Olivia: Saturday NBTA Beg Open Basic (7-9): 1st place Beg Springtime Basic (7-9): 1st place Nov Open Solo (7-9): 3rd place Nov State Solo (7-9): 2nd place Nov Springtime Solo (7-9): 3rd place Sunday USTA Level BII Movement Technique: Passed Beg Presentation (9-10): 2nd place Show Twirl: 2nd place Beg Open Solo (9-10): 2nd place Beg State Solo (9-12): 3rd place
Way to go, girls!
Anna Claire, Emma, and Olivia all attended the Denver USTA competition this past weekend and did such a great job!
I'm so proud of how hard these girls have been practicing over the last month and what good sports they are at the competition. It makes me grateful to be their coach when I see them handle themselves with such grace at each competition.
The girls also had fun completing a twirling scavenger hunt in between events! They had to find certain tricks in different routines throughout the day. We really enjoyed having Veronica come and watch a portion of the competition with us, too.
Congratulations to Anna Claire who won 1st place in her Novice Solo (age 6-7)! This was her first time competing with her solo and she looked so polished out on the floor.
Here are our twirlers' top 3 results:
Anna Claire: Level C Movement Technique: Passed Nov Solo (age 6-7): 1st place
Emma: Beg Basic Strut (age 12-13): 2nd place Beg Presentation (age 12-14): 2nd place
Olivia: Level BII Movement Technique: Passed Show Twirl: 2nd place Beg Solo (age 8-10): 2nd place
Good job, girls!
Anna Claire, Emma, and Olivia all attended the USTA Sweetheart Competition in Denver on February 16th. They had a lot of fun and did such a good job at the competition! We were all so excited to have Anna Claire participate in her first competition.
It was also so much fun to watch Olivia and her dad perform in the sweetheart pairs event! This is an event where a twirler and her dad (or uncle, brother, etc.) twirl to a routine together. They both did such a good job!
I'm so proud of the hard work these twirlers put in before this competition. It certainly paid off with each of them receiving a 1st place win!
Here are the rest of their results:
Anna Claire: Level C Compulsories: TII Level C Movement Tech.: TII Beg Basic Strut (age 6-7): 1st place
Emma: Level BI Movement Tech.: Pass Beg Basic Strut (age 12-15): 3rd place Beg Presentation (age 10-12): 6th place Novice Solo (age 12-15): 1st place
Olivia: Level BI Compulsories: Pass Level BI Movement Tech.: Pass Beg Basic Strut (age 10): 1st place Beg Presentation (age 10-12): 2nd place Junior Showtwirl: 2nd place Beg Solo (age 9-11): 3rd place
We had a great time traveling to the February Frenzy competition in Kansas City, Missouri, this past Saturday. Emma competed with twirlers from several different states, including quite a few fellow Colorado twirlers!
Emma did a great job at her first traveling competition. It was quite the new experience for her with some large events. Be sure to congratulate her the next time you see her!
Results
Movement Technique BI: Passed! Beginning Basic Strut 10-12: 5th place Beginning Presentation 10-12: 3rd place Novice Solo 10-12: 7th place Beg Visitors Solo 10-12: 4th place
Great job, Emma!
Emma and Olivia both competed in the USTA open competition this past Sunday, November 10, 2013. They did a great job and each won 1st place in an event!
Here are their results:
Emma: Compulsories Level B - Pass Movement Technique Level B - Pass Beginner Basic Strut (age 12) - 1st Place!
Olivia: Compulsories Level B - Pass Movement Technique Level B - Pass Beginner Basic Strut (age 10) - 2nd Place Beginner Presentation (age 10-12) - 2nd Place Novice Solo (age 10-13) - 1st Place!
After the competition, there was a terrific twirling clinic taught by Christina Giddens and Mark Nash along with some local Colorado coaches. What a fantastic clinic! We were so excited to have Caileigh come for the clinic as well. All of the girls learned lots of fun new tricks from some amazing instructors!
I'm so proud of all three girls and how hard they worked all day long!
We had a busy, but fun weekend attending both the NBTA and USTA Colorado State Competitions!
Emma and Olivia both did a fantastic job all weekend. Way to go, girls!
Here are some of their results: NBTA State at UNC Greeley CO State Basic Novice 7-9B: Olivia 1st place CO State Basic Beg. 7-9: Emma 1st place CO State Solo Novice 7-9: Olivia 3rd place, Emma 4th place
USTA State at Ranum Middle School Open Novice Solo 9-10: Olivia 2nd place Open Novice Solo 11-14: Emma 2nd place CO State Novice Solo 10-12: Olivia 2nd place, Emma 3rd place
See some more pictures from the weekend below!
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Let's all congratulate Emma on a job well done! She placed first in her Beginning Basic Strut, ages 11-13 on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at the USTA Open Competition in Denver.
Emma showed a great improvement over her marching in February. It's always great to see hard work in practice pay off at the competition!
Way to go, Emma!
Congratulations to Emma and Olivia for a terrific competition in February!
They attended the USTA competition in Denver on February 10, 2013. Emma and Olivia both passed their Level C Compulsories! Olivia placed second in her beginning marching division and Emma placed eighth in hers. Olivia also received excellent comments in her evaluative presolo.
Way to go, girls!
