The Starlites Tiny, Mini and Youth teams competed in the US Finals National Dance Championships at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, May 10, 2015. This end-of-year national dance competition is one of six locations for the US Finals; Providence, Rhode Island, Topeka, Kansas, Indianapolis, Indiana, Chicago Illinois, Pensacola, Florida and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The Starlites Tiny pom team placed 3rd and the hip hop team placed 4th.
The Starlites Mini team placed 1st in Hip Hop and 2nd in pom and jazz.
The Starlites Youth team placed 1st in pom and lyrical, 2nd in jazz and 6th in hip hop.
The 1st place teams received National Championship jackets, medals, banners and trophies.
From there, the top place teams from all six U.S. Finals locations were entered into the “Champions Challenge” round for overall National placement. A panel of judges reviewed the 1st place routines via video and then ranked the Overall Champions in each age division and category.
The overall results for Starlites were:
Starlites Tiny Pom placed 5th of 8 overall
Starlites Tiny Hip Hop placed 6th of 8 overall
Starlites Mini Pom placed 4th of 5 overall
Starlites Mini Jazz placed 5th of 10 overall
Starlites Mini Hip Hop placed 3rd of 17 overall
Starlites Youth Pom placed 3rd of 9 overall
Starlites Youth Jazz placed 6th of 11 overall
Starlites Youth Lyrical placed 2nd of 2 overall
Starlites Youth Hip Hop placed 11th of 25 overall
Congratulations to our Starlites on a job well done!
