FESTIVALS 2019
Hounslow Festival of Dance
Congratulations to our students who competed at Hounslow and thank you to our parents for forwarding details of results and pictures so far. The full results are not yet being published on their Festival website.
Of particular note is the 11/12 Tap Solo results. JSTA took a clean sweep in this section with Niome Robson – 1st, Wil Aldridge – 2nd and Leah Bourne – 3rd. Huge Congratulations to all three students and to a very proud Miss Alison for this outstanding result.
Also Congratulations to Phoebe Dunn 2nd, Charlotte Redward 3rd and Abbie Styles and Isabelle Mason-Khan who received honourable mentions in the 9/10 Ballet Solos.
To Sophia Berry & Niamh Ritchie who came joint second in their Ballet Solo Sections.
FESTIVALS 2018/19
All England Dance Finals 2019
Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the National Finals and to our Medal winners. Everybody had an amazing time and performed so hard and gave their absolute best. We are so proud of you.
14&Under Tap Group – Gold
14&Under Character Group – Silver
21&Under Character Group – Silver
10&Under Classical Ballet Group – Bronze
14&Under Classical Ballet Group – Bronze
Taking Gold in their Classical Ballet Duet were Natalie Henry and Calista Manders and another Gold Medal was received by Natalie Henry, Calista Manders, Samantha Osborne and Colette Mitchell for their Intermediate Character Quartet ‘A Day at the Races’. Natalie Henry and Calista Manders also took a Bronze medal for their U14 Character Duet.
Congratulations to Sasha Watson-Lobo who took gold in the 7&8 years Character Solo.
Congratulations to Lucas Henry who received a Silver Medal for his 9&10 Character Solo and Bronze Medal for his 9&10 Ballet Solo
A huge congratulations to Antonio Clemente for his Gold Medal in the Musical Theatre (S&D) Solo 13 & 14 age group. Antonio was also awarded the IDTA (D&E) Musical Theatre Award for the most oustanding solo performance in the D & E Musical theatre Sections at the National Finals. As a result Antonio was invited to perform as part of the AED Finals Gala Performance on Sunday 4th August.
This is an outstanding result for Antonio in a competition of exceptional talent and high standard of performance.
Congratulations go to Angelica Donaldson who received a Bronze medal for her Character Solo (15-18yrs) on Saturday. Angelica was also invited to compete in the Young Ballet Dancer of the Year competition held during Sundays Gala Concert, where she was one of the Runners Up.
ALL ENGLAND REGIONAL FINALS
All 12 of our Groups received Honours marks and went through to National Finals with 10 First Places, 1 Second Place and 1 Third Place.
10&Under Modern Group – Gold
10&Under Tap Group โ Gold
10&Under Ballet Group – Gold
10&Under Song & Dance Group – Silver
14&Under Tap โ Gold
14&Under Character โ Gold
14&Under Ballet group โ Gold
14&Under Group โ Gold
21&Under Modern Group – Bronze
21& Under Tap Group โ Gold
21&Under Musical Theatre group โ Gold
21&Under Character Group – Gold
As well as our fabulous group results there were many medals received in the individual sections. Apologies if we have missed any.
Niamh Ritchie 7/8 yrs Tap Solo – Silver
Eloise Henry 7/8 yrs Tap Solo – Bronze
Niamh Ritchie 7/8yrs Ballet Solo – Silver
Niamh Ritchie 7/8yrs Character Solo – Bronze
Eloise Henry 7/8yrs Character Solo โ Bronze
Sasha Watson-Lobo 7/8 yrs Character Solo โ Silver
Lucas Henry 9/10 yrs Character Solo โ Gold
Eloise Henry 7/8 yrs Ballet Solo โ Gold
Mia Raif 15/18yrs Musical Theatre Solo โ Silver
Natalie Henry 11/12yrs Modern Solo – Gold,
Calista Manders 11/12yrs Modern Solo – Gold
Lucas Henry 9/10yrs Ballet Solo โ Gold
Niamh Ritchie 7/8yrs Modern Solo โ Silver
Ruby Allery 11/12yrs Modern Solo โ Silver
Izabella Barua-Wilding 9/10yrs Ballet Solo – Honours Medal
Natalie Henry 11&12 Ballet Solos – Gold (Dance Off)
Cali Manders 11&12 Ballet Solos – Gold (Dance Off)
Collette Mitchell, Samantha Osborne 14&Under Modern Duets – Gold (Dance off)
Natalie Henry, Cali Manders 14&U Ballet Duets – 1st Gold
Natalie Henry, Cali Manders, Colette Mitchell, Samantha Osborne 14&Under Character Trio/Quartets – 1st Gold
Calista Manders 11/12yrs Character Solo 2nd – Silver
Natalie Henry 11/12yrs Character Solo 3rd Bronze
Ruby Allery, Martha Arnold, Yasmin Chan, Armina Iacob 14&Under Character Trio/Quartets – 3rd Bronze
Natalie Henry 11/12yrs Character Solo – 3rd Bronze
Ruby Allery, Martha Arnold, Yasmin Chan, Armina Iacob 14&Under Character Trio/Quartets – 3rd Bronze
Calista Manders 11/12yrs Tap solo – 2nd Silver
Alice Beadle, Natalie Henry, Calista Manders 14 & under Modern Trio/Quartets – 2nd Silver
Antonio Clemente 13/14yrs S&D Solo – 2nd Silver
Natalie Henry, Cali Manders, Colette Mitchell 14&U Ballet Trios/Quartets – 2nd Silver
Colette Mitchell, Samantha Osborne 14&U Character Duets – 2nd Silver
Natalie Henry, Cali Manders 14&U Tap Duets – 2nd Silver
Natalie Henry, Cali Manders 14&U Character Duets -3rd Bronze
Sebastian Maclellan 11/12yrs Tap solo – 3rd Bronze
Lucas Henry 9/10yrs Modern Solo – Gold (Dance Off)
Maddie Wilson 9/10yrs Modern Solo – honours
Ruby Allery, Cali Manders, Alex Pryor – 14&U Musical Theatre Trios – 1st Gold
Samantha Osborne, Sophie Capstick – 21&U Tap Duets – 1st Gold
Liberty Cox, Jessica Osborne – 21&U Tap Duets – 2nd Silver
Sebastian Maclellan, Wil Aldridge, Lucas Henry – 14&Under Tap Trios/Quartets – 2nd Silver
Samantha Osborne 14&Under Tap Solo – 3rd Bronze
Leah Bourne, Bella Gray-Pearson, Alex Pryor, Mackenzie Long – 14&Under Tap Trios/Quartets – 3rd Bronze
Colette Mitchell 13/14yrs Modern Solo – Silver (Dance off)
Samantha Osborne 13/14yrs Modern Solo – Honours Medal
Samantha Osborne 13/14yrs Character Solos – 1st Gold
Jessica Osborne, Liberty Cox, Angelica Donaldson 21&U Modern Trio/Quartets – 3rd Bronze
Angelica Donaldson 15-18yrs Lyrical Modern Solo – Honours Medal
Angelica Donaldson 15-18yrs Classical or Stylised Ballet Solo – 1st Gold
Natasha Tait 15-18yrs Contemporary or Modern Ballet Solos – 2nd Silver
Angelica Donaldson 15-18yrs Character Solo – 3rd Bronze
Lucas Henry U10 Tap Solo ย – 1st Gold
Lucas Henry and Daisy Hanna U10 Tap Duet –ย 2nd Silver
Maddie Wilson U10 Tap Solo – Silver
Daisy Hanna U10 Tap Solo – Silver.
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FESTIVALSย 2017/18
Tudor Rose Festival – September & October 2017
Tapย Solo 6 yrs โ-2nd Niamh Ritchie
Modern Solos 6 yrs โ 2nd Aurora Gray-Pearson, 3rd Yasmin Saunders, Lauren Bidder
Character 6 yrs โ 2st Niamh Ritchie
Classical Ballet Solo 7 yrs –ย 3rd Abbie Styles
Ballet Solos 8 yrs – 1st Phoebe Dunn, 2nd Isabel Mason-Khan, 3rd Elana Swinney
Tap Solo 8 yrs – 3rd Isabella Mason-Kahn
Tap Solo 9 yrs โ 2nd Leah Bourne
Modern Solo 9 yrs – 1st Maddie Wilson, 3rd Leah Bourne
Modern Solo 10 yrs Pt 3 – 2nd Niome Robson
Modern Solo 10 yrs Pt 4 – 3rd Alex Pryor
Tap ย Quartet 10yrs – 1st โ Bella Gray-Peason, Coco Lily Johns, Alex Pryor & Leah Bourne
Song & Dance Solo 11 years โ 1st Calista Manders
Ballet Solo 11 & 12 yrs Pt 2 – 3rd Yasmin Chan
Tap Solo 12 yrs – 3rd Isabelle Watson
Ballet Solos 13 yrs – 2nd ย Samantha Osborne & Colette Michell
Character Solo 13 yrs – 1st Samantha Osborne
Tap Solos 11 yrs – 2nd Louise Pryor
Modern Solos 13 yrs Pt 1 – 2nd Samantha Osborne & Colette Mitchell
Tap Solo 13 yrs – 2nd Samantha Osborne
Character Duet 14 yrs – Samantha Osborne & Colette Mitchell
Tap Duets U14 yrs โ 3rdย Louise Pryor & Alex Pryor
AWARDS
Most Promising Infant/Baby Award (Adjudicatorโs Choice)- Niamh Ritchie
Most Promising Intermediate (Adjudicatorโs Choice) โSamantha Osborne
Intermediate Classical Duet Award โSamantha Osborne & Colette Mitchell, Character Duet
Junior Stage Trio/Quartet Award – Bella Gray-Peason, Coco Lily Johns, Alex Pryor & Leah Bourne, Tap Quartet
FESTIVALSย 2016/17
Woking Festival of Dance – February 2017
CLICK HEREย to see the Prize Giving Award results from the Woking Festival of Dance.
Kingston Festival of Dance –ย November 2016
Following three weeks of intense rehearsals and competitions for the
Kingston Festival of Dance, JSTA have come out on top winning the “Jepson Shield for the Dance School with the Most Points”. ย Lucy, Maddie and Sam were on hand to collect the shield, shown in the centre of the
picture, together with the other cups awarded toย JSTA.
The Awards were presented by the Festival’s Adjudicator Janice Fullman.
Congratulations to all of our students, whose outstanding performances throughoutย the whole of the festival contributed to winning the shield. ย Students competed in over 70 sectionsย across the three weekends with many students and Groups adding to their qualifying scores for the Regional Finals in May.
U21 Modern Group
The Festival moved from the usual venue of Esher College to Jubilee High School in Addlestone, and we think you will all agree that the move to the new venue progressed smoothly many thanks to the Festival Organiser, Jane Carter. ย Jane and her team’s organisation of the whole event was excellent, contributing to the friendly and fun atmosphere throughout.
Esher College prov
ided a good opportunity with the large hall for us to capture the atmosphere of the backstage preparation for the groups, some of the photos from which we have featured here.
Jasmine, Natalie & Cali
All of the senior groups performed for the first time at Kingston all with qualifying results. The U21 Character group won their section with an Outstanding 90 qualifying mark.
As well as winning the Jepson Shield other recipients of Cups at the Awards presentation were:ย U10 Classical Group,ย U10 Song & Dance Group,ย Natalie Henry & Cali Manders – Ballet Duet,ย Maddie Fairbank – Song & Dance Solo
Samantha Osborne – Tap Solo,ย Lucy Jones – Tap Solo.
Hounslow Festival of Dance
October 2016
Angelica winning the Gala Competition for her Ballet Solo.
JSTA students enjoyed a fabulous week of competition at the Hounslow Festival of Dance in the October Half Term. ย Although this was an optional Festival for JSTA students, it was also a qualifying competition for the All England Regional Finals.
Competing in over 90 sections studentsย placing in all the sectionsย enteredย with many students achieving qualifying marks for the Regional Finals in May 2017. ย JSTA students were also accoladed for their performances by taking home many of the Cups & Trophies awarded by the Festival.
… and a lot of fun was had.
To add to the success of this festival the week culminated with JSTA students being invited to perform in the Junior Showcase and the Gala competition on the final day. ย Samantha Osborne, Louise & Alex Pryor ย and Martha Arnold &ย Ruby Allery were invited to perfom in the Junior Showcase withย Olivia Clarke and Angelica Donaldson beingย invited to compete in the Gala Final.
To top off ย the success of the week, Angelica was awarded overall winner in the Gala for her stunning Ballet solo, taking home the Gala Shield and ยฃ75 prize money.
Congratulations to everybody who competed and performed throughout the week.
U14 Tap Duets
U10 Character Duets
U6 Ballet Solos
U14 Modern Duets
Angelica & Olivia
Richmond Festival of Dance, Februaryย 2016
Cup Winners, Richmond Festival, 2016
| Name of Cup | Category | |
| Lucas Henry | Wendy Thomas Cup | Baby Classical |
| Pond Trophy for Stage | Baby Stage | |
| Elouise Eaton Trophy | Baby Overall | |
| Ruby Allery | Julie Sianne Cup | Ballet 7/8 years |
| Zahara Burfield | Lowe Cup | S&D 7/8 years |
| Alex Pryor | Harris Cup | Tap 7/8 years |
| Natalie Henry | Junior Modern Cup | Modern 9/10 years |
| Maddie Fairbank | Rosemary Andrews Cup | Ballet 11/12 |
| Adele Cup | S&D 11/12 years | |
| Colette Mitchell | Ruth Dawes Cup | Character 11/12 |
| Samantha Osborne | Hazel Botell | Tap 11/12 |
| Colette Mitchell & Samantha Osborne | Elisabeth School Cup | D1 & D2 Classical Jnr Duet |
| Holly Petters | Birchmore Cup | Tap 13/14 |
| Daisy Cox | Seniors S&D | S&D 15 & Over |
| Susan & Sophie Watson Cup | Tap 15 & Over |
A full list of section winners has not yet been published.
Woking, Januaryย 2016
JSTA enjoyed another successful festival at the Woking Festival of Dance this January. ย Achieving 34 first place, 26 second place & 19 third place awards totalling 79 places. Congratulations to all the dancers who competed.
For a full list of the places please Click Here
Many thanks to Lesley for compiling this extensive list. And in the event of any errors or omissions, please let us know as it is quite a task to put it all together.
JSTA Award Winners
Classical Ballet
Woking Arts Management Shield:
Junior Solo – Ruby Allert
Most Promising – Lucas Henry
Modern
Allegro Shield:
Junior Solo – Olivia Clarke
Song & Dance
Miller Award:
Senior Solo – Katie Pritchard
Jo Wilding Shield:
Junor Solo – Samantha Osborne
Most Promising – Amelia White
Tap
Junior Solo – Wil Aldridge
Starlet & Starcatcher Awards
Congratulations to Colette Mitchell for winning first place and Samantha Osborne for taking third place in the Starlet Awards.
Special mention goes to the following dancers who were also invited to compete in the Starlet & Starcatcher awards alongside Colette & Samantha. The criteria for invitation to compete in the Starlet & Starcatcher Awards are any dancer who has competed in both classical and stage solo sections of the Woking Festival of Dance and has achieved either a first or second place in one of these disciplines.
STARLETS
Maddie Fairbank, Olivia Clarke, Ruby Allery, Martha Arnold, Cali Manders, Nika Rizol, Yasmin Chan, Natalie Henry, Lohen Carey-Houghton, Daisy Feast
STARCATCHER
Holly Petters, Angelica Donaldson, Isabelle Smart & Liberty Cox
To see the full list ofย Award Results you can visitย the Woking Festival of Dance website.
Kingstons Festival, Novemberย 2015
Hounslow Festival, October 2015
JSTA students enjoyed a fantastically successful Hounslow Festival recently, so congratulations to everybody who competed. Many students performed their newly choreographed dances for the first time. Well done to everybody for all the hard work that went into these wonderful results.
Hounslow Awards
Following an amazing week of competition, which saw JSTA students successful across all age groups and sections, the Festival culminated in a Showcase and Gala concert on the Sunday. Lohen Carey, Lucas Henry and Ellie Etherton were invited to perform in the Showcase performance for younger competitors with Chloe Stidwill and Holly Petters invited to perform in the Festival Gala. For only the second time in its history the Gala was an adjudicated event. Chloe Stidwill was judged the overall winner and presented with The Mills and Simon Gala Award Cup.ย ย Congratulations to Chloe and to Holly, Lohen, Lucas and Ellie.ย Their invitations to perform at the Gala were due to their outstanding results throughout the week.
Festival Trophies & Awards presented to JSTA students
Chloe Stidwill:
As well as winning the Gala award Chloe was also presented with cups for –
Senior Modern Solo
Senior Character Solo
Most Promising Senior
Holly Petters:
The Bundy Driver Cup for the highest mark in senior S&D
Lucas Henry:ย
The Peggy Harrison Cup for Most Promising Boy
Hounslow Festival A.P. School Baby Cup for Babies Classical 6 and Under
Tudor Rose Festival – September/October 2015
Congratulations to everyone who performed atย the recent Tudor Rose Festival. ย JSTA had aย wonderful Tudor Rose Festival with manyย greatย results throughout the week. ย We have listed here theย Awards and Cups that our students received at the end of the Festival.
Bursary Awards
Students who compete in the Bursary Awards on the final day of the competition, are invited based on their performance throughout the weeks competitions.
Senior Bursary, Young Dancer of the Year
- First Place, Tudor Rose Challenge Cup – Maria Gregory
- Runner Up โ Isabelle Smart
Special mention to Samantha Osborne and Natalie Henry, who also competed in the Junior bursary competition.
Individual Section Awards
- Most promising (under 7) Lucas Henry
- Nursery Award โ Niamh Ritchie
- Intermediate Stage solos โ Olivia Clarke
- Intermediate Stage Duets โ Samantha Osborne & Maddie Fairbankย
- Intermediate Stage Trios โ Natasha Tait, Olivia Clarke, Sophie Capstick
