The talent was amazing to say the least.  An extremely entertaining afternoon with the Semi Finals bringing together the best of entertainers from all three Heats.  Then there were the  Finals…….awesome talent – polished performances – a huge variety of performances for the audience to enjoy. All competitors presented their items with flair, enthusiasm and commitment.  OH! To be a judge.  Decisions….Decisions….Decisions……Our judges, Brad Rush, Renee Allotta and Peter Taylor certainly had their work cut out for them.

Well, the decisions were  finally made with the following entrants gaining these positions and awards:

Junior Dance Under 14yrs -  1^st place Tenielle Robinson- 2^nd place Delacey Doorley – 3^rd place Rising Stars

Junior Variety – 1^st Place Team Ritz – 2^nd place Paris Morgan – 3^rd place Kiara Cavenage

Intermediate Variety – 1^st place Ashleigh Denning – 2^nd Place Tammy Mathieson – 3^rd place Georgia Bell

Adult dance – 1^st place Ondreea Kitching – 2^nd place Stephanie Rabe

Adult Variety – 1^st place Kathleen Maloney – 2^nd place Samantha Hardgrave – 3^rd place Nathan Baker

Mature & Motivated – 1^st place Lyn Butler – 2^nd place Brett Hann – 3^rd place Trudi Kemp & Kristina Hancock

Original Song – 1^st place Rheanna Leschke & Band – 2^nd place Ashleigh Denning – 3^rd place Mepa (Melissa Bolt)

Overall winners –

Overall performer – Tenielle Robinson – Tenielle chose the popular ‘Wild Thing’ music and wowed the audience and judges with her energetic  performance including  her high kicks, acrobatic skills and a jazz style that showed lots of attack and pizzazz.

Overall Variety – Ashleigh Denning – Ashleigh had the audience in the palm of her hands with her performance of ‘Orange coloured sky’ – an extremely professional and superbly delivered performance.  Her original song ‘One in a million’ captured the hearts of all.

Overall Dance – Ondreea Kitching – Ondreea showed her versatility with performing three separate items during the course of the DanSing competition – including hip hop/jazz/contemporary. Each time Ondreea performed with style and flair showing off her well trained and executed moves.

Congratulations to all the wonderful competitors for a job well done.

A huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors –

Silver Sponsor

GM Poles – Thank you to Bob Chambers & GM Poles for their generous sponsorship.

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Overall Winners

• Dance – Ondrea Kitching
• Variety – Ashleigh Denning
• Overall Performer – Tanielle Robinson

Junior Dance

• 1st Tanielle Robinson
• 2nd Delacey Doorley
• 3rd Rising Stars

Junior Variety

• 1st Team Ritz
• 2nd Paris Morgan
• 3rd Kiara Cavenage

Adult Dance

• 1st Ondrea Kitching
• 2nd Stephanie Rabe

Adult Variety

• 1st Kathleen Maloney
• 2nd Samantha Hardgrave
• 3rd Nathan Barker

Mature & Motivated

• 1st Lyn Butler
• 2nd Brett Hann
• 3rd Trudi Kemp & Kristina Hancock

Original Song

• 1st Rheanna & Band
• 2nd Ashleigh Denning
• 3rd Mepa

Junior Dance

• Tenielle Robinson
• Delacey Doorley
• Rising Stars

Junior Variety

• Paris Morgan
• Kiara Cavenagh
• Team Ritz

Intermediate Variety

• Tammy Mathieson
• Georgia Bell
• Ashleigh Denning

Adult Dance

• Ondrea Kitching
• Stephanie Rabe

Adult Variety

• Kathleen Maloney
• Nathan Baker
• Samantha Hardgrave

Mature & Motivated

• Trudi Kemp & Kristina Hancock
• Brett Hann
• Lyn Butler

Original Song

• Mepa
• Ashleigh Denning
• Rheanna Leschke & Band

Primary Schools;

• 1st – Blair State School
• 2nd – Brassal State School
• 3rd – Kruger State School Lollipop Band

High Schools;

• 1st- Redbank Plains SGS Stage Band
• 2nd- Ipswich SHS
• 3rd- Redbank Plains SHS Concert Band

Heat 3 brought about another evening of talented performers. Again all age groups, again all genres of entertainment.

The evening commenced with the Junior Dance section with Charlotte Broad’s fun and sweet arrangement of ‘Lollipop”. Talk about variety the juniors admirably held their own…..Bailee Scott, Harrison Grove & Tahnee Baker-Clark all chose some great old favourites – Ain’t Misbehaving, Marry Me and Blowin in the Wind. Stars of the Future!

The talent continued with the Intermediate Variety section with Georgia Bell & Ashleigh Denning delivering very polished and entertaining performances followed by a very moving and impressive interpretation from dancer Stephanie Rabe to a lovely piece of music “My Immortal”.

Not to be outdone by the Juniors or Intermediates, the Adult Variety section proved to be very entertaining with “I kissed a girl” being performed by Nathan Baker, “Stars in the Moon” performed by Melissa Hardgrave and “So Anyway” performed by Samantha Hardgrave.

I can see the Original Song section becoming one of the stronger and popular sections for the future. DanSing provide a platform for all these creative and exceptional musicians to write their own music, lyrics and perform themselves or have someone else perform their material for them. DanSing’s contestants this evening were able to capture the audience and judges with their impressive and outstanding arrangements.

Look out Saturday! Semi Finals 3pm – Finals 7pm

Be prepared to be entertained……be prepared to be blown away by the talent…..be prepared to have a great afternoon and evening at the Jacaranda Festival DanSing (A Quest for Talent) performances.

See you there.

Heat 3 Highlights Video

Heat 2 of the DanSing (A Quest for Talent) didn’t disappoint the judges or the audience.

The Goodna RSL Function Room was a buzz with performances from Junior entertainers through to the Mature and Motivated.

Ondreena  Kitching from the Adult Dance section  performed her dance routine with style, attack and mesmerised the audience with her agility and energy while in the Junior Dance section Delacey Doorley and group item (Matilda, Becca, Giverny, Sarah,Lauren, Megan and Brooklyn) entertained the audience with their dance presentations.

Our Intermediate Variety competitors Iesha Eivers, Elizabeth Streeter & Lauren Illing delivered sincere and polished performances with the Junior Variety performers also showing their talents from vocal to drama.  Ben Bradley, Alyssa Potter, Brody and Kaitlin certainly did not let the judges or audience down. Great Work!

Beautiful harmonies captured the audience with Imelda Bayden and Liz Burkitt singing ‘Angel ‘ in the Mature & Motivated Variety section.  Jane-Louise Turner made it to the Semi Finals with her rendition of ‘Two Strong Hearts’.

The Original Song Category is becoming extremely popular with some interesting and impressive work from Brooke Harris and Talia Pallant.

Congratulations to you all…..we’ll see you in the Semi Finals – Saturday 29^th October 2011.

Heat 2 Highlights Video

DanSing’s (A Quest for Talent) first Heat on Monday proved to be very exciting with many talented performers strutting their stuff for the Judges and tentative and appreciative audience members.

The Semi Finals are due to be held on Saturday 29th October at 3pm at the Jacaranda Festival at Evan Marginson Park, Goodna. Here you will have the opportunity to enjoy once again the performance from the winners from the heats competing for the major prizes.

Becca Gill performed a lovely dance to ‘When She Loved You’ and gained a place in the Semi Finals in the Junior Dance Category with Team Ritz and Kiara Cavenagh knocking the audience dead with their performances.

Beautiful songs such as Can you feel the Love Tonight and At Last were performed by Maddie Gould and Alanah Bebendorf both of whom making it through to the semi finals. Route 66 was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience with Kathleen Maloney rendition.

In the Mature and Motivated Variety section Brett Hann delivered a powerful interpretation of Sometimes I Dream with Lyn Butler performing a very relaxed and most enjoyable performance of Ring of Fire.

A relatively new category in DanSing is the Original Song Section……some great work being written and performed by Tammy Mathieson and Mepa (Melissa Bolt).

Stay updated and tuned to the DanSing Facebook for clips of all performers and winners of the Heats.

Look forward to catching up with you and seeing you at the Heats to come (Tuesday & Wednesday), the Semi Finals and Grand Final day/night on Saturday 29th October.

Highlight Reel

Here’s our highlight reel from the first night of Heats for 2011.

Migrated to Stand up Comedy, Radio presentation and MC of corporate / community Functions and has been a member of various Talent Quest Judging panels over many years

As a Vietnam veteran, he was forced into early retirement because of ill health, but has remained involved in teh entertainment indsutry and enjoys a now longstanding radio gig with local radio 101FM and continues to gain pleasure from the company of many of the great performers and friends of the late fifties and sixties including survivors Lonnie lee, Lorrae Desmond, Dina lee, Bev harrell and Lucky Star.

Flowers or no flowers, the show must go on, and we look foward to seeing you at the 2011 Goodna Jacaranda Festival.