Dawn Service, 4:27am at the Honour Stone, corner of Queen & Church Streets.

March commencing 7:15AM on the corner of Queen & Alice Streets.

Morning Service at 7:30AM at the Honour Stone, corner of Queen & Church Streets.

For details of other services around Ipswich, visit the councils website.

Lest we forget.

Savannah is still enjoying all styles of Dance and Musical Theatre at the Ritz Performing Arts Centre.

She competes in 8U Eisteddfod Team and is very excited about doing her first year of Solo Competitions.

As one of the winners of the 2011 competition, Savannah has been enjoying the winners workshops that have been staged during March 2012.

Savannah will be performing along with the other 2011 Winners at Kids Kingdom on 6th May at Springfield Lakes in conjunction with the Ipswich Festival.

The heats commence on Sunday 21^st October and go through to Tuesday 23^rd October,  however, with last year’s competition proving to be extremely popular there is talk about extending it another day,  maybe even to the Wednesday 24^th October .  Semi Finals and Finals will be held on Saturday 27^th October 2012 at the Goodna Jacaranda Festival.

Categories for 2012 DanSing & prize monies

Dance                 Junior:  13yrs & under (1^st $200, 2^nd $125, 3^rd $75)

Adult:   14 yrs & over 1^st $300, 2^nd $225, 3^rd $175)

Variety              Junior:  13 yrs & under (1^st $200, 2^nd $125, 3^rd $75)

Intermediate:  14 – 19 yrs (1^st $300, 2^nd $250, 3^rd $175)

Adult:  19 – 39 yrs (1^st $500, 2^nd $350, 3^rd $225)

Open:  40 yrs + (1^st $300, 2^nd $250, 3^rd $175)

Original Songs    Open (1^st $200, 2^nd $125, 3^rd $75)

The 2011 DanSing winners will soon be enjoying their time working with industry professionals Brad Rush and Sue Harvey preparing for their performance at the Ipswich Festivals’ Kids Kingdom Event being held on Sunday 6^th May 2012 at the Robelle Domain Parklands, Springfield.

The workshops will provide the winners with an incredible amount of industry information and give the participants an opportunity of expanding their talents further.

Should you require further information please feel free to call Sue Harvey on 0407 154 993  or check out the official DanSing Website regularly to keep up to date with what’s happening for this years’ event.

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.

Supporters

The Links Pet Centre – Cash Bursary $300 – Thanks Barbara

Wolston Park Golf Club – 2 x Gift Baskets for Raffle (Value $120 each)

Graeme Crooks Discount Tyre, Battery & Mechanical Services – 2 x Gift vouchers for Raffle (Value $70 each)

La Papillon Hairdressers –Cash Bursary $75 – Pop down and see Rochelle

Browns Plains Printing and Stationery Supplies – supplying all DanSing’s printing needs.  Thanks to Owen/Luke/Donna/Emma for their assistance.

Sponsor Packages and applications are now available for the 2012 DanSing (A Quest for Talent) Competition.  Please contact Sue Harvey 0407 154 993 or email shesue@bigpond.net.au for details or queries.

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