OAEC Students Won Top Honors at Showstopper Regional 2014
This past weekend was a very exciting one for the dance students and instructors of OAEC, which brought 15 competitive students to the Showstoppers Regional Dance Championship at Stafford Center, Houston. OAEC dancers competed against dozens of dance studios from around the state and area for prestigious top honors at Showstopper, one of the largest dance competitions in the country. Showstopper awarded OAEC with 14 Overall Championship awards, 1 Double Platinum, 11 Platinum, and 2 Gold awards in the various categories.
OACE dancers' entries placed as follows:
"Weaving the Dream" by Michelle Tang received 1st place platinum in category 13-14 Yrs Solo Advanced Folkloric;
"Butterfly" by Joline Sun won 10th place overall and 1st place gold in 7-8 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Blossoming of the Peacocks" by Joanna Yu won 6th place overall and 1st place platinum in 12 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Walking in the Spring" by Audrey Liu received 4th place gold in Age 13-14 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Dancing on the Clouds" by Shiyu Zhang received 3rd place overall and 1st place platinum in Age 13-14 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Resonance" by Irena Wan won 5th place overall and 1st place platinum in 14 Yrs Solo Performance Open;
"Moon Trance" by Irena Wan won 4th place overall and 1st place platinum in 14 Yrs Solo Performance Contemporary;
"Breath of Everest" by Alice Li won 5th place overall and 2nd place platinum in 15-16 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Green Destiny" by Olivia Wang won 2nd place overall and 1st place platinum in 15-16 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Solitude of Spring" by Alice Kwok received 7th place overall and 1st place platinum in Age 17-19 Yrs Solo Performance Folkloric;
"Lotus" by Michelle Wan received 3rd place overall and 1st place platinum in Age 16 Yrs Solo Performance Open;
"Home" by Barbara Sun received 4th place overall and 1st place platinum in Age 16 Yrs Solo Performance Contemporary;
"Push the Limit" by Victoria Songyang received 6th place overall and 2nd place platinum in Age 16 Yrs Solo Performance Contemporary;
"Oriental Impression" by Daisy Lin, Amber Liu, Michelle Tang, Michelle Wan, Grace Zhang won 1st place overall and 1st place double platinum in Age 14 Yrs Small Group Performance Contemporary;
This qualifies them to go to the Showstopper National Finals in Galveston this summer.
