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As announced at Mid-Year, we are proud that one of our students, Callum Hawthorne, has been selected to perform in the role of Michael in "Mary Poppins” which opens in just over a month. We look forward to seeing him on stage soon!
At Cathy-Lea, we value the achievements of all students – big and small. This list is just a sample of some of the other many achievements our students have won in past years. 2008 Karina Shields - gained a role in the professional production of "Billy Elliot" Luke McConnell - awarded performing arts scholarship to Beaconhills College, Berwick (dance) Tara Crivari - awarded performing arts scholarship to Caulfield Grammar School (drama) Calvin Kurt - awarded the Trinity Guildhall prize for the top drum student in grades 1-5 in the Asia-Pacific region in 2008 Amy Pyke - awarded the a score of 40 for VCE Dance and invited to audition for VCE Top Acts Monique Johnson - awarded the Peggy van Praagh award for the top Cecchetti Ballet Intermediate student in Victoria Monique Johnson, Karina Shields & Claire Cumming gained 100% for Cecchetti ballet exams Jessica Gross - performed in Windmill's production of "Cats" as Jemima GinaMarie Strohbeck - Rock Eisteddfod scholarship to attend full-time dance study in 2009 Monique Johnson - accepted into Cecchetti Senior Scholars class for 2009, 2nd SFD Classical scholarship Amy Pyke & Natasha Dunston - =3rd Southern Federation of Dance Jazz scholarship Natasha Dunston - Adjudicator's Award at Casey Competition, 3rd place "Cameron Morgan Award" Monique Ganter - winner 12 & u 15 novice aggregate Bentleigh Eisteddfod Andrew Kinsey - selected to perform in European tour of "The Tempest" 2009 11 students dance on Sean McAuliffe's comedy television show "Newstopia" Claire Pyke, Amy Pyke and Rebecca Kerek - selected to dance solos at Federation Square
Students studying on scholarships- Tahlia Lewis & Jacob Sellenger - studying at Australian Ballet School Jamie Manser & Tristan Gross - studying at the Victorian College of the Arts Amy Pyke, Andrew Kinsey, Michelle Bryan, Melanie Kurt & Wyatt Madeley studying at Beaconhills College on performing arts scholarships 2007 Tahlia Lewis – accepted into the Australian Ballet School Tahlia Lewis – winner Kristy Gambera Memorial Scholarship Tahlia Lewis – winner Brenda Chapman Memorial Jazz Scholarship Tristan Gross – scholarship to the Victorian College of the Arts (Dance) Wyatt Madeley – performing arts scholarship to Beaconhills College (Dance and Drama) Andrew Kinsey – European tour of “Romeo and Juliet – The Musical” Amy Dalton – Honours with Distinction- level 6 Jazz (SFD) Tahlia Lewis – 100% grade 5 Ballet (Cecchetti) Hannah Kerek – 99% - grade 5 ballet (Cecchetii) Eleanor Deas – selected to audition for ‘Top Acts’ for VCE Dance (ranking her as one of the top VCE Dance students in the state) 2006 Jamie Manser - scholarship to the Victorian College of the Arts (Dance) Amy Pyke – Southern Federation of Dance Outstanding Achievement Award Melanie Kurt – performing arts scholarship to Beaconhills College (Dance) Emma Sparrow – performing arts scholarship to Beaconhills College (Singing) Michelle Bryan - performing arts scholarship to Beaconhills College (Singing and Dance) Claire Pyke – winner SFD Tap scholarship Melanie Kurt – runner-up SFD Tap scholarship |