Welcome back to Term 3 This is the term where we start making plans for our end of year concerts. I know it is early but a lot has to be done before now and the beginning of December!! Music, choreography, costumes and more!! Please take note of the dates in the grey column to the right of this page. The stage rehearsal for the senior concert is compulsory so please ensure that this date is in your diary now. Waverly College will not allow any student who has not attended this rehearsal to perform on their stage on Saturday 9th December. Since our last newsletter we have a lot to report back on – so here goes! RAD Exam Results We are very proud to announce that in the May exam session our students achieved 25 Distinctions and 7 Merits. A very big congratulations to the students, parents and teachers, who all helped to achieve these excellent results. The students who received the highest marks in each level were: Bonnie Steel (Primary) Hanna Jones and Isobel Glen (Grade One) Millie Wenham (Grade Two) Amelie O’Connor and Claudia Quinn (Grade Three) Laetitia Opie (Intermediate) (recipient of RAD Scholarship at Autumn School) Mia Rosos (Advanced Foundation) Isobel Andersen and Joan and Monica Halliday Awards Congratulations to all our students who took part in these Royal Academy of Dance awards which commemorate the contribution to ballet made by these three great teachers. Very well done to Laetitia Opie who was selected as one of 6 finalists in the Isobel Andersen Intermediate Foundation Awards. You danced beautifully in the finals and made us all very proud! Bianca Rozsa (Grade 4) and Gabrielle Papas (Grade 3) made it into the semi finals of the Joan and Monica Halliday Awards! Well Done!!

August 2017

Dates for the Diary

Friday 8th September Grade 5, Intermediate Foundation and Advanced One RAD Examinations

Saturday 23rd September Last day of Term 3

Monday 9th October Term 4 commences

Saturday 2nd December (Afternoon – timetable TBC) Pre-School and Pre-Primary Concert at St Johns Hall, 120 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst

Last day of term for Pre-School and Pre-Primary students

Wedneday 6th December Placing rehearsal in Darlinghurst for all ballet students 4-6.00pm

Thursday 7th December Last day of term for Mum and Me students

Friday 8th December Compulsory Senior Concert Stage Rehearsal at Waverley College (1.30–6.00pm: exact timetable TBC)

Saturday 9th December Senior Concerts at Waverley College (11.00am and 1.30pm)

Alexandra Walton In April I accompanied Alexandra to the Youth America Grand Prix in New York. It was an experience we will never forget!! The YAGP is a massive global competition that runs for a full year and culminates in the New York final. Artistic Directors from the top schools from all over the world come to teach class, adjudicate the competition and oberve scholarship classes in order to offer opportunities to the dancers lucky enough to be selected. Alexandra danced beautifuly throughout the week and was offered short term scholarships to Houston Ballet Academy, Dutch National Ballet School and English National Ballet School together with a long term scholarship to Washington Ballet School for full time study. Alexandra decided to take up the short term offer from Houston Ballet Academy, which she attended in July. We are delighted to announce that during this stay Alexandra was offered a full scholarship to study at Houston Ballet Academy full time. We wish her all the best for this exciting next phase of her dancing career and look forward to keeping up with her progress.

Eisteddfod Results Congratulations to our Eisteddfod students who have competed in various competitions held in NSW this year.

Laetitia Opie 1st Place St Georges Eisteddfod Demi Character Solo 13 years 2nd Place St Georges Eisteddfod Lyrical Solo 13 years 3rd Place Ryde Eisteddfod Lyrical Solo 13 years

Lou Lou Mitsis 1st Place St Georges Eisteddfod Contemporary Solo13 years 3rd Place St Georges Eisteddfod Lyrical Solo 13 years 3rd Place St Georges Eisteddfod Demi Character Solo 13 years Highly Commended St Georges Eisteddfod Contemporary 13 yrs

Millie Wenham 1st Place Sydney Eisteddfod Classical Solo 9 years 3rd Place Northern Beaches Eisteddfod Classical Solo 9 years

Bianca Rosza 2nd Place Northern Beaches Classical Solo 10 years 3rd Place Energy Express Classical Solo 10 years

Gabby Umbrazunas Highly Commended Northern Beaches Classical solo 12 years Highly Commended Northern Beaches Lyrical solo 12 years Highly Commended Ryde Contemporary solo 12 years

Amara Mathialagan Highly Commended St Georges Lyrical Solo 13 years