{"id":5825,"date":"2011-04-02T20:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T01:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2011-04-02T18:58:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T23:58:24","slug":"dance-force-receives-top-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/04\/02\/dance-force-receives-top-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Force Receives Top Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Written by Amy Ritchart<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35510\" title=\"The Dance Force\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/thedanceforce.gif\" alt=\"The Dance Force\" width=\"230\" height=\"95\" \/><\/em><\/span><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Dance Force of Clarksville competition company, The Force, kicked off the 2011 season in a big way, bringing home 35 Platinum and 4 High Gold adjudications at Stage One\u2019s regional dance competition in St. Louis, MO.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70232\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-Dance-Force-Receives-Top-Honors-at-StageOnes-National-Dance-Competition.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70232\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70232\" title=\"2011 - Dance Force Receives Top Honors at StageOnes National Dance Competition\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011-Dance-Force-Receives-Top-Honors-at-StageOnes-National-Dance-Competition-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Dance Force Receives Top Honors at StageOne's National Dance Competition\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dance Force Receives Top Honors at StageOne&#39;s National Dance Competition<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cThe price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dancers and choreographers were additionally recognized with 10 Stage One judges\u2019 choice awards, including highest scoring petite\/junior dance and best costumes for \u201cThe Love Game Show,\u201d The Force\u2019s company-wide production, as well as a technical excellence award for the teen small group \u201cSun of A Gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Placements included:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Destani Locklear<\/strong> with a first overall, Madelyn Bissell with a fourth overall, and Shianne Elkins with a ninth overall in the junior age division.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Copley<\/strong> with a third overall, Alex Tucker with a fourth overall, and Autumn Staats with a fifth overall in the teen age division.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mykayla Gover<\/strong> with a fourth overall in the teen age division.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natalya Bryant<\/strong> with a first overall and Payton Griffis with a second overall in the petite age division.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alexis Fallon<\/strong> with a fourth overall in the senior age division.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSay\u201d<\/strong> with a fourth overall in the junior duet category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cInclude Me Out\u201d<\/strong> with a third overall in the junior trio category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cBahama Cuties\u201d<\/strong> with a second overall and \u201cGet Up\u201d with a third overall in the petite trio category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cABC&#8217;s of Love\u201d <\/strong>with a first overall in the petite duet category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cCalifornia Girls\u201d <\/strong>with a first overall, \u201cWings on My Back\u201d with a second overall and \u201cLove is the Music\u201d with a fifth overall in the junior small group category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSonic Boom\u201d<\/strong> with a first overall and \u201cNot Me\u201d with a third overall in the petite small group category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cBook of Love\u201d <\/strong>with a first overall, \u201cThe Creationist\u201d with a second overall, \u201cBeaty Bong\u201d with a third overall, and \u201cLullaby\u201d with a seventh overall in the junior large group category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cCho co latte&#8217;\u201d<\/strong> with a first overall in the petite large group category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cPlanet Squeak\u201d <\/strong>with a first overall in the petite line category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Love Game Show\u201d<\/strong> with a first overall in the junior line category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWe So Fly\u201d <\/strong>with a second overall in the teen line category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cKing of Glory\u201d<\/strong> with a second overall in the senior small group category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSun of a Gun\u201d<\/strong> with a first overall and \u201cSecret\u201d with a fifth overall in the teen small group category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cDon\u2019t Call My Name\u201d<\/strong> with a second overall and \u201cThrow Me a Rope\u201d with a fourth overall in the teen large group category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Judges choice awards included: Solo Entertainment Award for Destani Locklear, Outstanding Costume for \u201cWings on My Back,\u201d Outstanding Costume and Highest Scoring Petite\/Junior Dance for \u201cThe Love Game Show,\u201d Character Award for \u201cNot Me,\u201d Diva Award for \u201cSonic Boom,\u201d Intensity Award for \u201cBook of Love,\u201d Showmanship Award for \u201cPlanet Squeak,\u201d Costume Award for Elizabeth Copley,<\/p>\n<p>Choreography Award for Autumn Staats solo choreographed by Mr. Morgan Burke, Choreography Award for \u201cSecret,\u201d choreographed by Ms. Missy Dray<\/p>\n<p>Technical Excellence Award for \u201cSun of a Gun,\u201d Intensity Award for \u201cThrow Me a Rope,\u201d and Outstanding Costume for \u201cDont Call My Name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dancers additionally brought home $550.00 in cash prizes and Autumn Staats was awarded a Miss Stage One workshop scholarship and jacket.<\/p>\n<p>The Stage One dance competition tour has been traveling the country for more than 14 years. For information about Stage One, go <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stageonedance.com\/\" >www.stageonedance.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<h3>About The Dance Force of Clarksville<\/h3>\n<p>The Dance Force of Clarksville is owned and operated by Lauren Ankersoe and Mary Lu Browder. The studio provides multiple levels of dance classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical and acrobatics in a 5,000 square-foot, four-studio space at 1955 Madison Street. The studio was voted the number one dance studio in the 2010 Community Choice Awards. For information call 931-552-2223, e-mail <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:info@danceforceofclarksville.com\">info@danceforceofclarksville.com<\/a> or go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danceforceclarksville.com\/\" >www.danceforceclarksville.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Amy Ritchart Clarksville, TN &#8211; The Dance Force of Clarksville competition company, The Force, kicked off the 2011 season in a big way, bringing home 35 Platinum and 4 High Gold adjudications at Stage One\u2019s regional dance competition in St. Louis, MO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[7270,7271,7272,7273,7274,7275,7276,7277,5938,7278,7279,7280,7281,7282,7283,7284,2460],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-alex-tucker","tag-alexis-fallon","tag-amy-ritchart","tag-autumn-staats","tag-destani-locklear","tag-elizabeth-copley","tag-lauren-ankersoe","tag-madelyn-bissell","tag-madison-street","tag-mary-lu-browder","tag-mykayla-gover","tag-natalya-bryant","tag-payton-griffis","tag-shianne-elkins","tag-st-louis-mo","tag-stage-ones-regional-dance-competition","tag-the-dance-force-of-clarksville"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-1vX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5826,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions\/5826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}