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Elite Competitive Company
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The Elite Competitive Team ...
The premiere dance company in Western PA!
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An Elite Team Member is trained for life - not just to
win dance competitions. Although we are home to numerous
high score trophies, scholarships, title awards,
choreography awards and monetary wins;
Our goal is not to send a dancer to win only trophies.
Elite trains company dancers to audition, perform, travel,
and win jobs in the dance industry. The Elite Teachers are
truly superior dance educators and not "competition only"
teachers. Elite encourages conventions and brings in
renowned guest teachers to give members the "edge" over our
competition.
Here's why we are the Right Team for You:
1. Family Friendly Team with
"age appropriate" costuming and choreography.
2. Emphasis placed on
team-building and strong friendships with teammates.
3. Non-Competitive attitude
between teammates.
4. Emphasis on dance education,
professional development, and goal setting- Not just dance
competitions.
5. Encouraging, nurturing and
supportive instruction.
6. Elite promotes honesty,
integrity, respect, humility and self-pride.
7. The staff at Elite helps
clients to gain important professional connections in the
dance circuit in order to advance and win job opportunities.
8. Elite strongly focus’s on
technical execution and not just routine perfection.
9. Our proof is in our
results!!!
The Elite Team knows that a teacher is a child's role
model. The teachers at Elite live what they preach. Healthy
lifestyles filled with love, family, friends and community
is what sets the Elite apart from other dance schools.
"EDBD YOU KNOW"
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"Senior Dancer of the Year" - Mallory Spangler
"Senior Most Improved Dancer" -
Kim Sawor
"Junior Dancer of the Year" -
Madison Lehman
"Junior Most Improved
Dancer" - Julia Lotz
"Petite Dancer of the
Year" - Ashley Pritchard
"Petite Most Improved" -
Julia Butteri
"Most Dedicated Dancer" -
Kelly Gagnon
"Performer of the Year" -
Ricky Rogers
"Teen Dancer of the Year"
- Emily Kuhn
"Teen Most Improved
Dancer" - Shadoe Brandt
"Best
Overall Stage Presence - 13 and Over" -
Jessica Young
"Best Overall Stage
Presence - 12 and Under" - Alyssa Warth
"Junior Overall Technique
Award" - Lindsay McGivern
"Senior Overall Technique
Award" - Chelsea Sebes
"Graduated
Seniors"
Jamie Ross and Lauren Hribar - No Pictures
Available
Nexstar Results are in …The Elite Team
Rocked Pittsburgh
40
Platinum Awards and 29 1st Place Trophies
Top Studio Award: Damian Kush/
Elite Dance by Damian
12 and Under Performance
Award: Damian Kush for H*O*T
(this means that the number was
the most entertaining and had best choreography)
Teen Duo High Score Winner -
Woman’s Work Sebes/Young
Teen Trio High Score Winner -
Leave Your Hat On Sebes/Young/Wyse
Teen Duo High Score Winner -
Katie Hoyt/O’Neill
Teen Duo High Score Winner -
Mister President Young/Wyse
*Elite took four out of five duet overalls!
Great Category wins in
addition to our overalls for Colorblind duet Banks/Sebes and
Discarded Men Sebes/O’Neill
Teen Small Group High Score
Winner - Language
Senior Small Group High Score
Winner - Crazy
Senior Small Group High Score
Winner - Don Juan
Teen Solo High Score Winners
Bittersweet
- Jessica Young
Candlelight - Chelsea Sebes
Fast Car - Madi O’Neill
Senior Solo High Score Winner
Solitude - Corrie Wyse
Petite Solo High Score Winner
Butterfly - Boyu Liang
Junior Solo High Score Winner
Not No Animal - Lindsay
McGivern
Petite Large Group High Score
Winner - TNT (Dynamites)
Junior Large Group High Score
Winner - Mystic Shadows and Pirates
Junior Line High Score Winner
- H*O*T
Teen Large Group High Score
Winner - Gotta Feelin
Teen Line High Score Winners
- Hurt So Bad
Rhythm of the Heat - The
Battle
Senior Duo High Score Winner
- Liz n’ Britt
Teen Miss Nexstar Runner Up -
Chelsea Sebes
Photogenic 13 and Over High
Score - Madi O’Neill
Photogenic 12 and Under High
Score - Boyu Liang and Sydney Rowland
Special Awards - Blast of
Energy for TNT - Grace & Elegance for Bobo Liang
Elite Dance by Damian brought
class and confidence to every number danced….We were the
talk of the competition with the best style and choreography
the whole weekend long.
Elite Dance by Damian ...
The talk of
Showstoppers
Platinum
Performances & Overall Wins Equal
Elite Dance by Damian ... The talk of Showstoppers
This was an
optional competition that we only brought 30 numbers to!
Language - 1st Overall High
Score Teen Small Group
Are You Scared? - 7th Overall
High Score Teen Small Group
Dream On - 2nd Overall High
Score Senior Small Group
Unforgivable - 4th Overall
High Score Senior Small Group
Mystic Shadows - 3rd Overall
High Score teen Large Group
Gotta Feel’n - 1st Overall
High Score Senior Large Group
Hurt So Bad - 1st Overall
High Score Senior Line
Woman’s Work - 3rd Overall
High Score Teen Duet/Trio
Mister President - 3rd
Overall High Score Senior Large Group
Leave Your Hat On - 4th
Overall high Score Senior Duet/Trio
Katie - 6th Overall High
Score Senior Duet/Trio
Jessica Young (Heaven) - 2nd
Overall High Score Teen Solo
Madison O’Neill (Fast Car) -
2nd Overall high Score Teen Solo
Chelsea Sebes (Silent Night)
- 3rd Overall High Score Senior Solo
Taylor Banks (Dancing Dirt) -
9th Overall High Score Senior Solo
Corrie Wyse (Goodbye My
Lover) - 10th Overall Score Senior Solo
Breanne Angelo (Fly’n) - 10th
Overall High Score Senior Solo
Lindsay MGivern (Not No
Animal) - 10th Overall high Score Junior Solo
Tira McCall (Little Bird) -
1st Overall High Score Junior Rec. Solo
Aimee Adams (Big Noise) - 2nd
Overall High Score Petite Solo
Sydney Rowland (Wild Child) -
6th Overall High Score Petite Rec. Solo
Lauren Owens (What I Like
About You) - 7th Overall high Score Petite Rec. Solo

EDBD Team ... Takes West Coast Dance
Explosion by Storm!
8 people went to the auditions and 4 made it out with a win!
www.westcoastdanceexplosion.com
Optional Convention - Feb 24-25 at Airport’s Hyatt
Of course EDBD takes every opportunity open to us to take
convention and our motto is "convention before competition"!
Thank you John Crutchman and Alan Sherfield for another
fantastic season of WCDE in the 'burgh!
An 800 person event and audition...
Taylor Banks
won the ELITE TEEN SCHOLARSHIP which is the biggest award of
the weekend! This means she beat out kids from all over the
country ... over powered them in the audition!
Corrie Wyse won
a full year WCDE scholarship which means she can go anywhere
around the country for free for a full year and take
classes! Fantastic!
Lindsay McGivern
won the most prestigious award of the junior division which
was the ELITE JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP!
Sydney Rowland
mini finalist.
Check out our West Coast Dance Explosion competition photos!
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The Winners Taylor, Lindsay and Corrie! |
Dance USA - Youngstown Ohio, December 2nd 2006
The “Elite Team” started off the season early this year at
an optional competition in Youngstown Ohio. We had 11
students attend and brought home all the top awards!!!!
Corrie Wyse -
Senior Solo 1st Overall High Score and “BEST In Show” award
(highest score of entire competition)
Chelsea Sebes -
Teen Solo 1st Overall High Score and “Intense Focus” Special
Award
Are You Scared?
- Teen Small Group 1st Overall High Score
Discarded Men (Chelsea
Sebes & Madison O’Neill) Teen Duet/Trio 1st
Overall High Score and “Perfect Precision” Special Award
Jessica Young -
Teen Solo 2nd Overall High Score
Taylor Banks -
Teen Solo 3rd Overall High Score
Breanne Angelo
- Senior Solo 2nd Overall High Score
Lindsay McGivern
- Junior Solo 2nd Overall High Score and “Super Style”
Special Award
Ricky Rogers -
Junior Solo 3rd Overall High Score
Madison Lehman
- Junior Solo 4th Overall High Score and “Bendable Back”
Special Award
Best Choreography Awarded
to Damian Kush for “Are You Scared?”
Congratulations
to all who attended. This was a great way to kick off the
competitive season.
Check out our Dance USA competition photos!


Hall of Fame Dance Challenge
Rake It In - 1st Overall High
Score Senior Small Group
Senior Hall of Fame Inductee
Crazy - 3rd Overall High
Score Senior Small Group
Language - 4th Overall High
Score Teen Small Group
Gotta Feel’n - 3rd Overall
High Score Teen Large Group
Hurt So Bad - 1st Overall
High Score Teen Line
H*O*T - 3rd Overall High
Score Junior Line
Pirates - 4th Overall High
Score Junior Large Group
Mystic Shadows - 5th Overall
High Score Junior Large Group
Saddle Up - 5th Overall High
Score Junior Small Group
Mambo Italiano - 5th Overall
High Score Junior Small Group (National)
Sleepless - 5th Overall High
Score Junior Small Group
Mad Circus - 1st Overall High
Score Future Hall of Fame Line
Madagascar - 3rd Overall High
Score Future Hall of Fame Large Group
Mister President - 3rd
Overall High Score Teen Duet/Trio
Colorblind - 4th Overall High
Score Teen Duet/Trio
Katie - 5th Overall High
Score Teen Duet/Trio
Garden of Eden - 2nd Overall
High Score Junior Duet/Trio
Man With A Hex - 1st Overall
High Score Junior Duet/Trio
Corrie Wyse (Goodbye My
Lover) - 3rd Overall High Score Senior Solo
Chelsea Sebes (Candlelight) -
3rd Overall High Score Teen Solo
Jessica Young (Heaven) - 4th
Overall High Score Teen Solo
Madison O’Neill (Fast Car) -
6th Overall High Score Teen Solo
Lindsay McGivern (Not No
Animal) - 4th Overall high Score Junior Solo
Tira McCall (Little Bird) -
1st Overall High Score Junior Solo (National)
Julia Lotz (Have A Little
Faith) - 5th Overall High Score Junior Solo (National)
Sydney Rowland (Wild Child) -
4th Overall High Score Future Hall of Fame Solo
Alyssa Rein (Blazing Babe) -
6th Overall High Score Future Hall of Fame Solo
Aimee Adams (Big Noise) - 6th
Overall High Score Future Hall of Fame Solo
Corrie Wyse - $500
Scholarship Award
Breanne Angelo - $250
Scholarship Award
Chelsea Sebes - $250 West
Coast Scholarship Award
Jessica Young - $250
Scholarship Award
Madison O’Neill - $250
Scholarship Award
Lindsay McGiver - $250
Scholarship Award
Senior Choreography Award -
Crazy (Tina Kay)
Junior Choreography Award -
Mystic Shadows (Damian Kush)
Teen Performance Award -
Unforgivable
Teen Performance Award Solo -
Chelsea Sebes
Junior Intensity Award -
Pirates
Junior Intensity Award -
Sleepless
Junior Intensity - Garden of
Eden
Opening Number
Representatives for Nationals - Corrie Wyse, Breanne Angelo,
Chelsea Sebes, Jessica Young, Lindsay McGivern,
Ricky Rogers
Check out our Hall of Fame Dance Challenge competition photos!
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StarQuest International Talent Competition
Figment of My Imagination
- 1st Overall Teen Small Group
Rake It In - 2nd Overall High Score Teen Small Group
Transatlanticism - 2nd Overall High Score Teen Large Group
Mystic Shadows - 3rd Overall High Score Teen Large Group
Gotta Feel’n - 4th Overall High Score Teen Large Group
Raining Men - 5th Overall High Score Teen Large Group
Hurt So Bad - 2nd Overall High Score Teen Line
Pirates - 1st Overall High Score Junior Large Group
H*O*T - 2nd Overall High Score Junior Line
Madagascar - 3rd Overall High Score Petite Large Group
Mad Circus - 1st Overall High Score Petite Line
Katie - 4th Overall High Score Teen Duet/Trio
Colorblind - 5th Overall High Score Teen Duet/Trio
Garden of Eden - 5th Overall High Score Junior Duet/Trio
Chloe Bartell (All About Love) - 6th Overall High Score
Senior Solo
Corrie Wyse (Angel) - 7th Overall High Score Senior Solo
Kaitlin Hoyt (Fool of Me) - 8th Overall High Score Senior
Solo
Camaria Lehman (Skin) - 2nd Overall High Score Teen Solo
Chelsea Sebes (Silent Night) - 4th Overall High Score Teen
Solo
Jessica Young (Without Love) - 6th Overall High Score Teen
Solo
Elena Matthews (Rhythmatic) - 8th Overall High Score Teen
Solo
Taylor Banks (Dancing Dirt) - 10th Overall High Score Teen
Solo
Lindsay McGivern (Not No Animal) - 2nd Overall High Score
Junior Solo
Madison Lehman (Cursed) - 8th Overall High Score Junior Solo
Nina Nguyen - 2nd Overall High Score Petite Solo
Junior Production Award - H*O*T
Choreography Award - Rake It In & Figment of My Imagination
(Damian Kush)
Pro-Am Award - She Bangs (Featuring Damian, Tina and Jamie)
Petite Solo Costume - Dreamcatcher Nina Nguyen
12 & Under Photogenic Winner - Sydney Rowland
13 & Over Photogenic Winner - Liz Lotz
Dance Educators of America 2007
EDBD Brought home the most High
Scores
of the 3 Day Weekend!
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Damian being awarded the highest
number of overall checks. Presented by the
President of DEA, Vickie Sheer and coordinator,
Charles Kelley. |
Dynamites - 1st Overall High
Score Small Fry Line
Madagascar - 2nd Overall High
Score Small Fry Line
Ain’t No Other Man - 3rd
Overall High Score Small Fry Line
Mad Circus - 1st Overall High
Score 12 and Under Production
H*O*T - 2nd Overall High
Score 12n and Under Production
Pirates - 1st Overall High
Score Pre -Teen Line
Technologic - 3rd Overall
High Score Pre -Teen Line
Mystic Shadows - 1st Overall
High Score Teen Line
Are You Scared/ - 1st Overall
High Score Teen Group
My Kinda Guy - 2nd Overall
High Score Teen Group
Take It To Nature - 3rd
Overall High Score Teen Group
Gotta’ Feel’n - 1st Overall
High Score Young Sr. Line
Unforgivable - 2nd Overall
High Score Young Sr. Line
Raining Men - 3rd Overall
High Score Young Sr. Line
Dream On - 2nd Overall High
Score Young Sr. Group
Don Juan - 3rd Overall High
Score Young Sr. Line
Liz & Brit - 3rd Overall High
Score Senior Duet
Rake It In - 1st Overall High
Score Senior Group
Playing With Matches - 2nd
Overall High Score Senior Group
Shake A Tail Feather - 1st
Overall High Score Small Fry Duet
Hocus Pocus Times 3 - 1st
Overall High Score Small Fry Trio
Garden of Eden - 3rd Overall
high Score Pre -Teen Duet
Mister President - 2nd
Overall High Score Young Sr. Duet
Leave Your Hat On - 1st
Overall High Score Young Sr. Trio
Nina Nguyen (Dreamcatcher) -
1st Overall High Score Small Fry Solo
Alyssa Rein (Blazing Babe) -
2nd Overall High Score Small Fry Solo
Aimee Adams (Big Noise) - 3rd
Overall High Score Small Fry Solo
Jessica Young (Heaven) - 1st
Overall High Score Teen Solo
Madison O’Neill (Fast car) -
3rd Overall high Score Teen Solo
Scholarship Award Winners -
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