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Congratulations to Shalena Degano
Winner of the 2010
Shining Star Dance Scholarship
Shalena's Application
I began doing ballet when I was three. At six years old I started doing tap.
At seven years I picked up modern and jazz. For the last six years I have
danced at Simcoe Dance Academy. I have been on the competition team
for two years now. I am hoping to be on next years team as well.
I have just completed my RAD Intermediate Foundation ballet exam.
I have also completed Grade 6 ISTD modern, Grade 3 CDTA jazz and
ISTD Bronze Medal tap.
I believe my greatest achievement in dance was to attend the Royal Winnipeg
Ballet Summer School last year. It was a fantastic experience. I was accepted to
the full time program but wasn't ready to leave home. I was also lucky enough to
be part of Ballet Jorgen's production of the Nutcracker. I love to dance because it
allows me to express myself. When I dance I can be anyone I want to be.
Dancing is like breathing! I have been two weeks without dance, I am really
looking forward to my dance classes that start next week.
From Shalena's Dance Teacher
Shalena has been a student at our academy for a number of years and has an
incredible amount of talent. Shalena attends class at the studio ten hours per
week and puts her heart and soul into every class.
Shalena takes ballet, tap, jazz and modern as well as being an assistant with
a couple of the younger classes and being part of the competition team.
Shalena recently passed her RAD Intermediate Foundations ballet exam as
well as exams in all of her other disciplines.
Shalena attended the Royal Winnipeg Summer School last year and was
accepted into the full time programme but decided it was a bit too far
from home. Shalena has the ability and drive to do whatever she would like
in the dance world, whether it be teach or perform, she will make it happen.
Shalena doesn't know what the word "can't" means and it is obvious
from her progress that she pushes herself to the limit every chance she can.
Shalena thrives on corrections, always wanting to now what was wrong so
that she can fix it and never too concerned to hear what was right, because
to her she doesn't need the praise, she needs to know how to be better.
She is a rare find in a child of not quite twelve.
Shalena is well deserving of a scholorship for dance as
she will make it big one day,
I am sure.
Sheila Vecchiarelli, Simcoe Dance Academy
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