STUDIO NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

2019 Calendar of Events

Term Dates for 2019

Term 1 –Tuesday 29th January – Friday 5^th March

Term 2 – Tuesday 23rd April – Friday 28^th June

Term 3 – Monday 15^th July – Friday 20th September

Term 4 – Tuesday 8^th October – Friday 13^th December

January

• 18^th GPAC Open Day 5pm-7pm
• 23^rd-24^th GPAC Summer Intensive
• 28^th GPAC Performance Teams Audition 3:00-4:30pm @ GPAC
• 29^th Term 1 Commences – Term Fees Due

February

• 11^th Ballroom Medal Exams Entry Form Due
• 11^th Cecchetti Medal Participation Due
• 17^th Cecchetti Master Classes TBC
• Brisbane Social Fest Ballroom Competition Date TBC
• 20^th Closing date for JMA
• 24^th JMA dance item rehearsals commence

March

• 23^rd RAD JMA competition
• 24^th RAD JMA dance item performance
• 25^{th March} – 5^th of April Parents watching week
• 30^th Challenge Cup Ballroom Competition
• 31^st SFD Master Classes and Performance Concert

April

• 1^st April- 5^th April Parents Watching Week
• 5^th April Term 1 Ends
• 7^th April Ballroom Medal Exams @ GPAC
• 20^th-21^st QLD Ballroom Championships
• GPAC Holiday Intensive Date TBC
• 23^rd Term 2 Commences – Term Fees Due
• 25^th Anzac Day – Studio Closed

May

• 1^st Exam Entry Forms Due for Ballet, Jazz and Tap
• 5^th Cecchetti Medals @ Helensvale Cultural Centre  TBC
• 6^th Labour Day Public Holiday – Studio Closed
• Wynnum Eisteddfod Dates TBC
• 11^th Gold Coast Classic Ballroom Competition

 

 

June

• Cecchetti Student and Teacher Convention Dates TBC
• 17^th -28^th Parents watching week
• QADS Ormiston ballroom comp (date TBC)
• 23^rd Cecchetti Student and Teacher Convention TBC
• 28^th Term 2 Ends

July

• ADS Winter Competition TBC
• Redlands Eisteddfod TBC
• GPAC Holiday Intensive TBC
• 15^th July Term 3 Commences – Term Fees Due

August

• Exam Rehearsals TBC
• 3^rd Glasshouse Mountain Competition
• 3-11^th Cecchetti Ballet Exam Session – Studio Date TBC
• Beenleigh Eisteddfod Dance and Drama TBC
• 12^th Ekka Logan Public Holiday – Studio Closed

September

• SFD Exams TBC
• Beenleigh Eisteddfod Solos
• 9^th-20^th September Parents watching week
• 20^th Concert Participation Due
• 20^th Term 3 Ends

October

• Social Fest Ballroom Comp TBC
• GPAC Intensive TBC
• 8^th October Term 4 Commences – Term Fees Due

November

• 1^st November Concert Fees due
• Greek Club Comp TBC
• 17^th Concert Photo Day
• 18^th – 22^nd Concert Rehearsal Week @ GPAC
• 24^th GPAC Annual Concert @ St Johns Anglican College Forest Lake

December

• 7^th Exam Presentation Night and Christmas Party @ GPAC
• Term 4 Ends 13^th December

 

Gerrard’s Student Achievements

Brisbane Social Dance Fest Competition 2017 (Ballroom)

Jazz and Morgan 1st Junior Modern C grade and junior Latin B grade

Tom and Jemma 2nd junior Latin B grade

Congratulations to Taylar Gibson and Jazz Rajah who have been selected to attend Queensland Ballets Summer School in 2017.

Greater Brisbane Social DanceFest Competition (Ballroom) 

1st Place Couple Junior B Grade – Jemma Williams and Jazz Rajah

3rd Place Couple Junior B Grade – Michaele Marino and Jayleigh Barnes Wilson

1st Place Couple Junior C Grade – Michaele Marino and Jayleigh Barnes Wilson

Beenleigh Eisteddfod 2016 GPAC Student Results 

2nd Place  – 8 Years and Under Tap Duo – Jemma Williams and Luca Ekstrand

1st Place  – Drama 8 years and under set poetry – Lachlan Kudzius

2nd Place – Drama 8 Years and under set poetry – Jemma Williams

3rd Place – Drama 9 years and under set poetry – Lexi Marino

1st Place – Drama 7 yrs and Under set poetry – Ashleigh Dolley

2nd Place – Drama 7 yrs and under set poetry – Isabella Stagg

3rd Place – Drama 7 yrs and under set poetry – Michaele Marino

2nd Place – Drama 10yrs and under set poetry – Darcee Minter

Highly Commended  – Jazz Up Tempo 10yrs and Under – Jazz Rajah

Student Achievements Continued:

Jack Rabbidge and Levi Jack for successfully completing their Piano Trinity Exam’s.

Congratulations to Morgan Thomson and Jazz rajah for receiving 1st place at the Brisbane Social Fest Latin Competition Junior Latin C Grade.

Jemma Williams – 2nd Place Brisbane Social Fest Latin Competition Individual Junior Latin C Grade

Michaele Marino and Jayleigh Barnes Williams – 3rd place Brisbane Social Fest Latin Competitio Junior Latin C Grade.

Lexi Marino – 5th Place – Brisbane Social Fest Latin Competition Individual Junior Latin C Grade

Isabella Stagg – 7th Place – Brisbane Social Fest Latin Competition Individual Junior Latin C Grade

Congratulations to Taylar Gibson for receiving a highly commended for her Classical and Demi Character Solo at the Follow Your Dreams Eisteddfod on the Gold Coast in September.

Congratulations to Taylar Gibson who received 1st Place for her Classical solo and 3rd place for her Demi Character Solo at the Redlands Eisteddfod

Congratulations to Zali Chapman for receiving a Distinction in her debut piano school of rock AMBE Piano Examination

Congratulations to Jemma Williams for receiving the Judges Special Mention at the QLD Cecchetti Medal Competition.

Jemma Williams for successfully auditioning and performing in the RAD ballet Jacquline Moreland awards.

Jessica Stagg, Taylar Gibson and Morgan Thomson for their successful audition and performance in the QLD Cecchetti Ballet Conference.

Taylar Gibson for receiving runner up in the Cecchetti Ballet William Carse Medal competition.

Jazz Rajah for receiving 3rd place and a Highly commended in the Quota Beenliegh Piano Eisteddfod.

Tom Daykin for receiving 3rd and Highly commended in the Quota Beenleigh Piano Eisteddfod.

Zali Chapman for receiving highly Commended in the Quota Beenliegh Piano Eisteddfod.