DSD TEAM goes National

Our DSD Competition Team danced their hearts out for the 2025 season, which culminated with Nationals in Supply, N.C. with Dance Machine ANDC the week of June 18-22. We had some fun in the sun at this beach location, along with lots of great dancing! Leading up to Nationals, the team competed in three Regional competitions, at which there were many awards, special moments, smiles and hugs. If you want all the details about the accolades earned by our soloists, duets, trios and group dances during the season, please read on (it’s a long list we are proud to say!). But first, we would like to acknowledge our amazing sponsors for helping us give these talented dancers a chance to shine like the stars they are! We hope all DSD fans will show their gratitude by patronizing these sponsors:

Diamond Sponsors:
360 Hardware Rental & Feed
April's Place King William
Dixon's Automotive Repair
Dream Loxx Studio
Friendly Care Day School
Fun Farm Child Development Center
James River Equipment
Julie Whitaker Insurance Agency, Inc. - Mechanicsville Turnpike
KWC Mechanical
Rainbow Acres Campground
Shawn Cameron Transport LLC
Willow Stitch, LLC
Webber Farm, LLC

Platinum Sponsors:
Bella Pizza of Tappahannock
Raise the Barré Photography
Sandlin Plumbing
Sickal’s Logging
The She Shed
The Shed Man, Inc.

Gold Sponsors:
Becky Koon
Clyde Glazebrook
Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant
King William Florist
Pearls and Chicks Boutique
Roma Ristorante Italiano- King William
(Plus, extra love to our Anonymous donors…you know who you are!)

Details from individual competitions:

Nationals (Dance Machine): We competed against 40 studios from 14 different states and received multiple top overall scores, choreography awards, crowd pleaser awards, beast awards, high voltage awards and special Bravo awards given by the judges. Over 900 entries were presented to the judges and our dancers left everything on that stage to make an impression. We are so proud of them, not only for what they bring to the stage, but also for the kindness and support they extend to each other backstage and behind the scenes. Here are the details from almost a week of dancing:
*Rachel Peck received a Power Platinum. Rachel placed 7th in her category.
* Eden Atkins received a Power Platinum Award. She placed 14th in her category. Eden also received a Judges Beast Award. This is an award given immediately at the end of the dance because the judges saw something amazing on stage that they wanted to acknowledge immediately. An amazing start to our week
*Arabian Nights: Eden Atkins, Devon Nunnally, Lily Reed received a Platinum and placed 2nd in their category.
*Flowers: Rylee Hogge and Tori Glazebrook received a Power Platinum and placed 9th in their category.
*Tolie Smith: received a Power Platinum placed 25th in her category and also received a Judges Bravo Award
*Grace Tidd: received a Power Platinum and placed 24th in her category
*Chelsea Shiflett: received a Platinum Award.
*Charli Madren: received 2 Power Platinums for her 2 solos. She also placed 23rd and 20th in her category. She also received a Bravo award for her tap dance.
*Rylee Hogge: received a Power Diamond and placed 8th in her category. She also received a Beast Award and received a full scholarship to a new event at Dance Machine called Kinetic.
*Sweet Dreams: Anna Baker, Evelyn Mills and Rylee Hogge received a Power Platinum and placed 7th in their category. That dance also received a Judges Bravo Award
*Start Your Engines: Anna Baker and Ella Lipscomb received Platinum Award.
*Tori Glazebrook: received a Platinum Award
*Georgia Balsinger: received a Power Platinum Award
*Morgan Ammons: competed with two solos. She received a Power Platinum and Platinum Award
*Alyssa Bonifacio: received a Power Platinum and placed 15th in her category
*Anna Baker: received a Power Award and also received a Judges Bravo Award
*Evelyn Mills: received a Platinum Award
*Eva McConville: received a Platinum Award and a Judges Bravo Award.
*Samantha Madren: received two Platinum Awards for her two solos
*Applause (Jr Jazz choreographed by Emma Toney) received a Power Platinum Award and a High Voltage Award. It also placed 5th in its category
*Devon Nunnally and Hannah Walker received Power Platinum in the Photogenic Competition for their age group
*Takin’ It Back Old School (Teen hip hop choreographed by Jackie Lane) received a Power Platinum. It also received a High Voltage Award and placed 8th in its category
*Renaissance Tour (Super group Teen Jazz choreographed by Samantha Cox) received a Power Platinum Award. It also placed 2nd in its category and received a Crowd Pleaser Award.
*Virginia Nunnally received a Power Platinum Award in the Photogenic Competition
*Chelsea Shiflett received a Power Diamond in the Photogenic Competition and also placed as a National Finalist for both her photos.
*Let’s Get Groovy (Senior Tap choreographed by Samantha Cox) received a Power Platinum Award and placed 8th in its category.
*Boat (Senior Contemporary choreographed by Ashley Simons) received a Power Platinum Award, placed 7th in its category and also received a Judges Bravo Award.
*Maddie Walker: received a Power Platinum in the Photogenic Competition
*Our parents also competed in a competition that involved fun activities, dance and music trivia. Thank you to Mary Atkins, Melissa McConville, Renee Mills, Penny Walker, Lauren Modlin, Heather Baker, and Ashley Gault for making us laugh and feel proud
Regional Competitions:

Dance Machine Regionals (Greensboro, N.C.): We had a great weekend in a beautiful venue and our girls danced their hearts out and made us very proud. There were 17 Studios represented and 629 entries.
Junior Recreational category
*Arabian Nights (Eden, Lily and Devon) received a Platinum, placed 4th overall and won a Bravo Award
*Rachel received a platinum, placed 5th overall and was awarded a Bravo Award
Junior Intermediate category
*Eden received a Power Platinum and was also awarded a Bravo award.
Teen Intermediate category
*Tolie received a Power Platinum, placed 8th overall and was awarded a Bravo Award
*Chelsea received a Platinum and Power Platinum for Photogenic competition
*Grace received a Platinum
Teen Advanced Category
* Charli received a Power Platinum for both her tap and lyrical entries. She placed 11 overall for her lyrical performance
* Rylee received a Power Diamond and placed 4th overall. She also received a High Voltage award. She was a Teen Soloist Finalist and was awarded Miss Teen Dance. She also received a Power Platinum in Photogenic Competition
Junior Recreational Large Group Category
* Applause received a Platinum, placed 1st Overall and was awarded a Bravo Award
Teen Duo/Trio Intermediate
* Flowers (Rylee and Tori) received a Power Platinum, 5th Overall and received a Bravo Award
Senior Duo/Trio Intermediate
*Be Alright (Evelyn and Georgia) received a Platinum
* Start Your Engines (Anna and Ella) received a Platinum
* Sweet Dreams (Anna, Evelyn and Rylee) received. Power Platinum and placed 4th Overall.
Senior 1 Intermediate
* Georgia received a Platinum
* Ella received a Platinum
* Tori received Elite Gold
* Morgan received a Platinum for both her jazz and contemporary entries
* Evelyn received a Platinum
* Aly received a Power Platinum, she placed 12th Overall, and was also a Regional Title Finalist
* Anna received a Platinum and was awarded a Bravo Award
* Eva received a Platinum
Teen Intermediate Large Group
* Kickin It Old School received a Power Platinum, placed 3rd Overall and received a Bravo Award
Teen Intermediate Super Group
* The Renaissance Tour received a Power Platinum and placed 1st Overall
Senior Intermediate Large Group
* Let’s Get Groovy received a Power Platinum and placed 10th Overall
* Boat received Power Platinum and placed 5th Overall
Senior 2 Intermediate
* Samantha received a Platinum for both her jazz and lyrical entries. She also received a Bravo Award for her Lyrical routine.

Ignite Regionals (Richmond, VA): Our girls danced beautifully, leaving everything on that stage. They were supportive, encouraging, kind and generous. They made friends with students from other studios and cheered on those other students and their studios. There was lots of love and laughter!
Junior Recreational:
Open:
Rachel, High Gold, 1st in category and 9th Overall
Jazz:
Lilly, High Gold, 3rd in category, and 4th Overall. She also received a Firecracker award, given to a dancer who was inspiring to one of the competition’s youth ambassadors.
Junior Competitive:
Modern:
Eden, Platinum, 1st in category and placed 8th Overall.
Junior Recreational:
Jazz:
Arabian Nights Trio, (Eden, Lilly and Devon) High Gold, placed 4th in category and placed 5th Overall
Lilly Reed received a scholarship award for her work in convention class.
Junior Large Group Recreational:
Jazz:
Applause, Platinum, 1st in category and 1st overall. Firecracker award received for entire dance
Teen Large Group Competitive:
Tap.
Let’s Get Groovy, High Gold, 1st in category, 10th Overall
Contemporary:
Boat, Platinum, 3rd in Category, 5th Overall, Charli Madren received Firecracker award
Hip Hop:
Taking It Back Old School, Platinum, 1st in category, 9th Overall
Teen Supergroup:
Jazz:
The Renaissance Tour, High Gold, 1st in category and 1st Overall
Duo/ Trio Teen Competitive:
Contemporary:
Be Alright, (Evelyn and Georgia) Platinum, 4th in category, 9th Overall
Sweet Dreams, Jazz, (Anna, Evelyn, Rylee) High Platinum. 1st in category and 2nd Overall, Awarded a judges’ award for Explosive Jumps
Duo/ Trio Teen Elite:
Contemporary:
Flowers, (Rylee and Tori) High Gold, 6th in category
Duo/ Trio Senior Competitive:
Hip Hop:
Start Your Engines, (Anna and Ella) High Gold, 1st in category, 6th Overall
Solo Teen Competitive:
Contemporary:
Tolie, Platinum, 8th in category
Hip Hop:
Chelsea, Gold, 1st in category
Lyrical:
Grace, High Gold, 7th in category
Aly, High Platinum, 2nd in category, 6th Overall, received Firecracker award
Tori, High Gold, 8th in category
Georgia, Platinum, 5th in category
Solo Elite Teen:
Tap:
Charli, High Platinum, 2nd in category
Contemporary:
Rylee, High Platinum, 3rd in category, 7th Overall and received Artist on Fire Award which is an invitation to perform in Opening Number for Ignite Nationals and Scholarship for Ignite Fall Convention
Lyrical:
Charli, Platinum, 3rd in category
Competitive Senior:
Contemporary:
Morgan, High Gold, 3rd in category
Anna, High Gold, 4th in category
Lyrical:
Eva, Platinum, 3rd in category, 8th Overall and received Firecracker Award
Evelyn, Platinum, 2nd in category, 7th Overall
Samantha, High Gold, 4th in category
Jazz:
Morgan, Platinum, 5th in category, 10th Overall
Samantha, High Gold, 7th in category
Hip Hop:
Ella Gold, 2nd in category
We had young ladies step out of their comfort zone and take convention classes. (Lilly, Devon, Eden, Charli, Samantha, Anna, Morgan, Rylee, Aly, Grace, Maddy, Brooklyn, Virginia)
Four young ladies auditioned for Ignite’s Ambassador Program, (Morgan, Samantha, Chelsea and Virginia)
We also had 3 young ladies participate in the Improv Competition (Chelsea, Virginia and Ella)
 
Turn It Around Tour Regionals (Richmond, VA): This competition was a great start to the season and the awards and critiques from this weekend got us off to a great start!
Friday:  
Start Teen Overall - Rylee Hogge placed 4th out of 69 entries
Start Teen Tap - Charli Madren placed 3rd; She also won The All or Nothing special judges award.
Anna Baker was awarded The Power of Vulnerability special award.
Everyone on Friday was awarded High Gold or Platinum.
Saturday:
Anna Baker, Charli Madren, Chelsea Shiflett and Rylee Hogge participated in morning workshops: tap and musical theater.  
Lilly Reed received The Powerhouse special award.
Eden Atkins placed 5th overall in the Premier Pre-teen Solo category.
 “Applause” (choreographed by Emma Toney) placed 3rd overall in the Premier Pre-teen Large Group category and received a Platinum.
All numbers on Saturday received high gold or platinum.
Sunday:
Anna Baker, Rylee Hogge, Charli Madren and Chelsea Shiflett began the morning with contemporary and hip-hop workshops.
All our Star group dances received platinum.
Rylee Hogge won a scholarship to return to workshops next year at TIA.
“Let’s Get Groovy” (Tap group number, choreographed by Samantha Martin) placed 2nd Overall in Star Teen Tap.
“Kickin’ it Old School” (Hip Hop group number, choreographed by Jackie Lane) received The All or Nothing special award.
We also had a duet and trio that received high gold and platinum.
Our studio also received a special award: The Spotlight Award. It is awarded to the studio that exhibits well-rounded technique and performance, backstage etiquette, poise, and a gracious attitude. We are so proud of our girls for being that group