The word on the Street about Move . .

Hi Shawn and Beatriz, Thank you for a great weekend in Collingwood. My students, parents, and myself really enjoyed your competition. I hope that you both enjoy your summer and I look forward to seeing you both again next year :)

Ashley Watts - Watts School of Dance

On behalf of Rising Star staff, parents and dancers we want to thank you for an awesome competition. Everyone was so friendly and the dancers were thrilled with how approachable Shawn was. As this was our first time at Move we had some expectations but you thoroughly exceeded those! The finals were so much fun. I love the fact that you include all studios and do not allow finals to be dominated by anyone individual or company. The onstage critique was a valuable learning experience and all our dancers left feeling challenged, excited and wanting to return next year. Thank you again for such a professional experience.

Melanie Hedden-Perron, Rising Star Performing Arts, Waterdown, ON

I just wanted to send a very heartfelt thank you to you and your team for putting on such a fantastic competition last weekend!!! All of our girls had an incredible time - the parents and teachers really enjoyed themselves too! Being in our first year, choosing competitions to attend was quite a daunting task - we weren't sure how they would all turn out - but MOVE is definitely one we will be coming back to! Everyone - from you, to Shawn, to the judges, and all of the staff backstage and up front - was absolutely fantastic! So again, thank you for that!

Katy Guthenberg, Extensions Dance Company, Oshawa, ON

We had an amazing time at MOVE – thank you!!! Our families and dancers couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had and they loved the dance off at the end!! Your staff is wonderful and made it a very entertaining weekend.

Jade, Dance Inc., Ajax, ON

We had a great time at Move. It is a great way to finish our season. We would like to come back for Collingwood again next season. We always set our year up very early and do look forward to working with you guys again.

Step With Style Dance Productions, Oshawa, ON

Thank you for a wonderful weekend! The gang and I had such a blast! All they talk about now is you so thank you for being so warm and welcoming. You will most definitely see us again next year! I have to say that this is my favourite dance competition I have been to.

Miki Whyte, Dance R Studio, Orleans, ON

I wanted to thank you and your staff for a fabulous weekend. The kids had a great opportunity getting critiqued from the judges and learning from the other routines by listening to the comments. I also love the fact that you do give so much back scholarships, trophies etc. Don't change what you're doing because you got it and the kids love it. Thanks again for making an impact on the kids

Alex Teeuwen, Alexandria's Dance Studio, Chatham, ON

Just wanted to let you know my daughter loves the fact that the judging is consistent throughout the entire weekend at MOVE. At most competitions you will see the marks go up as the weekend goes on, regardless of the quality of dancing, but at MOVE dancers never have to worry about when they are dancing - the judges are always fair and consistent. Thank you so much - see you next year!

Jen Norman, Just 4 Kicks, Gravenhurst, ON

Thank you once again for a wonderful weekend! As always it's been a pleasure working with you and your team. You guys are awesome! Congratulations on your second successful season and enjoy the summer J

Polina A. / Vlad's Dance Company, Richmond Hill, ON

My daughter was in your competition in Collingwood (May 14-16) and I just want to let you know, we loved your competition!! So much fun, great adjudicators, fantastic mc, Blake workshop and an overall great weekend!! Your staff were all friendly and your competition was very well organized! Thanks again!!

Josie Blandisi

Wow! On behalf of my staff and students at Caledonia Studio of Dance I would like to THANK YOU for putting on such a well run and organized competition! My girls had a blast at your event! It was a perfect way to complete our comp season this year. Everyone was so friendly and helpful, from the prop guys to the merch people, to Mario the MC and of course Beatriz and Shawn. The judges were fantastic and I was thrilled with the way you ran your finals. I just wanted to commend you on all the hard work it took to run such a wonderful competition.
See you next year!

Tiffany Adoranti / Caledonia Studio of Dance, Caledonia, ON

Beatriz, a huge 'Thank-You' to you and Shawn for an amazing experience once again this weekend!! The adjudicators can make or break a competition...all 3 had something different to add and were very professional! By far the best we've had this season! My students have walked away better dancers!! Your amazing staff who goes out of there way to call you by name, makes a point of asking, 'how are things going?', to Mario who adds his touch annoucing the routines, the tech staff who are happy to help when you want the monitors turned up! Or whatever it may be! Blake's bootcamp was great! Some students said-'it was hard, but I DID IT!!' That experience alone was worth it!! And to you both and your families who are there to support you! Congratulations to you all!! Can't wait for next year!

Wendy Laidlaw / Just 4 Kicks Academy of Dance, Gravenhurst, ON

It was a real pleasure to meet you and we all had a fantastic time at Move!! I told Shawn it was the most fun, best organized and relaxed competition I have been at in the past 10 years. Everything about it was top notch and you will definitely be seeing us all again next year!!

Leanne Duscio / The Queen Street Conservatory, Kitchener, ON

Hi MOVE, I'm a dancer and I went to the move dance competition, I had so much fun if I could I would do it again. Thanks for a good weekend Ps. I went to Collingwood Thanks,

Tatjanna Bourgta / Dancer

Thank you very much for a great weekend. I've had so much positive feedback from the dancers and parents at the studio. It's been our most organized and professionally run competition so far. You have an outstanding and enthusiastic staff which makes it fun for the kids. We loved the live critique after the dances on Sunday and the kids loved the workshop with Blake. Shawn was also so great talking to both the dancers and parents throughout the weekend.

Thanks again for a fun weekend and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Ashley Barnes / AB Dance, Markham, ON

Hi "MOVE" staff, I just wanted to let you know that we absolutely loved this competition. It was so much fun for the dancers and the parents too. We loved the whole atmosphere and the positive feedback from the judges. Thanks again for a fantastic weekend and an unforgettable experience!

Jennifer Rasmussen

Hi Beatriz & Shawn,
Great Competition, you promised us that you would work hard to make it a fantastic weekend for our team and you delivered. Our team has voted Mario the star of the competition; they loved his humor and comments. Mario helped to put the dancers at ease and kept the competition moving along through every little hiccup. Great choice in judges, we have run into some very inconsistent judging in the past but your judges were all on the same page it was a pleasure to listen to their positive feedback. Move has been the team's favorite competition for the year; your competition is on the top of the list of competitions we will be doing in the future.

Daryl & Shelley Scott, Studio Dance Pointe / www.studiodancepointe.com

The word on the Street about Move . .

Hi Beatriz…we had a great time in Blue Mountain. Thanks for hosting such a nice competition.

Heather Philippe, Vlad’s Dance Company / www.vladsdance.ca

Congrats Shawn to you and your team. We had a great weekend; great comp and look forward to next year - from Studio Dance Pointe, St. Thomas. Your team was great - and we liked the enthusiasm along with you interacting with the dancers and parents. Loved the awards.

Nancy, Studio Dance Pointe / www.studiodancepointe.com

Beatriz and Shawn, I would like to extend our gratitude to you both for doing such a bang up job this past week-end. It was professional done and fun for both the students and their parents. Move will definitely be a top choice for our 2010 comp season.

Jennifer Muhar, The Dance Centre

Just wanted to say thank-you from all of us @ Just 4 Kicks. It was a great positive atmosphere this weekend! It was nice that Shawn had more than his name at the competition. He went out of his way to make personal connections with the Directors and students! The audio guys were amazing! They went out of their way to figure out the issues I was having and they got fixed. No stress! Professional! Thank you for listening when I had questions. You did an amazing job throughout the weekend. I'm sure it must have been tough at times, but it was one of the best we've been to! Anyways, make sure you have us down for next year! Thanks for everything!

Wendy Laidlaw, Just 4 Kicks / just4kicks.ca

It was a great competition! Very nice having a lot of friendly staff around to help with things.. that was a big plus! Overall the competition was run very well! Excellent atmosphere! Very good idea having the mc... he is very sarcastic and funny! The venue was excellent... the way everything was laid out was very good, very relaxing! You guys all deserve a big pat on the back for the hard work that you put into this thing!

Jim Nagy, Pure Energy Dance Studio / www.pure-energydance.com

Hi Beatriz, It was awesome meeting you! Thank you for everything. It was a great competition! Kudos to you & Shawn and all your supporting staff. The competition made a huge difference with our teams. They really enjoyed the whole weekend and so did we. Very entertaining! We are looking forward to next year's event for sure!

Susan Prout, Elite Dance Academy / elite-dance-academy.com

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