Forest Lawn高中舞蹈团参加了4月6日至8日在Edge School for Athletes举办的Dance Evolutions舞蹈比赛，与来自卡尔加里、科克兰、艾尔德里和迪斯伯里的舞蹈工作室同台竞技。

该团队提交了三个节目：由FLHS的Elise Janz创作的现代舞蹈"我们做的事情"，由FLHS教师Kelsey McMahon创作的爵士舞"爵士孩子们"，以及由Katherine Burrowes和Edgar Reyes创作的街舞"派对"。现代舞蹈获得了"最杰出表演"奖和金牌，爵士舞和街舞分别获得了"最杰出表演"奖和"最杰出编舞"奖以及两枚金牌。他们首次表演的成绩使他们在爵士舞和街舞两个节目上晋级决赛，与前五名团体进行竞争。

决赛于周日晚上举行，团队以出色的表演赢得了总冠军和亚军。“爵士孩子们”获得了总冠军和200美元现金奖励，“派对”获得了亚军和150美元现金奖励。除此之外，Kelsey McMahon凭借她在"爵士孩子们"上的表现获得了"最杰出编舞"奖。

Janz女士和McMahon女士对学生们在舞台上和舞台下的表现和运动员精神感到非常自豪，对第一次比赛的结果非常满意。

舞蹈团将于2018年4月27日至29日前往Lake Louise参加Shy Ann舞蹈节，然后在2018年5月16日至17日在East Side Dance节上结束本季表演。

在此链接观看表演：https://youtu.be/c7bPaoWCkK8

The Forest Lawn High School Dance Team competed at Dance Evolutions Dance Competition at the Edge School for Athletes over the weekend of April 6-8, where they competed against dance studios from all over Calgary, Cochrane, Airdrie and Didsbury.

The team submitted three pieces; a contemporary piece choreographed by FLHS Elise Janz entitled “Things We do”, a Jazz piece choreographed by FLHS Teacher Kelsey McMahon entitled “Swing Kids” and a hip hop piece choreographed by Katherine Burrowes and Edgar Reyes called “Party”. The Contemporary piece earned the team the “Most Outstanding Performance” Award and a Gold medal, and the Jazz and Hip Hop pieces each earned the “Most Outstanding Performance” Awards, the “Most Outstanding Choreography” Awards and two High Gold Medals. Their scores from their first performances earned them two places in the finals to compete against the top five groups with their Jazz and Hip Hop Dances.

The finals took place on Sunday night and with an amazing performance by the team, they were able to win both first and second place overall. “Swing Kids” won first place overall and a $200 cash prize and “Party” won second place overall and a $150 cash prize. In addition to all of this, Kelsey McMahon was awarded the “Overall Most Outstanding Choreography Award” for her work on “Swing Kids”.

Ms. Janz and Ms. McMahon are extremely proud of their student’s performance and sportsmanship both on and off the stage, and couldn’t be happier with the outcome of their first competition.

The dance team headed to Lake Louise to compete at the Shy Ann Dance Festival from Apr. 27-29, 2018 and then will finish their season performing at the East Side Dance Festival from May 16-17, 2018.

Watch the performance online here at: https://youtu.be/c7bPaoWCkK8