SUSUPA Dance DOMINATE Competitions

Last month SUSUPA Dance cleared up at not just one, but TWO country-wide competitions.

The Ballroom and Latin Dance Society went to Blackpool for the Inter Varsity Dance Competition, where they placed in several categories. They took 1^st place in Beginner Waltz (congratulations to Conrad and Amy) and in Ex-Student Novice Waltz and Quickstep (Alex and Emma).

In Ex-Student 5 dance, Alex and Kirsty won 2^nd place, in Novice Waltz & Quickstep, Gareth and Mellissa won 3^rd, as well as the accolade of ‘Most Promising Couple’. Commendations also go to Lachlan and Helena for Beginner Quickstep, where they placed 4^th, and to Dave and Adele who came 5^th in Ex-Student 5 Dance.

Furthermore, in Latin Dance Chris and Hattie came 1^st in Ex-Student Novice ChaCha and Jive and Berny and Steph matched this in Ex-Student 5 dance, where Matt and Lou came 2^nd.  By all accounts, this is a clean sweep of real achievements as standard at these competitions is very high and SUBLDS are understandably proud of themselves. Congratulations to all involved.

Whilst all of this was going on in Blackpool, the ‘biggest competition of the year’ was taking place in Loughborough at the Loughborough Student Dance Competition. Advanced Ballet took 1^st Place for the 3^rd year running, Advanced Jazz 2^nd and Advanced Tap came 3^rd. With 20 odd dances in each category, this is no mean feat by any stretch, and a heartfelt well done is sent to all involved.

As if two competitions wasn’t enough, the squads also competed at Buck New Uni competition on the 9^th of February, where 1^st place was won in Advanced Ballet, Advanced Jazz, Advanced Tap, and Novice Jazz.

Overall, a clear run of success for SUSUPADance, topped off by the fantastic performance at Pure Dance, the society is clearly moving from strength to strength.

Thanks to Josh Tipping, Fiona Davey, and Cathy Salmon. We wish continued success to all the dancers involved in these competitions.