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Medal Test Results
74% of 995 Tests Awarded Honours; 25% Awarded Highly Commended
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December 2019
25 Medal Tests Danced
20 Honours
5 Highly Commended
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The top marks in
December's
Medal Tests went to Jackson Taylor who was awarded 94
for Quickstep and 94 for Waltz in his Elementary Bronze Ballroom exam.
His partner Alexis Capon
shared second highest marks of 95 in
each dance with Ailie Anderson who both danced their
Elementary Bronze exam, Alexis in Latin American and
Ailie in Ballroom.
Mary Evans danced the
highest level New Vogue exam - an Oscar. She passed having performed 9
dances - Twilight Waltz, Excelsior
Schottishe, Barclay Blues, La Bomba, Gypsy Tap, Swing Waltz,
Tango Teriffic, Lucille Waltz, and Carousel. |
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June 2018
15 Medal Tests Danced
14 Honours
1 Highly Commended
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The top marks in June's
Medal Tests went to Kathy Wallace in her Elementary Silver New Vogue exam.
She was awarded 96 for the Tracie Leigh Waltz and 95 for the Merrilyn.
Second highest marks went to
Mary Evans in her Gold Star Latin American exam which was a public
performance. She gained an impressive 95
for Rumba, 93 for Samba, 90 for Cha Cha Cha, 92
for Jive and 90 for Paso Doble.
Third highest marks were shared by Leanne Vuletich
and Brian Sears. Leanne in her Elementary Gold New Vogue exam was
awarded 95 for Swing Waltz and 93 for
Excelsior Schottishe. Brian in his Elementary Silver
Ballroom exam was awarded 95 for Quickstep and 93 for Waltz.
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May 2017
12 Medal Tests Danced
11 Honours
1 Highly Commended
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and Photos
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Federal Association of Dance
Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of Auckland awarded
11
honours passes and 1 highly commended pass in the latest round of Ballroom
and Latin American Medal Test exams held in May..
With each dance
being judged out of a possible 100 marks, the top placing went to
Leanne Vuletich in her Gold Bar Ballroom exam which was a
public performance. She gained an impressive 98
for Waltz, 98 for Foxtrot, 95 for Tango and 97
for Quickstep.
Second highest
mark went to Mary Evans in her Gold Star Ballroom exam which was a
public performance. She gained an 92
for Waltz, 95 for Foxtrot, 91 for Tango, 92
for Quickstep and 95 for Viennese Waltz. She also
gained the third highest marks dancing her Gold Bar Modern Ballroom
Sequence (New Vogue Style) exam.
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July 2016
21 Medal Tests Danced
20 Honours
1 Highly Commended
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20
honours passes and 1 highly commended pass were awarded by Federal
Association of Dance Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of Auckland, in the
latest round of Ballroom Medal Test exams held in July.
The top placing went to
Mary Evans in her Gold Bar Latin American exam which was a public
performance. She gained an impressive 96
for Rumba, 97 for Samba, 97 for Cha Cha Cha and 97
for Jive. She also gained the third highest marks in
her Advanced Gold New Vogue exam.
Second highest mark went to
Dave Eskildsen in his Silver Bar Modern Ballroom Sequence (New Vogue
Style) exam with 95 for Barclay Blues, 95 for
Tracey Leigh Waltz, 95 for La Bomba and
96 for Gypsy Tap.
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December 2015
31 Medal Tests Danced
29 Honours
2 Highly Commended
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The top placing in December's
Medal Tests went to Leanne Vuletich in her Advanced Gold Ballroom exam.
She gained an impressive 95 for Waltz, 94 for Tango, 96
for Foxtrot and 96 for Quickstep.
Second
highest mark went to Mary Evans with
94
for
Waltz, 93 for Tango, 95 for Foxtrot and
95 for
Quickstep
in her Gold Bar
Ballroom exam which was a public performance.
Federal Association of
Dance Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor said the
standard of dancing seemed to get better each year with some of the higher
level medals at a top standard. This showed the quality of training the
candidates had received.
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June 2015
28 Medal Tests Danced
23 Honours
5 Highly Commended
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Pupils from Whangarei’s InStep Dance Studio
were examined by
Federal
Association of Dance Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of Auckland, in the
latest round of Ballroom Medal Test Exams held in June.
With each dance being judged out of a possible 100 marks,
the top placing went to Virginia Stanaway in her Gold Bar Ballroom exam.
She gained an impressive 94
for Waltz, 94
for Tango, 94 for Foxtrot and
95 for
Quickstep.
Second highest mark went to Mary Evans with
93
for Rumba, 93
for Samba, 94 for Cha Cha and
95 for
Jive
in her advanced Gold Latin American exam. She gained third spot 93, 92, 91,
94 for the 4 dances of her Silver Bar New Vogue Sequence exam.
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December 2014
22 Medal Tests Danced
22 Honours
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Federal
Association of Dance Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor of Auckland awarded the top placing to Virginia Stanaway in her advanced Gold
Ballroom exam. She gained an impressive 95
for Waltz, 95
for Tango, 96 for Foxtrot and
96 for
Quickstep in dance medal
exams
held at in December.
Second highest mark went to Mary Evans with
94
for Waltz, 94
for Tango, 95 for Foxtrot and
96 for
Quickstep
in her advanced Gold Ballroom exam. She gained third spot 95, 95, 93, for
the 3 dances of her Advanced Silver New Vogue Sequence exam.
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June 2014
31 Medal Tests Danced
31 Honours
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With
each dance being judged out of a possible 100 marks, the top placing went
to Virginia Stanaway in her advanced Gold Latin American exam. She gained
an impressive 96
for Rumba, 95
for Samba, 94 for Cha Cha Cha and
93 for
Jive.
Second highest
mark went to Sara Liao with 95 for Cha Cha Cha and
96 for
Jive
in her Elementary Bronze
Latin American test exam.
Ngapoko Ashford took third spot in her Advanced Bronze Latin American test
with 90 for Rumba, 94 for
Cha Cha Cha, and 96
for
Jive.
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December 2013
39 Medal Tests Danced
38 Honours
1 Highly Commended
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Whangarei dancer
Mary Evans
scored an impressive honours pass for all three of her dancing medal tests
during Ballroom and Latin American medal tests conducted in December. Her marks were 96 for Jive, 95 for
Cha Cha Cha, 93 for Samba, and 94 for Rumba in her Silver Bar Latin
American test.
For the three dances in her Advanced Bronze New Vogue test she was
awarded 96, 95, 94, and her Silver Bar Ballroom test gained her marks of
95 for Quickstep, 94 for Foxtrot, 94 for Waltz, and 90 for Tango.
Running a close second were Misty Pearce and Virginia Stanaway. Virginia
was awarded 95 for Jive and 95 for Rumba in her Elementary Gold Latin
American test, and Misty 95 for Rumba, 95 for Cha Cha Cha, and 95 for Jive
in her Advanced Bronze Latin American test.
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June 2013
35 Medal Tests Danced
25 Honours
10 Highly
Commended
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An
impressive 97 out of a possible 100 marks for Jive gave Ngapoko Ashford
top place and an honours pass in her Elementary Bronze Latin American
test.
For her second dance, the Cha Cha Cha, she gained 95 marks.
Ngapoko
also gained an honours pass, and fourth highest marks, for her Elementary
Bronze Ballroom test with 96 for Foxtrot and 94 for Waltz.
Second highest mark went to Mary Evans with 96 for Waltz, 96 for Tango,
and 95 for Quickstep
in her
Advanced Silver Ballroom test.
A close
third was Amy Clements with 95
for Rumba, 95 for Cha Cha Cha and
96 for
Jive in her Advanced
Bronze Latin American test.
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December 2012
49 Medal Tests Danced
37 Honours
12 Highly
Commended
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Whangarei dancer
Lee
Cocurullo
scored an impressive honours pass
for all
four dances in
her Silver Bar
Latin American
test
during Ballroom
and Latin American medal tests conducted
on
December 8th
by
Federal Association of Dance Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of
Auckland. Her marks were 95 for Jive, 94 for Cha Cha
Cha, 94 for Samba, and 93 for Rumba.
Second
highest mark went to Renee Kalkoff with 94 for Jive and 92 for Cha Cha
in her
Elementary Bronze Latin American test.
Third
highest mark went jointly to
Mary
Evans with 93
for Merrilyn and
93 for Gypsy Tap and
Amy Clements with 93
for Rumba and
93 for
Jive
in their
Elementary Bronze tests.
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June 2012
42 Medal Tests Danced
25 Honours
17 Highly
Commended
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Whangarei teenager Ezra Holiday scored an impressive 96 percent for both dances in
his two dance Elementary Bronze Latin American test during Ballroom and Latin
American medal tests conducted in June for InStep Dance Studio pupils by Federal Association of Dance
Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of Auckland. In his Ballroom two dance
test he gained 93 for Foxtrot and 94 for Waltz.Second
highest mark went to Mary Evans with 94 for Waltz and 95 for Quickstep in her Elementary Silver
Ballroom test.
This was closely followed by Linda
Worthington of Russell
with 94 for both Waltz and Quickstep in her Elementary Gold Ballroom test.
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December 2011
25 Medal Tests Danced
24 Honours
1 Highly
Commended
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Whangarei’s Mary Evans scored an impressive 95 percent for Quickstep, 94 percent for Waltz 94 for Foxtrot 3 dance Advanced Bronze Ballroom test
during Ballroom and Latin American medal tests conducted in December for InStep Dance Studio pupils by
Federal Association of Dance Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of Auckland.
Equal highest mark went to Ruakaka teenager Sarah Buckland
with 95 percent for Quickstep, 94 percent for Waltz in her Elementary Silver Ballroom test.
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September 2011
47 Medal Tests Danced
44 Honours
1 Highly
Commended
2 Commended
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Whangarei teenager Avalon Andrews scored an impressive 96 percent for Waltz in her 3 dance Advanced Bronze Ballroom test judged by Federal Association of Dance
Teachers Examiner Maurice Taylor, of Auckland. In her other two dances she gained 95 for Foxtrot and 94 for Quickstep.
Equal highest mark went to Lillian Fielding with 96
for Jive and 95 for Cha Cha in her Elementary Bronze Latin American test.
The second highest mark of 95 was also shared by four other dancers. Mary Evans in
her Elementary Bronze Latin American test (Cha Cha 95, Jive 95), Mike Jones in his Elementary Silver Ballroom test (Quickstep 95, Waltz
94), Paul Hauraki in his Elementary Bronze Ballroom test (Waltz 95, Foxtrot 92), and Diane McKearney in her Advanced Bronze New Vogue test.
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