SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS 

National Opening Number Invitation
• London - Square Biz 

Scholarships & Special Awards
• Lyric -  The Color Purple – Accelerate Acro Convention Scholarship & Full Scholarship to Showstopper Dance Convention
• Sophia - Amazing Grace – Accelerate Acro Convention Scholarship & Full Scholarship to Showstopper Dance Convention

OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS 

 1st Overall Winners
• Hey La
• Dance With Somebody
• The Color Purple
• Amazing Grace
• Wash That Man

 2nd Overall Winners
• Little Lamb
• Juice
• Get Up Off That Thang
• True Colors
• Move
• Grown
• Bills, Bills, Bills
• Fun

 Top Overall Placements 

• Row Your Boat – 3rd Overall
• Workin Girl – 4th Overall

• Working Day & Night – 5th Overall
• Bang Bang – 5th Overall
• Happy & You Know It – 5th Overall

• Over The Rainbow – 6th Overall
• Get Me Bodied – 6th Overall
• Square Biz – 6th Overall

• Sneeze – 7th Overall
• Be Alright – 7th Overall

• Revenir En Arriere – 8th Overall

• Proud Mary – 9th Overall

• Get Silly – 10th Overall
• For All We Know – 10th Overall

 CATEGORY WINNERS & HIGH SCORING ROUTINES 

Crystal:
• Get Silly
• For All We Know
• Bills, Bills, Bills
• Revenir En Arriere
• Square Biz
• Sneeze
• Get Me Bodied

Double Platinum:
• Working Day & Night
• HeartBurn
• Little Lamb
• Over The Rainbow
• Get Up Off That Thang
• Bang Bang
• Proud Mary
• Wash That Man
• Amazing Grace
• Goodie Goodie
• Nissan Altima

Platinum:
• Home
• Juice
• Hey La
• Be Alright
• Alabaster Box
• Grown
• Row Your Boat
• Fun
• The Color Purple
• Hokey Pokey
• Workin Girl
• Dance With Somebody
• Happy & You Know It
• Move
• Itty Bitty Pretty One

Gold:
• Baby I’m A Star

Thank you to our dancers, teachers, choreographers, studio staff, booster club, and families for your continued support and dedication throughout the season. The hard work is showing every single weekend, and we are so proud of what our dancers continue to accomplish both on and off the stage.

Let’s continue to celebrate these amazing dancers and keep the momentum going as we head toward Nationals! 

StarQuest Results

SPECIAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION 

Judges’ Awards
• Pure Passion – Over the Rainbow (emotional connection & storytelling)
• Living & Giving – Row Your Boat (joy, spirit, and performance energy)
• Artistry in Motion – Sneeze (creativity and movement quality)
• Total Package – Move (technique, performance, and stage presence)

Viral Video Award
• Row Your Boat – Selected for the National Viral Video Competition
Voting opens May 11 – May 17 (more details coming soon!)

Choreography Awards
• Bills
• Row Your Boat (exceptional creativity and vision)

APOGEE & ELITE AWARDS

These are among the highest honors at StarQuest—recognizing routines that rise to the top in performance, technique, and overall impact.

• Junior Apogee (Classic) – Sneeze
• Junior Apogee (Select) – Proud Mary
• Mini/Petite Apogee (Classic) – Row Your Boat
• Mini/Petite Apogee (Select) – Get Up Off That Thing

Odyssey Award Winner

Recognizes a routine that takes the audience on a powerful journey through storytelling, emotion, and creativity.

• Mini/Petite Odyssey Award – Workin’ Girl

This weekend was filled with Top Overall placements across multiple divisions, including standout routines like:
Heartburn, Row Your Boat, Hey La!, Proud Mary, True Colors, Bills, Amazing Grace, Wash That Man, Workin’ Girl, Baby I’m A Star, and Get Up Off That Thing all taking Top Overall wins.

And yes—you remembered correctly!
Home and Hey La! were among the routines that took top weekend overall placements in their divisions—an incredible achievement!

STAR POWER RESULTS

What an incredible weekend for our dancers at STARPOWER! We are so proud of the dedication, growth, and confidence displayed on stage. From our soloists to our group performances, Dance Makers Inc. truly showed excellence across the board.

For your review, please click on the link to see the full competition results, including all placements, special awards, and scholarships earned this weekend.

StarPower Results - Google Sheets

Groove Competition Results

Sophia Livingston

Amazing Grace

• 1st Placein Category – Advanced Petite Solo Lyrical

• 1st Overall Advanced Petite Solo

• Judges Award – Light & Lovely

• 2026 OnBeat Nationals Opening Number Invitation

Goodie Goodie

• 1st Place in Category – Advanced Petite Solo Tap

Langsten Martin-Eley

• 1st Overall Advanced Senior Contemporary - Grove Perfection

• Judges Award – Passion

• 2026 OnBeat Nationals Opening Number Invitation

• AMDA Scholarship

Rosie Thompson

Over The Rainbow

• 1st Place in Category – Lyrical

• 1st Overall

Reilyn Jackson

Heart Burn

• 1st Place in Category – Jazz

• 2nd Overall

• Judges Award – Joyful Jazz

Riley Washington

Little Lamb

• 1st Place in Category – Musical Theatre

• 5th Overall

• Judges Award - Born to Entertain

Lauren Payne

FUN

• 3rd Place in Category– Jazz

• 4th Overall

GROUP ROUTINES HIGHLIGHTS

1ST OVERALL WINNERS

Hokey Pokey – Mini Hip Hop

Proud Mary – Petite Jazz

Itty Bitty Pretty One – Mini Tap

True Colors – Petite Lyrical

2ND OVERALL

Row Your Boat – Petite Hip Hop

Move - Petite Tap

3rd OVERALL

Get Up Off That Thing – Petite Tap

TOP OVERALL FINALISTS

Happy & You Know It – 4th Overall

Nissan Altima – 5th Overall

Alabaster Box – 5th Overall

CATEGORY WINNERS 

Hip Hop

Happy & You Know It – 1st

Hokey Pokey – 1st

Nissan Altima – 1st

Row Your Boat – 1st

Jazz

Proud Mary – 1st

Wash That Man – 1st

Tap

Move – 1st

Itty Bitty Pretty One – 1st

Get Up Off That Thing – 2nd

Lyrical

True Colors – 1st

Alabaster Box – 1st

Greatest Love – 3rd

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Proud Mary – Judges Award: Fierce & Fab

• Choreography Standout Awards

  • Proud Mary

  • Nissan Altima

Ash Convention Results

DC Tap Fest Partial Scholarship

• Makenzie Hicks

Hollywood  Tap Fest Partial Scholarship

• Lauren Payen 

DC Tap Fest Full Scholarship

• Riley Washington 

National Invitation 

• Langsten Martin-Eley

Apprenticeship Award Winners

• Sophia Livingston 

• Lyric Nesmith

• London Jackson 

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 Apprenticeships includes:

- Full convention scholarship for regional tour and nationals

- $150 off ash company intensive fee at ASH nationals 

- Opportunity to audition for ASH The Company 26/27 regional tour season 

- Opportunity to audition for ASH Assistant 26/27 regional tour season

Jump Convention Results

VIP Finalists

• Sophia Livingston

• Lyric NeSmith

• Lauren Payen

 Class Scholarship Recipients

• Nova Stephenson

• Chimemezue Osuagwu

• Linda Greenidge

• Kennedi Hawkins

• Reilyn Jackson

• Rosie Thompson

• Kodee Gant

 Rockstar Scholarship Recipients

• Kennedi Hawkins

• Avery Wilkins