A very successful weekend for Latin Fire with many of our teams, couples and soloists competing at the South Island Latin Championships 2024! We are immensely proud of our students who competed throughout the day!
The competion was incredible with many of the South Island Studios turning out amazing performances. Congratulations to all those who competed, especially those who placed, you all looked amazing and did your dance schools proud!
The Latin Fire competitors performed amazingly with numerous placings. For the second year in a row our shines teams took out both the Salsa and Latin Shines Team categories and our soloists won the Amateur Salsa and Latin Solo categories as well as the Open Solos category and Pro-Am duet category!
Placings for Latin Fire were as follows:
1st place Natasha Frost - Open Salsa Solo
1st place Jorja Dann - Amateur Salsa Solo & Amateur Latin Solo
1st Place Antonia Stevenson - Youth Salsa Solo
1st Place Jorja Dann & Natasha Frost – Pro-Am Duets
1st Place Isabel Marshall & Noa Wilkinson – Youth Latin Duets
1st Place Hannah van Nieuwkerk and Lia Stevenson – Youth Latin Duets
1st Place Latin Fire Ladies Teams – Salsa Shines Team & Latin Shines Team
1st Place Latin Fire Senior Youth Teams – Youth Latin Shine Team and Youth Salsa Shine Team.
1st Place Mike Hobbs & Grace Sparks* - Open Bachata Freestyle
1st Place Mike Hobbs - Bachata Jack & Jill (Leader)
2nd place Joey Tan - Amateur Salsa Solo
2nd Place McKenzie Kellet - Youth Latin Solo
2nd Place Salisha Wright - Youth Salsa Solo
2nd Place Lola Fitzgerald and Lucy Darby Downes – Youth Salsa Duets
2nd Place Harper Knowles and Ella Teylor – Youth Latin Duets
2nd Place Latin Fire Salsa Team – Salsa CouplesTeam
2nd Place Latin Fire Senior Reggaeton Team – Youth Latin Shine Team
2nd Place Latin Fire Intermediate Team - Youth Salsa Shine Team.
3rd Place McKenzie Kellett - Youth Latin Solo
3rd Place Zara Harrington - Youth Salsa Solo
3rd Place Judd Cattermole and Phoebe Harris – Youth Salsa Duets
3rd Place Latin Fire Divas – Latin Shines Team
3rd Place Latin Fire Intermediate Youth Team – Youth Latin Shine Team
3rd Place Mike Hobbs - Salsa Jack & Jill (Leader)
4th Place Mike Hobbs & Lexy Patrylak – Pro-Am Salsa Freestyle
4th Place Mike Hobbs & Emily Donald – Pro-Am Bachata Freestyle
4th Place Shannon Creighton - Salsa Jack & Jill (Follower)
*Non Latin Fire Competitor
Once again a massive thank you to the organisers of the Southies for their continued efforts to run a smooth and enjoyable competition. We are truly blessed to be able to compete each year!!
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