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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-11-09, Page 1The L $1.50 HST included PM40064683R07656 cknow Sentinel www.lucknowsentinel.com Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Local dancers bring home silver and gold from World Dance Championships Troy Patterson Editor Team Canada dominated at the International World Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance Champion- ships, with three local dancers contributing to that title. Lucknow's Mikayla Dowler and Kaitlyn Dowler, both 16, along with Ripley's Taylor Pol- lard, 16, all of the Danceology team, brought home the hard- ware from the event in Wetzlar, Germany on Oct. 23-30, 2016. Danceology dance instructors Jenna Andrew and Courtney Nelson, who encouraged the dancers to audition for Team Canada, were able to watch the girls perform their dances as well as win their medals, Mann added. Team Canada rounded up 57 medals in total, with 24 gold, 17 silver, 16 bronze to their credit. The closest placing teams were Slovenia (second with 14 med- als), as well as Serbia and Italy (both tied for third with nine medals each). A total of nine girls travelled from Lucknow's Danceology team, including Kaitlyn Dowler, Mikayla Dowler of Lucknow, Taylor Pollard of Ripley, as well as other members Ava McCutch- eon, Bailea Erb, Megan Erb, Tea- gan McGavin, Jasmine Golding, Emily Plumsteel, who all con- tributed to the medal count at the event. Mikayla Dowler was also part of a small group, Meinherr, which received 5th place and a duet which received 8th place. Mikayla shared her experi- ence with Lucknow Sentinel and Kincardine News via e-mail fol- lowing the event, where she said the new people and friends she made created unforgettable memories. "I had the opportunity to be taught from many different cho- reographers and I learned so much from them," Mikayla said. "It has been an amazing experi- ence all around. I saw so many beautiful sights and I got to see how dance is portrayed all throughout the entire world." CONTINUED > PAGE 2 Shared by Julie Mann Kaitlyn Dowler, Taylor Pollard and Mikayla Dowler are seen with their silver medals from their jazz formation dance `Chicago' from the International World Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance Championships in Wetzlar, Germany on Oct. 23-30, 2016. Nine of Lucknow's Danceology members took part in the event, with everyone bringing home medals.