Ballet Exams 2010

May 1st

At Guibord's North Country School of Ballet

Examiner: Mrs. Anderson

The following 25 dance students will participate:

Level/Primary  

Cassandra Ashline   Isabella Brown   Gabriella Cote  

Roisin Creedon-Carey   Olivia Kenney   Kano Ottinger   Madelyn Wilson   

Veda Bingel   Mirren Guzzio   Emily McLane  

Deanna Reyore   Abaigael Lebrun  

Level/Grade 1

Julia Drolet   Lucy McSweeney  Ella Messner   Katrina Wilson

Level/Grade 4

Madison Cleveland   Sarah Edwards   Anna Fisher  

Zaidee Laughlin   Deryn Makowski   Olivia McCullum

Level/Grade 8

Lauren Grant    Katherine Hausrath   Teagan Plimpton 

Ballet Exams 2008

April 1st

CT at Cheshire Dance Centre under the direction of Betty Seibert.

Examiner: Ms. Denise Rinaldi from California.

Marne Timon took the Grade 4 exam and received a highly commended.

Kelsey Guibord-Stay took her first "teacher's exam", she was awarded the Teaching Assessment Certificate Part 1.  She is 17 years old and the youngest to date to take this exam.  Kelsey taught a class of four Guibord's dancers, Grade 2 level. 

            They are:

                    Madison Cleveland

                    Sarah Edwards

                    Nikki Kline

                    Zaidee Laughlin

It was a delightful and fun trip for all!

Guibord's host ballet exams on May 10th.

Examiner: Ms. Beverly Feder from Niagra Falls, NY. 

Twenty-three candidates, ages six through sixteen performed.

They earned "Awarded with Merit to Honors" for marks.

The students, all of which passed Primary, Grade 2, & Grade 4 are:

Madison Cleveland, Sofia DeJordy, Julia Drolet, Jennifer Durfey, Sarah Edwards, Lauren Grant, Gabriella Grant, Katherine Hausrath, Samantha Johnson, Franchesca Julian, Nikki Kline, Zaidee Laughlin, Olivia McCullum, Ella Messner, Jacqueline Parker,

Teagan Plimpton, Abigail Prestigiacomo, Molly Schneider-Ferrari, Katelyn Stetz, Jamyla Willette, & Katrina Wilson 

Una Creedon-Carey & Marne Timon received Highly Commended on their Grade 7 exams.  

Congratulations to all of you!!

Ballet Exams 2009

Exams were held at Cheshire Dance Centre, CT under the direction of Ms. Betty Seibert

Ms. Seibert hosted 7 Cecchetti teachers who brought their students to her facility for exams 

Guibord's entered 15 candidates

Guibord's Candidates received    Commended   Highly Commended and/or   Honors for their marks

Majors Exams

                Grade 8/Intermediate

                Una Creedon-Carey                                     Received Highly Commended

                    Marne Timon                                                 Received Highly Commended

                Grade 9/Advanced 1

                Sara Mazdzer                                                            Received Highly Commended

                Kate Mazdzer                                                Received Highly Commended

                Korinne Stay                                                  Received Commended

                Grade 5

                Jennifer Dufrey     Katherine Hausrath        Lauren Grant  

                Teagan Plimpton   Molly Schneider-Ferrari   Katelyn Stetz

                Grade 3

                Madison Cleveland   Sarah Edwards   Anna Fisher  Deryn Makowski

                     Such wonderful results for all your hard work!  Congratulations!

                            The aesthetics of dance - the beauty of it, the line of it, the physicality of it -

                                     that's communication..that's freedom

               Arthur Mitchell