05/02/2026
✨ WDA takes on Ticket To Broadway 2026 – Akron, OH! ✨
We are coming off an incredible weekend at Ticket To Broadway, and we’re already lighting up the stage at Precision Arts this weekend! 🔥
We are beyond proud of our dancers for an unforgettable weekend on stage! WDA showed up, left it ALL out there, and brought home incredible results. 💙
🏆 WDA Excellence in the Wings Award winners 🏆
🥇 FIRST OVERALL ROUTINES
💫 Emotions – Platinum, first place teen, contemporary solo. First overall intermediate, teen soloist. TOP BILLING ( highest scoring) INTERMEDIATE SOLO 13 & OVER OF THE COMPETITION.
🤍Bring Me Home - Platinum, first place teen lyrical solo. First overall novice, teen soloist.
🌟 The Joke – Platinum, first place junior contemporary large group. First overall intermediate, junior large group.
🤠 Country Cuties – Platinum, first place petite open line. First overall novice, petite line.
✨ Reflection – High Gold, first place senior lyrical duet. First overall intermediate, senior duo/trio.
☕ Let’s Spill The Tea – Platinum, first place junior jazz duo. First overall intermediate, junior duo/trio.
🔥 Light That Fire – High Gold, first place petite, open duo. First overall advanced, petite duo/trio.
🥈 SECOND OVERALL ROUTINES
🥁 Batuque – Perfect Platinum, second place senior contemporary duo. Second overall advanced senior duo/trio.
🎧 Designer Music – High Gold, second place junior, jazz small group. Second overall novice, petite small group.
❄️Frozen Wishes- High Gold, second overall novice, mini soloist.
🖤 Nobody – Perfect Platinum, first place teen, contemporary large group. Second overall advanced teen large group.
💃 Spice It Up – High Gold, first place petite jazz duo. Second overall novice, petite duo/trio
🌊 Smooth Sailin’ – High Gold, second place junior jazz duo. Second overall intermediate, junior duo/trio.
👽 The Invasion – Platinum, first place junior jazz super group. Second overall intermediate, junior super group.
🫂youl’ll Come Back- platinum, second place junior contemporary duo. Second overall novice, junior duo/trio.
🤝 You’ve Got a Friend in Me – High gold, second place petite, lyrical small group. Second overall intermediate, petite small group.
🥉 THIRD OVERALL ROUTINES
🌈 Freak Flag – High Gold, first place petite musical theater small group. Third overall novice, petite small group.
💥 Get Big – Platinum, second place teen hip hop super group. Third overall intermediate, teen supergroup.
💰 Money, Money – High Gold, first place junior, musical theater large group. Third overall intermediate large group.
🌎 Mr. Worldwide – High Gold , first place teen Poms large group. Third overall advanced, teen large group.
💪 Strong Enough – High Gold, first place junior lyrical small group. Third overall intermediate, junior small group. Winners of the BEST TECHNIQUE 12 & Under.
🎶 Syncopate – Platinum, second place teen, open trio. Third overall intermediate, teen duo/trio.
🕵️ The Hidden Hunt – High Gold, first place junior contemporary duo. Third overall intermediate, junior duo/trio.
🎤 When We Were Young – Platinum, second place teen lyrical duo. Third overall advanced, teen duo/trio.
🌟 TOP 10 OVERALL ROUTINES
💛 It’ll Be Ok – Platinum, second place junior lyrical solo. Fourth overall intermediate, junior soloist.
🤍 Next to Me – Platinum, second place teen contemporary duo. Fourth overall intermediate, teen duo/trio.
💎 Sophisticate – Platinum, fourth overall advanced senior soloist. $1000 Discovery Spotlight Scholarship Winner.
✨ Ready or Not – High Gold, first place petite open solo. Fourth overall advanced petite soloist. $1000 Discovery Spotlight Scholarship Winner.
🖤 They Called Us Nothing – Perfect Platinum, third place senior contemporary small group. Fourth overall advanced, senior small group.
🛸 UFO – High Gold, second place mini jazz small group. Fourth overall, novice mini small group.
💫 You’re Doing Fine – Platinum. Fourth overall advanced senior duo/trio.
👶 Fabulous Baby- High Gold, first place petite musical theater solo. Fifth overall intermediate petite soloist.
🎶 If I Don’t Have You – Perfect Platinum, second place senior lyrical small group. Fifth overall advanced, senior small group.
🌸 In Bloom – Platinum, first place junior, open solo. Fifth overall intermediate, junior soloist. $2500 Be Discovered Scholarship Winner.
🎮 Game On – High Gold, first place petite open solo. Fifth overall novice, petite soloist.
⬆️ All the Way Up – High Gold, second place junior, hip hop large group. Fifth overall intermediate, junior large group.
🌹 Petals – Platinum, third place teen contemporary solo. Fifth overall advanced, teen soloist.
🎤 Prince Remix – Platinum, first place teen jazz small group. Fifth overall intermediate, teen small group.
💃 Satisfaction- High Gold, second place teen, jazz small group. Fifth overall advanced, teen small group.
✨ Fame – Platinum, first place senior, jazz small group. Sixth overall advanced, senior small group.
🌙 Hey Hey – High Gold, second place junior contemporary small group. Sixth overall intermediate, junior small group.
🧍 Human – Platinum, first place teen, open solo. Sixth overall intermediate, teen soloist.
😂 Make ‘Em Laugh – High Gold, first place teen musical theater duo. Sixth overall advanced, teen duo/trio.
🌌 Starry Night – Platinum, second place teen, open solo. Sixth overall advanced, teen soloist. $1000 Discovery Spotlight Scholarship Winner.
🤫 The Quiet We Keep – High Gold, second place teen contemporary large group. Sixth overall intermediate, teen large group.
🔥 Embers of Light – High Gold, second place contemporary duo. Seventh overall advanced, teen duo/trio.
🌱 Grow – High Gold, seventh overall intermediate, teen duo/trio.
💔 Last Dance – High Gold, seventh overall intermediate senior soloist.
🍋 Lemonade – High Gold, second place petite, hip hop small group. Seventh overall novice, petite small group.
🎭 Screw Loose – Platinum, second place teen Musical Theater solo. Seventh overall advanced, teen soloist. $2500 Be Discovered Scholarship Winner.
🖤 Survive – High gold, second place teen lyrical, small group. Seventh overall, advanced teen small group.
😎 Good Lookin’ – High Gold, first place senior Hip Hop small group. Eighth overall advanced, senior small group.
💋 Ooh La La – High Gold, third place junior, jazz small group. Eighth overall intermediate, junior small group.
💭 Longing – High Gold, eighth overall intermediate senior soloist.
🕊 Never Over – Platinum, eighth overall advanced senior soloist.
🎭 Rencontre – Gold, first place petite contemporary duo/trio. Eighth overall novice, petite duo/trio
⏳ The Way Back – High gold, third place contemporary duo. Eighth overall advanced teen duo/tiro.
🖤 Black Bird – High gold, second place teen musical theater, small group. Nineth overall advanced, teen small group.
🔥 Fierce – High Gold, third place junior jazz solo. Nineth overall novice, junior soloist.
🎶 I Will Wait – High Gold, third place junior, open solo. Nineth overall intermediate, junior soloist.
🌟 Nobody Knows – Platinum, third place teen lyrical solo. Tenth overall, advanced teen soloist.
🌧 Falling Still – Platinum, tenth overall intermediate, teen soloist.
🕺 Hit That Pose – High Gold, first place junior hip hop solo. Tenth overall novice, junior soloist.
🔥 New Boyz- High Gold, first place teen Hip Hop, small group. Tenth overall advanced, teen small group.
⭐ CATEGORY PLACEMENT
👏 Do It Like Me – Gold, first place intermediate, teen hip hop solo.
👏 Do Your Thing – High Gold, first place novice, petite tap small group.
👏 Get Happy – High Gold, first place intermediate teen, Musical theater small group.
👏 Red hot – Platinum, first place intermediate teen, jazz solo.
👏 They Like Me – high Gold, first place advanced, teen Hip Hop solo
👏 Tonight – High Gold, first place intermediate, teen small group.
✨ I Gotcha- High Gold, second place intermediate, junior musical theater solo.
✨ Orange Colored Sky – High gold, second place intermediate, teen jazz solo.
✨ Sassy- High Gold, second place novice petite open solo.
✨ You Will Be Found – Platinum, second place intermediate teen, musical theater solo.
✨ All You Need to Know- High Gold, third place intermediate, junior lyrical small group.
✨ Fabulous – High Gold, third place novice, junior musical theater solo.
✨ Make That change – High Gold, third place intermediate, teen tap small group.
✨ Risk – High Gold, third place intermediate, teen tap solo.
✨ The Trolley Song – High Gold, third place novice petite musical theater solo.
✨ Born to Be Bold – High Gold, third place novice petite open solo.
💎 PLATINUM ADJUDICATION
Unchained Melody, End of Love, Celestial, What I Didn’t Say, Want You to Love Me, The Search (Abigail) - $1000 Discovery Spotlight Scholarship Winner.
⭐ HIGH GOLD ADJUDICATION
Push It, Voila, My House, World Party, All That Matters, Cataclysm, Show Off, Bring on the Rain, Time in a Bottle, Marionette, 1940, Shine Bright, Feel Like I Do, I Can’t Take This, Talk of the Town, Down, The Investment, Fly Away, Prelude
We are SO proud of every single dancer who represented WDA this weekend. Your hard work, passion, and love for dance shine through every time you step on stage.
