Salish Secondary School in Surrey is once again hosted Level Up, the biggest high school dance competition in B.C.
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More than 700 students from schools across Surrey, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island attended the dance showcase.
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As always, the event is student organized and run under the leadership of the Salish Secondary Dance Program and the guidance of Jensen.
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Level Up high school dance team competition award winners for 2024 were:
Junior Hip Hop Team
1st: Sullivan Heights
2nd: North Surrey Secondary
3rd: Gladstone Secondary
Senior Hip Hop Team
1st: LA Matheson
2nd: Sullivan Heights
3rd: Panorama Ridge
Jazz Dance Team
1st: Spectrum Community School
2nd: Salish Secondary
Jazz Dance Team sa国际传媒� Student Choreographed
1st: Lord Tweedsmuir
2nd: Sullivan Heights
Contemporary Dance Team sa国际传媒� Student Choreography
1st: Lord Tweedsmuir
2nd: Kwantlen Park
3rd: Salish Secondary
Contemporary Dance Team
1st: Spectrum Community School
2nd: North Surrey
Junior Hip Hop Team - Student Choreographed
1st: Johnston Heights
2nd: Fraser Heights
3rd: Salish Secondary
Senior Hip Hop Team - Student Choreographed
1st: Johnston Heights
2nd: Grandview Heights
3rd: Langley Secondary
