Pro Arté Centre is pleased to be be celebrating our 7th year on the North Shore in our brand new facilities boasting 6 dance studios, student lounges, 4 music studios and recording studio with Fairfi eld Music, a Fitness Gym and Personal Training facility with Jodi Boates Fitness and 3 classrooms for Pro Merita offering academic Grades 5 and up with BC award winning educational specialists Self Design Learning Community. The rehab room for onsite Physiotherapist Erika Mayall will be complete for the summer.

Highlights from the year include the trip to the YAGP Regional Semi-Finals in Dallas with Kara Chan, Chloe Campbell and Jodie Herron placing in the top 12; Kara Chan, Chloe Campbell being in the top 3; and the “Form or Functi on” trio being invited to the New York Finals. Brooke Williamson, Danielle Lee Hogervorst, Rachel Withers and Annika McFarlane were selected for outstanding student for the New York finals at the Portland Regionals of the New York Dance Alliance; Amazing Grace was chosen as the Critic’s Choice award. Nine students were selected for the Vancouver Ballet Society Spring Seminar with Kara Chan, Brooke Williamson, Emma Little and Chloe Campbell all winning scholarships. Kara Chan (Ballet), Brooke Williamson (Jazz) and Rachael Withers (Stage) were selected as
Provincial representatives for the Pacwest and Surrey Festivals. Three out of the top four solo awards at Dance Power were won by Brooke Williamson, Alisha Ahmadi and Stephanie Jamieson.

We also congratulate all the individual successes at Surrey Festival of Dance, Pacific West Festival and Dance Power that are too numerous to list. Overall, however, the best part of the season was the gracious and supportive spirit our students displayed backstage to each other and other schools.

We'd like to say "Thank you!!!!" to our community for being a part of making this year a success.