Champions 2025

2025 Title Winners

2025 Miss Dance- Claire Adams

1ST RUNNER UP MISS DANCE: Kaitlyn Key  

2ND  RUNNER UP MISS DANCE IS Mollie Mullican 

WINNER OF THE BALLET, TAP, ACRO, & INTERVIEW: Claire Adams

WINNER OF THE JAZZ AUDITION: Kaitlyn Key & Claire Adams

Teacher of Record For All: Jennifer Erickson 

Little Miss Dance 2025

Emerson Blaney

Teacher of Record: Jennifer Erickson

PETITE MISS DANCE 2025    

Kennedy Dickerson

Teacher of Record: Jennifer Erickson

JUNIOR MISS DANCE 2025:

Olivia Wakefield 

1ST RUNNER UP JUNIOR MISS DANCE Mary Blythe Lusk 

2ND RUNNER UP JUNIOR MISS DANCE Maddix Youngblood

JUNIOR MISS DANCE WINNER OF THE BALLET, JAZZ, AND TAP AUDITION: 

Olivia Wakefield 

WINNER OF THE ACRO AUDITION: 

Maddix Youngblood 

Teacher of Record For All:

Jennifer Erickson

TEEN MISS DANCE 2025:

Westyn Vandiver

1ST RUNNER UP TEEN MISS DANCE:

Genell Smith

2ND RUNNER UP TEEN MISS DANCE:

Daisy Green

WINNER OF THE BALLET AUDITION IS Daisy Green  

WINNER OF THE JAZZ & TAP AUDITION:

Genell Smith 

WINNER OF THE ACRO AUDITION:  Genell Smith & Westyn Vandiver  

WINNER OF INTERVIEW:

Genell Smith

Teacher of Record For All:

Jennifer Erickson 

2025-2026 Proteges

Mariah Staples- DCOM

Milly Powell- Birmingham Dance Theater

Nora Houston- Birmingham Dance Theater

Addison Whitt- Birmingham Dance Theater

Lilah Mayfield- Birmingham Dance Theater

Maggie Hoyt- Birmingham Dance Theater

Edie Grace Chism- Variations

Walker May- Backstage

Sarah Katherine Schilling- Birmingham Dance Theater

Mary Blythe Lusk- Dancers Inc

Jackie Oneal Memorial-  Kortney Scott- DCOM

Nora Nash Memorial-  Kennedy Milsap- DSD

Kim Baer Memorial- Esther Donald- Variations

Kim Baer Memorial- Mollie Mullican- Dancers Inc

3rd Place Ballet 12 and under- Milly Powell- BDT

3rd Place Ballet 12 and under- Savvy Allen- Backstage

3rd Place Ballet 12 and under- Addison Whitt- BDT

3rd Place Ballet 12 and under- Mary Blythe Lusk- Dancers Inc

2nd Place Ballet 12 and under-  Lizzy Yates- Variations

1st Place Ballet 12 and under-  Stella Sasser- BDT

3rd Place Tap 12 and under- Stella Sasser- BDT

3rd Place Tap 12 and under-  Addison Whitt- BDT

3rd Place Tap 12 and under-  Jaylee Stone- DCOM

1st Place Tap 12 and under- Molly Adams- Dancers Inc

1st Place Tap 12 and under- Mary Blythe Lusk- Dancers Inc

1st Place Jazz 12 and under- Milly Powell- BDT

1st Place Jazz 12 and under- Mariah Staples- DCOM

1st Place Jazz 12 and under- Caroline Thrasher- BDT

1st Place Jazz 12 and under - Addison Whitt- BDT

3rd Place Acro 12 and under- Stella Sasser- BDT

3rd Place Acro 12 and under- Anne Carlyle Sasser- BDT

2nd Place Acro 12 and under- Maddix Youndblood-Dancers Inc

1st Place Acro 12 and under-  Nora Houston- BDT

3rd Place Overall 12 and under- Olivia Wakefield- Dancers Inc

2nd Place Overall 12 and under-  Noa Shillabeer- DSD

1st Place Overall 12 and under-  Isla Pflugner- DSD

2nd Place Ballet 13 and over-  Sarah Kate Speakman- Variations

2nd Place Ballet 13 and over-  Lilly Margaret Gallimore- Variations

2nd Place Ballet 13 and over -  Mary Charles Corley- Variations

2nd Place Ballet 13 and over- Tess Rushing- DCOM

1st Place Ballet 13 and over-  Caroline Graham- Variations

3rd Place Tap 13 and over- Taylor Andre- DSD

3rd Place Tap 13 and over-  Sarah Kate Speakman- Variations

3rd Place Tap 13 and over-  Joanna Rogers- Dancers Inc

3rd Place Tap 13 and over- Charlie Stone- DCOM

3rd Place Tap 13 and over- Allie Gross- Variations

3rd Place Tap 13 and over-  Claire Adams- Dancers Inc

2nd Place Tap 13 and Over-  Tess Rushing- DCOM

1st Place Tap 13 and Over-  Caroline Graham- Variations

2nd Place Jazz 13 and Over- Claire Hendrickson- Variations

2nd Place Jazz 13 and Over-  Lilly Margaret Gallimore- Variations

2nd Place Jazz 13 and Over-  Joanna Rogers- Dancers Inc

2nd Place Jazz 13 and Over- Charlie Stone- DCOM

2nd Place Jazz 13 and Over-  Tess Rushing- DCOM

1st Place Jazz 13 and Over- Caroline Graham- Variations

1st Place Jazz 13 and over-  Charlie Stone- DCOM

1st Place Acro 13 and Over- Hollins Speakman- Variations

1st Place Acro 13 and Over-  Lilly Margaret Gallimore- Variations

3rd Overall 13 and Over-  Chaney Litkenhous- Variations

2nd Overall 13 and Over-  Isabella Tran- DSD

1st Overall 13 and Over- Kennedy Milsap- DSD

Interview 12 and Under-  Molly Adams- Dancers Inc

Interview 13 and Over-  Charlie Stone- DCOM

Southern Union Scholarship- Chaney Litkenhous- Variations

Performing Arts Competition

PAC 12 & Under Winners

Judges Choice Awards for Minis & Petites

• Most Entertaining: #205 – Double Dutch Bus
• Best Costume: #204 – Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
• Best Technique: #207 – J’Adore New York
• Best Choreography: #202 – In My Own Little Corner
• Judges Choice Award: #206 – Beautiful Dreamer

Mini Overall Awards

• 1st Place Overall: #200 – Itsy Bitsy
  Performer: Anna Wales Gay
  Studio: The Dance Center on Main
  Teacher of Record: Jennifer Stone
• 2nd Place Overall: #201 – Signed Sealed Delivered
  Performer: Penny Jo Foster
  Studio: The Dance Center on Main
  Teacher of Record: Kanaan Gay
• 3rd Place Overall: #202 – In My Own Little Corner
  Performer: Julee Anna Messer
  Studio: The Dance Center on Main
  Teacher of Record: Jennifer Stone

Petite Overall Awards

Top 50% Petite Solos:

• #207 – J’Adore New York – Charleigh Marvin
• #206 – Beautiful Dreamer – Emery Hart
• #204 – Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend – Kennedy Osborne

Overall Awards:

• 1st Place Overall: #206 – Beautiful Dreamer – Emery Hart
  Studio: The Dance Center on Main
  Teacher of Record: Kanaan Gay
• 2nd Place Overall: #207 – J’Adore New York – Charleigh Marvin
  Studio: The Dance Center on Main
  Teacher of Record: Jennifer Stone

Teen Overall Awards

Judges Choice Awards

• Most Entertaining: #120 – Stupid With Love
• Best Costume: #112 – Black Car
• Best Technique: #103 – The Raven
• Best Choreography: #116 – Piece by Piece
• Judges Choice Award: #125 – Inside

Top 50% Teen Solos

(Detailed list of names and performances available upon request.)

Overall Placements

1. #103 – The Raven – Isabella Tran (Dothan School of Dance, Tracy Solomon)
2. #116 – Piece by Piece – Piper Luccasen (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
3. #126 – Haunted – Charlie Stone (The Dance Center on Main, Jennifer Stone)
4. #125 – Inside – Kaileigh Grace Whitt (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
5. #117 – Unchained Melody – Avery Steensland (Dothan School of Dance, Leah Arkle)
6. #100 – Don Quixote – Kennedy Milsapp (Dothan School of Dance, Tracy Solomon)
7. #123 – Below Freezing – Chelsea Stone (The Dance Center on Main, Jennifer Stone)
   

Junior Overall Awards

Judges Choice Awards

• Most Entertaining: #229 – Workin
• Best Costume: #226 – Shake a Tailfeather
• Best Technique: #219 – Rain
• Best Choreography: #220 – Sound Shift
• Judges Choice Award: #240 – Clumsy

Top 50% Junior Solos

(Performer names omitted for brevity here but can be included as needed.)

Overall Placements

1. #220 – Sound Shift – Noa Shillabeer (Dothan School of Dance, Tracy Solomon)
2. #239 – Dragon – Nora Houston (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
3. #240 – Clumsy – Anne Carlyle Sasser (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
4. #233 – Breakable – Lilah Mayfield (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
5. #230 – Spooky – Stella Sasser (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
6. #221 – Overthinker – Nora Leigh Packard (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)
7. #232 – Bionic – Vivienne Shillabeer (Dothan School of Dance, Leah Arkle)
8. #215 – Witch Witch – Addison Whitt (Birmingham Dance Theatre, Joni Scofield)

Grand Champion (12 & Under):

• #219 – Rain – Isla Pflugner
  Studio: Dothan School of Dance
  Teacher of Record: Tracy Solomon