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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
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1st: Lord Tweedsmuir
2nd: Sullivan Heights
Contemporary Dance Team 香蕉视频直播� 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
