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What's New Jammin In July 2009 Jammin In July 2009 - The Ultimate Swing Dance Event hosted by the Columbus Swing Dance Club. More information is available at www.jammininjuly.net. Download the flyer. Upcoming USA Dance DanceSport Events View the DanceSport Calendar at usadance.org. Nursing Home Dance Demonstrations August and September, 2008. Get the details! DanceSport Competition The Ft. Wayne chapter of USA Dance held it very first dance sport competition on July 5th and 6th. In addition to being their first competition it was also the first ever Special Olympics Dance competition. Special Olympics, Indiana provided dance shoes for each of the Special Olympian participants. Members of the Ft. Wayne USA Dance Chapter volunteered as dance partners and practiced for at least ten weeks with their Special Olympics partner. Proceeds from the Saturday night’s semi-formal dance will be donated to next year’s Special Olympic program. Bluegrass Chapter members Jenna Geren and her partner Jack Geren competed in this competition. Because Jenna was not an Indiana resident she was not eligible to participate in the Special Olympics portion of the competition. She and her father danced in the Newcomers mixed proficiency category. The organizer of the Special Olympics competition, Vivian Hans, asked Jenna to perform an honor dance at the semi-formal ball on Saturday evening. Jenna and Jack preformed a waltz to the song “Let There Be Peace On Earth”, after the first stanza all the special Olympic competitors joined in the dance. It was a very moving experience for the spectators and there were very few dry eyes in the audience. If you would like to look at the entire article on this competition you can view it on the Fort Wayne Dancespoot website. Their August newsletter has the article about the competition. USA Dance 2008 National DanceSport Championships USA Dance, Inc., the national governing body for DanceSport in the United States, as recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee, has announced the signing of CN8, The Comcast Network, to air the USA Dance 2008 National DanceSport Championships, being held April 4-6 in Baltimore, Md. The "CN8 Champion DanceSport" program will air this spring, debuting May 24 with coverage of the USA Dance 2008 National DanceSport Championships. CN8's coverage will consist of two 90-minute episodes, highlighting the competition in Baltimore and will air on May 24, May 31 and June 7. In addition to airing on CN8, the two episodes will stream simultaneously online at www.cn8.tv and will be available OnDemand at no cost to Comcast digital cable customers. Kentucky State Area Coordinator Named Charles Hardin has been recently appointed the Kentucky State Area Coordinator. Charles is the current president of the Greater Louisville KY chapter and he has the following chapter board experience:
The Area Coordinator has the following role:
USA Dance Bluegrass Chapter
Featured in the Bluegrass Balance You may have noticed a photographer at our December 2007 dance. A photographer from the Herald Leader took pictures and interviewed some of your fellow dancers. The pictures and interviews appeared in the January 2008 edition of Bluegrass Balance, an insert in the December 29, 2007 edition of the Herald Leader. If you missed it, you can still view the publication online at the Herald-Leader web site. New USA Dance National President Named Peter Pover has been elected as the new national president of USA Dance. Peter has been involved as a USA Dance volunteer since 1984 and is well known on the national and international dance scene. He served as President of USA Dance (USABDA) from 1988-1993. He was elected to the Presidium of the International DanceSport Federation and was its Vice Peter now lives in Florida with his lovely wife, Ida, and enjoys dance events sponsored by area chapters. He brings a great deal of organizational and management experience to USA Dance with a desire to identify and serve the needs of all USA Dance members. Read about other national officers in Amateur Dancers magazine or online at usadance.org. |
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