July 16th, 2011

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. . . in Vancouver, Canada

Dear Dancers,

Happy New Year! We are excited to announce that in addition to the 2011 World Cup Standard, the 2011 SnowBall will feature the world’s best latin dancers.

We have received confirmation that Zoran Plohl and Tatsiana Lahvinovich from Croatia and Martino Zanibellato and Michelle Abildrup from Denmark, two of the finalists in the recent World Latin Championships in New York, will attend. If you missed them in New York, see them in Vancouver. If you saw them in New York, see them again!

Want a taste of what you’ll be seeing? Video highlights from previous SnowBall Classic competitions are now online on our new Youtube Channel. See the world’s best, including:
   ·  Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Kohler
   ·  Simone Segatori & Annette Sudol
and others.

For more information, visit our website at SnowBallClassic.com or call Pinky Wong at 604-263-9928.

See you at SnowBall!

December 11, 2010

at Norse Hall

111 NE 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97232
Plenty of FREE Parking!

Two Wonderful Showcase Performances!

Download the printable flyer (PDF)

Tickets – for lower fees contact the Portland Opera Box office M-F/9a-5p
503-241-1802
or go through Ticketmaster at 800-982-ARTS or ticketmaster.com

I’m writing to get the word out to Ballroom Enthusiasts about a wonderful new opportunity coming February 4-6 of 2011, the first Celebrity Dance Camp! This will be a three-day dance camp in Burbank, California, with 36 workshops, all being taught by celebrity pros from shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and “So you think you can Dance.” The current line up of teachers includes:

Tony Dovolani
Cheryl Burke
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Chelsie Hightower
Elena Grinenko
Mark “Corky” Ballas
Paul Barris
Yesenia Adame
Heidi Groskreutz (now Burns)
Hillary Flemming
And more are being added soon!

Read more…

After classes each day there will be Parties, Live Bands, DJs, and a Saturday night Show by the Pros!

We also realize that a studios and ballroom groups are often like little families, and we’d like to help them come as groups. We’ve instituted group sales to further lower the cost for studios and enthusiasts wanting to travel together. The group organizer need only order tickets through the group option and under their name. Then at registration, that organizer will need to designate to the Camp who each ticket is for. This can either allow you as the organizer to cover the effort of organizing your dancers, or allow you to just pass the further savings onto your group, as well as providing for last minute substitutions should the group require it.

In addition, use the Promotional Code CDC-AS390 to get the tickets at a further 10% discount!

I also have a PDF that you can use to inform others in whatever way you please. If you’d like me to forward it on to you, simply send me an email at wsparish@yahoo.com.

For more information, please visit www.ballroomdancechannel.ning.com and click on the Celebrity Dance Camp link!

Thank you much for taking the time to read this and I hope all is well for you!

Sincerely,

Billy Parish
Producer, Celebrity Dance Camp

There is an old Eskimo saying that “free is a very good price.” Well, on September 18th, free is what you will get, as in dance lessons. Portland #1006 is sponsoring the annual “Day of Dance,” where we offer dance lessons in Rumba, Waltz, East Coast-West Coast Swing, Salsa, Foxtrot, and who knows what else will come up. This is our way to introduce to those intrepid souls who have always wanted to dance, but were rather timid about it, to actually get a lesson or two, or three, or all of them! Within the relaxed casual setting of the Scottish Rite Temple, this is the day where the newcomer or beginner can be exposed to a variety of dances taught by some of Portland’s best professional dance instructors, who have volunteered their services for free! You know someone who so wants to learn to dance, so, tell them about the Day of Dance!

The activities begin at 10:00am, concluding at 4:30pm. A short break follows before the hot Salsa lesson at 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Then we have our general dance party, from 8-11pm. There is a charge for this evening dance party. $7 for members of USA Dance, $10 for nonmembers. All in all, you will be assured of having a great time with fellow dancers of all ages and levels. It’s the beauty, energy, poetry of dance that gets us all involved. And let’s not forget the socializing with new found friends, renewing old friendships, and just having a wonderful day/evening at our Day of Dance!

And to top it off, there will be a couple of hot and exciting Salsa showcase performances courtesy from pro instructor Bree Blevins!
So come on! Tell your family, friends, co-workers, fellow coffee drinkers, everyone you meet! This is the Day of Dance and the lessons are FREE!

Roy F. Aveling
roy@portlandballroomdancers.com

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2010 River City Ball!

New: View the Competition Results

at the Scottish Rite

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