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April 2004 Newsletter
a monthly publication
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 DANCE
CALENDAR
GCC-USABDA dance, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the Month, 7:30-11:00, at The
Barn, 680 Cherokee Lane, Columbia, SC. Admission is $8/non-member,
$5/member, student discount. Refreshments. Appropriate attire required.
April 10th - dance lesson 8:00-8:30 pm by Paul Lagatore teaching Cha-cha.
April 24th - Azalea Dance, dance lesson 8:00-8:30 pm by Paul Lagatore
teaching Cha-cha.
Capital
Ballroom, 2732 Devine St., Columbia, SC, 799-2080. Monthly dance on April
15, 8:00-10:00 pm.
Columbia Ballroom, 35 Diamond Lane, Columbia, SC, 750-0181. Open group
lesson Mondays, 7-8:00 pm. Theory lesson Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 pm. Monthly
dance.
BOARD
MEETING
The next Board meeting is scheduled for April 18, 2004, at 3:00 pm, in the
Bank of America room at the Richland County Library, 1431 Assembly Street,
Columbia, SC. Please contact Doris Wood with agenda items.
FROM
THE PRESIDENT
Exciting
News
1. Jo Morton is our new Vice President.
2. Election Committee: Jeane Mader, Ann McNett and Lee Minghi
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
1. April 24 - Annual Azalea Ball
2. July 31 - Swing workshops and dance
3. Sept. 17-26 - National Ballroom Dance Week
4. Sept. 25 - Business meeting, dinner and dance
ADDITIONAL HELPERS NEEDED
1. Two more members for the election committee
2. Greeters for the Hospitality Committee
3. Volunteers for the Telephone Committee
Tom Savage
TRI-CITY
LEISURE CENTER
GCC-USABDA
is currently teaching at Tri-City Leisure Center, 700 Dreher Road, W.
Columbia, SC, on Thursday evenings, 7:15-8:15 pm. The classes run six
weeks and are $30/singles or $50/couples. Office phone 939-9309.
Session IV, March 4 - April 18, beginner Waltz and Rumba, three weeks
each.
THANK
YOU
Thanks to
our March dance instructor Robert Seay for teaching Rumba.
Thanks to our DJs, Stephanie Muga, Mike Verdone and Al Jayne.
And a huge thanks to all who helped set up tables and chairs before the
dance and who stayed to help clean and put tables and chairs away after
the dance.
NEW
AND/OR RENEWED MEMBERS
Cassie
Jackson, Diean Rovenstine, Chuck Jackson, Jay Rovenstine, Don Lybrand,
Edna Free, and David Tammen.
GUESTS
Sue Chin,
Norma Davis, Roy Davis, Tim & Linda Jowers, Michelle Lueck, Dan &
Ursula Lowrey, Michelle T. Milling, Boyd Newman, Bob Perry, Karen
Puczkowski, Cecelia Reddy, Joy Evelyn Way, Pat Gillespie, Berit
Hiotiaard, Thelma Hill, Miriam C. Hampton, Margo Simonson, Anna Todd,
Chris Majure, Walter White, Mary Smith, Al & Kay Roberson, Lydia Benge,
John Charbonnet, George & Betsy McNeil, Ko Zin Shun, Jennifer Hoffman,
and Bonnie Bebeor.
WORKSHOP
Plans are in
the making for a dance workshop the end of July. Be sure to watch for
details in future newsletters. The following is a bio of the proposed
instructors at our workshop.
Paul & Ansley have been hosting dances and teaching Swing together for
5 years. They teach Balboa, Charleston, Lindy, Shag, Swing line dances and
all kinds of acrobatic craziness. They teach over 500 students a year
ranging form people with two left feet, pageant contestants and couples
preparing for weddings. They have worked with over 50 organizations in
helping spread their joy of swing throughout the Carolinas, including
Christian schools, cooperation's and nonprofit organizations. They have
performed for a CBS mini series, Harrah's Casino Super Bowl and in the
soon to be released movie The Notebook.
Ansley works in Marketing for Scan Source, a Fortune 100 company and has a
top ranked MBA degree from USC.
Paul has taught Marketing, Computer Science for Forrest College and is
currently teaching Intro to Swing as a Leisure Skills class for Clemson
Univ. He has a degree in Business from USCS.
UPCOMING
DANCE EVENTS
April 6
2004, Three Rivers Festival, Columbia, SC
April 23-May 2, 2004, SOS Spring Safari in North Myrtle Beach, shagdance.com
April 24-25, 2004, North Central Regional Championship Indianapolis, IN.
Convention Center. Hosted by Heartland Chapter. Qualifying event for
USABDA National Championships. for more info contact Ron Wright at rt2dance@comcast.net.
May 6-8, 2004, Atlanta Open, Atlanta, Georgia, 314-579-9700, www.atlantaopen.com.
May 7-9, 2004, World Swing Dance Championship, Palm Springs, CA,
909-335-0721, www.worldswingdancechampion.com
May 15-16, 2004, Sunshine State Championships, Orlando, FL, 727-596-1601, www.sunshinedance.com
May 21-22, Fat Harold's Living Legends, N. Myrtle Beach, SC, competitiveshaggers.org
Ann Durocher, President of Louisiana DanceSport and member of USABDA,
announced the USABDA Chapter 531, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State DanceSport
Championship will be June 5, 2004 at the American Legion Post 38, 151 S.
Wooddale Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA, email fliprann@aolcom,
website www.usabdanola.org
for rules, entry form, events and additional info. Entry fees for as many
events as you want to dance are $100 including lunch. Deadline for entry
is May 3, 2004.
June 11-12, Dockers, Greenville, SC. Shag contest.
June 13-18, Las Vegas Dance Camp, Las Vegas, NV, 800-851-2813, www.dancevision.com/camp
Northcoast Ballroom Championships, Independence, OH, 440-884-9200, www.northcoastballroomchampionships.com
FANCY
FEET DANCERS
Saturday,
March 6, 2004, Emma Sharpe, Tom Savage and Barb and Nisha Kubodera
performed at the retirement home Agape at Kathwood on Trenholm Road. Tom
came to watch, but the music got to him and he ended up doing a rumba with
Emma, to everyone's delight. After the regular program, many residents
joined the dancers in some foxtrot and waltz.
The next performance of the Fancy Feet Dancers will be in May (to be
scheduled when Barbara returns from Japan).
If you are interested in joining the Fancy Feet group for future
performances in nursing homes and retirement communities or if you know of
any such facilities that would like to host such a performance, please
contact any Board Member.
NATIONAL
BALLROOM DANCE WEEK
September
17-26, 2004
National Ballroom Dance Week will be here before you know it. As I write
this it is March and September seems a long way off, but it is not too
soon to think about how your Chapter will honor this special week.
Right now you may be asking yourself, "Why should we do anything
special for NBDW?"
There are two reasons I can think of - the first is to celebrate what we
enjoy so much - ballroom dancing.
The second reason is that this is an occasion where we cannot only
celebrate, but promote dancing in general and USABDA in particular. It is
a great opportunity to increase membership and participation in dancing in
your community.
Last year we encouraged chapters who have never done anything special to
recognize this week by trying just one new thing. It could be a raffle,
free passes to future dances, or free admission for anyone who brings a
first-time guest, to mention a few. Other chapters go "all out"
to celebrate with a dance every night, often with each offering a
different theme. Chapters hold mall dances, advertise or arrange to have
articles written in the local paper about ballroom dancing. They offer
free lessons, and do demonstrations in nursing homes, schools, festivals
and other public venues.
In February of this year Chapter #215 in Youngstown/Warren, Ohio, held a
creative promotion by sponsoring a Premier Showing of "Dirty Dancing
Havana Nights" followed by a post premier dance party. By working
with their local Regal Cinema (www.regalcinemas.com)
they were able to offer a ticket package for just $7.50 per person.
President Susan Ryan reports that Austintown Regal Cinemas were very
cooperative in this effort. This August a new film "Shall We
Dance?" will be released. It may be coming to your area about the
time of National Ballroom Dance Week. If you start now, you might be able
to organize something similar in your community.
Somehow integrating dance films into the weeklong celebration is another
interesting way to promote dancing in your area. If you cannot get
"Shall We Dance?" you may be able to get a special showing of
another dance film. Or you might consider buying a block of tickets and go
as a USABDA group.
If you have other interesting ideas you would like to share, please let me
know. If you decide to premier a movie, let me know how it turns out.
Here's to celebration and happy dancing feet.
Sally Kimberly (social-reg6@usabda.org)
SNACKS
AND REFRESHMENTS
Our USABDA
chapter provides snacks and refreshments at each of our dances. Your
contributions of soft drinks and snacks are always welcomed. Please
remember snack foods must fit into the category of finger foods.
Volunteers to help set up the refreshments are also welcomed. Contact one
of your board members if you have any questions or would like to volunteer
for a specific evening.
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PLACES
TO DANCE
Looking for
someplace to dance those times when we don't have a GCC-USABDA dance?
Visit the "Places To Dance"
listing on our website or pick up a copy of the handout at the GCC-USABDA
dances.
ROOM
TO MENTION
Big Band
dancing Thursdays, 6:00-9:00, Adam's Mark, 1200 Hampton Street, Columbia,
SC 29201, 803-771-7000.
Fridays, Capital Senior Center, Maxcy Gregg Park, 1650 Park Circle,
Columbia, SC, 803-779-1971.
Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm, Sumter Ballroom Dance Club, Sumter County
Recreational Department, 155 Haynesworth Street, Sumter, SC, Bob Wall
803-469-4014
Friday, April 16, 7:30-11:00, Palmetto Ballroom Dance Club, Florence, SC,
803-393-6206, palmettodanceclub.org
First Saturday of each month, 7:00-11:00 pm, USABDA Greenville, Starlight
Ballroom, 108 Trade Street, Greer, SC, Ginger 864-292-6750, odellgirl@aol.com
Dance is
the only art form where the artist is also the medium of statement.
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