The Vegas Open Dance Challenge was moved to a brand new venue, The M Resort and Spa, and most people that were able to attend were quite happy with the move, but if you were not quick in booking your reservations the hotel was fully sold out and plenty were not able to attend unless they stayed somewhere else in Vegas. I know of a group that rented a house and were quite pleased with their move so they could participate, but for sure they said they will enter sooner next year.
But this was not just it, we saw some of the best Ballroom dancing in the country in both the Amateur Ballroom division and the Professional Ballroom. And yes we gained a few pounds! We all agree that the convention food at the “M” was delish. All of us that participated and officiated were quite happy for the opportunity.
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As we mentioned earlier when it came to dancing, the Ballroom categories were amazing and so we have to talk about the Amateur Ballroom before we move to the other pro categories.
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Fourth overall was awarded to Robert McShinsky & Jenna McShinsky 4,5,4,4,4; fifth went to Wyatt Jennings & Mina Brunson 5,4,5,5,5; sixth in all dances were Shanden Hoffman & Caroline Money, and seventh were Jordan Heaton & Kennidy McOmber.
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From third place down the couples were quite good but did not live up to the expectations of the top three and they was Lukas Spisak & Eva Tibenska placing fourth in all dances, Peter Minkov & Yuliia Sorokata taking all fifths and Radek Wiatrowski & Denise Sobiewski who were sixth.
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