Open Amateur Latin: Manhattan Dance Championships

First of all I would like to say thank-you to the organizers of Manhattan Dancesport Championship, Gary and Diana McDonald. Your team always exceeds the possible expectations for a competition. It was an outstanding organization as usual, beautiful accommodation and of course a wonderful level of dancing throughout the entire competition. It was a pleasure to be a part of such a world class event and judge this competition. Below is my take on the Amateur Latin event.

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New Champions Crowned! Again!

Last night at the US Championships, new champions were crowned in the Professional American Smooth division.

Open Professional Latin – Desert Classic 2016

The Professional Latin was the highlight of the evening. After an exciting final the winners were Justinas Duknauskas & Anna Kovalova. They dominated the final with their performance and left little doubt that they would win. Anna uses her feet beautifully with a superb leg action. 

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Open Professional Smooth – Desert Classic 2016

The semifinal started out with 14 couples and it was brutal to select 7 out of 14.  They were all good, although some better than others, which made it fun to judge.  The first four stood out and then we had to chose three more and be fair to everyone.  It was a nice final, so much so that at times I got carried away enjoying the moment.

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Volunteer State Hosts Global Finale and Star International Latin Tour

 This was an important year for David Medeiros’ Volunteer State Dance Challenge, held in Nashville, TN this past July.  Volunteer was the host for the finale of the Global Series of competitions and the year’s top awards were presented here.  The Global Series is now one of the longest running competition series as it began in 2000 and Volunteer Challenge is a founding member.

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