We had a fun International Team Match and what we considered the best event of the week, the Open Amateur Ballroom.
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The couples placing 4th – 6th were also super talented and they were: Bartosz Lech & Kornelia Kopaczynska (Poland) 5,4,4,5,4; Nicolai Bouet & Anna Shagalina (Denmark)4,5,5,4,6; Daniel Sverrir Gubjornssin & Soley Osk Himarsdottir (Iceland) 6,6,6,6,5.
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4th Malachi Osai & Freda Chan 5,4,4,5,4; 5th Alexandre Nabiullin & Valeriya Ryabova 4,5,5,4,5; 6th Levan Nabiullin & Lily Kolman 6,6,6,6,6,6.
The Open Smooth was almost a re-run of the RS from the night before. Sovetov/Mkrchthian 1,1,1,1; Hannigan/Koshleva 2,2,2,2; Azarov/Makarenko 4,4,3,3; Pickering/Botes 3,3,4,4; Scalizi/Gilday 5,5,5,5.
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The Fordney Foundation Youth and U/21 divisions were again well-supported. In tonight’s Karol Sledz & Alicja Staskiewicz from Poland won the Youth Ballroom and last night’s Open Amateur Latin winners, Kristinn Thor Sigurdsson - Lilja Run Gisladottir (Iceland) also won the U/21 Latin tonight.
The Eastern 2019 was a busy event, especially in the Amateur divisions and although today we woke up to snow, the weather behaved well while we were in the beautiful city of Boston.
An International Affair on the River
Dance Beat is currently attending the Eastern US Championships, organized by Mark Nocera and held at the beautiful Marriott Long Wharf in downtown Boston.
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4th went to Andrey & Amanda Besyedin (USA) 5,4,3,4,4; 5th Bruno Rocha & Barbara Marques (Portugal) 4,6,6,5,8; 6th Andriey Vitenko & Karolina Loukhinikov ((USA) 7,5,5,6,7; 7th Erik Linder & Shelly Meshkausk (USA) 8,7,7,7,5; 8th Yevgenii Orlov & Maryna Yerina (USA) 6,8,8,8,6.
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4th went to Tomas Vasicek & Vitalija Tyrnova 4,4,4,4,4; 5th Kemar Bennett & Jessica Nicol 5,5,5,5,5; 6th Artem & Ginny Rae Shiller 6,6,6,6,6.
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4th went to Sergey Izyumov & Oksana Zaver 6,3,4,4,5; 5th Riccardo Conte & Eleonora Filippi 5,5,5,5,4; 6th Mykhailo Anufriiev & Anna Vietrynska 4,6,6,6,6.
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Mention must also be made of the star show performed by Polish Champions and Blackpool Finalists, Sergiu & Dorata Rusu. They performed a compact and tight show of the 5 ballroom dances with not too much time between dances. This kept the show moving and the audience entertained.
Tonight we will see an international amateur team match, plus Open Amateur Ballroom and Open Pro Latin and Smooth. Stay tuned for more!