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In the Open Amateur Ballroom Vladislav Komieldov & Alexandra Sevastianova from Canada took second 3,2,2,2,2. Samuel Hacke & Katarina Hermanova were third with 2,3,3,3,3; Eric Linder & Shelly Meshkausk placed fourth 4,5,4,4,5; Alec Zhiwel Zhang & Zhuoshi Xie were fifth 5,4,5,5,4; Jonathan Test & Sarah-Eve Roberge from Canada took all 6’s, Keith Claeys & Shen Ning were seventh 7,7,7,7,8, and Danny Vazquez & Marissa Pioso were eighth 8,8,8,8,7.
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The Open 2 “B” Scholarship in these smooth divisions went to Selene Steelman w/ Travis Tuft, with these marks 1,1,2,1, second went to Jennifer Hoffman w/ Dave Hannigan 2,2,1,2, and third in all dances was awarded to Careen Friedlnad w/ Slava Kostianets. The Open 1 “B”, went to Careen Friedland w/ Slava Kostianets with these scores 1,1,1,2, second was awarded to Kristine Riemer w/ Erik Pali 2,2,2,1, third was Leyanis Guevara w/ Alex Sharov and they took third in all dances.
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In the Open International Ballroom Scholarships, danced on Sunday the Pro-Am “C” , winner was Sibyl Yang w/ Rudy Homm, in all dances. In the second place overall Paula Sullivan w/ Erik Pali 2,2,2,3,2, and in third place overall Kako Matsumoto w/ Basil Issaev 4,3,3,2,3.
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The DBDC
The meaning of greatness: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” (Zig Ziglar)
A few years back, the DBDC started as a competition that would embody tradition and innovation. Yesterday was a perfect example at the DBDC - beautiful ballroom, incredible dancing, great socializing, and best of all, fantastic participation.
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From fourth down in this exciting Latin, things got a little more varied Nikita Malakhov & Nadezda Vlasova placed fourth with a variety of marks 4,4,5,4,5. Fifth place went to the newest professional addition, Pasha Stepanchuk & Gabriella Sabler 5,5,4,5,4 and we must point out that Pasha & Gabriella were last year’s winners of the “Dance Beat Dance Off” at the DBDC. This year’s Dance Beat Dance Off will also include the Ballroom style competing head to head with the Latin style in the amateur field. Sixth place in this amazing Professional Latin final went to Stanislav Savich & Nicole Prosser 6,6,6,6,6, they too were perfectly fitted in this final the only complaint from the peanut gallery was their light colored outfits which by the end were sweat stained. Dance Beat suggestion for Stanislav & Nicole’s - “clever idea but perhaps needs to be developed to fans’ expectations.”
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Another excellent performance was that of Yegor Novikov & Aleksandra Smirnova whose beautiful “outreach” looked tremendous from the balconies making it all look as if Aleksandra was floating or flying. All fourth places in all four dances were awarded to them. Another terrific performance was by Segiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab who placed fifth in all dances. It was a great to see Slava Kostianets & Valeriia Kostianets back on the DBDC ballroom and floor and this time this brother and sister team placed sixth in three dances and seventh in the Foxtrot. Seventh overall was awarded to Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Sarika Hudson with 7,7,6,7.
In the Open Scholarships for Rhythm the results were:
A Open 1 – 1. Eliza DiNoia w/ Dave Hannigan 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Jennifer Crown w/ Matthew Shimizu 4,3,2,2,2; 3. Chase Rhinesmith w/ Samantha Gendreau 2,2,3T,3,4.
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B Open 2 – 1. Giovanni Fortezza w/ Jolanta Mosteika 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Jill Winters-Bougard w/ Matt Hauer 2,2,2,2,2; 3. Krista Hughes w/ Michael Petr 3,3,3,3,3.
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C Open 2 – 1. Joan Goddard w/ Andrew Escolme 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Gail Komar w/ Sergiy Komar 2,2,2,2,2; 3. Krista Hughes w/ Michael Petr 3,3,3,3,3.
C1 Open 1 – 1. Faye Mattachione w/ Timor Valdman 1,2,1,1; 2. Leslie McLeod w/ Melbin De La Cruz 2,1,2,2; 3. Vivian Zamel w/ Marcio Desouza 5,3,3,4.
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And here are the Open Latin results:
A Open – 1. Celene Parragh w/ Joseph Paragh 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Katrinka Geslani w/ Nikita Malakhov 2,2,2,2,2; 3. Anvelyn Pi w/ Pasha Stepanchuk
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C Open – 1. Loraine Peoples w/ Genya Bartashevich 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Joan Goddard w/ Andrew Escolme 2,3,2,3,3; 3. Jelena Jevaljevic w/ Danillis Kutuzovs 4,4,3,2,2.
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