Hi!
February 19th Dance at Wightman School: We had a terrific dance with well over 100 dancers, our best attendance ever! Many thanks to Amanda Wolf for the rumba session and the great music; Christine Zona who organized the mini competition and spoke about how national competitions are organized and Jim Page who MC’d; and the 13 collegiate and five adult couples who plan to compete in the USA Dance National Ballroom DanceSport Championships at the Wyndham Grand Hotel; April 1-3; and who preformed 30-second round of multiple dance and styles. Great energy and good dancing!
Local Volunteers Still Needed for 2, 4 and 8 hour shifts especially in the evenings and on Sunday! Our website, USA Dance Pittsburgh Chapter 3007 now has a fillable registration form, thanks to John Siefken, which you should fill out, save as a PDF and e-mail to Eva Maschak, emaschak4@gmail.com, who is scheduling everyone. There’s also a description of the tasks and the incentives for daily 3-or 8-hour shifts. A Zoom call is being scheduled for March 5 at 10:00 am for registered volunteers to answer questions. If it goes well, we’ll schedule another.
Social Dance on Friday from 5-7 pm. USA Dance Pittsburgh is hosting a Social Dance for $10.00. John Siefken will be the DJ. Admission fee is included in the Evening Session ticket if you plan to stay.
Tickets to Watch Dancing Throughout the Competition. Two sessions each day are tentatively scheduled for 8 am – 5 pm and 7 – 11 pm. Daytime sessions on Friday include Adults, Seniors and Professional/Amateur couples; on Saturday, Collegiate, Youth under age 18 and Adult, and on Sunday, Collegiate, Youth and Adult plus Collegiate Team Match. Highlights of the Evening session on Friday include highest level mix of Youth, Collegiate, Adult, Seniors, Pro/Am and Professional dancers; on Saturday, Collegiate Team Match and Professionals; and on Sunday, Junior, Youth, Adult Showdance, 9 and 10 Dance and Seniors. Spectator tickets are available online for each Session; a Weekend Pass; the Collegiate activities; Workshops; and the Social Dance. Tickets sold after March 30 will be more expensive. Please go to www.usadancenationals.org for tentative schedules and ticket prices.
Our Next Dance is MARCH 19 at the KEITH HOLMES VFW IN CORAOPOLIS. Carlos and Liz Blandino-Lopez will teach Bachata and Mark Boucher will DJ. Spectator tickets will be on sale. USA Dance members get a $5.00 discount. Hope to see you there!
Our next DINNER DANCE will be at the EDGEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB on APRIL 16.
Jane Downing, President USA Dance Pittsburgh Chapter #3007