DanceSport
USA Dance Los Angeles County’s Alexandra Caluen keeps you up-to-date on all things DanceSport. Check back here often for news and updates.
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: THE NATIONAL QUALIFYING EVENTS and why you should attend – or compete
Several of our chapter’s professional members are serving as staff and/or adjudicators for the Orange County chapter’s February 4 Regional Championships. Many of our DanceSport Athletes will be competing. How can everyone else get involved? Volunteer! Competitions need front-desk staff just like social dances do. Competitions also have other volunteering needs, from runners to changing-room ...
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USA Dance Athletes Set to Entertain Spectators Atop Kit-Cat Float in 2012 Tournament of Rose Parade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – USA Dance DanceSport athletes will entertain millions of parade watchers worldwide this January when the Kit-Cat® Clock float rolls down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, Calif. during the 2012 Tournament of Roses® Parade. Kit-Cat Clocks, one of the best known household decorating items, is celebrating its 80th anniversary as ...
Read More »HOLIDAY BALL and USA DANCE: VOLUNTEERING
By Alexandra Y. Caluen Many of our chapter members follow, and participate in, the array of classes, performances, examinations, and more coming out of Nadia’s Rhythm Room. Nadia Eftedal herself will be teaching for the chapter’s December 4 Holiday Ball. But Nadia is hosting a Holiday Ball of her own: the 2011 Holiday Ball Dance ...
Read More »Membership Updates For 2012
USA Dance October 28, 2011 TO ALL USA DANCE ATHLETE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Membership Updates For 2012 USA Dance would like to inform all of our athlete and professional members that the Governing Council has voted to approve an important, but modest dues increase commencing December 31, 2011, and that beginning January 1, 2012 our athlete and ...
Read More »GETTING READY FOR USA DANCE NATIONALS … LOS ANGELES 2013!
By Alexandra Y. Caluen Do you read me? www.ombailamos.com Nationals 2013 … wait a minute; aren’t we skipping a year? Not at all! Some of our chapter’s Athletes are already working on their competition routines for Nationals 2012 in Baltimore. They’ll be competing at the February 4, 2012 NQE (National Qualifying Event) hosted by USA ...
Read More »ENTERING A COMPETITION: HOW TO CHOOSE EVENTS
By Alexandra Y. Caluen Do you read me? www.ombailamos.com There is one big, important difference between competitions sanctioned by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and those sanctioned by USA Dance: USA Dance is run by and for amateur dancers. Any USA Dance competition designated as a “Championship” will include multi-dance syllabus events in ...
Read More »Athletes, Raise Your Voice!
By Alexandra Caluen Do you read me? www.ombailamos.com If you asked many of our chapter members what the purpose of USA Dance is, they might not have a ready answer. Most would probably say it’s a social club. But that is not nearly all. The purpose of USA Dance is multi-faceted. The National mission includes ...
Read More »KICK START – DANCESPORT – JULY 2011
By Alexandra Caluen – Director for DanceSport Announcing the Formation of the DanceSport Committee New to USA Dance Los Angeles County, open to 5-10 volunteers. Mission of the Committee: to support and promote the DanceSport Athletes of USA Dance and of our chapter. Meeting schedule: Friday, August 19, 2011 Friday, October 14, 2011 Friday, January ...
Read More »Official Release from USA Dance Inc. Regarding NDCA Suspension 7-13-11
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 TO: ALL MEMBERS OF USA DANCE, OUR ASSOCIATES, SUPPORTERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE DANCE COMMUNITY AT LARGE FROM: President Lydia Scardina, On Behalf of USA Dance, Inc, Official Release from USA Dance Inc. Regarding NDCA Suspension 7-13-11 USA Dance wishes to inform you about actions taken at the recent National Dance Council ...
Read More »Message from President Lydia Scardina Regarding NDCA and USA Dance
Issued July 12, 2011 To all Members of the Dance Community: Many of you are undoubtedly concerned about the action which the NDCA took on Saturday, July 9th to suspend the membership of USA Dance. In doing so, the NDCA has acted in haste, which has caused turmoil and confusion among the members of both organizations. ...
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