Dance Talk + Dance Zone - Mark's Corner

Happy birthday wishes to Dorin Delnevo, Louis DelPrete, Bonnie Rowe, Andy Sessa,

Mary Piazza, Diane K Nardone, Patty McConnell,

Dave Muzzi, Kathy Austin, Maria Torres, Debra Hampton,

John Russomanno, Susan Riccio, Ted Kauffman, Harris Sulken and Cat Tito.

Our heart felt condolences go out to Karen Pomager and her family. Her mother

passed away this past week.

Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Dance organizer/DJ/ Singer, birthday boy Louis Del Prete, will be in the LA studio audience for this weeks

"Dancing With The Stars".He is a personal guest of the beautiful dance star Karina Smirnoff. Speaking of DWTS,

rumor is that Olympic athlete Misty May-Treanor will be quitting the show. The beach volleyball player has an injury to her Achilles tendon.

Pictures from Audrey Rigsbee's birthday dance, courtesy of Scott Michielli, http://www1.snapfish.com/shareethumbnailshare/AlbumID=

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Performing to Walk This Way, New Jersey's own, Brian Fortuna and his partners continue to energize Englands version of DWTS

called "Strictly Come Dancing". Here is a video of Brian with Kristina & Haley, performed on the results show in the U.K. last week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF_mk0SGgG0

Every Monday night in October, it's DJ Nelson "Paradise" Roman at Dancesport in NYC. The ultimate hot spot for hustle dancing.

Located at 22 West 34th St. East Entrance 4th Fl between 5th & 6th avenues. http://www.dancesport.com

The 2008 Holiday Spectacular is Saturday night December 6th at the Stardust Ballroom in Bellmawr NJ.. Get ready for the biggest

one night gathering and the annual dance contest when we crown the King & Queen of hustle-plus many surprises. DJ Mark will

be spinning the tunes. Save The Date.

So much to see at the Hustle Hall Of fame. Lots of new videos, pictures and biographies of the hustle legends and the new stars.

Go to http://www.hustlehalloffame.com

November 29th, Saturday night, is the launch of a new monthly dance social hosted by hustle specialist Donna DeSimone at

DanceSport in NYC. Hustle, Swing, Latin and more with DJ Johnny "O". More details coming soon.

Great images from Celie's birthday celebration at Michael's Cafe, courtesy of Fred,
http://whatsnew.fredf.fotki.com/

This weeks edition of DanceTalk is sponsored by the Tampa Bay Classic Swing Dance Championships.

See all the details at http://www.tampabayclassic.com/

Make it a great week,
Ron

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Dance Trivia

* US Professional Latin American Champions Corky & Shirley Ballas held the title for four years in a row from 1986 to 1990.

Corky is now rocking on "Dancing With The Stars".

* In 1982, the hustle preliminary's for the New York Harvest Moonball were held at Roseland. The 12 semi finalists moved

onto the finals in Madison Square Garden. First place winners were Kenny Gonzales & Laudes Jones, 2) Arte Philips & Maria

Torres, 3) Stevie Mitchell & Lisa Ciao, 4) Ron Bess & Lisa Zimmerman.

* Since Tony Dovolani retired undefeated in the Pro American Style Rhythm division, (consumed with Dancing With The Stars),

the new reigning champs are Jose DeCamps & Joanna Zacharewicz from New York.

* The Electric Circus discotheque opened in New York City in 1967. It was one of the first clubs to have a DJ. Downstairs from

the Electric Circus was club "La Dom". It was run by world renown artist, Andy Warhol.

* Napoleon & Tabitha D'Umo (So You Think You Can Dance) have chalked up television & film credits including "Zoey 101," "

The Grammy's," "Billboard Music Awards," "Soul Train" & "Legally Blonde." They choreography for the Chicago Bulls, Orlando

Magic, Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos

* In 1975, Van McCoy staged a disco show at New York's Avery Fisher Hall with a complete orchestra, string section, dancers

and all. This followed the release of his number one song, "The hustle," which later earned him a Grammy.

* Rufus Dustin could do it all. He won the Professional Theatrical title in 1975 with Donna Van Camp then returned to win

again, two years in a row, 1979 and 1980 with Marianne Nicole. Rufus is still active in the dance world and resides in Florida.

* The motion picture "Saturday Night Fever" grossed over $32 million in ticket sales in just the first 26 weeks in 1977. The

movie was rated R when first released and was banned in Malaysia. In 1978 an edited version of the movie was released, rated PG-13.

* Pierre Dulaine introduced his "Dancing Classrooms" to the New York School district. His life was featured in the motion picture

"Take The Lead". The program today is in 233 NY City Public Schools reaching over 30,000 children and in 7 other cities around

the country. In January 2009, they will be adding 6 more cities.

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Its only 5 weeks away. Time to relax in Tampa at the annual Tampa Bay Classic Swing Dance Championships. It all takes place November 13 - 16th, at the Biltmore Hotel & Resort. 4 days of dancing with over 35 hours of social dancing, competitions in Jack & Jill, Pro/Ams,  Classic divisions, Rising Star, Pro Strictly Swing, Invitational Jack & Jill Tournament and Exhibitions. $108.00 per night - 1-800-237-8947The Biltmore Hotel is Sold Out, The Hampton Hotel is the overflow hotel: 1-727-585-3333.   It is 7 minutes away and they offer shuttle service. Event director Phil Dorroll invites you for an unforgettable weekend of dance fun, including the Newcomer Boot Camp, Saturday afternoon at the Pool with volleyball, contests and a cookout. A volleyball Challenge II (Pros vs Ams) and mixed Bag Jack & Jill (Late Night - 1:00 AM), and a Golf Tournament on Monday morning! Check out the talented staff: Robert & Nicola Royston (Robert -Emcee), Jordan Frisbee & Tatiana Mollmann, Parker Dearborn & Jessica Cox, Robert Cordoba & Deborah Szekely, Beata Howe (Chief Judge) , Christopher Hussey & Katrina Branson , Terry Roseborough,
Jason Miklic & Sophy Kdep, Michael Kielbasa & Jen DeLuca , Kevin Fitzhugh & Tammy Brown, Fred & Tina Price, Johnny Permar & Lisa Marion, Shawn Swaithes & Donna Bonham Steinfeld, Keith Gussoni & Celeste Pfefferle , Robin Smith , Mike Topel (Emcee), Doug Rousar, Danielle Blouin,  Rick Weston, Teddy Kern (Judge) , Paul Stewart (Judge), Bill Cameron, Ramiro Gonzales, Brennar Goree & Torri Smith .
Top National DJ's include: Victor Loveira, Ray Coker, Earl Yeomans, April Prince, Bobby Caudill, Fred Price and Kelly Faust
Get out of the cold and into the heat at Tampabay Classic for all the details visit the website.
  http://www.tampabayclassic.com/

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Letters to the Editor
(our goal is to post readers letters twice a month, unfortunately due to space limitations we can not publish them all)

Good morning Ron,
I have been reading your dance report for ever. I wanted to tell you that I checked out the website for Lisa Nunziella and was excited. I didn't know that is who she is. Let me explain. Over the years that I read dancetalk I would see her name pop up. But just figured she was some dancer from California. No big deal. Then I watched that video and said, I can't believe it, that is the girl from Alexis dance studio. I knew her first name as Lisa but didn't realize it was the same person. Very cool. She use to dance with many of my friends and was the smallest girl out there-I also knew one of her dance partners Danny. He was a great person, it is very sad that he is know longer with us. It is great to see that she has accomplished so much.
thanks,
Rosie

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Hi Ron,
That was a nice piece on the discotheques. It brought back some old memories and a club that I had gone to that you did not mention. Plato's Retreat was a crazy club. It was a membership adult club for swingers, not dancers but real swingers. Some of the things that went on there-and too graphic to write about. I worked for a beverage distributor and we delivered there on weekend mornings. The management was very nice and would give us free ViP passes. This place had the most incredible music and sound system. My ears would be ringing for the next week. They also had dancers on Saturday nights do shows. When you talk about wild clubs like Studio 54, they were quite tame compare to this place-was unbelievable.
Regards,
Vinci Togley
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Hi friends-a big thank you to all for celebrating my birthday last week! Special thanks to my good friend Alan for the planning, (and the cake was yummy!)-to Mark for making sure the timing and the music was perfect-to Jen for her thoughtfulness, (cute napkins!)-to Scott for capturing my joy in pictures-to Ron Bess who keeps us all in the know-and to all the guys and gal who made my birthday dance so much fun!
Susan Edelstein

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HELLO RON
I ENJOY YOUR DANCETALK, THANK YOU FOR SENDING IT TO ME. I ATTENDED A GREEK FESTIVAL LAST WEEKEND, DIVISION OF NEW YORK HUNTER COLLEGE. THERE WERE MANY YOUNG COLLEGE DANCERS DOING THE HUSTLE DANCE. THEY WERE REALLY HAVING FUN THE ONLY THING WAS - NOT AS MANY BOY DANCERS TO LEAD THE GIRLS. THE KIDS IN THE FRATERNITIES LOVE TO HOLD PARTIES AND DANCE. I AM A JUNIOR AND IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THEM TO LEARN MORE DANCE STEPS AT SCHOOL.
KEEP UP GOOD WORK,
ELAINE ZHANG

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