Happy Birthday wishes to Doreen
Koons, Debbie Ferro, Jeff Snow, Anthony
Lisotta, Glen Miller and Toni
Seacrest.
The late, great, Eddie Kendricks was born this
week. He lead the group, The Temptations and went on to sing and write
classics like, "Date With the Rain"
Dancing is from the heart. Watch this video and be inspired - for life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=LnLVRQCjh8c
Please note, the IBBG Club has moved their grand
opening dance party back one week to Tuesday, December 18th. No party
on December 11th.
Many thanks to everyone that came out for the 2007 Holiday
Spectacular.
On behalf of Donna Boyle and Ron Bess, we wish you all a Merry
Christmas & Happy Hanukkah. Congratulation to our Dance Contest
winners - Stephanie Risser and Joe Kerner. DJ Mark lit up the new
Stardust Ballroom. More of the highlights in next
weeks
edition of DanceTalk.
Dancing With the Stars is
auditioning youth dance couples (ages
8-14) for a show to air in March, 2008 (must be a USA Dance member to
audition). Contact Angela Prince with USA Dance
(publicity-dir[at]UsaDance.org) immediately with a .jpg photo, bio
& dance achievements/titles, listing couples last names and USA
Dance in the subject line of the e-mail. ABC will cover all expenses
for participants.
Next Monday, Dec 17th, a special 30 years tribute for the anniversary
release of "Saturday Night Fever" at Paul Pellicoro's
Dancesport. Read all about it below.
Can't get enough of dancing and the disco era? Not a whole lot of
dancing going on but you could live in Hustle, Illinois.
Not far from Indiana or Chicago.
Next week in DanceTalk the winners of the 2007 Readers choice
awards, Stay tuned.
This weeks edition of DanceTalk is sponsored by Vai Dance
Studio featuring the Champions Weekend this Friday and New
York's premier DJ, Bobby Morales. Please read below
how to purchase music for the holidays.
Make it a great week,
Ron
Champions
Weekend at Vai Dance Studio
Folks are still raving about the incredible grand opening at Vai Dance.
Silvana Gallagher, proprietor, is ready to deliver a holiday weekend of
dancing featuring the 2006 UCWDC Classic & Showcase Masters
World
Champions Sam & Denise Miller from Friday, December 14th to
Sunday
the 16th. The weekend kicks off with a "Kick Up Your Boots - It's
Country Night" Dance Party & Show, featuring Sam &
Denise. Vai dance studio is the hot new dance studio that
everyone
is talking about. Silvana has shifted into over - drive, surrounding
herself with the top talent. Here is your chance to learn all forms of
country dancing from the best. Sam & Denise will start
off the
night with a 7:30 east coast swing dance lesson prior to the
dance
party and later in the evening Sam & Denise dance a special
performance honoring the soldiers of Iraq. This has been
described as "A brilliant, heart-felt performance. A must
see".
And that is just the start of it. The fun continues on Saturday as Sam
& Denise conduct a fun-filled day of workshops in Waltz, 2-Step
and
Night Club. Later, for our Saturday Night California Mix
Dance
& Party & Show, Sam & Denise do it
again. They will
start off the night with a 7:30 lesson in Cha
Cha and
later that evening, give another incredible performance. So
it
if you can't make their performance on Friday don't miss
Saturday! Now, if that isn't enough, Sam & Denise
will
conduct a 3 hour intensive workshop on the Mechanics of Partnering, (a
three hour intensive course) detailing partnering, lead and follow,
body mechanics, movement, physics, and energy manipulation.
For
private lessons, please call to schedule 610.789.3248.
Silvana has raised the dance standard attracting the best instructors
and teachers to her posh new studio. Known for having dancing in her
DNA, Silvana continues to wow em all over the country. Get into the
holiday spirit and take part in the Champions Weekend. All
the
information you need is right at your fingertips at
http://www.vaidance.com.
Times, prices and preregistration discounts are available
on-line. Don't miss out on this event. Vai Dance
Studio 801
West Chester Pike Havertown, PA 19083
.610.789.3248 215.815.1219
DJ Bobby Morales
World renowned hustle DJ Bobby Morales, is
making available to
DanceTalk readers his entire collection of legendary mixed hustle CDs.
As many of you familiar with Bobby's work already know, his impressive
DJ and dancing resume spans over 30 years. It is a true testament of
his evolution of the music and dance he's lived and loved since the
origin of hustle in the early 70s. Bobby was at the forefront of the
original Hustle USA competitions, spear headed the summer Lincoln
center events, was honored by the readers of DanceTalk as the best DJ
and appeared in many motion pictures including "Carlitos Way". He was a
major part of hustles resurgence in the 90s and continues to be
recognized by many as hustles premiere DJ. His unique and creative
style of mixing has brought Bobby the respect and admiration of DJs and
dancers everywhere, and these amazing mixes are used by dance
instructors and DJs all over the world. Normally only available at
national and New York hustle events that Bobby has headlined (over the
past 15 years) he will be taking CD orders just in time for the holiday
season at the 2007 price of only $10 each! His incredible catalog
consists of over 80 volumes to choose from, each over 70 minutes of
nonstop music. It breaks down into 30 volumes of some of the greatest
hustle dance classics ever; 5 volumes of the popular œDisco
Meets
House? collection, remixed classics that give a fresh twist to some of
the all-time great dance tunes; and 45 volumes of his visionary
œThis Is New Hustle?. This collection introduces cool, jazzy
and
sophisticated contemporary music to the hustle dance genre, mixed in
Bobby's trademark style, while laying the template for the new music
current and future dancers will be hustling to, now and for years to
come. This is a limited time offer. To place an order, please address
all your inquiries directly to Bobby at djbobbymo@aol.com
or myspace.com/djbobbymorales. All orders placed before
December
20th will be guaranteed delivered before Christmas. Orders of 3 or more
CDs will also receive free shipping. So if you're looking to upgrade
your personal music collection or to give the ideal stocking stuffer
for that certain dancer or music lover, this is a great opportunity not
to be missed. Experience Bobby LIVE, Dec 18th along side resident DJ
Johnny V at the crazy Donkey's X-mas party in L.I. Dec 28 with Nelson
"Paradise" Roman for the Pre-New Years Gala at Stepping Out Dance
Studio in NYC.
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