Happy birthday wishes to Jamal Rigault, John Glass, Victor Loveira, Michelle Sanchez, Deborah Ford, Caren Casper, Alex Skutza, Deborah Dunay Sassen, and Brenda Petaccio.
This week marks the grim anniversary of the passing of dance extraordinaire - Eddie Vega. A man with a huge heart and limitless talent. "Eddie had power and presence that was unique and mesmerizing. His passion and love for the dance was unmistakable. He was a special individual that touched so many of us. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to know him and work with him". Lisa Nunziella Eddie and Lisa were undefeated on the syndicated television show "Star Search" Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtViG8B_sYM&feature=fvwrel
She was born this week, in 1921 and mesmerized us with her grace and talent on the big screen. No longer with us, Cyd Charisse was one of the finest dancers to bring her skills to the movies.
Ready for something new. Kelvin Roche & Lori Ann Greenhouse are hosting their own social on March 12th at Bet U Can Dance, in East Northport, Long Island. A lesson from 8-9 then dancing from 9-1 with DJ Nelson "Paradise" Roman. The party is entitled, Hustle Salsa Jam, featuring an amateur hustle contest where first place winners receive two weekend passes for IHSC in Orlando. www.worldhustlechampions.com Mark & Karen have been asked to judge.
It's not too late to take part at Mad Jam. The party is going on, right now at the right place. The Sheraton Premiere in Tyson's Corner. It's all about West Coast Swing & Hustle. March 3-6th. Day & Evening tickets are only for sale at the door. www.atlanticdancejam.com
Kudos's to Erik and Anna Novoa on their televised appearance last year to help promote the hustle and social dancing.
Take a peek at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3WXSjio7Og
The Hustle Flash Mobs are popping up everywhere. High five to Erica Smith for creating the lightning poll of enthusiasm throughout the hustle community. The interest level is getting contagious. For more info on the NY Hustle Flash Mob, please contact Jami Josephson-Chace via email at jami@learn2salsa.com. Alaska Hustle Flash Mob contact Liv Froholm via email at dansnorge@gmail.com and/or visit www.wcsalaska.org. Las Vegas Hustle Flash Mob contact Regina Shpigel and Donnie Carl at info@rhythmicsouls.com To see what everyone is talking about go to
www.YouTube.com/hottttcocco
Celebrating dance champion Silvana Gallagher's birthday at Michael's Café this Wednesday night. The party kicks off with a free dance lesson at 8:30PM with Wingo Hom then dance till at least 12:30AM with DJ Mark. Hustle, Swing and ballroom. Never a cover charge and free parking. Located on Street Road in Bensalem Pa. Next week's guest teacher is Joey C. Spread the word.
Here is the season line up for Dancing With The Stars, March 21st, Monday night on CBS.
ˇ Kristie Alley, actress, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
ˇ Wendy Williams, talk show host and Tony Dovolani
ˇ Kendra Wilkinson, reality star and Louis van Amstel
ˇ Petra Nemcova, model and Dmitry Chaplin
ˇ Chelsea Kane, Disney actress and Mark Ballas
ˇ Ralph Macchio, aka Karate Kid and Karina Smirnoff
ˇ Romeo, singer and Chelsie Hightower
ˇ Chris Jericho, pro wrestler and Cheryl Burke
ˇ Sugar Ray Leonard, champion boxer and Anna Trebunskaya
ˇ Hines Ward, pro football and Kym Johnson
ˇ "Psycho Mike" Catherwood, DJ, and Lacey Schwimmer
The Edison Ballroom, will be holding their dance contest. The first of four preliminary rounds taking place on March 18, with the Cha-Cha and Rumba, leading to semi-finals on May 20 with the final on June 3. There will be $7000 in cash and prizes awarded. Also, there are weekly "wild card" events in which the winning couple takes home $300 cash and the runner up wins $100 cash. The dances vary and depending on the night can be Salsa, Swing/Jive, Hustle, Argentine Tango, or West Coast Swing. Open to all amateur dancers. For information, contact the organizer at 718-666-7829.
Enjoy the third and final installment of our 2011 Dance Teacher Directory. See the list below.
This week's edition of DanceTalk is sponsored by the IHSC, taking place March 31 to April 3rd. See all the details below. www.hustleandsalsa.com
Make it a great week,
Ron
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The International Hustle and Salsa Competition
It's only three weeks out till the 12th Annual International Hustle & Salsa Competition. One of the most popular events has moved to another one of the top vacation destinations in the world: Orlando, Florida. A new venture as the 12th annual IHSC takes place March 31 - April 3, 2011. This year's event promises to be even bigger and better than ever, with its new location - The Orlando Marriott World Center Resort.
World dance champions Billy Fajardo and Katie Marlow invite you be part of this new journey. One of the original hustle dance pioneers, Billy created the original Disco Dance Dimensions dance troop that toured the world and were featured weekly on televisions 'Don Kirshners Rock Concert'. The dance company featured Eddie Vega, Lourdes Jones, Hector Berrios, Jackie Cruz, Sandra Rivera, Luis Rivera, Debbie Ferro, Franc. ' Perico' Reyes, Alma Pagon, Victorio, Francine Gonzalez. Billy & Katie have gone on to five dynamic channels - teaching, performing, competing, adjudicators and organizing numerous events, which takes them internationally as well. With years of hands-on experience in the world of dance they have ratcheted up their event to create the most unique partner dance event in the world. The IHSC is a non-stop multi dance festival offers four full days and nights of Workshops, Competitions, Performances and Social Dancing. The incomparable Saturday Night Gala is not to be missed, as is the daily pool party, which in 2011 will take place adjacent to the 1,000,000 gallon plus tropical pool complex at the resort.
The IHSC is an IHDA sanctioned event, giving Hustle dance competitors the opportunity to score points toward overall status and prizes. The World Open Hustle Championship is considered by many to be the most respected title in the Hustle circuit. Last year's competition didn't disappoint, and the 2011 open is promising to be just as amazing. In addition to the full roster of competitions in Hustle, Salsa and West Coast Swing, Ballroom aficionados will have the opportunity to compete in the Pro-Am and Amateur Starlight Rhythms Competition, this year taking place on Saturday.
With three dedicated ballrooms - one each for Hustle, Salsa and West Coast Swing dancers can choose to dance to their hearts content in one style, or move from room to room and experience all three. All three rooms are "dance till you drop" on Friday and Saturday nights, with Triple Threat parties to mix and mingle on Thursday and Sunday nights. Want more? Like golf? Stay and play in the first annual IHSC Golf Tournament on Monday morning.
And if that's not enough - the IHSC is a 5-minute ride to the most famous theme park on the planet: Walt Disney World! With the fabulous negotiated hotel rate of $119 per night (yep, really!), event attendees can stay and play. That means Disney World, Epcot, MGM, SeaWorld, and Universal are just minutes from the hotel. And for all the shoppers, the Orlando Premium Outlet Center and the Florida Mall are just a few minutes away.
For more information and updates, check the IHSC website at www.hustleandsalsa.com or call organizers Billy Fajardo and Katie Marlow at 954-358-0168.
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Dance Teacher Directory
This is the third and final installment of the annual DanceTalk Teacher Directory. A complete comprehensive listing of all the great social dance instructors across the USA. Many of these instructors are prominent members of the Hustle Hall Of Fame as well as dance champions. They come from all over including the birth place of the hustle, NYC to our nation's capital D.C., from the adult playground of Vegas to the beautiful islands of Hawaii. We cover the birth place of our constitution Philadelphia to the Igloos of Alaska, the path of Paul Revere to North Church to the Sunshine state of Florida. We uncover the oil rich talent in Texas and the recovery of historical Louisiana. We stretch to the west coast and the gold rush state of California to the many dance treasures in the garden state of New Jersey. We move to the rock & roll stare of Ohio and span to the peach state of Georgia. We journey to the windy city of Chicago and spin back to the Tea Party fun in Massachusetts. They're all here.
Print out a copy for future reference when traveling or in need of a fine tuned dance pro. The complete 2011 listing will be posted on the website in mid March, visit http://www.mjames.org/ronninstructors.html
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Simone Assboeck
NYC, CT
Licensed Instructor & Adjudicator
Hustle, Salsa, Latin & Ballroom Dances (Private Lessons/Group Classes) 917-459-3990 HustleJam@hotmail.com
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Roberto Pagan
Lodi, New Jersey
Roberto's Dance Studio/ Pioneer Club at Knights of Columbus; 39 Washington St,- 07644; Hustle, Bolero, Cha-Cha, Fox Trot, Mambo, Merengue, Rumba, Salsa, Swing, Tango, Viennese Waltz, WCS, Quickstep, Jive, Paso Doble, Argentine Tango, Lindy Hop, Aerobics.
201.288.1422, robertohustle@yahoo.com www.robertodancestudio.com
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Lisa "Sparkles" Paternoster-Cortes
NDCA Certified Instructor
ZUMBA Certified Instructor
(516)241-3179
www.LisaSparkles.com
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Dara Patrusky-Donolow
Phila., PA
Hustle, WCS, Salsa, Zumba
610-955-4610
Zumbaphiladelphia@live.com
www.zumba.com
www.zumbaphiladelphia.com
darapatrusky@aol.com
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Paul Pellicoro
NY Style Hustle, All styles of Argentine Tango, NY& Palladium Style Mambo, American Style Ballroom & Latin Ten dance International Style Latin & Ballroom
212-307-1111
http://www.dancesport.com
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Bobbi Petri
NYC Area ( Queens, Manhattan, L.I.)
Bobbi Petri's Dance upon a time...., Dance Manhattan Danceuponatime@aol.com http://www.danceuponatime.com
(516) 358-4099
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Celeste Pfefferle
New Orleans, Louisiana
Club Silhouette Dance Studio, Metairie, Louisiana Starlight Ballroom Dance Studio, Metairie, Louisiana Hustle, WCS, Salsa, Theatre Arts
(504) 339-9658 www.hustleneworleans.com celestepfefferle@cox.net
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André Phelps
Upper Darby, PA.
Independent
Hustle & Salsa
610-449-1595
ahpcap@rcn.com
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Donnamarie Portelli
Long Island New York
Hustle Salsa W.C.S.Latin, Ballroom,Adagio, Choreography, Children's Ballroom, Performing Arts PORETLLIDM@AOL.COM (631) 398-8054 www.DonnaMarieDance.com
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Ricky Quintana
New York, Ny
Hustle, Theater Arts, Salsa
(917) 771-1594
rickyq1@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/rickyqdance
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Stephanie Risser
Philadelphia (and Suburbs), PA
Hustle, American Smooth and Rhythm, Latin, WCS, Ballet, Modern (267)303-5277info@stephaniedance.com
www.stephaniedance.com
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Veronica Rocco
West Chester, Ohio
Danse Royale Ballroom Dance Studio, 6929 Tylersville Rd., Suite 17,West Chester, OH 45069 Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Hustle, Salsa, Dancesport...
(513)779-0500 www.danseroyaleballroom.com
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Kelvin Roche & Lori Ann Greenhouse
Farmingville NY
69 Pinedale ave, 11738
Kelvin 908-581-0053
Lori Ann 631-332-8883
www.worldhustlechampions.com
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Zulma Rodriguez
New York City
You Should Be Dancing Studio (Club 412)
Ballroom, Hustle, Salsa On 1 & 2 - Group & Private Lessons
(212) 244-0011 - Studio (212) 706-2443 - Business
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Donna M. Roesel
Hustle, West Coast Swing
Dance Manhattan Dance Studio
39 W 19th St. NY, NY 10011 info@dancemanhattan.com
212-807-0802 - donna@danceisbliss.com 201-475-1208
Luis & Mary Ann Rosa (Latin Dance Connection) Bayside, NY Hustle, Theater Arts, Salsa Affiliation with Dance Sport maryannrosa@verizon.net www.latindanceconnection.com
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Minnie Ruiz
San Diego Ca.
Hustle, Salsa
Spa Aquazul Wellness Center(Hilton San Diego Bayfront) 1 Park Blvd, San Diego Ca 92101 salsaqueen57@yahoo.com
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Gail Rundlett
Boston, MA
Tempo Dance Center
Hustle, Ballroom, Swing, Latin, American & International Styles 617-783-5467, gnrundlett@rcn.com http://www.tempodancecenter.com
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Lisa & Christopher Joe Schaupp
Rockville Maryland
Hustle, West Coast Swing, Lindy, Nightclub Two Step chrisorlisa@yahoo.com
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Jaime Serna
Northern NJ
HUSTLE
(201)362-5275 jaimeaserna@verizon.net
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Sammy Shecter
New York, NY
Hustle, Salsa, Swing
(610) 716-0565
sammy.shecter@gmail.com
www.babalunewyork.com
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Erica Smith "The Hustling Attorney"
DC/MD/VA and at dance conventions across the country.
Available for pro-am competitions, private lessons, group classes, workshops, judging, and more.
Hustle, WCS, Salsa, Hand Dance, Ballet & Lyrical
301-523-1952 ericasmithesquire@yahoo.com www.thehustlingattorney.com
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Julia St. Marie
Las Vegas, NVI
Hustle, Salsa, cha, rumba, american tango, argentine tango WCS, foxtrot, waltz,
702-355-4663 dancestuff4u@earthlink.net
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Joyce Szili
Washington DC Area
Elan DanceSport Center in VA & Rendezvous in MD Specializes in Hustle and HUSTLE ONLY!
301-946-2080 or joycedancr@aol.comwww.justhustle.com
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Gary Ulaner
Los Angeles, CA
Caltech Ballroom Dance Club
Hustle, West Coast Swing, Night Club 2 Step
323-640-0368
ulaner@usc.edu http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ballroom/
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Hazel and Tybaldt Ulrich
Houston, Texas
Hazeltybaldt@mac.com
http://www.Divinedancing.com
646-239-7885
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Kimberly Vanaman
Boston, MA
Tempo Dance Center
Hustle Specialist, plus ECS, Am. style Ballroom, and Jazz Dance.
(617)965-4054, jskg-vanaman@att.net
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George Velazquez
Dacula GA
Hustle, and all ballroom dances, Tango Argentino Since 1973 - George Shows Mambo325@aol.com
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Ricardo Villa
Astoria Queens NY
(646) 526-35-45
RickyRicardo123@aol.com
www.RickySammy.com
www.BabaluNewyork.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 cannot publish them all)
Hey Ron,
How are you? I wanted to stop by and give you an update and to ask you to thank all my dance friends who reached out to me and prayed for me during my surgery and recovery. It has been just about 2 months and I am feeling terrific. I have a "new" leg and am finally, after so many years, pain free. I had the best surgeon at the best hospital who worked a miracle with me. I was on my feet the same day of surgery and walking without a cane within 4 weeks. Thank you so much for all your prayers and concerns as well. I will be back on the dance floor next week!
Love to all....JoJo
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Hey Ron,
It's Fun! It's (relatively) simple to learn. And it's here on Long Island!* (*Yes. Queens in on Long Island.)
Thanks to Joyce Szili and Erica Smith, Hustle is the latest dance to join the flash mob craze. They are planning on premiering the very first Hustle Flashmob, sometime in the next few weeks, in the Washington, DC area. I'm sure scores of people will be learning it and rehearsing it at this weekend's MadJam. So what do we do for all those people who can't travel to DC to participate? I know ALOT of New Yorkers/Long Islanders and those close by in Jersey and Connecticut, would LOVE to do their own local Flashmob. Bobbi Petri and I have already started teaching Joyce and Erica's choreography and been rehearsing small groups to get ready to showcase the routine at a few local events. Hopefully it will build a groundswell of enthusiasm. (The choreography has been graciously posted on the Internet by Erica, so you certainly don't have to come and learn it from us. If you have trouble learning from a video, however, we'd be more than happy to help you learn the routine. And even if you choose to learn it on your own, or somewhere else, why not stop by for a few rehearsals so we get a feel for how many couples are interested in participating, and really polish it up. Remember, practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect! But the fun is, as long as everyone is doing the patterns together at the same time, beginners can have as much fun as the "Top Dogs." No judgments!) If you interested in learning and/or rehearsing, or even just participating in an actual flash-mob with us, email me, Doug Hagwood at DHDanceTeacher@aol.com. Once Joyce and Erica have premiered it, we like to start hitting some Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn malls, public spaces, street fairs, beaches, parks, whatever. Let's get this up and running. Soon. We need the world to see that our dance is not the ridiculous nonsense that reality TV (thanks for nothing Dancing with the Stars) makes it out to be. And we need to change the perception that "Disco" (you too, So You Think You Can Dance) isn't Hustle as well. We've been asking for years how do we expose our dance to new people. Thanks to Joyce and Erica, and the people who originated the FlashMob concept, this is our moment. Let's take full advantage. And remember it's ALL about our dance, not our egos.
Doug
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Hi Ron,
I wanted to mention that I really appreciate when you list the top new dance songs. I enjoy the entire newsletter but love to know what new songs are being played on the air and in night clubs. I live in Braintree, which is right outside of Boston, and there are literally no radio stations (that come in clear) that play the current music. With the down turn of the economy I know longer subscribe to satellite radio. Now, I'm able to down load and use ITunes to hear some of this dance music that I have loved since the early days of disco, Thanks again, Steve Mason
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