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JULY DANCE
Sunday,
July 27 , 2008
2:00-5:00 P.M.
Music by Fried Gipson
West Coast Swing Lesson with Chris Bailey and Melissa Foti
2:00-2:30
Members $7, guests
$10,
students with ID $5
Dress Code:
Nov-Mar: dressy (coat and tie, dress or dressy pants.
Apr-Nov: dressy casual
Dancers of All Ages are Welcome.
LOCATION
Homewood Senior Center
205-943-0018.
For information Madrene Roberts
(205) 252-7297
dmyroberts@yahoo.com
or visit
www.renez.com/birminghamballroom
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2008 Homewood Dance Marathon
Everybody is hard at work to launch the 2008 Homewood Dance
Marathon to be held September 26-28, 2008. Come and celebrate
National Ballroom Dance and support the Homewood Senior Center.
There will social dances,
exhibitions, and more than 20 workshops for beginners,
intermediate and advanced dancers.
Click here for more information
Flyer
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Workshops
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Registration Form.
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So you think you can dance
The 2008 season of this popular dance program has
debuted on Fox. Visit the official website for all the
details
www.fox.com/dance
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BENEFITS OF USA DANCE MEMBERSHIP
BBDA is much more than simply
a social Dance Club. It is a Chapter of USA Dance, Inc., which along
with all the other chapters works toward bringing more dancing to
people and more people to dancing to share all its fun and joy and
the friendships to be made.
How does a USA Dance chapter stand out - what else does a chapter do
beyond just social dances?
1. For only $25.00 national annual dues, you are part of the
premiere national dance association. As a member you have an open
invitation to the activities of any local chapter. In fact the
schedule of most chapters is posted on the USA Dance national
website. (www.USABDA.org) USADance has over 200 active chapters.
When you travel you have instant dance friends and contacts in
nearly every major city. Simply contact the Chapter at your
destination and find out where you can go dancing. When you get
there you get to attend the chapter functions at the lower member
rate.
2. Members receive 6 issues of "Amateur Dancer" per year. With this
magazine you can be informed about the world of amateur ballroom
dance, dance products, and dance events.
3. You are invited to join dance cruises offered and organized
exclusively for USADance members and guests.
4. There are large, statewide and regional social dances and dance
weekends sponsored by larger Chapters for USA Dance members.
5. By providing dance exhibitions and lessons to all age groups we
spread the joy of dancing.
6. Our chapters encourage skill improvement, and donate our time to
encourage non-dancers to get involved in dancing. We encourage
particular attention to students in schools and colleges.
7. Members may attend and enter USADance competitions as a social or
competitive dancer.
8. USADance has been selected by the U. S. Olympic Committee to be
the governing board for ballroom dance competition (known as
Dancesport) in the USA. The goal is for dance competition will be
included in future Olympic Games.
In doing all these things we and our fellow USA Dance members help
to spread the awareness of how much dancing can enrich a person's
life. Ballroom Dance helps people find new social contacts, better
health, more fun, increased physical activity, and a more positive
mental outlook. … Come join us!
For information about chapters in Area IV where BBDA is located, go
to www.usadance6.org.
Shannon Ritchie |
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Outreach Program
As part of its
continuing outreach program, BBDA members demonstrated various dance
styles at the Brookwood Mall on May 28, 2008. Ray Newman provided the
music.
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Scholarships offered
The
Birmingham Chapter of USA Dance offered 4 Scholarships
of $125.00 each
at the 2007 Southeastern Regional Championships held in
Atlanta.
Dalibor and Daniela Vavra won the Adult Silver Rhythm
event among a
field of 8 competitors.
John
Mason and Angela Oh Park, won the Adult Silver Latin
scholarship
of $125.00, over 17 other
competitors. They also won Adult Novice Rhythm in a
field of 10, and Silver Adult
Standard in a field of 11.
Dalibor and Daniela Vavra live in Nashville, Tennessee.
They were
born in the Czech Republic and
have been here in the USA for about 16 years.
Dalibor is a master electrician and Daniela is a nurse.
They both say that they
"stumbled" into dance. The couple found such a love for
dancing that they practice nearly every night.
They take dance lessons in Nashville from Shalene
Archer Ermis for smooth and
David Madieros for Rhythm. This couple is wonderful to
watch and
full of life and energy.
John Mason and Angela Oh Park are both students of Wayne
and Marie
Crowder. Both are in school.
Angela is a medical student at the University of
Virginia. She is 22 years old
and is specializing in surgery. John Mason is 16
years old and lives in
Charlotte, North Carolina. He is in Junior High School.
This couple danced their
firstcompetition together in February 2006 in Knoxville
Tennessee. John's first
competition was the 2006 Ohio
Star Ball, while Angela's was the 2005 Southeastern
Regional in Atlanta.
This pair can only practice on weekends since she is in
Virginia and studying medicine, while he is in
CHarlotte in Junior High school. They are a
couple to keep your eye on.
They will
go very far if their schedules permit them to keep
dancing.
Both couples made a point of offering their appreciation
to our chapter for the scholarships
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Dancers of all ages are welcome.
Dress Code: Nov.-Feb.: Coat
& Tie, Mar.-Oct.: Dressy Casual
Admission to monthly dances: Members:$7, Guests: $10, Students $5
For more information contact Madrene Roberts
(205) 252-7297 dmyroberts@yahoo.com
Directions to Homewood Senior Center
From I-65 South
- Going south toward Montgomery: Take the first
West Oxmoor exit, Exit 256, about 2.5 or 3 miles past
downtown Birmingham. Turn right and merge into the
center lane and then the left lane. Take the
strange left fork at first traffic light, just
past
Country Hearth
Inn & Suites (Old Holiday
Inn) on right. At 2nd light, turn left onto Oak
Grove Road. Go to first building on right. At
this light Weygand Surveyors is on left. New
Bogues Restaurant No. 2 (old Florida Grill) and
old ice skating rink are on
right.
From I-65 North
- Going north toward Birmingham: Take Oxmoor Road
exit, Exit 256. Turn left. Go under I-65
Interstate, and thru 2 lights. Take the strange
left fork at the first traffic light just past Country
Hearth Inn & Suites (Old
Holiday Inn) on
right. At third light, turn left onto Oak
Grove Road. Go to first building on right. At
this light Weygand Surveyors is on left. New
Bogues Restaurant No. 2 (old Florida Grill) and
old ice skating rink are on
right.
Going South On Greensprings Highway - Pass
Valley Avenue, then Oxmoor Road, then Lovoy's, Mazer's,
McDonald's, KFC. Turn right onto Raleigh Avenue.
Go until it deadends at Oak Grove Road. Turn left
and then turn into first driveway on right.
On 280 Going Toward Downtown Birmingham -
Take Hollywood exit just past Hamilton Inn and Wendys on
right. Turn left onto Oxmoor Road. Go
several miles. Go under I-65 Interstate, and thru
2 lights. Take the strange left fork at the first
traffic light just past Country Hearth Inn & Suites (Old
Holiday Inn) on right. At third
light, turn left onto Oak Grove Road. Go to first
building on right. At this light Weygand Surveyors
is on left. New Bogues Restaurant No. 2 (old
Florida Grill) and
old ice skating rink are on right.
Map
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Outreach - Birmingham Public Library - Brown Bag
Luncheon
On
Wednesday Sept 12, members of BBDA conducted an
outreach program for the Brown Bag Series at the
Birmingham Public Library. This is the third year
the Library has requested we entertain the lunch
group with a lecture and demonstration of Ballroom
Dance.
Madrene Roberts, president of BBDA, told the group
present about the origins of 6 ballroom dances.
Demonstrating the dances were: Curt and Wendy
Johnson, Rene Zgraggen, Suzie Robbins, Stan and
Brenda Digerness, Ron Stutts, Robyn White and Woody
Holloway.
After the lecture/demonstration, Curt and Wendy
Johnson taught the basic steps of three dances that
were requested by the audience. They were Foxtrot,
Cha Cha and East Coast Swing.
CLICK ON ANY PICTURE SO SEE IT FULL SIZE
From top
left: Class, Class, Curt & Wendy, Rene & student,
Ron & Robyn, Ron & student, students, students, Suzy
& Rene, Suzy & Rene.
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