This is the first time DSI is webcasting Blackpool Festival. I understand they did this successfully for Blackpool Junior Festival last month....
One moment I was close to giving up. ♥ ♪ The next moment brings rainbows and roses, ♥ ♫ such is the wonder of dance.
Would basic styling do, Cindy?
dgarstang said: ↑ Social dancing, ie doing basics over and over holds no interest for me. Nowadays in WDC-run latin world championship, every...
Last year the Festival began with a bang with 78 degrees Fahrenheit, May 26th being Blackpool's hottest day of 2012. This year the entire 9 days...
Household appliances and furniture have rights too. Was the stool fractured? Suggest next time to vent your rage by dancing a jive, kicking thin...
No, only for raindance.
Please, Tangotime, don't let the truth get in the way of colorful poetry -- the figure I quoted came from the best people, namely: To return...
The ultimate question is, which city has the most number of over-50 teachers eager to work for $7 an hour all weekend, who can teach quickstep at 200...
The word is question carries legal and political overtones willy-nilly, if not social overtones of us and them, local and outsider. I wonder if...
Thanks for firsthand info. You lived through it? You survived watching Len dance :D :D :D ? I believe the difference is that in the Far...
Not just in USA, but I gather in Hong Kong and China Pro-Am is huge and prestigious. Gaynor Fairweather teaching in Hong Kong said she is...
The likes of Wikipedia keep mentioning Len as having won a "championship" then retiring from competition. My googling can never pin down what...
Financially successful dancers and teachers have mass appeal, not just among a select group of dedicated dancers. Today this means TV exposure...
No-one told transatlantic Len Goodman this, 10 short years ago. The reference below to winning Blackpool would be about Brits-only Comp in...
In last year's London Olympics the motto was "Faster, higher, stronger". A prize for the best partner dance motto. My entry: "More beautiful, more...
In 1952-3, at the time of Singing in the Rain and Bandwagon, Cyd Charisse was age 30, Gene Kelly 40, and Fred Astaire 53. On DWTS and Strictly Come...
Thanks for free audit. Corrected Beats per Minute list below (WDC/WDSF MPM x beats per bar), rounded to the nearest 10 to highlight differences:...
:D A baby. Josephine Bradley was teaching beyond age 85, Walter Laird beyond 90. This thread is exploding :D , not unhelped by my 2 howlers.
I believe WDC sets ballroom tango at 33 MPM, WDSF at 31-33. 4 x 32 gives 128 -- round numbers to give ballpark comparison between dances....
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