Tickets – for lower fees contact the Portland Opera Box office M-F/9a-5p
503-241-1802
or go through Ticketmaster at 800-982-ARTS or ticketmaster.com

I’m writing to get the word out to Ballroom Enthusiasts about a wonderful new opportunity coming February 4-6 of 2011, the first Celebrity Dance Camp! This will be a three-day dance camp in Burbank, California, with 36 workshops, all being taught by celebrity pros from shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and “So you think you can Dance.” The current line up of teachers includes:

Tony Dovolani
Cheryl Burke
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Chelsie Hightower
Elena Grinenko
Mark “Corky” Ballas
Paul Barris
Yesenia Adame
Heidi Groskreutz (now Burns)
Hillary Flemming
And more are being added soon!

Read more…

After classes each day there will be Parties, Live Bands, DJs, and a Saturday night Show by the Pros!

We also realize that a studios and ballroom groups are often like little families, and we’d like to help them come as groups. We’ve instituted group sales to further lower the cost for studios and enthusiasts wanting to travel together. The group organizer need only order tickets through the group option and under their name. Then at registration, that organizer will need to designate to the Camp who each ticket is for. This can either allow you as the organizer to cover the effort of organizing your dancers, or allow you to just pass the further savings onto your group, as well as providing for last minute substitutions should the group require it.

In addition, use the Promotional Code CDC-AS390 to get the tickets at a further 10% discount!

I also have a PDF that you can use to inform others in whatever way you please. If you’d like me to forward it on to you, simply send me an email at wsparish@yahoo.com.

For more information, please visit www.ballroomdancechannel.ning.com and click on the Celebrity Dance Camp link!

Thank you much for taking the time to read this and I hope all is well for you!

Sincerely,

Billy Parish
Producer, Celebrity Dance Camp

To view the full gallery (636 photos!) and order prints, please contact Studio Krasa.

There is an old Eskimo saying that “free is a very good price.” Well, on September 18th, free is what you will get, as in dance lessons. Portland #1006 is sponsoring the annual “Day of Dance,” where we offer dance lessons in Rumba, Waltz, East Coast-West Coast Swing, Salsa, Foxtrot, and who knows what else will come up. This is our way to introduce to those intrepid souls who have always wanted to dance, but were rather timid about it, to actually get a lesson or two, or three, or all of them! Within the relaxed casual setting of the Scottish Rite Temple, this is the day where the newcomer or beginner can be exposed to a variety of dances taught by some of Portland’s best professional dance instructors, who have volunteered their services for free! You know someone who so wants to learn to dance, so, tell them about the Day of Dance!

The activities begin at 10:00am, concluding at 4:30pm. A short break follows before the hot Salsa lesson at 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Then we have our general dance party, from 8-11pm. There is a charge for this evening dance party. $7 for members of USA Dance, $10 for nonmembers. All in all, you will be assured of having a great time with fellow dancers of all ages and levels. It’s the beauty, energy, poetry of dance that gets us all involved. And let’s not forget the socializing with new found friends, renewing old friendships, and just having a wonderful day/evening at our Day of Dance!

And to top it off, there will be a couple of hot and exciting Salsa showcase performances courtesy from pro instructor Bree Blevins!
So come on! Tell your family, friends, co-workers, fellow coffee drinkers, everyone you meet! This is the Day of Dance and the lessons are FREE!

Roy F. Aveling
roy@portlandballroomdancers.com

This is a big THANK YOU to ALL of you, those who volunteered to register the dancers, who sat throughout the comp at the snack bar/table, who kept the dancers in line/on time as deck captains, who made sure dancers complied with the dress code, took the cash, checked the admissions, made sure that the adjudicators were comforted. I can go on and on. It is the volunteer that makes for a successful organization host a successful event. Without them, all is lost, for naught.

Well done volunteer. Thank you.

Roy F. Aveling, Pres.
Portland #1006
USA DANCE

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This month’s meeting will be at the Aveling home. Please contact us if you would like to attend.

Gerald Cosby will be teaching Waltz from 7:30-8:30 PM.

General dancing (DJ’d by Mark Richman, A.K.A. The Portland Dancing Fool™) from 8:30 PM to 12:00 AM.

Every first and third Saturday except where otherwise mentioned.

Paradise Ballroom
826 SE Belmont St
Portland, Or

Admission:
$8 Adult
$5 Students

College Night is for the young and the young at heart. Bring someone who has never been to College Night and you’ll get in for free! For more info, contact Mark Richman.

Upcoming Dates and Instructors
July 17th: Canceled – River City Ball at Scottish Rite!
August 21st: Gerald Cosby – Waltz
September 18th: Cancelled – Day of Dance at Scottish Rite!