*Good Afernoon! Welcome to the *________________________________________! * (Tell (Tell something about the history o the dance contest.) * *All dancing consists o just our basic stes erormed in di"ering a#erns and rhythms. $irst is the %al& just li&e %al&ing. 'et is the roc& ste %hich is a + bac& and or%ard mo,on Third is the bo ste %hich mo-es in a suare using a slo% slo% uic& uic& rhythm and /nally the trile ste %hich is a **+0** or rightlef right a#ern. *
* (They dance a + minute rou,ne to their selected music then lea-e the stage afer bo% and during alause) * *All dancers you see today are rom the ___________ area and are amateur social or come,,-e dancers and members o **D4A** 2A';9. D4A 2A';9 has se-eral categories and le-els o dancers including many beginners. The only reuirement or membershi is that a dancer must be an amateur and not a aid roessional dancer. Teachers %hich are roessionals roessionals may join D4A 2A';9 only as an associate member and suorter.
* *The 1allroom 2ances can be di-ided into t%o categories3 4mooth and 5hythm. The 4mooth 2ances include the 4lo% Walt6 7iennese Walt6 Tango $otrot and 8uic&ste %hich mainly ha-e their roots in the -arious 9uroean cultures. The 5hythm dances include 4%ing 2isco and the numerous :a,n 2ances %hich all ha-e their roots in the Arican:a,n;aribbean cultures. Today %e %ill be erorming dances or you rom the 5hythm ;ategory. * * *?@s as a slo%ed do%n ambo the ;ha ;ha gathers its ersonality character rhythm and charm rom t%o major dance sources. While it is deri-ed rom the ambo because o the :a,n music it is also related to the 4%ing by using the + **+0** rhythm. * *Berorming *Berorming our ;ha;ha %e ha-e and her artner * *. ha-e been dancing together about yearsC *
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*'et %e %ill resent the Basa 2oble. The Basa 2oble is a roud dance that reresents a bull /ght. The male dancer symboli6es the atador and the lady is his cae. This eci,ng symbolism is matched in the choreograhy by drama,c mo-es and oses adding to the sectacular nature o the dance.
4ince the =K?@s 4%ing dancing has e-ol-ed into se-eral orms %hich include The 9ast ;oast 4%ing the ounda,on or all 4%ing dances 2isco oular in the L?@s and seci/cally called the ustle and the West ;oast 4%ing a more recent and highly oular -ersion o the 4%ing. * * The 9ast ;oast 4%ing is reuently reerred to as the Trile 4te 4%ing because it is eecuted %ith a **+0** oot a#ern. 1ut the 9ast ;oast 4%ing is also erormed as a single count s%ing %hen danced to -ery ast music or to hel beginners learn the dance. The basic stes are simle but dancers are -ery inno-a,-e as they add styling and -aria,ons. $or our 9ast ;oast 4%ing %e are bringing bac& our ;ha ;ha dancers . * * (They dance a + minute rou,ne to their selected music then lea-e the stage afer bo% and during alause) * *1esides the come,,-e asect our local chater hosts ree classes or beginners at our monthly social dances. All dances are smo&e and alcohol ree. Iou are in-ited to -isit our membershi table to learn more about membershi or the dances. 1e ginners o all ages are -ery %elcome and encouraged to join. A beginner today is the -ery good dancer o tomorro%. * * The ustle is a cousin o the 4%ing amily but it has itMs o%n dis,nct Ja-or u,li6ing the =L?@s 2isco style music. Et %as made etremely oular by Hohn Tra-olta in the mo-ie .4aturday 'ight $e-er.. The ustle brought artner dancing bac& into -ogue among nightclub dancers and is s,ll danced to contemorary music o the last +? years. Et is a ast
smooth dance %ith many sins or the lady %hile the gentleman dra%s her close and sends her a%ay. To erorm a 2isco number %e are bringing bac& our 1olero dancers * * (They dance a + minute rou,ne to their selected music then lea-e the stage afer bo% and during alause) * *The length o ,me it ta&es to learn to dance -aries rom erson to erson but usually %ithin a e% lessons most eole can erorm enough stes to a dance to eel cometent on the dance Joor. Within a e% months o rac,ce and lessons you can be dancing most o the oular coule dances. 1esides the aerobic -alue o dancing and the un you and your artner %ill eel the same sa,sac,on and accomlishment as any athlete or sorts team. 4oon you may /nd yoursel %an,ng to comete and **D4A** 2A';9 o"ers regional and na,onal come,,ons similar to the e-ents you may ha-e seen on T7. * * The West ;oast 4%ing %as de-eloed in ;aliornia and %as /rst &no%n as the Western 4%ing. o%e-er many conused it %ith ;ountryNWestern dancing and so in =>= the name %as changed to reJect its origin the West ;oast. Et is erormed to slo%er s%ing music %ith the lady mo-ing bac& and orth in a slot li&e being on railroad trac&s. The gentlemanMs job is to maneu-er around her %hile ulling her bac& and orth in her slot. The West ;oast 4%ing sho%cases the lady and is no% -ery oular %ith 1allroom and ;ountry Western dancers ali&e.
*(They dance a + minute rou,ne to their selected music then lea-e the stage afer bo% and during alause) * * That concludes our resenta,on today %e hoe you enjoyed our dancers and than& you or heling us celebrate 'a,onal 1allroom 2ance Wee&. E you are interested in learning to dance lease -isit our D4A 2A';9 embershi table or more inorma,on. Also arents i you %ould li&e to train your children to dance or the idea o uture