This past Sunday, Tracey and I competed at the Boston University Terrier Dancesport Competition. Hot on the heels of our performance the weekend prior at the Northeast Collegiate Dancesport Challenge, it was our third time competing in Open Smooth together and we thoroughly enjoyed this out-of-the-box way to spend Valentine’s Day. Read on for full results and video!
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Tracey and I competed at Brandeis University two weekends ago where they hosted the inaugural Northeast Collegiate DanceSport Challenge. We were both looking forward to competing our new Open Smooth routines as well as jumping back into Latin and Rhythm. To round off the competition, I was able to find a Standard partner off of the TBA list (well, actually, she found me) and so was able to compete in all four styles. All-in-all, the competition was a blast. Read on for videos and full results breakdown.
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Last weekend Tracey and I competed at the Big Apple Dancesport Challenge hosted by Columbia University in their beautiful New York City campus. We competed in Gold Smooth, Silver Latin, Gold Rhythm and Open Smooth. It was our first time doing open smooth together — my first time doing open at all — and overall it went great! Results and video follow.
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All of last weekend was entirely devoted this year’s ballroom competition at MIT. My affiliation, the University of Connecticut, provided sponsorship including a hotel room at the Hyatt down the road from MIT. Just a few minutes’ walk away from the competition venue, I was able to get a great night’s sleep both Friday and Saturday without having to worry about traffic or transportation. I competed with Tracey, Brittney and Kailee for a total of 19 dances and we all had a great deal of fun. It’s also my pleasure to report that, despite a lack of placements in most events, and given the relative difficulty of the competition, my partners and I did very well and showed definite improvement. Read on for full results in the usual format.
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In what became a whirlwind of ballroom-related activity, I competed with Kailee and Tracey at Harvard on Sunday in addition to competing at Holy Cross on Saturday. Since Brittney, my usual partner for Smooth dances as of late, was unavailable Sunday, it was my pleasure to dance Smooth with Kailee for the first time ever. And we did great! Additionally, I danced with Tracey for the first time ever at a competition — a dream come true. She carried me through the Rhythm dances and we even achieved a placement. Read on for the usual detailed results chart.
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Mar '09 18
2009 Holy Cross Ballroom Competition Recap
Last weekend, I competed at the 10th Annual Holy Cross Ballroom Dance Competition with Kailee (Standard events) and Brittney (Latin and Smooth events). Altogether a beautifully run competition, as usual, competing at Holy Cross was a lot of fun. In addition to the dancing itself, there was a photo shoot session in which I posed with Kailee. As for placements, it was a very fruitful competition for us. Read on for full results.
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Sunday, February 22nd was a pretty busy day for me. Travelling out of Logan Airport would have been enough to keep me plenty busy. But on top of that I decided that I didn’t want to miss more of the BU competition than I had to, which happened to fall on the same day. With my international flight departure at 8:20PM, I figured that I could at least attend the first half of the competiton, conveniently allowing me to compete the International Standard events with Kailee again as I have been over the last several months. Read on for full results breakdown and commentary, plus a surprise!
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Mar '08 11
Harvard 2008 Ballroom Competition Recap
Last weekend Lina and I joined the UConn Ballroom Team for the 17th Annual Harvard Invitational ballroom competition. While we did pretty poorly overall, I honestly think that we did better than I had expected.
We didn’t bother with any pictures or video for this competition, but you can definitely expect some for the MIT Open next month! Read on for a full recap including the usual results breakdown. Continue reading ‘Harvard 2008 Ballroom Competition Recap’
Feb '08 29
Holy Cross 2008 Ballroom Competition Recap
Results from last weekend’s ballroom competition at Holy Cross are now up. We didn’t do so hot overall, but given that we’re in a new level, I think that’s alright for a little while. Read on for the usual results table. Sorry, no pictures or video from this one. We’ll be sure to get some footage from our next competition at Harvard next weekend. Continue reading ‘Holy Cross 2008 Ballroom Competition Recap’
Oct '07 14
UConn 2007 Ballroom Competition Recap
It’s ballroom season again! Last weekend, Lina and I attended the Tenth Annual UConn Ballroom Competition in Storrs, Connecticut. We did very well, taking home a healthy stack of ribbons despite some minor injuries along the way. Results and discussion follow, while video will be delayed for some time due to technical difficulties. Continue reading ‘UConn 2007 Ballroom Competition Recap’
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