April’s SNB at the
Movies was a star studded event. Dance professionals
Richard Stewart,
James Heath
and
Courtney Black
performed wonderful dance exhibitions with students
Larry and
Bobbie
Schatz, Donna
Stewart and Fred Miller.
And, Pros Stewart and Black brought the house down with their
theater arts foxtrot.
A party within a
party:
Brandi Thomas
celebrated her sweet 16 birthday party at SNB dressed as
Cinderella at the Ball. She and her dance partner,
Michael
Tonguis,
signed up to compete at the Championship in June. A Cinderella
waltz was played in her honor.
Way to go, Keith!
Hustle Champion,
Keith Gussoni, is now
Vice-President of the
International Hustle Dance Association.
Dance professional
John “Benji” Bienvenu
wrote a dance
article called
“Dancing with the Stars
has nothing on
Baton Rouge” that was published by the
Advocate April 15, 2007.
He told a story
about an amputee that he taught to dance and who won first places
in competition.
Phyllis Nola
and
Maurice Allen, Jack and Suzanne Jaubert, and Helen Guay
were among those
that
attended the
Southern States DanceSport Championships
in New Orleans.
Tammy Clark and Tim Allen
took second place in the Rising Star event!
Nick and Lena
Kosovich were the featured
world class performers. Nick has been featured on “Dancing with
the Stars” on ABC.
Big Buddy’s
“Dancing with the Stars” fundraiser on April 21 at LSU’s Pete
Maravich Assembly Center was a huge star studded money making hit
– all for a great cause! It featured dance super stars
Bill Anderson,
Leonard Augustus,
Lane Barry, Courtney Black, Dan Cabellero, Patricia Calfee, Rick
Carpenter, Renee Chatelain, Tammy Clark, James Heath, Shane Lecoq,
Trinity Miller, Mallori Mire, Christine Negulescu, Dana Perry,
Melanie Seeling, Richard Stewart, Christy Theriot, and more
. . . . Participating studios were
Mid City Dance Project, Inc, Ric Seeling’s Club Dance, TC’s Dance
Club, and Trinity’s Ballroom Studio. Cox Channel 4
aired the
competition several times on TV. The Big Buddy program is geared
toward the social and academic development of our youth. For more
info, check out
www.bigbuddyprogram.org
Club Silhouette
hosted another successful “Team Match” competition.
Don Nijoka
won the Jack and Jill event w/Jennifer
Diehl.
Woman’s Hospital:
Maurice Allen and Phyllis Nola,
Jack and Suzanne Jaubert,
and
Richard Stewart
and Melanie Tichenor
danced exhibitions for a cancer survivors benefit.
Thank you! CJ Brown
is a $1,000 sponsor
for the competition.
Look for
their ad on the back cover of the
program.
Congrats! Pros
Guillermo Gonzales
and
Dana Perry
placed 4th
in the finals of the Texas Challenge!
Guillermo and Dana
are the scheduled
performers for
SNB’s May 7 Spring Fling
dance party and
Marla Corpora
will be the special
guest emcee!
www.saturdaynightballroom.org
It’s a good idea to
get advance tickets (available only until Wed May 30) for the
competitions and the dance in case of an early sell out. Contact
Peggy Clement
in BR at 225-627-6154,
Jennifer Vaughn
in NO at 504-258-2220 or
Ann Durocher
in Houma
at 504-722-4800
for tickets.
Gumbo of Ballroom! Louisiana’s most exciting dance event of the
year!
Go for the thrill of it, the fun of it, or for the challenge!
www.gumboofballroom.org
Gotta Dance!
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