Competitions & Cruises
October 22 - 24, 5th Annual Ocean City Halloween Dance Weekend & Light The Night Walk..
Sponsored by Sandy Garrish, well-known Country Dance DJ and instructor in Washington/Baltimore area and the Eastern Shore. This is a Ocean City Line Dance weekend. It includes a CW dance Friday night at the Grand Hotel, a "Light The Night Walk for Leukemia" fund raiser on the boardwalk Saturday afternoon, and a CW Halloween costume dance Saturday evening at the Grand. Details of the dance this year have yet to be released but if you want to stay at the Grand, you need to make reservations early. For more information, call Sandy at 443-340-0988 or email to brandcntry@aol.com.
The Grand Hotel is all set to start taking your reservations. Call 800-447-6779 and mention "Light The Night Walk for Leukemia" to get the $79 room rate. You can now book your room online - it's pretty easy.
Step 1 - go to www.grandhoteloceancity.com
Step 2- click Reservation - then "Book it"
Step 3 - enter promo code "light1"
The list of rooms will come up and you go from there.
October
29 - 31, Thursday - Sunday, Halloween in Harrisburg, Hotel Carlisle, Carlisle, PA 800-692-7315. For more information,
call Jeff & Lynn Bartholomew at 717-763-4416 or check
his website.
November
18 - 21 , VA State Open Swing Dance Championships at Hilton Washington,
Dulles Airport, 13869 Park Center Rd, Herndon, VA 20171, 703-478-2900.
The VSO is flavored with a variety of Swing styles. Lindy Hop, West Coast,
Shag, Hustle, and Hand Dance. Three ballrooms. For more info, see
their website.
November
14 (7 nights), Carribbean Swing & Country Dance Across the
Seas on Royal Caribbean Seranade of the Seas. Twostep,
EC and WC Swing, and Line Dance with UCWDC Champions John and
Dee Soares, Sandy Garrish and Guest Instructor, June Renner.
Dance lessons and dancing while at sea from San Juan, to Aruba, Caracao,
Dominica, St. Thomas, and back to San Juan. Limited cabin availability
so BOOK NOW. Click here for more info.
January
3 - 9, Worlds 2011 - The UCWDC Worlds Championships of Country Western
Dance, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee (very
special room rate of $123 . Full Swing and Hustle competetition
includes Pro-AM, Strictly Wing, Jack & Jill plus invitational Showcase
and Classic. For information and registration, see
their website.
March
3 - 6, Thursday - Sunday, 2011 Mid Atlantic Dance Jam (MAD JAM), Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, 8661 Leesburg Pike. Vienna, VA
22182. (703) 448-1234. All night Dance Jams "Dance till you drop".
The Stars of Swing, Hot Shots of Hand Dance & the who’s who
of Hustle Workshops with recognized, top national professionals. (for
all levels). Jack & Jill divisions for Swing & Hustle. Just Dance,
Classic & Open Showcase, Pro/Am. Cash, Prizes & Give-aways. For
more info, email Dave Moldover or see www.AtlanticDanceJam.com.
March
6 , 2011 (7 nights), Western Caribbean Dance Cruise on Carnival
Valor. From Miami to Grand Cayman, Isla Roatan, Belize,
and Cozumel. Lessons and dance while the ship is at sea. Your cruise hostess
is Lika Kohn, DJ is Alan Kohn, and instructors are Roz and Nat
Morgan (MD) and Bob Bonnett and Vivian Candella
(NY). Inside: $629, Oceanview: $729, and Balcony: $869. Deposit $250 per
person with reservation; balance due December 15, 2010. Brunswick Tours,
Inc. (800) 979-8687. More info and pics. For more information, email ALANKOHN@premierentertainment.org
or NAT MORGAN at cdexpress2@verizon.net.
March
25 - 27, 2011, Friday - Sunday, Mid-Atlanitic Dance Classic at Weston Hotel, 1110 Old Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090,
443-577-2300. Ask for special MidAtlantic Dance Classic event rate. NON-STOP
Line Dance ONLY Room all weekend. UCWDC Dance Competitions, Workshops,
Jack & Jill, 2-Step, WCS, Line Dance, Fabulous Dinner Show, Lots of
Social Dancing. Hosted By Sam Arvidson, Dale Strawser & Anita Huffman-Strawser.
For more info, see midatlanticdanceclassic.com.
March 31, 2011, 9-Night Carribbean Line Dance Cruise on Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas. From Cape Liberty, NJ to San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominican Republic, Labadee, Haiti, and back to Cape Liberty. Renowned line dance instructor, Shirley Mackey, will host lessons and dances. Click here for more info.
UCWDA Events are listed at their website.
A comprehesive list of Dance Events World-wide can be found at
Barry Durand's "5 - 6 - 7- 8" magazine website.
