MINNESOTA September 2019 An Official Publication of USA Dance-Minnesota Chapter #2011 USA Dance-Minnesota member Dan Browning competing with instructor Grace Peterson at the Heart of America DanceSport Championships, held August 7-10 in Kansas City, Missouri Photos by Clarence Morton/ Ryan Kenner Photography SocialLink Unforgettable Award How's Your Timing Hallelujah Dance Dance Costumes Keeping in Touch: Introducing SocialLink ............................................3 Minnesota Dancer Jan Dobies-Hein Receives TCO Unforgettable Award! ..........................5 How’s Your Timing? ..................................................................................7 AnOfficialPublicationofUSADance-Minnesota President’s Letter .......................................................................................9 Chapter #2011 Dance Venue Report: B-Dale Club .........................................................12 2019 Election Announcement: USA Dance Minnesota #2011 .............14 USA Dance: Who Are We? Hallelujah Dance ......................................................................................15 Weareanonprofitorganizationthatpromotesballroomdancing.TheUSA DanceMinnesotaChapter#2011wasformedin1991.MembershipinUSA Dance Costumes: Buy Online, ‘Off-the Rack’, or Custom Created? ...18 Danceisopentodancersofalllevels.USADanceMinnesotaChapter#2011 Dance Contacts ........................................................................................23 sponsorsmonthlydancesandotherspecialdanceevents.Membersreceive discountsonadmissiontomonthlydances,aswellasotherbenefits. 2019 USA Dance-Minnesota Board Members TheMinnesotaDancerispublishedmonthlybytheUSADanceMinnesota President - Joyce Thompson Chapter#2011,toprovideinformationandnewsaboutballroomdancing. Vice President - Leland Whitney Treasurer - Russell Alliev Executive Editor: Bonnie Burton Secretary - Carol Post Design & Layout: Julie Johnston Advertising: Paul Stachour Board Members At-Large Contributions:Articlessubmittedmaybeeditedforlength,clarityand Bonnie Burton content.Photosshouldbehigh-resolutionjpg,png,orpdffiles.Photos Stephanie Clausen shouldbesentseparatelynotembeddedinanyWorddocument.Email [email protected] Gary Narducci Send advertising materials: Ben Nichols to Paul Stachour at MNDancer.Ads@ gmail.com Gary Stroick Contributors:SuziBlumberg,HerbMcGurk,ClarenceMorton/Ryan Leslie Whitney KennerPhotography,GaryNarducci,DeborahJ.Nelson,DonRoll,Paul Stachour, Gary Stroick, Joyce Thompson President: Joyce Thompson, [email protected] Vice-President:LelandWhitney,651.690.9367,[email protected] Treasurer: Russell Alliev, [email protected] Secretary:CarolPost,952.926.7648,[email protected] Please send articles to: Bonnie Burton at [email protected] Keeping in Touch: Introducing SocialLink By Herb McGurk, USA Dance Director of Membership Services TheGoverningCouncilofUSADancewouldliketointroduce ChapterorCommittee,thentheyhavetorequesttobepartofthat SocialLink,anewsocialmediaplatform,similiartoFacebookand Group.Thentheywillreceivetheinformationand“Feed”ofthat LinkedIn.Thisnewsocialplatformbringstogethermembersof Group;verysimilartoFacebookwhenyoujoinaGrouppage. USADanceandconnectsthemwiththepowerofsocialmedia.It How do we find other members? deliversincreasedsocialandcommunitycollaborationandconnects memberstopersonalizedcontentandmemberbenefits. Thereisa“Directory”tosearchpeoplebynames,occupation,city, state,etc. How do we get started? How do we get to an area quickly? LogintoyourUSADanceaccount(usingyourusernameand password)andstartexploringandconnecting! Goodquestion!Thereisamenucalled“Quicklinks.”Thiswilltell you“Aboutus,”“ChapterListing,”“FindaGroup,”“Community How does SocialLink work? Calendar,”“Forums,”“MembershipSearch,”“OnlineStore,”“Blog EveryUSADancememberhasapersonal“MyProfile”page,where Search,”“MembershipCard,”and“Donations.” eachmembercanuploadphotosandvideos.Theycanstorefilesand Who’s going to put in all the Chapter events, Blogs, links,createblogs,updatetheirprofilepage,registerforevents,view/ Announcement, etc.? printtheirmembershipcard,renewtheirmembershipandmuchmore. That’swhereyoucomein.EveryChapterwillatleastone SocialLinkworkslikeFacebooksoeveryonewillbeabletohave“My “Administrator”thatwillpopulateyourChapterinformation Feed”andseewhat’sgoingonintheirChapter.Yes,everymember (Group).Wealsoneed“Ambassadors”fromyourChaptersthatare isalreadyregisteredwiththeirChapter,therefore,theycanreadthe thoughtleaderswhowillbedeemedasModeratorsforyouronline “Feed”ofeveryChaptermember.Theycanalso“connect”with community(Chapter).Theywillhelpnewmembersbeabletopost eachoftheirChaptermembersbyrequestinga“Connection.” feedstoalltheirChaptermembersbecausetheywillbeconnected Whentheyestablishedaconnection,theycanevensendprivate throughtheAmbassadorfeature. “Messages”toothermembers. Thankyouforyourattentionandlet’skeepitsocial! Can people connect with other people that are not in their Chapter? Yes,buttheywillonlybeconnectedtothatpersonoutsidetheir Chapter.Iftheywanttobeapartofanothergroup,suchasa SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, October 13, 2019 2:00 PM—3:00 PM THE USA DANCE-MINNESOTA #2011 ANNUAL SHOWCASE To be held at: THE MALL OF AMERICA ROTUNDA Please join us as we celebrate National Ballroom Dance Week and spread a little dance fever! We are excited to return to the Mall of America for a 60-minute showcase of some of the best amateur dancing in the Midwest. We need dancers of silver level or above to perform for the mall patrons, so find your dance partner, alert your formation team, and tell all of your friends and family. Let’s bring our best dancing to the MOA! DAN SA CE If you would like to participate, U please contact USA Dance-Minnesota #2011 Dance Demo Coordinator: Yvonne Viehman, 763.245.7936 Jan Dobies-Hein Receives TCO Unforgettable Award! By Suzi Blumberg JanhasbeeninvolvedintheTwinCitiesballroomdancecommunity for41years.ThisyearwasTCO’s29th year anniversary and Jan has attendedalmosteveryyear.InTCO’searlieryears,shecompeted withinstructorsJesseSmith,EricHudsonandMichaelBang,but mostrecentyearssheattendedtosupporttheevent. Backintheday,JansawtheJohnTravoltamovie,SaturdayNight Fever,andlovedthedancingandmusicoftheBeeGees,butdidn’t knowhowtomovetothemusic.Shestartedballroomdance instructionatArthurMurrayinEdinainthefallof1978and toldthemshewantedtotakeonehustlelesson.Thereceptionist said,“Youdon’twanttolearnthewaltz?OrhowabouttheCha- Cha??”Jansaidnotothewaltzbecausesheknewshecouldfake that,butdecidedshecouldlearntheCha-Cha,sosignedupforan introductoryprogram.ShecontinuedonatArthurMurrayfor25 years! NathanDanielswasherinstructorforfiveyearsandshecompeted withhimintheOhioStarBallinColumbus,Ohioin1990.In2000, shegraduatedinthefullSilverlevelintenAmericanSmoothand RhythmdancesatArthurMurray. Photos submitted by Jan Dobies-Hein Duringtheseyears,manyofherinstructorsleftArthurMurrayto Everyyear,TwinCitiesOpenBallroomChampionships(TCO) starttheirownstudios.Thepeoplesheknowstodayarepeoplethat presentstheUnforgettableAwardtosomeoneinthedance shehasknownforover25yearsofballroomdance. communitytoacknowledgetheiroutstandingcontributiontothe Jan spent several additional years at other local dance studios, artandsportofballroomdancinginMinnesota.Thisyear,the participatingintheirshowcaseswithbothherprofessional awardwaspresentedtoJanDobies-Hein!Janwasveryappreciative, instructorsandamateurpartners.Shehasencouragedbeginning surprised,andthankfultoreceivetheUnforgettableAward. Continued on the following page. studentsandallloversofdance.Shehasbeenagreatsupport tomanylocalstudiosintermsofherattendanceatshowcases, productionsandspecialevents. ShewenttoCostaRicawiththeCostaRicaBallroomowners EliecerRamirezVargas,hislovelywifeRebecca,andtheirstudents in2010,2011and2012.ShesupportedtheBeyondBallroomdance troupe’sannualperformancesfortenyears.Shewasastudentat CinemaBallroomStudiofortenyears.Shealsodancedinshowcases atDanceLifewiththeownerandlaterwithanamateurpartner. Morerecentlyshehasbeendancingsociallyanddoingshowcasesat DancersStudio. ShehasenjoyedlearningWestCoastSwing,NightClubTwo-Step, ArgentineTangoandSalsa.Dancehasalwaysbeeninherlifein someway.Asafourthgradershetooktapdancing.Incollegeatthe UniversityofNorthDakotaingrandForks,shewasamemberof aLyricalmoderndancetroupecalled“Orchesis”.Asanadult,she tookasix-weektapdancecourse.Janhasadaughter,Angela,who taughtballetattheOnYourToesstudiowhenitwasownedbyJeff andCindyNehrbass.ShetookAngela’sbeginningballetclassfor adultswhereshelearnedarmstyling. Forthepastseveralyears,Janhasbeenprimarilydancingsocially. Thishasgivenhertheflexibilitytoattendmanydancepartiesatall localmetroareastudios. Congratulations,Jan,onyouraccomplishmentsandonyour UnforgettableAward,whichacknowledgesyouroutstanding contributionstotheartandsportofballroomdancingin Minnesota! How’s Your Timing? • SlowisStep1,hold2(symbolizedby“S”). By Gary Narducci • QuickisStep,Step,etc.(symbolizedby“Q”). Gary has been dancing since the mid-1990’s, primarily InAmericanStyleBallroomDancewehaveninedances.Theyare as a social dancer. He has competed locally and nationally as an amateur, in addition to participating Waltz,Tango,Foxtrot,VienneseWaltz,ChaCha,Rumba,Swing in many dance showcases in the Twin Cities. Bolero,Mambo. Ifanyonehastakenprivatelessons,oneofthefirstthingsyou Let’sconcentrateontheAmericanRhythmdancesfirst.ChaCha, learnandaresupposedtorememberistiming.Inotherwords,the Rumba,Swing,Bolero,Mambo,eachhavetheirspecificcount. differenceintimingandtempointhevariousdances.Let’sdefine EachSmoothDancehasitsownsetofrhythms.We’llstartwiththe