Your Chance to Dance & Romance!

Annual Viennese Christmas Ball

Date: Friday December 3, 2010

Time: 7:00 PM Champagne & Reception

8:00 PM Grand March & Opening ceremony

Where: Washington Golf & Country Club (“the Club of the Presidents”)

Tickets: $95, inclusive

Attire: Black Tie (white tie optional)

You are invited to the annual Viennese Christmas Ball, presented under the gracious patronage of His Excellency, The Ambassador of Austria, Christian Prosl. Join Wharton Club members and other guests for this elegant event filled with Viennese waltz, quadrilles and ballroom music from around the world!

The evening will begin with champagne and an Austrian desserts buffet, and continue the celebration dancing to our favorite waltzes by Lehar, Waldteufel, Tchaikovsky and Strauss in addition to ballroom music performed by Washington ’s preferred salon orchestra, Con Brio! Join in the famed Radetzky Grand March and dance the Fledermaus Quadrille No. 6 as done at midnight at the grand balls in Vienna.

Opening Ceremonies presented by Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy performing all six Fledermaus Quadrilles. Champagne Reception, sumptuous Austrian desserts buffet and selected wines. Complimentary valet parking. For invitations: Mrs. Robert Bocek, 540-882-4808 or mbocek@verizon.net. Reservations have come in quickly this year, so please do respond as soon as possible. Attendance is limited.

Date Night: Ballroom with a Twist

Where: Music Center at Strathmore
When: Friday November 20th & Saturday November 21st, 2009
Time: 8 PM

From Dancing With the Stars champion Louis van Amstel comes this dazzling new stage production that features dancers from So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars. With "American Idol" singers David Hernandez and Trenyce Cobbins and a cast of gifted dancers, this sizzling show never stops moving, from swing to samba, Broadway to b-boy, cha-cha, tango, paso doble, and more!

The show will also feature celebrity host Sabrina Bryan of The Cheetah Girls. Sabrina was the first celebrity on Dancing With the Stars to get earn a perfect score of 30 from the DWTS judges in 2007!

For Tickets and more information visit: http://www.strathmore.org/

Dance Style: The Cha Cha

The Cha-cha is the newest of the "Latin" dances. It is a true American dance, developed in the dance studios in the early 50s as a mid-tempo variant between Rumba (slow) and Mambo (fast). It is believed to have started as a step in Mambo - a triple step to replace the slow one to accommodate slower musical rhythms. This developed into an entirely new dance. Slower modern music has often inspired the evolution of popular dances such as Single Swing into Triple Swing and Quickstep into Slow Foxtrot. Cha-cha music is slower than Mambo/ Salsa but not much. It it quite a common upbeat musical tempo. The dance is alive and well in ballrooms and studios today. It is flashy, sassy and full of itself. The Cha-cha styling is very similar to Rumba and Mambo. Like most Latin dances, your weight is forward and most of the movement occurs below the ribcage. The steps are small, taken with the ball of the foot first to better execute the hip action commonly known as "cuban motion". Cha-cha music is composed in 4/4 time. The rhythm is danced 2-3-4 & 1 ( "rock step cha cha cha".) Cha-cha is a flirty dance great for couples or just to catch someone's eye!

Cha-chas:

"Smooth" by Santana
"Oye como Va" by Santana
"My Maria" by Brooks and Dunn
"Super Freak" by Rick James
"Cuban Pete" by Tito Puente

Ballroom Dance Competition

Aug 26 -29, 2009 
Capital Dancesport Championships 
Organizers - John DePalma & Marianne Nicole 
john@capitaldancesport.net 1-866-345-5154 http://www.capitaldancesport.net 
Held at the Alexandria Hilton at Mark Center, Alexandria, VA 

Pro/Am competition in all styles including Scholarship divisions and Dancesport Superbowl Championship divisions! Member of the "Best of the Best" compete for the Overall Title at the Grand Finale in Ohio.

SATURDAY EVENING Aug 29th features the Open Professional divisions including some of the top couples in the United States and a Professional Show, "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles, produced by Wendy Johnson. 

 Dance Congress at the Capital DanceSport Championships Lectures every afternoon during the Championships 
Don't miss this chance to learn from the Best of the Best 
Topics, Schedules, Instriuctors, pricing at:
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Connect to: http://www.capitaldancesport.net for the Congress schedule details 
Space is limited, reserve tickets now by calling 1-866-345-5154

Upcoming Ballroom Dance Competition

Aug 26 -29, 2009 
Capital Dancesport Championships 
Organizers - John DePalma & Marianne Nicole 
john@capitaldancesport.net 1-866-345-5154 http://www.capitaldancesport.net 
Held at the Alexandria Hilton at Mark Center, Alexandria, VA 

Pro/Am competition in all styles including Scholarship divisions and Dancesport Superbowl Championship divisions! Member of the "Best of the Best" compete for the Overall Title at the Grand Finale in Ohio.

SATURDAY EVENING Aug 29th features the Open Professional divisions including some of the top couples in the United States and a Professional Show.

 Dance Congress at the Capital DanceSport Championships Lectures every afternoon during the Championships. Don't miss this chance to learn from the Best of the Best 
Topics, Schedules, Instriuctors, pricing at:
http://dcdancenet.com/competitions/images/cdsc_congressflyer_09.gif 

Connect to: http://www.capitaldancesport.net for the Congress schedule details 
Space is limited, reserve tickets now by calling 1-866-345-5154