2010 Yuletide Ball Championship & Gala

Date: Dec. 31, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011

Where: JW Marriott Hotel in DC

Contact: www.yuletideball.com, 301-972-2416

Bring in the New Year at the 2010 Yuletide Ball Championships and Gala! You can see dancing at its finest by watching the competition or join in on the fun by attending the formal ball! Just don't forget your dancing shoes! Want to keep the party going? Make it a romantic weekend and reserve a room at the hotel! Give us a call to brush up on your floorplay before the gala! 703.626.7016

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.

An Evening of Wine & Dance at the Embassy of France

Where: La Maison Française 4101 Reservoir Road NW Washington DC 20007
When: Wednesday January 28, 2009
Time: 6:45 PM
Requested Attire: Business or cockatail

Are you and your fiance exhausted from wedding planning? Here is a romantic time out for both of you! The ICDC is pleased to present to you a special opportunity to learn how to dance the Viennese Waltz and cha cha at the Embassy of France. Beginners are welcome! You do not need a dance partner to sign up! Let them show you how to dance the Viennese Waltz, one of the most elegant and romantic ballroom dances followed by the cha cha, one of the most fun Latin dances. The dance lessons will be followed by time to practice what you have learned and meet other ICDC members who love to dance. For more information go to http://www.internationalclubdc.com

Learn the Viennese Waltz and other dance styles to prepare for this event by contacting us at www.TheWeddingDanceSpecialists.com or 703.626.7016

Flamenco Dance...Starring You!

Where: Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University
When: Thursday, February 5 at 7pm & 9pm
Tickets: $20
Enjoy the taste of the best in Spanish wine and cheese and step up to Lisner's stage for an informative and entertaining session of flamenco dancing. The 7pm class is for anyone wishing to learn the basics taught by DC's own Sara Jerez-Marlow. The 9pm class, led by DC legend Ana Martinez, is best for students with any background in dance or interest in flamenco dance.

Get your tickets early for this sure to sell-out, limited capacity event!

For more information, go to http://lisner.org/

Russian New Year's Ball 2009

DC's fabulous New Year's Celebration! Don't Miss this wonderful event to benefit The Prince Obolensky Home for Special Children, Kaluga Province, Russia.

When: Friday January 9, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM. Champagne Toast at midnight
Where: The Grand Ballroom at the Mayflower Hotel
Attire: White or Black tie, or Russian costumes

Entertainment by Special Guests~ The Washington Balalaika Society and Washington Ballet and Sydney's Orchestra and the Russian Dance Troupe.

Featuring~ Debutantes-Cotillion Dance.

Individual Tickets- $195 All inclusive (Cocktails, Dinner, Cultural
Program, Dessert and Dancing) $ 50 for the young at heart - DANCING
ONLY, Cash Bar

TICKETS AVAILABLE by CALLING 202-249-2619 or e-mail
srs.obolensky@rcn.com

All contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law. Alexis D.

See you there!

Why Learn to Dance? by Deborah Joy Block, National Wedding Dance Expert

You’ve made a big investment in your wedding day. Learning to dance is an important investment in your relationship creating lifetime memories — wonderful for the wedding and a skill useful at future social events.

Dance lessons are the most fun and romantic time you can have during your wedding planning process! Shine on the dance floor and make your first dance the highlight of the reception: SPARKLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT!

Your wedding album and video will impress when your first dance is well choreographed. We will teach you how to romantically dance as a married couple with dignified decorum avoiding the "high school prom sway" or "bump and grind."

Unlike flowers, cakes, and decorations, you cannot outsource the first dance. You and your loved one will face the music and dance confidently after lessons with us.

The First Dance is your first presentation to the world of your teamwork, partnership, and unity as a married couple.

Dancing and Romancing!

During the hectic months of planning your wedding, some of the most fun you can have is when you take time out to be with each other and learn a new skill.  Many of our students turn their weekly dance lessons into a dinner date.  What's better than dinner and dancing, after all?

Learning to dance for your wedding is important but also useful! It is a skill you can keep and use after the wedding! The cake is done once everyone has their piece.  However, you can use your new skills in creative ways and unusual places to enjoy the spice of life and keep the honeymoon alive! Opportunities to dance will present themselves, when they do – live in the moment! If there is room and there is music, there can be dancing!

You can use your dancing while listening to a live band, attending a casual or formal social event, at a dance studio practice party, on cruises, in bars and nightclubs, at dance competitions, outside among nature or even in your own living room! If you are really in a spontaneous mood, you can even use dancing to kill time in a crowded parking lot after a show by blasting your car stereo with your favorite music and dancing until the traffic eases. Dancing is not just a skill but a lifelong opportunity to turn a mundane or even aggravating situation into a magical moment!