URDC 2007

Here's the latest info about our experience at this year's URDC!!!!!   Overall we think it was the best one ever!!  All the dances were awesome!  Although it was only a tile floor, it danced quite well and the cueing was superb.  I'll get pictures on My Webshots within the next 2 days!!!!   Another fun thing about this year's URDC is that we voted to video tape the dancers.  The 2 dances that were video taped were Laurann (the Hall of Fame Dance) and boy oh boy OUR FINE BROWN FRAME!!!!  Too Cool!!  The videos should be on the professional video that you can purchase from URDC.  And that brings me to the next interesting info from this convention.  Our association has a new name!!!  We voted overwhelmingly to change the name to International Choreographed Ballroom Dance Association (ICBDA)!!!   This is the first step in a new advertising campaign and is effective immediately!!

One of the most memorable aspects of this year's URDC was how Carol Goss announced each Showcase!  She had written words to a nursery rhyme to introduce each couple and most of them she sang!!  It was just incredible.  She's sooooooo talented!!  I can't repeat all of them, but I can give you ours:

Hey diddle , diddle,
I'll tell you a riddle
Two cows gone to Mesa to dance
While there, they did teach,
New heights they did reach
And so lightly their new herd did prance!!!!! 

It was also announced that next year's convention in San Antonio has had a date change.  It will be July 3 - 6, 2008.  Mark your calendars and plan to be there!  George will be the evening Program Chairman!

 

Okay enough of that - here's what was taught!!

Name (Click for Cuesheet)	Choreographer	Phase	Rhythm
Almost Like Being in Love	Randy & Marie Preskitt	IV+2	Quickstep
Bounce Me Brother (Stand By)	Al & Carol Lillefield	V	Quickstep
Cumparsita Argentina        (click for video!!)	George & Pamela Hurd	V	Argentine Tango
Feeling Good	Chris & Terri Cantrell	V	West Coast Swing
Flying	Dwain & Judy Sechrist	V+2	Waltz
I Finally Found Someone	Dick & Karen Fisher	IV+2	Bolero
In This Life	Curt & Tammy Worlock	VI	Slow Two Step
Just My Luck	Ron & Ree Rumble	VI	Cha Cha
La Gloria	Brent & Judy Moore	VI	Bolero
Que Sabes De Amor	Kay & Joy Read	VI	Rumba
Sensation Tango (Stand By)	Sandi & Dan Finch	VI	Tango
She's Looking Good	Ron & Mary Noble	IV+2	West Coast Swing
16 Tons	Wayne & Barbara Blackford	V	Foxtrot
Summer of Our Love	Kristine & Bruce Nelson	IV+2	Waltz
Tango of Satumaa	Kenji & Nobuko Shibata	VI	International Tango
There's A Time for Everything	Joe & Pat Hilton	IV+2	Foxtrot
Wake Me Before You Go-Go	Paul & Linda Robinson	V+1	Jive

There was not a Golden Torch presented this year!

The Hall of Fame Dance was Laurann, Phase IV+2 Foxtrot by Randy & Marie Preskitt!!!  Yippee & Congratulations to you Randy & Marie!!!!

 

Next, here are the top 15!!!!

Position	Name	Choreographer
1	Carnival	Rumble
2	Papillon	Lamberty
3	Jurame	Worlock
4	Beale Street Blues	Lillefield
5	Last Night Cha	Worlock
6	And I Love You So	Childers
7	Boulavogue	Lamberty/Morales
8	A Wink and a Smile	Rumble
9	Dark Waltz	Vogt
10	My Heart Will Go On	Vogt
11	The Human Thing to Do	Sheridan
12	Orient Express Foxtrot	Moore
13	Adeline	Shibata
14	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Rumble
15	Stier Tango	Worlock