Dance Elite Dance Club news

Start your 4th of July celebrations early at the US Pro/Am Jacksonville TA Competition! The show starts at 9:00 a.m. and continues on until 10:00 that evening.

From our very own Dance Elite Dance Club, competing with their instructors will be:

• Margo Shannon with instructor Abe Catalan
•  Brittany Vu with instructor Abe Catalan
• Tiffany Thompson with instructor Abe Catalan
• Michael Hershey with instructor Jeni Mochocki
• Dan and Linda Richardson with instructor Jeni Mochocki
• Tara Thompson with instructor Stephen White
• Kathy Murphy with instructor Sean Mochocki

Come show your love and support as these accomplished students tear up the dance floor!

Located at the Marriott at Southpoint, 4670 Salisbury Rd. in Jacksonville.

Call Dance Elite Dance Club at (904) 388-9952 to reserve your seat as a spectator! Morning session begins at 9:00 a.m., afternoon session begins at 1:00 p.m.

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Dance Elite is participating in the local Dancing With The Stars event this year!  The Gala event will take place on May 1st at Boleros Grand Ballroom in Jacksonville.  Local celebrities will compete in freestyle and show dances and your votes decide who will get to bring home the mirror ball trophy and be Jacksonville’s favorite dancer!  We are raising money for The Boselli Foundation with every vote that you cast.

Daniel and I ham it up at practice

The star I’m dancing with is Daniel Davis and we are having a blast!  Our show dance will be the Tango and it’s starting to sizzle.  You can get involved right now by casting your vote.  Each vote costs only $1 and goes towards helping children living in at-risk neighborhoods in Jacksonville.  As of right now, we are in 1st place and we’re working hard to keep it that way!

Tickets are still available, but they’re going fast.  If you want to attend the event, get your tickets now before the event sells out.

Keep checking back here if you want to keep updated on our progress!

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     We have a fun packed weekend coming up here at Dance Elite.  Have you had a stressful week?  Come shake off the blues at our Friday practice party at the Avondale location.  We will be shaking our tail-feathers from 8:30pm to 10:00pm on Friday, January 22 and we would love for you to have some fun with us. 

There is also a local ballroom competition called the River City Mini Match.  It will be held at the Dance Warehouse on Sunday, January 24 starting at 1pm.  We have 2 competitors that will be competing for the first time…Fay Dunham and Travis Betros.  They have been working very hard to prepare for their first event. 

Travis Betros and Fay Dunham

Another competitor that is relatively new to competing is Margo Shannon.  She has only done a few competitions and she is really developing her skills beautifully.

Margo Shannon at the 2009 Holiday Classic

     As an additional note, 2 of our professional instructors from the Orange Park location will be competing in the Professional Division.  Amber Miller and Don Beckstrom have formed a new partnership and will be competing in the American Smooth dances of Foxtrot, Waltz and Tango.

Don Beckstrom & Amber Miller

     Dance Elite sends a big “Good Luck” to all of our competitors this weekend.  If you want to come watch, spectator tickets are available at the door for $30.  Come support our talented dancers!

tags: Ballroom Competition, Dance Elite, Jacksonville Dance

On Sunday, December 7, a group of people from both the Avondale and Orange Park locations of Dance Elite went to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida for the U.S. Ballroom Championship Finals.  It was a one day dance event to mark the finals of an entire year of dance competitions.  It consisted of all styles of dancing to include Smooth, Latin, and Country Western. 

Dance Elite made top marks to include:

• Top Male Student of the Day – Bill Stewart
• Top Overall Male Student of the Year – Patrick Waldron
• Top Overall Female Student of the Year – Susanna Stewart
• Top Overall Female Teacher of the Year – Amber Miller

Bill and Natalie with the Judges

Patrick and Susanna winning Top Overall Students of the Year

Amber Miller, Top Overall Female Teacher

 

Congratulations to all the people who participated in this outstanding event!

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