Constitution State Challenge

[BM]

Who's going? This will be my first time attending . . . anything particular to note?

[Larinda McRaven]

It is a nice cozy competition with very nice organizer. I will be there on Friday only.

[Standarddancer]

How was the participation in open am standard in the past years?

[cantskiforlife]

I will be there. I stopped by last year but didn't get to see much as I had other commitments.

BM, what are you dancing? Do we get to see something other than latin? :-D

[BM]

BM, what are you dancing? Do we get to see something other than latin? :-D

Maybe . . . 8)

[JANATHOME]

Dont know about latin, but there is not usually a large turn out for AM's standard.

[hereKittyKitty]

How was the participation in open am standard in the past years?
According to dancesportinfo there was only one couple in open am last year.

[Standarddancer]

Hmmm.....not sure if this year will be more. NJ Classic is one week later, maybe most of dancers in Northeast will go NJ classic instead.

[Izzy20]

I'll be there. First time ever competing in smooth... so I'll be there friday through saturday.

[reb]

Best of Luck!

[JANATHOME]

Last year we danced Gold AM standard and smooth. Last year, two couples in smooth, 3 in standard. Not going this year, will do Commonwealth instead.

[BM]

Heat lists are posted:

http://cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/registration_policies/showsubsection/registration/fuseaction/heat_list/page.htm

[Izzy20]

I like how I was put in mambo instead of merengue lol.

i can't believe it's less than a week away

[Standarddancer]

checked registration for open am, appeared only one couple that I recognized:(

[and123]

Heat lists are posted:

No Viennese Waltz?!? Chicken :tongue:

[njdancegirl]

Paul Killick is registered to compete Latin...is this his first comp with new partner?

[BM]

No Viennese Waltz?!? Chicken :tongue:

Excuse me! I only started maybe two months ago! I'm lucky to be registered in Silver as it is . . . :p

[and123]

Oh, I thought you had danced collegiate Standard before. A bit rusty, eh?

[BM]

Oh, I thought you had danced collegiate Standard before. A bit rusty, eh?

Eeeh, don't let the Facebook pictures fool you. True, I competed in Gold Smooth and Standard in the collegiate circuit, but never with a steady partner, and the technique was never there. I started from scratch-ish this summer, so even though I'm not jumping into everything right away, I feel a lot more confident about what I am attempting this go-round. :)

[BM]

On another note, I'm beyond ecstatic to be renting one of Katarzyna's dresses for this comp. ::beams::

[Katarzyna]

And you will share photos with all of us ;) ?

[and123]

oooh, which one, which one? :p

[BM]

If I can get my hands on any, of course they will go on Facebook. If I find one I REALLY like, I may use it as an avatar. and123, it's a Maria McGill:

http://images41.fotki.com/v1266/photos/5/55537/6608036/E2-vi.jpg

[cantskiforlife]

If I can get my hands on any, of course they will go on Facebook. If I find one I REALLY like, I may use it as an avatar.

Hmm, even if I was dancing saturday, I wouldn't be able to shoot you! :(

[BM]

If I'm not mistaken, you'd be on the floor at the same time making faces at me (and hopefully not barrelling through me in Quickstep)!

[cantskiforlife]

At least if I am making faces, I won't have a pained emotionless expression on my face.

And I think you mean tripping over my own feet in quickstep.

[BM]

Hey, we had a decent Quickstep on Friday! 8)

[jerseydancer]

I am very confused how some of the couples registered for AM/AM pre-champ age category C; they compete in Bronze and Pre-Champ. I thought the pre-champ would require open routine or at least Gold to look competitive. We mostly compete in USA Dance events and in those couples only sign up for consecutive levels: Bronze and Silver, or Silver and Gold, so you normally see couples dancing Pre-champ and Gold, or Pre-champ and Championship. well are going to try three dances in pre-champ, and see how it goes

[jerseydancer]

very pretty green dress. i wish that i was the right size to try this one on

[Standarddancer]

Nice Shamlock green dress!!!

[Casey]

NJdancegirl, Paul Killick & Oksana Zoloterevskaya
are dancing at the International - maybe this is their warm-up. Matthew Cutler & Charlotte Egstrand danced at the Atlanta Open just before Blackpool when they first started -- what a treat for whomever will be there this weekend! Are Paul & Oksana dancing for England?

[njdancegirl]

NJdancegirl, Paul Killick & Oksana Zoloterevskaya
are dancing at the International - maybe this is their warm-up. Matthew Cutler & Charlotte Egstrand danced at the Atlanta Open just before Blackpool when they first started -- what a treat for whomever will be there this weekend! Are Paul & Oksana dancing for England?

Dancesportinfo.net has Paul Killick partnered with Olga Rodionova...guess that never really happened. They were listed as dancing for England, so maybe Paul and Oksana will as well?

Was thinking of going up to CT this weekend, but Friday...think they are dancing on Saturday night...darn!

[BM]

Argh, wasn't planning on sticking around Saturday night . . . don't know if I can change my plans to accomodate the evening's events, though. :( I guess we'll see.

[njdancegirl]

Argh, wasn't planning on sticking around Saturday night . . . don't know if I can change my plans to accomodate the evening's events, though. :( I guess we'll see.

BM, when do you dance? If I go Friday night, will I see you?

[BM]

BM, when do you dance? If I go Friday night, will I see you?

I dance in the early afternoon on Saturday. I'm heading in Friday night, but I don't think I'll be arriving before 11.00 P.M. that evening. How long will you be around?

[njdancegirl]

I dance in the early afternoon on Saturday. I'm heading in Friday night, but I don't think I'll be arriving before 11.00 P.M. that evening. How long will you be around?

If I go, was just going for Friday night to watch a friend dance pro/am latin.

[BM]

Sounds like we'll be missing each other by a sizeable window . . . oh well. Commonwealth [or Balera's grand opening, if you can't wait that long], anyone? ::grins::

[mamboqueen]

Sounds like we'll be missing each other by a sizeable window . . . oh well. Commonwealth [or Balera's grand opening, if you can't wait that long], anyone? ::grins::

hey bm...did you put a little tidbit in dance ads below about balera's GO? can't wait!

[BM]

I think so . . . if I didn't, I'll definitely do it tonight (need to run to class now . . .)!

EDIT: just checked - I listed it under Event Announcements: "Announcing: Balera School of Ballroom Dance" :)

[mamboqueen]

excellent! good luck with the comp - the dress looks quite beautiful.

[njdancegirl]

excellent! good luck with the comp - the dress looks quite beautiful.

Ditto!

[njdancegirl]

Sounds like we'll be missing each other by a sizeable window . . . oh well. Commonwealth [or Balera's grand opening, if you can't wait that long], anyone? ::grins::

I'll look out for you...just in case...:D

[Merrylegs]

*bump*

Any news from this competition? TIA

[cantskiforlife]

Hmm, last I knew BM was awaiting her scores (about 4 hours ago).

I placed 1st in Open Pro-Am Smooth. I didn't stick around for the evening session on friday though as I had other obligations.


EDIT: BM placed 1st in everything (silver pro-am standard).

[njdancegirl]

Hmm, last I knew BM was awaiting her scores (about 4 hours ago).

I placed 1st in Open Pro-Am Smooth. I didn't stick around for the evening session on friday though as I had other obligations.


EDIT: BM placed 1st in everything (silver pro-am standard).

Congrats BM and Cant Ski! Went last night to spectate - had a friend dancing pro/am latin. Quite a small competition in terms of numbers in heats...latin anyway. Not sure if other events were more contested or not.

If anyone is there tonight, please let us know about Pro Latin events...

[Standarddancer]

Congrats BM and CantSki !!!! this is usually very small comps for most of the categories. We won't be there, hope someone else will and report.

[JANATHOME]

Curious... Anyone there today that can tell me if there were any
AM's at all on Sunday???

[Merrylegs]

Hmm, last I knew BM was awaiting her scores (about 4 hours ago).

I placed 1st in Open Pro-Am Smooth. I didn't stick around for the evening session on friday though as I had other obligations.


EDIT: BM placed 1st in everything (silver pro-am standard).

Excellent news! Congrats to both of you!!

[BM]

It was a good weekend, indeed. Thanks for the congrats! Get to do it all again in four weeks . . .

[njdancegirl]

It was a good weekend, indeed. Thanks for the congrats! Get to do it all again in four weeks . . .

BM, where's the next one?

[njdancegirl]

Anyone know if Paul Killick did indeed dance...interested to know how it was with the new partner...

[Standarddancer]

Is it true only one opem am champ couple last night? or they scratched too?

[Casey]

Paul & Oksana danced -did anyone who writes here see them?

Category: Professional International Latin Open 5-Dance Championship (C/S/R/P/J) (http://www.cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/page.htm)
Dances: Professional International Latin Open 5-Dance Championship (C/S/R/P/J) (http://www.cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/results_section/dance_name/dance_category/Professional%20International%20Latin%20Open%205%2D Dance%20Championship%20%28C%7CS%7CR%7CP%7CJ%29/page.htm) Dance Level: Level:none Age:N/A (http://www.cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/results_section/dance_level/dance_category/Professional%20International%20Latin%20Open%205%2D Dance%20Championship%20%28C%7CS%7CR%7CP%7CJ%29/dance_name/Professional%20International%20Latin%20Open%205%2D Dance%20Championship%20%28C%7CS%7CR%7CP%7CJ%29/page.htm) Results: Pro heat 1 [10/04/2008 20:49] 1 Paul Killick [123] with Oksana Zoloterevskaya 2 Nikolai Shpakov [101] with Tatiana Banko 3 Tomas Vasicek [106] with Gabriela Coufalova 4 Mario Shonieczny [114] with Mary Jester 5 Sergei Slussky [103] with Polina Kirillova

[BM]

Paul & Oksana danced -did anyone who writes here see them?

Category: Professional International Latin Open 5-Dance Championship (C/S/R/P/J) (http://www.cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/page.htm)
Dances: Professional International Latin Open 5-Dance Championship (C/S/R/P/J) (http://www.cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/results_section/dance_name/dance_category/Professional%20International%20Latin%20Open%205%2D Dance%20Championship%20%28C%7CS%7CR%7CP%7CJ%29/page.htm) Dance Level: Level:none Age:N/A (http://www.cscdancesport.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/results_section/dance_level/dance_category/Professional%20International%20Latin%20Open%205%2D Dance%20Championship%20%28C%7CS%7CR%7CP%7CJ%29/dance_name/Professional%20International%20Latin%20Open%205%2D Dance%20Championship%20%28C%7CS%7CR%7CP%7CJ%29/page.htm) Results: Pro heat 1 [10/04/2008 20:49] 1 Paul Killick [123] with Oksana Zoloterevskaya 2 Nikolai Shpakov [101] with Tatiana Banko 3 Tomas Vasicek [106] with Gabriela Coufalova 4 Mario Shonieczny [114] with Mary Jester 5 Sergei Slussky [103] with Polina Kirillova

I did, and I'll be happy to post if no one else does by the time I get to it. I'm in a REALLY foul mood right now and I feel nauseated and exhausted, to boot. Hopefully I'll be in a better state tomorrow morning . . .

They were great fun to watch, and stole the event entirely, but they definitely were not perfect. Will expand later.

[latingal]

Hope you are feeling better soon BM.

[Casey]

looking forward to your expanding your comments when you feel better -- that's quite a teaser w/ the fun, stealing the show, but imperfection - sounds like you have a lot to say!

[njdancegirl]

I did, and I'll be happy to post if no one else does by the time I get to it. I'm in a REALLY foul mood right now and I feel nauseated and exhausted, to boot. Hopefully I'll be in a better state tomorrow morning . . .

They were great fun to watch, and stole the event entirely, but they definitely were not perfect. Will expand later.

Thanks, BM - look forward to your thoughts. Hope you are feeling better today!

[Meagan]

Curious... Anyone there today that can tell me if there were any
AM's at all on Sunday???

Was there Sunday...danced in the Am-Am Pre-champ Latin. There were only two couples.

Not sure if there were many other Am-Am's about...there weren't many people there total so I doubt it

[Kitty]

Was there Sunday...danced in the Am-Am Pre-champ Latin. There were only two couples.


cool. Was it your first comp wiht this partner?

[BM]

Yes, Paul and his partner danced on Saturday, and they won handily. I hardly looked at the other couples on the floor. The partnership is still new, though: they were not as synchronised as Eugene & Maria or Ricardo & Yulia, but that will come with time. Oksana is a very elegant lady, and suits Paul very well. However, I feel that he needs to showcase her as his lady more. I found myself watching him more than I watched her, which is rare, since I typically find myself studying the lady in the partnership more often than not.

Paul did not tan, which I found a little surprising. Yes, it was a small comp, and a warm-up for them, but I'm guessing that getting a Mystic could not have been too much trouble. It was particularly noticable since the back of Paul's shirt was mesh (and let me tell you, he's in good shape!).

I can't say from previous experience, but from what I heard people around me saying, their Paso was almost identical to Paul's former routine. Regardless, it was pretty nifty. Again, though, I found myself watching Paul more than Oksana.

That's all I have for now. I'll add more if I remember anything else.

[Casey]

Thanks for the comments! It must have been fun to see a high-level debut --

[njdancegirl]

Thanks for the comments! It must have been fun to see a high-level debut --

Ditto! Thanks, BM!

[GJB]

Video of Paul Killick and Oksana Zolotarevskaya here: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1054001029107

[njdancegirl]

Video of Paul Killick and Oksana Zolotarevskaya here: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1054001029107

Thanks for posting, Gary! Oksana really is stunning and Paul is quite the showman. Agree with BM that I found myself watching him and I typically watch the lady in latin as well. Maybe with time this will balance out...or maybe not. We shall see, but looking forward to seeing more.