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Adwiz
01-30-2005, 10:44 PM
Here's something you don't see every day: a group of DanceSport competitors performing on a rainy city street in January.

To promote Vancouver's upcoming Snowball Classic international DanceSport competition happening Feb 11-13, DanceSport BC organized a "Street Ambush" demo of DanceSport. It took place in the rain on a busy downtown street corner in Vancouver, Canada Sunday January 30. The dancers performed around a single intersection, with music blasting and television news cameras everywhere. After an hour they were cold but thrilled to have promoted DanceSport.

The reaction of the people on the street was an adrenaline rush: people exclaiming with delight how they would love to dance like that, cars honking their appreciation, and lots of people wanted to know more about DanceSport. The funniest moment was when I heard a woman behind me gasp and exclaim, "look at the ass on that guy!"

I posted some photos for those who are interested:
http://homepage.mac.com/adwiz/PhotoAlbum4.html

BTW, the girl in the purple dress is my daughter.
youngsta
01-30-2005, 10:59 PM
That is soooooo cool!!! 8)
Joe
01-31-2005, 06:12 AM
Looks like more than cool--it looks cold! :)
Lockstep
01-31-2005, 06:17 AM
judging from the pics, you got plenty of reason to be proud of your daughter!
Spitfire
01-31-2005, 06:19 AM
Really cool!

The only time there's been anything like that here is in the shopping malls.
Adwiz
02-09-2005, 03:08 PM
The only time there's been anything like that here is in the shopping malls.

I just came across this great series of photos from a DanceSport demonstration done in a shopping mall. Thought you would enjoy the pix.

http://www.planetfishdesign.com/photos/SimpleViewer/?album=DSBC_Demo__Dec_2004
Katarzyna
02-09-2005, 03:13 PM
Where was this from?
Adwiz
02-09-2005, 03:21 PM
Where was this from?

A DanceSport demonstration near Vancouver, Canada around mid-December I think. It was organized by DanceSport BC, the governing body for amateur competitive DanceSport in BC Canada. As you can see from the photos, it attracted quite a crowd!
Katarzyna
02-09-2005, 03:28 PM
Pretty cool… Would have been great to see it! Do you know any of the couples that participated?
Adwiz
02-09-2005, 04:04 PM
Pretty cool… Would have been great to see it! Do you know any of the couples that participated?

Although I wasn't there, I know most of the couples in the pictures. I compete against a number of them :P
SDsalsaguy
02-09-2005, 06:05 PM
Very cool stuff Adwiz, thanks for sharing!
Sagitta
02-09-2005, 07:35 PM
With the way they are dressed and moving like that. I'm not suprised. :wink: :)
jojobubble
02-10-2005, 01:30 AM
That would have been cool... Wish I could have seen it but unfortunately I'm on the other side of the world. Though we do have something similar coming up on March 6. We have a massive festival called the Perth International Arts Festival, and to finish it John "Mr. Cha Cha" O'connell has choreographed a mambo routine. They're transforming the town square into a ballroom and our aim is to get at least 500 couples... it should be pretty cool. Anything that promotes dancing is good, maybe then there wont be such a shortage of guys doing it :(
Adwiz
02-10-2005, 01:53 AM
They're transforming the town square into a ballroom and our aim is to get at least 500 couples...

That's absolutely huge! Sounds like a terrific event. Wish I could see it.
jojobubble
02-10-2005, 01:56 AM
there'll be photos on the website... just search "perth international arts festival" after march6. or fly to australia... but that's probably a little more expensive.