USABDA Thread

Spitfire

Spitfire

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So how many of you here attend dances held by USABDA and how much do you enjoy them and how often are they held in your area?

The USABDA dances here have been great since they started holding them again about two years ago. They had been discontinued for awhile due to lack of attendance and so they stuck to workshops, but now they have been holding dances about every two months often in conjunction with things like Valentines Day, Christmas, ect. and attendance is great.

They are now going to a format where there's a dance one month and another the next and a workshop on the following; something like that.

I was once a member; I'll have to become one again.
 
Here in Atlanta we have the Atlanta Ballroom Dance Club (ABDC) and the Atlanta USABDA chapter. Usually, the former has the larger dances. A few years ago ABDC was part of USABDA and then split off. There was no USABDA in Atlanta for a while. I think USABDA has grown back to a reasonable size and the dances usually have about 100 people. The ABDC dances usually have about 200 people, but I haven't gone to either lately. I'll see if I can get someone from one of these clubs to comment.
Atlanta USABDA
Atlanta Ballroom Dance Club
 
A Ballroom Dance Club

That would be nice if Tucson had a ballroom dance club, but given the rather small dance community here it's possible that such would not work out. There is a ballroom club at the University of Arizona, but it's a student's thing as far as I know.
 
USABDA here schedules monthly themed dances that are pretty fun, which include a half-hour free group lesson before the dance. The local chapter here is pretty active, and sponsors an annual all-amateur competition, among lots of other things, like a really informative newsletter, a good website, and other things.



Anybody else involved with USABDA? Experiences, anyone?
 
For those who don't know (such as our international members) USABDA stands for United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association. Both amateur dancers, competitors, and professionals can join.

By the way, is there anything similar out there for salsa or swing dancers? A networking organization for dancers?
 
The USABDA chapter here is really bad :cry:

I've sat down with the previous two presidents and given them piles of suggestions, offered photo showings from my travels/research, video showings from the 2 USABDA Nationals I was at (2001 & 2002), designed them a website, set up Yahoo groups for them, etc.,...

Well, they wanted to take over control of the website, made some cosmetic changes, and have had dead links (which I have pointed out to them by the way) for over 4 months now...
 
Yeah. It all depends on the quality of the chapter leadership. Fortunately, my chapter has a pretty good president and supporting cast.
 
If you bring a dessert to the USABDA dances here it is worth a couple dollars off admission and as a result there are some outstanding cakes, pies, cookies and other snacks on the table in the rec room. Softs drinks are provided for free. :D
 
pygmalion said:
Thanks! I'll forward the baked goods idea to the local chapter. Sounds like fun. Fattening, but fun.
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Fattening? Not!

We work it off with all our dancing - LOL :mrgreen:
 
pygmalion said:
How much dancing does it take to burn off a cheesecake? :lol: :lol:
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Don't you have that all backwards? Isn't the real question "how much cheesecake does it take to fuel a cha cha/rumba/tango/etc.?"
 
What about the dress codes at the dances? I've noticed a couple of people showing up in shorts to the dances this Summer :!:

How formal are your USABDA events?
 
DanceMentor said:
What about the dress codes at the dances? I've noticed a couple of people showing up in shorts to the dances this Summer :!:

How formal are your USABDA events?
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The way most people are dressed to a ballroom dance; not real formal, but in the type of clothes you don't normally wear on the street. Most ladies wear a dress and most men wear dress or sport slacks and a good shirt. Very few wear ties though.
 
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