Next year it will be the privilege and honour of DanceSport BC to host the 2012 Canadian Closed Championships here in Vancouver, B.C.!  During the Easter weekend of April 6 and 7, the national championships will be held in conjunction with the Snowball Classic at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel in downtown Vancouver.

As such, the Qualifying Events for the 2012 Canadian Closed Championships will be held at the 50th Annual UBC Gala Ball on March 10 and 11, 2012 at The Grand Ballroom in Richmond, B.C.

Looking forward to seeing all dancers and competitors soon!

For details, go to www.dancesportbc.com/ccc

This 2-Day annual event will be held on May 7th & 8th, 2011 at the Beban Park Social Centre, in Nanaimo on beautiful Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.  This event will crown each year’s BC Closed Champions. 

In addition, this year’s confirmed entries include the following World 10-Dance couples – current Champions, Bjorn Bitsch & Ashli Williamson from Denmark; No. 3 couple Csaba Laszlo & Anna Mikes from Hungary; and No. 5 couple Anton Belyayev & Antoaneta Popova from Canada. 

Come and be part of this spectacular weekend which features a full slate of amateur competitions from Newcomer to Championship level for all age groups from Juvenile, Junior, Youth, Adult to Senior plus Pro-Am competitions, a Showcase of Champions on both days and a gourmet buffet dinner on Saturday evening. 

website www.islandfantasyball.com

For more information on the competition, tentative schedule, entry forms, and ticket orders, please visit the CADA website: http://www.dancesport.ca/

Good luck to all DSBC competitors!

Marco Sietas
IDSF Sports Director

Latin: Cha Cha Cha and Jive

Standard: Tango and Viennese Waltz

The order of the dances in the Finals shall be:

Latin: CC (solo), CC (group), S, R, PD, J (solo), J (group)

Standard: T (solo), T (group), W, SF, QS, VW (solo), VW (group)

Please go to Tickets Tonight to get your tickets now: http://ticketstonight.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1408

RESERVED

Friday, Feb 4 & Saturday, Feb 5 & Sunday, Feb 6 (Evening RESERVED SEATING -please refer to Seat Map)

Tier #1 $109 plus 7.00 s/c per night
Tier #2 $99 plus 6.50 s/c per night
Tier #3 $89 plus 6.50 s/c per night
Tier #4 $79 plus 6.50 s/c per night
Tier #5 $62 plus 5.50 s/c per night
Tier #6 $49 plus 4.50 s/c per night

GENERAL ADMISSION – Open Seating

Saturday & Sunday Daytime (GENERAL ADMISSION)

Adults: $25 plus 3.75 s/c per day
Child (under 16): $15 plus 3.25 s/c per day

Service charges include the HST.

WEEKEND PASS [all day and evening sessions - only evening sessions are reserved seating]

Tier #1 $317 plus 15.00 s/c
Tier #2 $291 plus 15.00 s/c
Tier #3 $266 plus 15.00 s/c
Tier #4 $241 plus 15.00 s/c
Tier #5 $198 plus 15.00 s/c
Tier #6 $165 plus 15.00 s/c

Service charges include the HST

Registration for the 2011 Snowball Classic opens on MONDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2010!

Please goto http://www.snowballclassic.com/competitors/competitor-registration/ for more information.

See you in February 2011!

SnowBall Classic will be having events in International Latin and Standard for both Solo and Group Flights.  Divisions A and B.

Various age categories.

Various levels.

Check out www.snowballclassic.com for more details to come!

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING COMPETING IN THE CANADIAN CLOSED AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

CADA Rule 7.09 No couple may participate in any category at the Canadian Closed Amateur DanceSport Championship in a calendar year unless both members of the couple competed, in the exact same category, with each other in the Amateur DanceSport Competition designated by their Regional Board as the Official Regional Qualifying Competition, with that Official Regional Qualifying Competition being held in the same year prior to as the Canadian Closed Championship. Only one Official Regional Qualifying competition can be designated by each Regional Board. All couples from that Region must compete in this one Official Regional Qualifying Competition in order to qualify to compete in the Canadian Closed Championships. Each Regional Board shall provide to the promoter of any Canadian Closed Championship a list of competing couples, who are eligible to compete under this Rule, a minimum of 3 weeks prior to the event. A dancer can only compete in one Official Regional Qualifying Competition per year.

The Regional Board must submit the name and date of the Official Regional Qualifying Competition for the Canadian Closed Championship to the CADA Board no later than September 1st of the year prior to the next Canadian Closed Championship. The date of each Regional’s Association Official Qualifying Competition for the Canadian Closed Championship will be published on the CADA and Regional Association web sites.

Notwithstanding this requirement, the CADA Board may waive the application of this Rule in an exceptional case where a couple has not competed in the Official Regional Qualifying Competition. An application for a waiver must be filed with the CADA Board by the Regional Board prior to their Official Regional Qualifying Competition or no later than 5 days after their Official Regional Qualifying Competition. No waiver will be granted for a new partnership that was created after the Official Regional Qualifying Competition of their Regional Association.

The Statement on the amateur Entry Form, which must be completed and signed by all Canadian Closed Competitors, shall read as follows: [I competed with the same partner in the Official Regional Qualifying Competition in the exact same category for which we wish to enter these Canadian Closed Championships] followed by a “Yes” and a “No” box for a response and both their signatures. {effective April 1, 2010}

The promoter shall not accept any such entry form unless the Statement above is completed.

DATES of the OFFICIAL REGIONAL QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS for 2011

DSQ: January 15, Super AM

DSBC- February 4-6, SnowBall Classic

OADA- February 27, Ontario Closed Championships

DSAB- February 27, (Date still to be confirmed) Alberta Winter Classic

DAA-February 27, DanceSport Atlantic Official Qualifier