Daniel & Laura

I am very excited to welcome Hello Gorgeous! Salon as a new sponsor.  Crissy Watts, stylist, has been cutting my hair for years, and now Teresa Atkinson, the owner of Hello Gorgeous!, has generously agreed to help support our dancing.  Thank you, Teresa!  If you need high quality, professional salon services in a relaxed atmosphere [...]

A friend of mine has asked me to help her find a buyer for these shoes. Click to embiggen:
She bought them several years ago but has never worn them; they are still in their original box with the receipt for their purchase from Dance Shoes of Atlanta.  The brand is Dance Lites; my friend says [...]

Getting ballroom dancing, under the name “DanceSport,” into the Olympics has been one of the goals of USA Dance since it was formed as the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association in 1965.  In 1997 the IOC recognized the International DanceSport Federation as the worldwide governing body for DanceSport and in 1999 the USOC recognized [...]

Just finished knocking together this new design for the site.  The theme is Atahualpa; header image photos by Jerry Lucas, assembled by yours truly using SUMO Paint.  Special thanks to Brandon Thompson for the idea of customizing a “desk”-style layout and for encouraging me to make us a favicon.

At Saturday’s USA Dance monthly social, I complimented Joyce Newman (top local tanguera) on her amazing shoes.  They were open-toed sandals with skyscraping stiletto heels, unbelievably flattering on the foot.  The fabric was the real attention-getter: brown silk with white polka dots.  “Joyce,” I said, “I just love your shoes.”
“Thank you,” she replied.  “They’re Comme [...]

2 weeks after starting to build it, I am finally making our Web site public.  Leave a comment and let us know what you think!

Welcome to our new Web site, chronicling and commenting on our pursuit of ballroom dancing in performance and competition.  Stay tuned as we add more content!