IDSF World Senior II Standard Championships – Liege, Belgium

Congratulations to Roland and Carol Cyr of New Maryland, NB who finished in a tie with three other couples for 60-63 places out of 167 competitors at the 2008 World Senior II Standard Championships held October 18 in Belgium. The couple also placed among the top 42 in the Senior II Open Standard event on October 19. Roland and Carol are the reigning Canadian Amateur Senior II Standard Champions. They won their national title in Halifax last March. Click to here to see the complete competition results.
 

DanceSport Atlantic Names New Board

Fuelled with lively debate, the 2008 Annual General Meeting culminated with the naming of the board for the year ahead. Returning as President is John McDermott. Heather Fairbairn will take on the role of Vice President, a position that was vacant for the past two years. Once again, Phil Rogers will perform the duties of Treasurer and Donna McDermott has graciously agreed to return as Secretary. Rounding out the Board of Directors are Margaret Yorke-Membership Administrator, Alex Ritchie, Halina St James, Catherine Peck, Jenny Keenan and John Rideout. All positions were filled by acclamation.
 

Revisions to CADA Dress Code Now Online

When adopting recent changes to the IDSF dress code, CADA also decided to make the format more user-firendly. The updated dress code is now broken down into four separate documents - general information and definitions that apply to all age categories, plus separate documents for each age category (Juvenile, Junior and Youth-to-Senior). Competitors / Parents should download the general rules and the specific requirements for their / their child's age category. (See Membership for details and downloads.)
 

Team Canada - Champs crowned in Halifax,
March 21-22 2008.

As proud host of the 2008 Canadian Closed Amatuer DanceSport Champions, Halifax is pleased to present Team Canada.
First and second place winners earned the right to represent Canada at the world championships in their category and event.
Team Canada photo courtesy of Nelson Wong
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