Toronto Open Swing Dance Championships
July 18-20, 2008
Toronto Open Swing Dance Championships (West Coast Swing and Lindy Hop)
Weekend Pass is $99.00 CAD (Canadian dollars) until March 1, 2008!
Confirmed Teachers: Mary Ann Nunez, Arjay Centeno & Melissa Rutz, John Lindo, Ben Morris, Bill Cameron, Carla Heiney & Kevin St. Laurent, Annie Trudeau, Max Pitruzzella, Dan Amores, Caitlin Wellman, Myles Monroe & Tessa Cunningham, Maria Cirino, Julie Epplett, Antoinette Giancursio, Joanna Kassoulidis, Alana Hock, Dave & Linda Corke, Shelley Saxena & Dave Hutcheson, Jill Hollingsworth, Pat & Stan Vandermolen, Katherine Derziotis, Frank Beal, Tina Price and more . . .
Two separate ballrooms for West Coast Swing and Lindy dancers
Competition Events and WSDC Registry Event (Jack & Jill points)
I (Maria Cirino) am the ticket coordinator for Syracuse, NY -- so lets get enough people together to get a table!!
To get the $99 price, you must pay by Friday - I can take your money and hand you your ticket at the SSDS dance this Thursday - I will have them with me there.
After Friday the price goes up to $145.
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Here's a little bit more information from the Event Directors themselves:
Our extraordinary, world class West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, and
Balboa teachers and our dynamic local and area teachers...over 40
teachers in all.
... the wonderful Doubletree International Plaza Hotel located on the
airport strip at 655 Dixon Road, Mississauga, ON, with its 4 fabulous
restaurants, comfortable rooms, numerous amenities, free and frequent
shuttle service to Pearson airport, and, of course, its excellent
record on meeting the needs of guests!
... the variety of competition events scheduled for an awesome weekend
including our special "University Cup Challenge" and "Youth Challenge"
events with a bursary for one lucky team! More details to follow!
... our workshop schedule that includes 60 hours of workshops to date
with more to be added and of which 20 hours are "Totally Beginner
Level" workshops. The rest are workshops at the Intermediate/
levels!
... the variety of workshops including west coast swing, lindy,
balboa, east coast swing, country 2 step, nightclub 2 step, swango
(west coast swing and tango), swingo (lindy and tango), cha cha, and
salsa!
... our "Discover Toronto...Plan a vacation"!
... our "Special Teachers' Workshops"! with Mary Ann Nunez (WCS) and
Kevin St. Laurent (Lindy)
... our effort to raise money for the SickKids Foundation!
...our "TOSDC STORE" which carries Stephanie Dance Shoes for Swing
Dancing. Jewelry and more items will follow.
All competion events will be held in the International Ballroom.
Our goal is to provide a creative and exemplary swing dance event.
General dancing at the competition will be done in two ballrooms to
accomodate both predominant styles of dance present, West Coast Swing
and Lindy Hop. We hope this all open format allows dancers to
experience both styles of dance and be able to move easily between
dance venues, that will thrill both the dancers and spectators who
will visit our world class city as well as all Torontonians!
Please 'contact us' and share your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions.
The championships will be even better because of you! If you are
interested in volunteering at the TOSDC, please use the E-Volunteer
form to contact us. If you are interested in being added to our email
list, please send us your email address through the 'contact us' tool.
We'll see you on the dance floor July 18-20, 2008!
Yours in dance!
Katherine & Frank
