Harbour City Dancesport Championships 2011 Competition Review

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Lower Hutt’s Town Hall was the setting for NZFTD’s Harbour City Championships on the 7th May. Although the lighting seems to have improved – with new lights over the stage and an attractive stage design – this venue still struggles to be big enough to hold a dance competition in. I know overseas there are [...] Read more »

Nelson 2011 Festival and Championship: Dance Competition Review

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Other people celebrate Easter by eating too much, or maybe going to the batch or even staying home and doing nothing. New Zealand danceport competitors dance all weekend instead – thanks to the long-running double competition put on at Easter in Nelson’s Trafalgar Centre. Nelson Easter Dancesport Competition Unique in New Zealand (and Australia as far [...] Read more »

Wellington Out Games 2011: Dance Competition Review

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The Wellington Town Hall was the classy location for the Wellington Out Games Dancesport Competition last Sunday. It always seems a shame to me that so many of our local competitions are held in what are, frankly, pretty tired old halls which don’t really fit with the spectacle that is Ballroom Dancing – men in [...] Read more »

Dancesport Wellington AGM!

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Just a reminder for all you who are competitive ballroom dancers – as an amateur dancer you are represented by New Zealand Dancesport – and you can join the local Wellington branch at the AGM./p> As a special incentive to attend the AGM and join NZDA Wellington for the coming year, we will be giving [...] Read more »