Thanks to all the attendees of the 2021 Dance Spree. We had a fun time.
We were greeted by the Daytona Beach Chapter “Campers” who were there in their camping outfits.
Seven chapters total were represented this year~ Daytona, Savannah, Tallahassee, Vero, Ocala, Southern Star, and Orlando. Saturday’s Leadership Meeting conducted by, newly appointed District 9 Director, Lolita Brawner.
We kicked off Friday night with a wonderful Samba lesson by Angela and Viorel followed by great Pizzas, Greek Salad and Baklava.
Chapters on Parade – Video to Come
We had 4 Teams for the Friday night Team Match which was won by “Tallahassee” members, Terry Hague & Pam Harrell (FT), Zachary Fournier and Pam Harrell (SW), Michael Webb and Elisabeth Fischer (WZ), and Janet Martin and Michael Webb (CC). 2nd place was Team Ground Hoggs (Daytona) followed by Moon River Dancers and Hot Toddies tying for 3rd.
The Jack and Jill was won by Kurt Rector, Savannah and Pam Harrell, Tallahassee.
Starting at 9 AM we had a full day of workshops on Saturday -with rhythm dances in Salsa and Bachata by Kevin Guerra and Joe Mounts, taught Bolero, Cha Cha, and West Coast Swing after lunch by Arby’s -we had Vi and Angela for the Smooth dances (Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Quickstep, and Viennese Waltz) in the afternoon, It looked like everyone enjoyed them all.
During part of the time the workshops were taking place elsewhere in the building the annual USA Dance Chapter Leaderships meeting was attended by Presidents and Board members – Darla Schmidt-, Deb Blechman – Orlando Greg Marcum -Greater Daytona, Pat Graffin – Ocala and Rebecca Kelly -Tallahassee.
Saturday evening started with a delicious catered dinner, the Greater Daytona Chapter kicked off the evening with a Snowball mixer and onto more dancing all night long. It was so nice seeing so many familiar faces that have attended year after year plus a few new ones who said they would definitely be back.
Performing exhibitions on Saturday with their “Quickstep” were locals, Bobby and Monica Wiech. The Daytona Salsa Bachata Team also performed for us wowing the crowd. Thank you all for your performances.
The Greater Daytona Chapter Board was in full force to help with the event, Greg Marcum, President, Bobby Wiech, Treasurer, Marta Barker, Secretary, Monica Wiech, Membership, Denny Bolling, Hospitality, Rob Kretschmar, Instructor Coordinator, Tom Sanders and Clarence Pan.and Henry, our DJ both nights. Thanks to you all for your hard work.