YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND BE A BALLROOM DANCING STAR

All all ballroom aficionados are invited to get involve , participate and challenge yourself dancing or just be there to watch and feel and watch the  dancers perform as they transport you to a …..their  incredible dances and enjoy dancing all evening with your favourite competitors.

Filipinos love to dance, sing, and dance some more. It is either innate or handed down through our genes from a mixture of ancestry, mainly Spanish and our own native peoples who has their own tradition of dances. Chaired by Leonie Manzanares, former Board Director and currently a columnist of Likha, Dancing to be a Star was held for the first time in 2007 and attracted ballroom aficionados from the community. It is a competition of well-honed skills, elegance and grace for the coveted trophy, the ‘Ballroom Goldstar Award’.

 The compitition is designed to get ballroom dancers involved in a fun and friendly atmosphere. To encourage and attract more competitors, pairs comprising of husband and wife team or regular dancing partner are accepted. The Advance and Intermediate competitors will be judged separately.  The number of couples selected for the  Advance and  Intermediate will depend on the number of registrants.   They will both have to follow the rule showcasing   two Standard  (Waltz, Quick Steps, Fox Trot & Tango) and two Latin (Rumba, Cha-Cha, Jive & Samba) dances. 

Competition Categories - On its first year, categories included the Intermediate and Advance only. This year will be more enticing and inviting as there will be three categories for the evening of competition, namely the  Bronze, Silver and Gold .  Each category will have its own criteria for judging. Competitors may register or will be slotted into the category that best suit their level of  skill and competence. The three panel of judges’ votes will be counted as 60% and guests participation for 40% of the total.  PIDC.Winners in each category will be awarded a trophy, sash and flower bouquetPart of the proceed goes to Gawad Kalinga, to help build a house for the poorest back home

Styles of Dance -Generally, there are two   styles the dancers will compete in. These are the Latin (Rumba, Cha-Cha, Jive, Samba, Salsa) which allows the dancers to flirt and have fun and the elegant and traditional passionate Standard dances (Waltz, Fox Trot, Quick Steps & Tango).  Costumes, according to the dance,  may be described as beautiful, elegant, flashy with sequins and definitely flamboyant.   It’s for “f u n” most of all and get compensated for what you have learned and accomplished.  For more infos please call anyone at PIDC or Leonie at 905 567 4829.