Swing Niagara Dance Championships

Thank you everyone for another wonderful year!! Our dates for next year are September 25-27, 2009 - we hope to see you back next year!!

Thank you to our neighboring swing events for sponsoring weekend passes to Jack & Jill winners:

The 2-DVD composition set is being edited and it looks great! It has all the competition, including all the prelims and exhibitions will be on the DVDs in wide-screen format. Our new cameras look very clean and very sharp. Order your set for $80 plus $5 shipping by visiting Thumbs Up's website.

The Workshop DVDs are filled with all the teachers that taught workshops all weekend. They are divided into two different DVDs - DVD #1 has the intermediate & advanced workshops (held in the Main Ballroom & the Atrium Floor) and DVD #2 has the beginner & intermediate workshops (held in Ballrooms A & B). **The price is $60 for one DVD, or $100 for both (please add $5 for shipping). To order workshops DVDs, please email Maria at Swing Niagara for instructions.

**Additional fees for non-US cheques and/or PayPal will be added on to your order price as all monies for workshop DVDs are divided between Thumbs Up and the pros that taught the workshops.

2008 Invited Vendors: Dance Connection (Shoes & Videos), Sparkling Feet Dance Shoes, massage therapy, Kermit Dukes Photography and Allure Enterprises (clothing & jewelry).

For the fifth year in a row, we are proud to have the best floors in the business - DancePros Dance Floors

For the second year in a row - we will be having the sound quality of Dance Fanatics in both our main ballroom and the atrium ballroom.

Mario Robau Jr. (two time US Open Champion and 2007 GNDC Entertainer of the Year) - confirmed!

Angel Figueroa (US Open Cabaret Champion and many time Classic and Showcase Champion) - confirmed!

Mary Ann Nunez (two time US Open Champion & many time Jack n' Jill Champion) - confirmed!

Arjay Centeno & Melissa Rutz (2007 USA Grand Nationals Showcase Champions) - confirmed!

Heather Stants of Urban Tribal Dance Company (Totally Awesome Belly Dance Instructor & Performer) - confirmed!

Jason Miklic & Sophy Kdep (2007 Americas' Classic Showcase Champions) - confirmed!

Marc & Stephanie Levetin (Marc is the 2007 Americas' Classic Rising Star Classic Division Champion) - confirmed!

Dave & Linda Corke (gifted instructors from Ottawa, Ontario that teach country as well as WCS)

Lindsay Edgerton (belly dance teacher in Upstate NY who also is a member of the Northern Lights Dance Team)

Julie Epplett (Jack 'n Jill competitor & awesome instructor in the Toronto dance scene) - confirmed!

Mike & Inge Evans (wonderful instructors from London, Ontario that teach dance on the high seas) - confirmed!

Antoinette Giancursio (Jack 'n Jill competitor, instructor from Rochester, NY, US Champion in Pro-AM Latin competition) - confirmed!

Barb & Joe Tomasulo (beloved instructors from the Buffalo, NY area that add energy & enthusiasm to any class they teach and any dance they attend) - confirmed!

Sitting with all your friends, close to the dance floor, at an event with the top swing dancers in the country performing for you Saturday night (Mary Ann, Mario, Parker & Jessica, Kyle & Sarah, Arjay & Melissa, Jason & Sophy and more . . .) is the best way to enjoy a dance weekend!

If you are interested in purchasing a table for Swing Niagara this year - there are three ways that you can secure your table for this year's event:

Once you are ready to pay for all 10 weekend passes for your table, you can either

1) send a check payable to Swing Niagara for the full amount of the table, or

2) send all 10 checks for the table in one envelope, or

3) to pay by PayPal - please email me at mcirino@twcny.rr.com so I can send you an invoice for the entire amount of the table. For those familiar with PayPal, you can also bypass sending me an email by selecting the "send money" tab and typing in the mcirino@twcny.rr.com email address in the "to" box and putting the correct amount in and selecting Service/Other. I will receive notification of your payment and then contact you via email to verify your payment and other information. There is no extra charge for payment via PayPal.

We will need the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all 10 people sitting at your table. Please feel free to include competition fees in your weekend pass checks.

As soon as your payment is received and it clears your financial institution - you will contacted you about your table selection.