Coaches and Competitors, 

The Utah Dancesport Series Leaderboard has been updated including the placings at Nationals last week. You can see the full Leaderboard showing the top 10 couples in each age category and style here:

Full Leaderboard

The final competition in the Series is coming up next week! The Utah Ballroom Alliance (UBA) Showdown, hosted by Lone Peak High School, will take place next Saturday, March 28. The competition will begin in the morning and conclude in the early afternoon to allow people to attend the General Young Women Meeting that evening.

This competition is the last chance in the 2008-2009 Series for competitors to gain points and establish themselves as the top dancer in Utah in their age category and style! However, not all competitors have submitted their entry forms. In order to plan the event and the schedule, you should get your entry form to Lone Peak High School or Roger Wiblin as soon as possible. You can download the UBA Showdown entry form here:

UBA Showdown Entry Form

The current rankings of the different styles in several age categories are very close. For example, there is currently a tie for 1st place in Junior Standard, and less than 10 points separate the top rankings in Preteen American, Youth Standard, Adult Standard, and Adult Rhythm. When a semi-final is danced, the winner of that event receives 19 points! So the competition is very close in several areas. Winning couples in each category and style will receive great prizes as well, such as free movie tickets, food, and gift cards.   The UBA Showdown is open to all championship (open) event competitors. Please submit your entry as soon as possible so Roger can plan the event. Contact Roger for any questions about the Showdown: rhwiblin at gmail dot com. (spelled out to avoid spambots)

BYU has posted the marks from Nationals this last weekend to their website:

2009 Nationals Marks

Lit Liu wanted to let people know there are several photos he took at Nationals this last weekend on his website: www.lumbri.com.

The Utah Dancesport Series Leaderboard has been updated. The standings are current through the Alpine Classic (AF) competition. You can see the full Leaderboard here.

Here are the entry forms for the UBA Showdown, the culminating competition for the Utah Dancesport Series. The competition will be held on March 28th, 2009 at Lone Peak High School. The doors will open at 9:00 am and the competition commences at 10:00 am.

This competition is only for championship sections and thus we will have the best couples in Utah vying for the last points of the Series. Those couples that have accumulated the most points during the Series will be awarded prizes after the awards for their Showdown sections have been given out. We hope to finish early enough to allow those involved with the LDS Young Women’s broadcast to get to that event. In the future we hope the two do not coincide.

UBA Showdown Entry Form

The schedule for the national championships at BYU next week has been posted to their website:

Tentative master schedule for nationals

Lit Liu took several pictures at the Alpine Classic this last weekend. He has posted them on his website: www.lumbri.com.

Here is the tentative schedule for the Alpine Classic coming up this weekend, Feb 27-28,2009. As always, be ready to dance your event 30 minutes before the scheduled time.
(updated 2/25/09 at 10:30 AM MST)

Alpine Classic Tenative Schedule

Here are the judges marks for the 2009 UVU Winter Dancesport Festival, held Feb 19-21, 2009:

Thursday and Friday

• Judges | PDF
• Competitor Heatlist | PDF
• Judges Marks | PDF

Saturday

• Judges | PDF
• Competitor Heatlist | PDF
• Judges Marks | PDF

Here are the marks for the 2009 Utah Dancesport Championships, hosted by Center Stage, held Feb 7, 2009:

• Judges | PDF
• Competitor Heatlist | PDF
• Judges Marks | PDF