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Ballroom Dancing

2009 Ballroom Dance Results

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Written by San Diego Senior Olympics Wednesday, 21 October 2009 21:10

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Dance Winners
Waltz Sakakibara
Joy & Battey
Tango Sakakibara
Lee & St. James
Foxtrot Lee & St. James
Joy & Battey
Viennese Waltz Joy & Battey
Waltz Lee & St. James
Thome*
Tango Joy & Battey
Thome*
Foxtrot Sakakibara
Thome*
Cha Cha Sakakibara
Lee & St. James
Joy & Battey
Rumba Sakakibara
Lee & St. James
Joy & Battey
Swing Lee & St. James
2nd Sakakibara
3rd Joy & Battey
Salsa Sakakibara
West Coast Swing Joy & Battey
Hustle Lee St. James
3 Dance Championship Smooth
 

Couples have A Ball Competing

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Written by Tanya Sierra, Union Tribune Monday, 14 September 2009 17:00

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Fun and challenges are found during Senior Olympic events

Ron Joy and and Janet Battey danced in the Senior Olympics in El Cajon. (Eduardo Contreras / Union-Tribune)

Takeo and Mariko Sakakibara barely got back to their seats before the couple's names were called to receive another gold medal during the ballroom dance competition of the 22nd annual Senior Olympics yesterday.

After a four-year hiatus, ballroom dancing returned to the Senior Olympics — albeit with sparse participation — at the Cottonwood Golf Club. Four couples from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio competed in the ballroom competition.

For about two hours, the Sakakibaras and three other couples glided from one corner of the dance floor to the other using techniques that they have been perfecting in dance classes.

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Written by San Diego Senior Olympics Sunday, 26 July 2009 17:24

Hosted by Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Come visit us at either of our 2 locations. (8303 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego) or (845 South Coast Highway Ocean Side). Mention our ad with the Senior Olympics and your 1st Lesson is FREE!  There has never been a better time or place to learn how to dance!

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