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Past Editoral - 2002 [April to June]

1 Jun 2002 - Blackpool Dance Festival
The Blackpool Dance Festival has just ended. Noticed that Ang Li Ping and Chan Hui Joo from Singapore took part in the Amateur Modern. Check results from Blackpool at their website. Below are extractions:

Bryan Watson and Carmen from Germany won the Professional Latin, Andrei Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova from USA won the rising Stars Latin and Franco Formica and Oksana Nikiforova from Germany won the Amateur Latin.

Augusto Schiavo and Lyn Marriner from Italy won the Professional Modern, Jonathan Crossley and Kylie Jones from England won the Rising Stars Modern and Mirco Gozzoli and Alessia Betti from Italy won the Amateur Modern.

30 May 2002 - Mad about Mambo
On 9 Jun 02, Sunday, 9pm there will be a movie called 'Mad about Mambo' on Cable Vision (Star Movies). This is for Singapore. Other countries in the region may also have it at different times. Its a movie about a soccer player who decides to take up dancing to improve his soccer.

20 May 2002 - 4th Stardust Dancesport Grand Prix 2002 report
Discuss this championship here >>
Short report from one of our regular writers:

"Organised by Louis & Catherine Dance Studio, it had very encouraging response and the competitors were very well looked after. The programme proceeded with military precision and the results of the heats were posted as soon as possible to prepare competitors for their events. Competitors in the heats and semi-finals were split into small groups to ensure more dancing space, which all appreciated greatly for they need not jostle and collide into each other while competing. Lunch was also provided for the competitors and there was an extra bonus too - Lucky Draw prizes for competitors' number tags!"

18 May 2002 - 4th Stardust Dancesport Grand Prix 2002
RpMerleon wishes all competitors taking part in Louis & Catherine's 4th Stardust Dancesport Grand Prix 2002 on 19 May 02 all the best.

15 May 2002 - RpMerleon Dancesport Forums is one year old!
RpMerleon Dancesport Forums is one year old! Please celebrate with us by posting messages on how you think the forums have been a part of Singapore Dancesport.

11 May 2002 - WDDSC list of adjudicators and competitors
The WDDSC website has got a list of WDDSC registered adjudicators and competitors from Singapore and all other member countries. Do check it out.

11 May 2002 - Medical Research into Dancesport
Found an interesting article at the IDSF website on a summary of a study regarding Medical Research into DanceSport produced by the medical Commission of the Italian Dance Sport Federation. Do check it out.

8 May 2002 - Ng Geng Whye resigns as President SGDF
We wish Ng Geng Whye all the best in his new endeavours. For the time being, the post of President seems to be indicated as vacant. Read more from RpMerleon Forum >>

7 May 2002 - SGDF Announcement on Unregistered Championship
Notice from SGDF's website:

"All SGDF Members are to note that the 4th Stardust DanceSport Grand Prix 2002 to be held on 19 May 2002, is not registered with the SGDF. Members are strongly discouraged to participate / compete at these championships. The SGDF has already sent an invitation to register, but was turned down with a null response at the expiry of the dateline (Sunday 5 May 2002)."

7 May 2002 - SGDF DanceSport Training Centre
SGDF website announced : "Please note that the training center is closed wef 1 May 2002 due to poor response."

29 Apr 2002 - End of Sunday night dancing at Dynasty
Starting 5 May 2002 at Dynasty, all Sunday evenings have been booked for private functions and there will be no more $3.00 dancing nights on Sunday anymore. Sad but true.

29 Apr 2002 - NATD Examination Now On
The National Association of Teachers of Dancing examiniations are now on at 11 dance schools. Took a peek at Sunny Low Dance Studio yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by the big turn out, especially the line dancers. This is a good chance for dance enthusiasts to see, feel and shop for the perfect dance schools or teachers for your own dance training. Majority of the dance schools would not mind viewings by outsiders but to be sure, please make a courtesy phone call first.

26 Apr 2002 - New Steps Horrify The Puritans Of Waltz - The Straits Times
Read today's The Straits Times report on how the ballroom dancing world is divided over the introduction of new variations into Viennese Waltz.

25 Apr 2002 - The Crown Award
The Crown Championships (organised by Don McRobert J.P. , Australia) honored the Low family and the award was received on behalf by Aleena Tan. See statement here >>

23 Apr 2002 - SGDF Ranking Lists
The SGDF ranking lists have been updated. SGDF's top ranked Standard couple is Lee Leong Kar & Christine Chang while SGDF's top ranked Latin couple is Melvin Tan Joon Ping & Sharon Tan Huey Boon. Well done! Do check out the Standard ranking and Latin Ranking Lists on their website.

17 Apr 2002 - 4th Universal Dancesport Championships 2002
All the best to competitors taking part in the Universal Dancesport Championships on this coming Sat, 20 Apr 02 organised by Singapore Professional Ballroom Dancers' Association to be held in Neptune. This April must be the busiest month in Singapore Dancesport history to have so many championships and competitors are spoilt for choice.

16 Apr 2002 - Final Upload of Latin Photos For Singapore Millennium 2002
The final batch of latin photos for Singapore Millennium 2002 has just been uploaded into iShop for your purchase & enjoyment. Phew! This concludes the whole series of photos for this higly charged and superb championship. Enjoy!

14 Apr 2002 - 3rd ADSA Singapore Open Dancesport Championships
Held yesterday, the Standard & Latin of the Lower Primary School & the Polytechnic events were very entertaining, setting the stage to groom Singapore's young students. Also a good cultural mix in the competitors which reflects very well Singapore's multi-cultural,multi-racial and multi-ethnic society. Not to forget were the IDSF International Open World Ranking Tournament in both the Standard and Latin categories. More results here >>

12 Apr 2002 - RpMerleon Award Winning Photo On CD Cover
Remember the web award winning photo of Johnathan Crossley with Kylie Jones balancing on right leg doing a left leg kick with both of them expressing their ultimate joy at executing that action? Well, this photo was put on print as a CD cover titled "The Essential Slow Foxtrot Collection" Cat No WR2CD-5031 and was released for sale in December 2001! more >>

This CD can be ordered from RpMerleon iShop.

10 Apr 2002 - Standard Photos of Singapore Millennium 2002
Part of the Standard Photos for the third Singapore Millennium 2002 International Open Dancesport Championships is now uploaded onto iShop. RpMerleon managed to harvest a bumper crop of fantastic action photos due to very high dancing quality in this championship. As such, only the best photos are uploaded. Local couples please approach RpMerleon web masters directly for your photos as there are 4 other rolls of film not uploaded due to the limited and precious server space. Let's give the space to foreign competitors since they do not have the luxury of approaching RpMerleon in person.

7 Apr 2002 - 2nd BDFI Competition at Raffles Town Club
Aleena Tan, Director of BDFI Singapore, announced that they would start chart ranking their competitors with immediate effect to help boost the standard of dancing in Singapore. A full capacity crowd filled the ballroom for the evening which saw many events, competitors and adjudicators. Most of the schools were out in full force to support the events. Congratulations to Aleena Tan and BDFI for an beautiful and well organised event. More write-up & results >>