Emerald Ball Professional Cabaret

Report by Edward Simon
Photos by Mary Tweeddale

This year was the 25th anniversary of the Emerald Ball Championships, and seemed the most successful one yet! Congrats to Wayne and Donna and staff!

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The Kiwi Classic … Wow!! 

Report by Dennis & Jackie Rogers
Photos by Point View Photography

If there was ever a destination competition, this would surely be one of the top locations!  Auckland, New Zealand is an incredible location. 

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Professional Ballroom at Emerald Ball

Report by Maria Hansen
Photos by Mary Tweeddale

The Emerald Ball celebrated its 25th anniversary this year and Wayne and Donna Eng went all out to put on a spectacular event! The ballroom had just been remodeled and looked absolutely beautiful and with over 13,000 entries, the atmosphere was electric but still very friendly and warm.

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25 Shades of Green with Envy at Emerald Ball

Report by JT Thomas
Photos by Mary Tweeddale

Emerald Ball has always been considered one of the “must attend” competitions in a dancer’s career. It can often be the mid-year measuring stick for the competitive year. 

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7th Time for Arunas in Vilnius 2014 was the 7th annual Vilnius Dance Festival, organized by US and World WDC Ballroom Champion, Arunas Bizokas, in his native Lithuania.  Amazingly this event starts just one day after Blackpool finishes and of course, Arunas & Katusha won the Professional Ballroom at Blackpool again this year. The thought of organizing an event just 1 day after such an amazingly stressful competition is daunting, but just as in his dancing, Arunas seems to take it all in stride.  Not only is he the organizer he and Katusha also are the featured performers.

This year we saw competitors in WDC AL Amateur divisions, pro-am competitions, and hobby divisions with competitors from far afield – Australia, Canada, USA, Lebanon, Israel and a host of European countries.  Judges hailed from Asia, Europe and North America.

The competition takes place in the Radisson Blue Hotel, right on the river in the charming and historical city of Vilnius.  The after party in the spectacular Space Bar atop the hotel with panoramic windows is always a treat. Watch out for a full report and photos in the members’ section soon.  And there will be some surprises - (eg. Katusha Demidova competed in the pro-am!)