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3rd in all dances went to the relatively new pairing of Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova 3,3,3,3,3. This couple have improved so much since we first saw them back in March. With 5,4,4,4,4, Christian Radvan & Kristina Kudelko took 4th and were also having a great night we thought. 5th Serhiy Averkov & Olena Barna 4,5,5,6,6; 6th Radu Sterban & Xenia Cletova 6,6,6,5,5.
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3rd went to Sergey Rozhkov & Tatiana Vasilyeva 3,4,3,3,4 and losing the tiebreak were Lozin & Baikova 4,3,4,4,2. 5th fell to Seth Eldridge & Lyndsay Sorensen 6,6,5,5,5 and 6th to Casey & Kayci Treu 5,5,6,6,6. We must say that the Treus seemed a little surprised by their placement and we must confess, we were also a little perplexed.
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Today Desert Classic continues with a large “Junior day.”
A Night of Diversity!
Last night was a night of Diversity at Desert Classic.
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There was also much diversity in the best event of the night, the Open Professional Smooth. Each couple in the final really demonstrated their own unique style and this is a great asset.
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3rd in all dances went to Yegor Novikov & Alexandra Smirnova and they took a couple of first place marks – one in waltz and one in Viennese, both from Lilia Padriezas. All the 4’s went to Roman Malkhasyan & Galina Detkina and they too seemed to be having a good night. With 6,5,5,5, Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Natalie Crandall took the 5th spot and some in the audience were very impressed with their musicality. Mariusz Zakrzewski & Lynnsay Ray were 6th 5,6,6,7 and Kris & Brianna Suakjian were 7th 7,7,7,6.
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For the pro-ams it was Ballroom day and here are the results of the Open Scholarships:
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Open B – 1. Julie Zhao w/ Denis Kutepov 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Brynda Insley w/ Martin Reinbold 2,2,2,2,2; 3. Dana Miller w/ Davide Gozzi 3,3,3,3,3; Ling Ma w/ Edgars Gasjuns 4,4,5,4,4; Hansen Chen w/ Olga Tsikalyuk 6,5,4,5,5; 6. Laura White w/ Andrea Faraci 5,6,6,6,6.
Open C – 1. Jenny Du w/ Dariusz Michalski 1,1,1,1,1; 2. Jenny Fong w/ Victor Veyrasset 2,2,2,2,2; 3. Sheila Zou w/ Denis Kutepov 3,3,3,4,3; 4. Annie Chan w/ Christian Radvan 5,4,6,3,4; 5. Frances Manning w/ Tadas Jonyla 4,5,4,5,5; 6. Marina Sanchez-Torres w/ Andrea Faraci 6,6,5,6,6. Open Senior – (3 rounds) 1. Kayoko Suzuki w/ Sergey Kiselev 1,1,1,2; 2. Shih-Chang Wang w/ Victor Veyrasset 2,4,2,1; 3. Jacquelyn Hu w/ DiBrino 3,2,4,4; 4. Kieko Fukami w/ Denis Kutepov 5,5,3,3; 5. Betty Lin w/ Andrea Faraci 4,3,5,5.
Desert Classic Opens with a Bang!
Desert Classic 2018 opened with a bang yesterday!
It was a very full schedule yesterday at Desert Classic, encompassing 2 styles of pro-am divisions plus all 4 styles of professional rising star. The day’s program had no break time, beginning at 8:00 AM and continuing until about 11:00 PM. As usual the venue is the spectacular JW Marriott in Palm Desert, CA.
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There were some strong divisions in the pro-am and the results in the Open Scholarships were as follows:
Smooth A – 1. Hanna Weiss w/ Slawek Suchocki 1,1,1,1; 2. Ani Mkrtchyan w/ Max Sinitsa 2,2,2,2; 3. Nicholas Barkley w/ Leanne White 3,3,3,3; 4. Carlos Ayalo-Gonzalez w/ Alina Sachs 4,4,4,4.
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Smooth C – 1. Sue Eldred w/ Oleksiy Pigotskyy 1,1,1,1; 2. Catherine Gallo w/ Kyle Spinder 2,2,2,2; 3. Marina Sanchez-Torres w/ Nick Cheremukhin 3,3,3,3; 4. Hong Wu w/ Valeriia Kostianets 4,4,5,4; 5. Dale DeWoskin w/ Nicole Wooding 5,5,4,5.
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Latin B – 1. Colette Marotto w/ Igor Ustymovych 1,1,1,2,1; 2. Jennifer Lin w/ Ily Bardahan 2,2,2,1,2; 3. Fawn Zhang w/ Vitalii Proskuran 3,3,3,3,3; 4. Monica Serpa w/ Arijom Shmigeljuk 4,4,4,4,4; 5. Katya Nepo w/ Arto Tsaturyan 5,5,5,6,6; 6. Leanne White w/ Myers 6,6,6,5,5; 7. Sheehan w/ Dmitry Kurakin 7,7T,7,7,7; 8. Geogianna March w/ Alexander Andreev 8,7T,8,8,8.
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Latin Senior – 1. Vanessa Wilson w/ Andrey Tarasov 1,2,3,1; 2. Jackie Wang-Dojiri w/ Vitalii Proskurin 3,1,1,2; 3. Gerogeanne Nicol w/ Nikolai Voronovich 4,4,2,3; Bonnie Loftspring w/ Brian McNamee 2,3,4,4; 5. Ibis Wu w/ Mykhailo Bilopukhov 5,5,5,5; 6. Judy Pedersen w/ Peter Polak 6,6,6,6.