Open Pro Ballroom
Open Pro Ballroom
Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova
Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova
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Serhiy Averkov & Olena Barna
Serhiy Averkov & Olena Barna
Andrei Mykhailov & Ekaterina
Andrei Mykhailov & Ekaterina
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Open Pro Rhythm
Open Pro Rhythm
Danas Jaksevicius & Yuki Haraguchi
Danas Jaksevicius & Yuki Haraguchi
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Open Amateur Smooth
Open Amateur Smooth
Brandon Keck & Kaylee Christensen
Brandon Keck & Kaylee Christensen
Parley Ford & Natalie Jolley
Parley Ford & Natalie Jolley
Sawyer Stolle & Serena Keck
Sawyer Stolle & Serena Keck
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Open Amateur Latin
Open Amateur Latin
Alexander Chernositov & Arina Grishanina
Alexander Chernositov & Arina Grishanina
Erik & Shelly Linder
Erik & Shelly Linder
Bumchin Tegshjargal & Michelle Klets
Bumchin Tegshjargal & Michelle Klets
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The evening ended with the traditional “Breakfast under the Stars” – always a popular feature of the Desert Classic. Today we continue with the junior events and these promise to be high in quantity and quality!
Nick & Viktorija Back on Top
US Champs, Nick Cheremukhin & Viktorija were back on top yesterday after two consecutive losses over the past 2 weeks.
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Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Anastasiia Zhuchenko
Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Anastasiia Zhuchenko
Tykhon Zhyvkov & Yana Zhyvkov
Tykhon Zhyvkov & Yana Zhyvkov
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Open Pro Latin
Open Pro Latin
Francesco & Sabrina Bertini
Francesco & Sabrina Bertini
Alexei & Vlada Karaulov
Alexei & Vlada Karaulov
Roman Italyankin & Alexandra Bokova
Roman Italyankin & Alexandra Bokova
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Open Amateur Ballroom
Open Amateur Ballroom
Angelo Gaetano & Clarissa Morelli
Angelo Gaetano & Clarissa Morelli
Erik & Shelly Linder
Erik & Shelly Linder
Jaren Hopkin & Vashti Smith
Jaren Hopkin & Vashti Smith
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For the pro-ams it was Ballroom day and there was some high quality dancing. The results of the Open Scholarships were as follows:
Open B
1. Patricia Schneider w/ Oreste Alito 1,1,1,1,1
2. Ling Ma w/ Edgars Gasjuns 2,2,2,2,2
3. Joyce Lo w/ Guennadi Iakounine 3,4,3,3,3
4. Amy Wang w/ Victor Yushin 4,3,4,4,4
Open C
1. Angela He w/ Julius Seniasuskas 3,1,1,1,2
2. Patricia Schneider w/ Oreste Alito 1,2,2,2,1
3. Annie Chan w/ Christian Radvan 4,3,3,3,3
4. Yu Ping Ting w/ Leonid Burlo 2,5,4,5,5
5. Sheila Zou w/ Valeriu Ursache 5,4,6,4,4
6. Sophia Hsu w/ Radu Sterban 7,6,5,6,6
7. Connie Lam w/ Oleksiy Mayorov 6,7,7,7,7
Open S1
1. Paige Riffle w/ Iaroslav Bieliei 2,2,1,1
2. Dana Ben Yehuda w/ Andrea Faraci 1,1,2,2
3. Charlotte Carey w/ Andriy Mykhailov 3,3,4,3
4. Cindy Wang w/ Valeiu Ursache 4,4,3,4
5. Connie Lam w/ Oleksiy Mayorov 5,5,5,6
6. Glendy Yeh w/ Dumitru Doga 7,6,6,5
7. Yee Ping Chiang w/ Igor Colac 6,7,7,7.
Open S2
1. Peter Chou w/ Xenia Cletova 2,2,1,1
2. Jan Duffy w/ Tadas Jonyla 1,1,2,2
3. Susan Jen w/ Oreste Alito 3,3,3,3
4. Vy Wappel w/ Oleksiy Pigotskyy 5,4T,5,4
5. Mark Eberle w/ Veronika End 4,6,4,5
6. Loretta Li w/ Gasjuns 6,4T,6,6
Turning Up the Heat in Palm Desert
It’s a scorching 105 outside in Palm Desert, CA, but in the Grand Ballroom of the JW Marriott The Desert Classic is turning up the “heats!”
With more than 8,000 entries, organizers Igor & Irina Suvorov, are delighted with the turnout to this year’s event after the inevitable cancelation of 2020. We are all glad to be back in the incredible JW Marriott here in Palm Desert, with its sweeping lobby and wonderful amenities.
Yesterday began with a bumper schedule that included all of the pro-am heats in Smooth and Latin as well as all 4 styles in Professional RS. A program that saw us all in the ballroom from 7:00 AM until midnight.
We thought the Open Scholarships in the Smooth style were especially strong today. There were 4 in total – A, B, C, S1 and S2. The winner of the Open A divisions was new to us, Haley Hernandez w/ Tykhon Zhyvkov who won all dances with a majority of 1st places and certainly looked very impressive. The runner-up, again in all dances, was Ani Mkrtchyan w/ Max Sinitsa. 3rd in all was Elizabeth Thomson w/ Nick Cheremukhin and fourth was Angelita Mangaser w/ Christopher Hughes.
Open A PA Smooth Scholarship
Open A PA Smooth Scholarship
Haley Hernandez w/ Tykhon Zhyvkov
Haley Hernandez w/ Tykhon Zhyvkov
Open B PA Smooth Scholarship
Open B PA Smooth Scholarship
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Open C PA Smooth Scholarship
Open C PA Smooth Scholarship
Pattricia Schneider w/ Slawek Souchaki
Pattricia Schneider w/ Slawek Souchaki
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Llewelyn Nielson w/ Slawek Souchaki was the winner of the Open S1 which was also an 8-couple final. She won all 4 dances. In her second final of the afternoon, Sue Eldred was once again the runner-up this time scoring 2nd in all dances. Also in her 2nd Open Scholarship final Carolyn Glazner w/ Danas Kaksevicius took 3rd in all dances. 4th Nancy Mei w/ Max Sinitsa 4,4,4,5; 5th Cynthia Wolfsohn w/ Alex Zagrean 5,5,5,4; 6th Chi Yonemoto w/ Slava Kostianets 6,7,6,6; 7th Ibis Wu w/ Nick Cheremukhin 7,6,7,7; 8th Jean MacGregor w/ Eric Cyr 8,8,8,8.
Open S1 PA Smooth Scholarship
Open S1 PA Smooth Scholarship
Open S2 PA Smooth Scholarship
Open S2 PA Smooth Scholarship
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The only “perfect” score of the day went to Anna Brown w/ Andrei Tarasov in the Open A Latin Scholarship who received every first place mark from the judges. Congratulations! Runner-up spot went to Danielle Goren W Vadym Lyubushkin 4,2,2,2,2; With 2,3,3,4,4, Christina Enoch w/ Roman Drobotov took 3rd. 4th Jordan Vijungco w/ Radomir Pashev 3,4,5,3,3; 5th Elizabeth Fuchs w/ Vartan Zakhariants 5,5,4,5,5.
Open A PA Latin Scholarship
Open A PA Latin Scholarship
Anna Brown w/ Andrei Tarasov
Anna Brown w/ Andrei Tarasov
Open B PA Latin Scholarship
Open B PA Latin Scholarship
Maria Shtabskaya w/ Oleksandr Kamniev
Maria Shtabskaya w/ Oleksandr Kamniev
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Open C PA Latin Scholarship
Open C PA Latin Scholarship
Deborah Wright w/ Nikolai Voronovich
Deborah Wright w/ Nikolai Voronovich
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Susann Tunick w/ Nikolai Voronovich won all dances to take the Open S1. The runner-up, also in all dances was Jennifer Kay w/ Evgeny Nazarov. 3rd Noreen Chan w/ Roman Italyankin 4,3,3,3T; 4th Chris Hansen w/ Sveta Daly; 5th Judy Petr Pedersen w/ Polak 5,5,4T,3T; 6th Mary Shaw w/ Stephen McCann 6,6,6,6.
Open S1 PA Latin Scholarship
Open S1 PA Latin Scholarship
Open S2 PA Latin Scholarship
Open S2 PA Latin Scholarship
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All 4 Pro RS divisions were straight finals. First up was the Rhythm. The contest was mostly for 1st and 2nd place between 2 very different couples in style and appearance. The winners today were Roman & Anna Zotov with 1,1,1T,1,1 over Antonio Nunez & Oxana Kashkina 2,2,1T,2,2. Both couples have improved considerably since we last saw them. 3rd went to John Bernal & Bailey Carillo in all dances.
Pro RS Ballroom
Pro RS Ballroom
Mirko Spano & Pamela Romano
Mirko Spano & Pamela Romano
Pro RS Rhythm
Pro RS Rhythm
Roman & Anna Zotov
Roman & Anna Zotov
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The Treus were the winners in the RS Latin scoring 2,1,1,1,1. Joseph & Alexnadra Hopwood were the runners-up in this closely scored division 1,2,2T,2,2 and 3rd were Ivan Khudoliy & Alisa Seleznova 3,3,2T,3,3.
Pro RS Latin
Pro RS Latin
Casey Treu & Kayci Treu
Casey Treu & Kayci Treu
Pro RS Smooth
Pro RS Smooth
Illia Sydorenko & Tetyana Kuts
Illia Sydorenko & Tetyana Kuts
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