New Orleans has been the home for this event for many years dating back to the previous organizer, Mr. Larry Dean, who was in attendance this year. Many of us have some wonderful memories of the New Orleans Open, (or The Southern States Championship as it was originally called) - the French Quarter filled with music and entertainment is always great fun. In fact one of the teachers this morning was spotted by us coming back from some exciting destination we are sure. The entertainment and the organization made this competition a lot of fun for us making New Orleans a perfect destination for events - this year there will be 2 more events here so you can always enjoy it.
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The dancing this weekend was perhaps not the biggest in numbers we have seen, but there was some excellent quality on the floor.
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The Professional Smooth was the smallest of all these heats and here the winners of all dances were Dmytro Polhybil & Alona Kushnir. Yes they did win all dances but for us on this night it could have easily been the other way around, Alexander Elsbury & Grace Gallagher could have easily won at least 3 dances. Many of the judges agreed with us especially in the foxtrot where they took four firsts. We are usually fans of Dmytro & Alona, but on this night they nearly took a dive two times and they seemed not to be in rhythm with each other making everything appear heavy. With the exception of the Viennese Waltz, we think Alexandre & Grace could have won the other three dances.
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With this the New Orleans Open Championships concluded, leaving us all with so many wonderful, wonderful memories for much time to come.