Northcoast 2014
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Northcoast Final Evening
On this final evening at Carlos and Marielle Pabons' Northcoast Classic, Sergi Smolin and Anna Tomasini won both the Open Professional Smooth and Open Professional Ballroom by winning all dances.
In the Open Pro Rhythm, Dmitti Dolgopolov repeated their win from last night, winning three of the five dances. They faced a strong challenge from Slash Sharan and Meghan Anderson who won the swing and bolero. Find out who also made an impressive showing in this event in the next issue of DanceBeat.
Saturday evening culminated with a show by the very talented Vard Marganyan and Sofia Fil. It was a pleasure to see this couple on the floor alone, demonstrating the intrinsic quality in their dancing.
Northcoast Classic Rocks Cleveland
The Northcoast Classic rocked Cleveland tonight with a full ballroom and an exciting evening of scholarship and rising star professional events.
In the open pro/am events Lisa Vegas had stand out men with Henry Catrett winning the B Rhythm and her student Chris Nunes winning the 'B' open smooth.
Find out which other pro/am teams took home the prize money in the next issue of DanceBeat.
In the R.S. international Latin Dmitro and Nina Kovalenko from New Jersey gave a joyful performance to win all five dances.
In the Professional Open Showdance Brandon Barker and Chelsea Cherie gave a riveting performance with interesting choreography and choice of music to capture 1st place.
In the Professional RS Smooth, Igor Afonkin and Rachel Mercedes from Illinois won all four dances. Find out who else made this seven couple final when you read DanceBeat.
The Professional R.S Rhythm had Dmitri Dolgopolov and Kristen Dobson from Ohio winning four of the five dances with a clean, consistent performance. Pleasant Ivancheko and Anastasia Gordeeva placed second, taking first in the bolero. This couple is very talented but has a decidedly international style feel to their dancing.
The Northcoast Ballroom Classic organized by Marielle and Carlos Pabon started off with a bang this afternoon in Cleveland Ohio.
Check by for updates tomorrow on the most exciting Northcoast to date.