The 13th Florida Dance Spree was held May 8-10,2009

 

Please visit the Photo Gallery for pictures of the event taken by Jeremy Laakso, (Thank you Jeremy).

You can also click here for link to pictures taken Saturday night by Brian Batemen,

(Thank you Brian). Dance Spree Photos

RENAISSANCE WORLDGATE   3011 Maingate Lane KISSIMMEE, FL

 Thanks to our instructors: Pat Laakso and Butch Phillips for some wonderful workshops.

Attendance by Chapters: Cape Island Mass -1,Green Mountain VT -1,St. Augustine Chptr-1, Greater Columbia SC -1, Lexington SC Chapter-1, Royal Palm Chapter- 1,

North Star Chapter -2, Pasco County Chapter 2,Lake County Chapter -4,Vero Beach Chapter -4

Greater Daytona  -5,South West FL -6,Southern Star Chapter -6,Space Coast Chapter -6

Heart of Florida Chapter -8,Central Florida Chapter -9,Spirit of Citrus Chapter -10

White Sands Chapter -11, Ocala Regional Chapter -11,Treasure Coast Chapter -14

 and Martin - St Lucie Chapter-21

I would like to thank my Front Desk helpers: Lorely Ridge, Carol Cooney, Nancy Welch, Nancy Hunter, John Davis and Janice Ronnigen at the registration table.

 Winners of the Friday night 30/30/30 raffle:Winning $150 each; Christine Cramer, Louise Martin and Jack Wolff.

Team Match Winner- Spirit of Citrus dancers

 Saturday night Argentine Tango Exhibition by Kathryn Wong & Bob Murray from Port St. Lucie.

 Jack and Jill winners: Michael Verdone, Columbia SC and Annie Sundeen, Sarasota FL

  The Poker Dance Mixer winner was John Roath-Algera from Titusville.

Volunteer of the Year 2008 – Darlene Siciliano- Central Florida Chapter

Additional nominees for Volunteer of the Year:

Robert & Irene Guimond- Ocala Regional Chapter,Del Wooten- Treasure Coast

Lurlene Gough- Southern Star,Donald Davenport- SouthWest FL

Jean Satterfield-Michael- St Augustine and Janis Merluzzo- White Sands Chapter

  FL Chapter of the Year- SouthWest FL Chapter 6049 (and National Chapter of the Year)

 Most Improved Newsletter Award went to the Ocala Regional Chapter; Selma Canis, Editor.

The Top Award for Best Website went to the White Sands Chapter.

Honorable Mention for Website Design went to Spirit of Citrus and Greater Daytona Chapters.

We also recognized Charles Rainey from Royal Palm Chapter who was honored this year at Nationals as being an active Over 90’s dancer and were pleased to have him with us. I don’t think he has missed any of the Dance Sprees.

 We had a smaller than usual turnout this year, either due to the economy or the Mother’s day weekend. Hopefully finances will improve and I’ll stay away from holidays as well and see if we can get back up to our usual over 200 attendances. This year we had 126.

Mark you calendars for the next Florida Dance Spree - February 12-14, 2010.