This year's Unique Dance-o-Rama took place at Hotel Irvine on July 13-16, 2017. It was a wonderful weekend and definitely the best ballroom event to-date!
1 Club Latin 3-dance event: Bachata
2 Club Latin 3-dance event: Bachata
3 Club Latin 3-dance event: Merengue
4 Peter and I decided to present our take on a moment in the lives of an infamous American duo for this year's themed show: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
5 "Have they spotted us?"
6 "Do you see them?"
7 "I don't want to let you go!"
8 Side by side until the end
9 The Solana Beach dance family after the Friday night "California Dreamin' "pro dinner show, including Jude as Ariel and Peter as Eric. (Photo Credit: Steve M.)
10 Open American Smooth: Tango
11 Open American Smooth: Tango
12 Open American Smooth: Tango
13 Open American Smooth: Tango
14 Open Int'l Latin:
15 Open Int'l Latin: Rumba
16 Open Int'l Latin: Rumba
17 Open Int'l Latin: Paso Doble
18 Open Int'l Latin: Paso Doble
19 Open Int'l Latin: Jive
20 Open Int'l Latin: Jive
21 Open Int'l Latin: Jive
22 Peter and his American 4-dance All Around medalists (Photo Credit: Carolyn G.)
23 The Solana Beach dance family at the end of the Pro-Am events on Saturday (Photo Credit: Steve M.)
24 Yaxin and I at the Saturday night gala (Photo Credit: Yaxin S.)
25 The Solana Beach dance family at (Photo Credit: Steve M.)
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27 "Yes, I'm still by his side. Yeah I'm Bonnie, he's Clyde. I'm holding it down on the outside. Hand in hand that's how we ride."
We danced to Typh Barrow's "Gansta's Paradise".
(If you're going to watch the video, I recommend doing that before looking at the next set of photos so as not to give away any plot points. :) )
28 This year's Thursday night dinner show was themed "Born in the USA". Our studio (Solana Beach) formation was a country piece to "Somethin' Bad" by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood.
29 Pro-Am Int'l Latin Scholarship final round: Jive
30 Pro-Am Int'l Latin Scholarship final round: Paso Doble
31 Pro-Am Int'l Latin Scholarship final round: Cha Cha
32 Pro-Am Int'l Latin Scholarship final round: Rumba
33 Pro-Am Int'l Latin Scholarship final round: Samba
34 Pro-Am American Smooth Scholarship Division A semi-final round: Viennese Waltz
35 Pro-Am American Smooth Scholarship Division A semi-final round: Foxtrot
36 Pro-Am American Smooth Scholarship Division A semi-final round: Tango
37 Pro-Am American Smooth Scholarship Division A semi-final round: Waltz