Fort Wayne Dancesport

Thanks to Hindle Design & Advertising, Inc., we now have a professionally designed flyer to promote our Special Olympics ballroom dance competition, July 28. If you'd like to print a copy to post somewhere, you can download it from our chapter website. We still need more volunteers to help produce this event, including some people who can do advance work and some who can be there the day of the competition. We also need chapter members to serve as competition partners for Special Olympics athletes. If you can help, please contact Dan Keck, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 260-440-7004.

Last month, your chapter sent invitations to all the dance instructors and studios we know. We invited them all to attend our June 9 chapter dance at which we'll set aside time for demonstrations and showcases. This month, board member Russell Hernandez will call the instructors and studios to see who will participate. This will be a great opportunity for our chapter to show our appreciation for instructors and studios and the important role they play promoting the advancement of ballroom dancing in our community. We hope all studios and independent instructors will participate and we hope you'll be there to see what they showcase.

We have a lot to do to get ready for our next Special Olympics ballroom dance competition, July 28 at the Grand Wayne Center. Our special events coordinator, Dan Keck needs a go-to person who has good computer skills and can put information together readily. We will need to do some fund raising to pay competition expenses. Dan has met with various people from Special Olympics and USA Dance. A few people who volunteered for previous competitions have indicated willingness to help again this year. I don't think we can have too many helpers. For more information or to volunteer, contact Dan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 260-338-0959. The chapter board devoted most of its last meeting to developing a strategy for the competition.

Our chapter membership chairman, Kyle Breedlove has been working with a new online member database and hopes to soon have statistics regarding chapter membership. In the meantime, I'd like to remind you that our chapter's status as a part of USA Dance requires us to have a certain number of USA Dance members (you become a member of our chapter by joining the national organization). If your membership has expired, please renew it soon! You can do that online or at the check-in table at any chapter dance.

July 28 Competition Being Planned

Your chapter board of directors has started working toward hosting a Special Olympics ballroom competition this year. Planning is in the early stages but we've set a date and venue: July 28 at the Grand Wayne Center. We will need plenty of volunteers to make this very special event happen. Put this date on your calendar! While we work out additional details, dance training for Special Olympians has already begun and we need more chapter members to serve as dance partners. For more information, contact Dan Keck, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 260-338-0959.