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Tonight is the grand finale of Dancing With The Stars season ? The remaining contestants are Ricki, Rob, and J.R. All three of them have proven themselves on the dance floor. They have stamina, they have drive, and they have desire, and they also have something [...]

Whew! Boston! It was a whirlwind trip for me- but oh, so worth it!!! Boston is beautiful. The people, the brick buildings, the weather, the harbor, the ballroom, and of course … the dancing! From sunrise to sunset, dancers from all across the country were lighting up the city with their inner-beauty and their outer [...]

The majority of the ballroom dancesport community is in Orlando, FL this week to compete at the United States Dance Championships held at the Walt Disney Swan Hotel. Dancers from all over the world come to compete for top honors and that elusive US Championship title. It’s a week long competition starting with American [...]

Whew! Talk about a whirlwind! Between RSC events from OKC, GCDC, Philly Love Dance Challenge, and the RSF Cruise, we have been dancing up a storm! We’ve been jet-setting around so much that I haven’t had time to come up for air! So hopefully I can take the next several posts to fill you in on [...]

Oklahoma City was rockin’ it out last weekend for the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Oklahoma Challenge ballroom dance competition. Despite the crazy weather, competitors drove and flew cross-country to compete in a showcase spectacular of smooth, rhythm, standard, latin, and country western style dances. Organizers Michael Pone, Gina and Gary Bramlett were thrilled to [...]

I’m sitting here waiting for my tanning lotion to dry, trying not to touch anything close to my body. I am one of those lily-white gals who don’t tan in a tanning bed so I suffer, like many of you, through tanning sprays, lotions, foams, and solutions that you have to paint on before a [...]

Beware of the ‘let-down blues’ some people can get after working and preparing and looking forward to a big competition. They say to enjoy the journey, and most of us really do- so much so, that you don’t know what to do or focus on when the last cha-cha-cha is done. Then you wonder, “Now [...]

The news is just in- Karen Angell and Eddie Ares sweep the ladies A-1 division!!! Karen won the rhythm division Tuesday night in a hotly contested semi-final and final. Then last night they came back to sweep the American smooth division and the nine-dance! A true Pro-Am Superstar, Karen has managed to accomplish all of [...]

I was lucky enough to interview ‘Dancing With The Stars’ professional, Jonathan Roberts, for a recent issue of our RSF Pro-Am Voice magazine. Since he has extensive experience working with pro-ams as well as celebrity amateurs on the show, I asked him if he had any tips for our Rising Star Newcomers Circuit dancers to [...]

The first official RSNC event of 2010 was hosted in Oklahoma City, OK by organizers Michael Pone, and Gina and Gary Bramlett of Dance Makers, Inc. What a great way to start off the  dancing new year! The people were friendly, the ballroom at the Cox Convention Center was grand, and the dancing was fun [...]