Friday, April 11, 2008

BYU BALLROOM DANCE COMPANY

== History ==In 1960 Brigham Young University began its first Ballroom Dance Company. In 1963 The first social dance classes were offered and the program has been growing ever since and is now the largest collegiate dance program in the worldBenjamin, Bob (January 20, 2006). BYU Ballroom Dance. Dance.com.

== Organization ==The BYU Ballroom Dance Company is currently composed of five teams and is directed by Lee and Linda Wakefield who have done so since 1980Wakefield will lead dance companies performance. News Centenial: Knoxville, 1996. pg AC. The five teams include: one touring team, directed by Lee and Linda Wakefield; one back-up touring team, directed by Curt and Sharon Holman; one intermediate team, directed by Marci Edgington; and two beginning teams, directed by Betsy Denny and Brent Keck. In addition to the team directors, Eleanor Wiblin plays an important role as the Ballroom Department Secretary.

== Awards ==The BYU Ballroom Dance Company has consistently won numerous prestigious awards in the competitive arena. Since 1982, the team has won the title of United States National Formation Dance Champions BYU PDF FACT SHEET. Since 1971, the company has won first place in Latin or Standard formation competitions at the highly esteemed British Open Ballroom Competitions www.artsfaire.org/byu_dancers.html. In May 2004, they won first place in both categories.
The BYU Ballroom Dance Company are the first Americans to win the highly-esteemed British Formation Championships, and they have done so ten times http://www.rounddance.com/artman/publish/cat_index_35.shtml.
== Performances ==The BYU Ballroom Dance Company touring team has been touring since 1971; visiting many countries and cities throughout the world.

2007-08 1. Arizona, Utah 2. Hong Kong, China
2006-07 1. New Mexico, Texas 2. England, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain
2005-06 1. Colorado, Wyoming 2. Ukraine, Nauvoo, IL
2004-05 1. Northern Nevada and California 2. Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, French Polynesia, Nauvoo, IL
2003-04 1. Southern Utah, Nevada, California 2. England, Belgium, France, Spain, Nauvoo, IL
2002-03 1. Washington
2001-02 1. Wyoming 2. Mid-West and Eastern United States
2000-01 1. New Mexico, Texas 2. England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
1999-00 1. Arizona 2. Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Far East Russia, South Korea, Mongolia
1998-99 1. Northern Nevada, California 2. South Africa
1997-98 1. Oregon, Washington, Idaho 2. England, Scotland
1996-97 1. Southern Nevada, California 2. Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Finland 3. Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines
1995-96 1. Arizona 2. Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia 3. Taiwan, Malaysia
1994-95 1. New Mexico, Texas 2. England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany
1993-94 1. Northern Nevada, California 2. Russia, Ukraine, Hungary
1992-93 1. Washington, Oregon, Idaho 2. Utah, California, People’s Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand
1991-92 1. Utah, Nevada, Southern California 2. England, Belgium, Netherlands
1990-91 1. Northern California 2. California, Illinois, Michigan, Canada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington D.C.
1989-90 1. Miami, Florida (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. Stuttgart, Germany (World Ballroom Championships) 3. Arizona 4. Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii
1988-89 1. Miami, Florida (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. New Mexico 3. England, Belgium, West Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Michigan
1987-88 1. Miami, Florida (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. Southern California 3. Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
1986-87 1. Miami, Florida (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. Bremen, Germany (World Ballroom Championships) 3. Northern California 4. People’s Republic of China, Republic of China, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand
1985-86 1. Miami, Florida (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. Washington, Oregon, Idaho 3. England, New York
1984-85 1. New York (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. Southern Utah, Nevada, California 3. Jordan (Jerash Festival)
1983-84 1. New York (United States Ballroom Championships) 2. Northern California 3. People’s Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Hawaii
1982-83 1. Southern Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico 2. England, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria
1981-82 1. Northwest U.S.
1980-81 1. Southern California 2. England
1979-80 1. Washington
1978-79 1. Northern California 2. England, Belgium, Netherlands
1977-78 1. Oregon, Washington, Alberta 2. Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
1976-77 1. Idaho, Oregon, Washington 2. England, Scotland
1974-75 1. England
1972-73 1. New York
1971-72 1. Idaho, Oregon, Washington 2. New Mexico, Texas
== References =={{reflist}}
== See Also ==
*[https://www.byu.edu Brigham Young University Home Page]*[[Ballroom Dance]]*[[BYU]]

7 comments:

Gregg Lines said...

Your article is well put together and only has a few parts where it seems there were typos. You’ve presented some good information, and it is easy to understand. You may want to consider adding some different paragraphs about other aspects of the company instead of just one paragraph with an introduction and a list of places the company travels to. Good work.

Kevin said...

I think that you did a good job, I think that you could be a bit more creative with how your data is structured, maybe a table or two and some bullets, just to cut through the monotony, and remember to keep it in a neutral tone, it is so easy to slip into praise and leave neutrality behind. Overall though, good work.

foxydoxey108 said...

I agree with gregg in adding some different paragraphs...did you have a summary as well, if not i think you need one. nicely done though!

Rebecca Woolf said...

You could use some more paragraphs but I like how you put in all of their championships and stuff. They are such a talented team and deserve to be known as one. Good job, I really like it.

maxim said...

This looks good so far. Try organizing your data into a table or a bulet list, cause it will be more attractive that way. And there are a few errors in grammar that you may want to correct.

Unknown said...

Make sure that you actually write the references under your references. Also, kind of what every one else has said, you should probably add more paragraphs and summarize their overall accomplishments rather than just having numbered bullet points under a subject. Other than that it looks good.

Nate Evans said...

I thought it was really good how you included the history of the subject. It was good to get a little background information on it. I think if you included a summary in here and had a little more info it would be great :)