BYU Ballroom Dance Company

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== History ==
In 1960 Brigham Young University began its first Ballroom Company directed by _____________. 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.





== Competitions ==



== 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 ==
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== See Also ==

*[https://www.byu.edu Brigham Young University Home Page]
*[[Ballroom Dance]]
*[[BYU]]