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    The Australasian Championships

    Published September 1, 2011

    Just a quick reminder for Professional Dancers that on Sunday 11th September the Australian Dancing Board’s Australasian Championships is being held once again at Club Marconi in Bossley Park, New South Wales. This year, the event is licenced to Society of Australian Teachers of Dancing.

    As always, this event is an important one in the Professional Dancers calendar as it is the selection event for the ADB. The winners of the Modern Ballroom and Latin American sections of the Professional Division will be our first call when needing to nominate professional dancers for international events in which the ADB is invited to field a representative. The ADB are often called upon in this regard, with dancers representing Australia for the Asia-Pacific Titles in Tokyo in September 2011, for example and events already scheduled for 2012.

    The finals of the Professional Division will be held in the evening section of the program and as always, will be an event that everyone looks forward to watching.

    All ADB registered events include a Professional Category.

    The Australasian Championships also includes events for amateur and social dancers.

    We look forward to welcoming you to this prestigious event. For those of you who have not been with us before at Club Marconi, we have popped a map below. The facilities of the Club and food outlets are great so never any need to go hungry (we know you work up an appetite while dancing!).

    For more information on the events being held at this Championship please visit Australasian Championships.


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    Congratulations to our New Scrutineers

    Published August 23, 2011
    Sharon Oude Vrielink

    Sharon Oude Vrielink

    The Australian Dancing Board congratulates our six new scrutineers. The new scrutineers were presented with their certificates at the SATD Highland Titles in Goulburn in July.

    Maria Wakefield

    Maria Wakefield

    Scrutineering is a difficult job with a huge number of intricate rules so achieving the licence to scrutineer is really an achievement.

    Six new scrutineers have been licenced after our recent examinations, they are (in no particular order) Sharon Oude Vrielink, Josephine Rooke, Maria Wakefield, Maria Carvalho, Barbara Smith and Christine Coleman.

    Unfortunately Barbara and Christine were not available to collect their certificates at the competition, but we have been sure to send them on.

    Here, pictured with our Chairman Mr. Ian Clifton-Shanhun are our four new scrutineers who collected their certificate in Goulburn.

     

     

    Maria Carvalho

    Maria Carvalho

     

     

    Josephine Rooke

    Josephine Rooke

    A scrutineer has the unenviable task of taking the adjudicators results and determining the winner of an event. Usually (but not always) this is achieved with the use of a software package but the rules are so complex that it has happened that the computer cannot split a tied result!

    The scrutineer works with the Chairman of Adjudicators and identifies to him any issues like disqualifications for example.

    If you would like to join our growing ranks of scrutineers please drop us a line and we will be happy to send you more information.

    Again our congratulations to all our successful candidates.

     

    Society of Australian Teachers of Dancing Team Chosen

    Published August 9, 2011

    A large number of people travelled to Goulburn this month for the SATD Highland Titles from all over the New South Wales and Queensland areas. The Goulburn Soldiers Club proved a sensational venue with a very welcoming atmosphere. Two Western Australian adjudicators also attended, Miss Shirley Bickley and the ADB Chairman Mr Ian Clifton-Shanhun. It is nice to see that Australian Dancing Board registered events are gathering such support from all over the country.

    Congratulations to the ten (yes 10!) couples chosen to represent SATD (Society of Australian Teachers of Dancing) at the forthcoming East-West Challenge to be held in Perth Western Australia on August 14th. This is a huge number of dancers to sponsor to travel right across the country. This shows an amazing commitment from the Committee of SATD to support not just our industry but those Ballroom Dancers week after week turn out at our events.

    The team was selected at the Southern Highlands Titles held in Goulburn on 9th July 2011. A great time was had by all competitors, spectators and officials with the highlight for the dancers being the announcement of the winners.

    Also at this event the successful candidates at the recent Australian Dancing Board examinations for Scrutineers were announced and presented with their certificates (another post has been made with pictures of our successful scrutineering candidates).

    A heartfelt thank-you to the Executive Committee of SATD and their army of fantastic volunteers who collectively organised the event and made it such a great day. How exciting it is to see the organisers embracing new ways of extending the joys of dancing to a greater number of participants.

    The SATD Contingent at the East-West Challenge will be over 80 strong and we all look forward to a day of light hearted cheer and some serious competition!

     

    New Interim Chairman and Management Committee Announced

    Published February 8, 2011

    Members of the Management Committee and the Interim Chairman Mr. Ian Clifton-Shanhun are proud to be nominated for their positions and thrilled to take the ADB forward to a new era taking our over 50 year history to maximise our strengths and offer professional dance teachers and performers more, dance is your business and our business is to help you enhance that business and maximise opportunities.

    Members, we welcome your comments, so please either email or chat to one of the crew – we want your input and your participation as we take the ADB to new heights in Australian Dance.

    Here are your contact details:

    Chairman of the ADB

    Ian Clifton-Shanhun

    Email: chairman@theadb.com

    Other Members of the Management Committee

    Doreen Kay-Sewell

    Shirley Bickley

    Email: shirley@westnet.com

    Secretary

    (for general and membership enquiries)

    Email: secretary@theadb.com

    Des Mathews OAM stands down

    Published January 10, 2011

    At a meeting of the Directors held in September 2010, Mr Des Mathews announced his retirement as chairman of The Australian Dancing Board. Mr Mathews cited health issues as the reson for tendering his resignation.

    Mr Mathews resignation was accepted with reservation.

    The directors requested that Mr Mathews join the Panel of Advisors to the board. A request that he agreed to.

    The Australian Dancing Board Panel of Advisors now consistes of:

    Mr Des Mathews, OAM

    Mr Les Newman, OAM

    Mr Doug Whealer

    The directors of The Australian Dancing Board extend to these gentlemen, their heartfelt thanks for the role they play in supporting the work of the Australian Dancing Board.

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