WINTER Festival
Ballroom and Latin American Dancing
Held at the Pretoria City Hall
Saturday, 29th July 2000
(Thanks to Alan Sasnovski & Calorine Poley)


Gold Juvenile Ballroom
1st #251 D Appollis & J Feris
see photo gallery
Review

Adjudicators
Ballroom & Latin American
Tract Held (Associate)
Fred McCann (Licentiate)
Paul Smuts-Steyn (Licentiate)

Chairman of Adjudicators
(Non-Voting)
Cathy Gibbons
 

Compere
Jabu Mhlanga

Scrutineer
Francois Trigaardt

Music
Absolute Entertainment

WINTER FESTIVAL MEDAL GRADE Review
(Spectator)

The annual “Winter Festival” held in the Pretoria City Hall drew a large crowd of spectators and eager competitors. Using the programme as a rough guide, I counted over 330 entrants for the Medal Grade section.  The largest amount of entries were in the Juvenile Bronze Ballroom and Latin-American categories, with over 30 entries each.

The start of the competition was delayed.  Many entrants were not on the programme.  The Youth Bronze Ballroom section was particularly affected, and after the Quarter Finals had been danced, the entire section was redanced.  This came as a big disappointment for those who had made it through to the Semi Finals, as quite a few that had made it through to the next round after the first time this section was danced, weren't so lucky on the second round.  For competitors new to this sport, this can be very off-putting.

Rules, Dress Code and Syllabus.
The buzz word on many lips.  Right at the start of the competition, compere Jabu Mhlanga read out the dress code:

Boys/Gents

Girls/Ladies During the competition, the Chairman of Adjudicators, Cathy Gibbons, addressed the matter of syllabus and dress code.  An appeal has been made to all club heads, trainers and dancers to adhere to the Rules and Regulations.  In particular, the dress code and syllabus.  According to the adjudicators, far too many dancers are using incorrect variations, especially in the Latin American dances. Open steps and sequences are for the dress sections, and not the Medal Grades.  Dancers will be disqualified for dancing out of syllabus – as has been done at the RDTA Grand Prix.

Cathy Gibbons warned that trainers and studio heads are to correct their dancers by the 16th September 2000, the “Star Festival”.  No exceptions to the rules will be allowed, and dancers will be disqualified.  Dancers, this is almost more than a month, let’s get this sorted out.

Despite the hiccups with the entries at the start of the competition, sections ran smoothly during the rest of the day.  Jabu Mhlangu entertained the competitors and spectators with line dancing during the breaks.

A mishap in the Adult Bronze Latin-American gave me food for thought.  Elzani du Toit took a fall during the Jive, injuring her ankle.  There was no First Aider at all.  Are there any First Aiders, or Red Cross people who would be willing to volunteer their services at such competitions?

Prize giving was held at the end of the Medal Section, and not at the end of the competition as indicated on the Programme.

See you around,

Spectator

“WINTER FESTIVAL FESTIVAL”  MEDAL GRADE RESULTS


BALLROOM
Bronze Juvenile Ballroom (30 Entries)
1st #492 Dumisani Nsibande & N Malindisa
2nd #493 S Mseleku & M Malindisa
3rd #127 W Rossouw & L Pienaar – Westbury School of Dance
4th #85 S Mdinisa & N Jiyane – Latin Look
5th #441 B Malama & H Ntuli
6th #506 P Mosenhoi & Z Zulu
Bronze Junior Ballroom (13 Entries)
1st #33 Martinus Schoeman & Nicoline Swart – Latin Look
2nd #254 S Smith & D Hillman – Ennerdale School of Dancing
3rd #456 R Paulsen & C Steyn
4th #318 B Church & C Engelbrecht – Pam Smith Dance Studio
5th #417 R Kapook & R Arendse – Copacabana Dance Academy
6th #232 V Maybe & B Koloba – Copacabana Dance Academy
Bronze Youth Ballroom (10 Entries)
1st #363 Clement Mphwurci & Kefilwe Nlthaba – Tropicana Dance World
2nd #287 L Tshongweni & P Mlangwa – Tswelopele Dance School
3rd #392 L Wahl & A Oosthuizen – Dance Arts Centre, Heidelberg
4th #57 W Visser & P Kruger – Pam Smith Dance Studio
5th #416 V Filander & T de Lange  - Copacabana Dance Academy
Bronze Adult Ballroom (15 Entries)
1st #642 (Not listed on Programme)
2nd #31 I Jamal & L Jooste – Latin Look
3rd #170 S Lalwani & A Dahm – Fred McCann
4th #120 A Solomons & C Steyn – Westbury School of Dance
5th #61 B Breytenbach & T Opperman – Beverley Hammond
6th #409 M Nel & T van der Westhuizen – Fred McCann
7th #643 (Not listed on Programme)
Silver Juvenile Ballroom (8 Entries)
1st #235 Nathan Swartz & Amber da Gama – Copacabana Dance Academy
2nd #627 P Modalefa & K Hlahla
3rd #126 V Strauss & L Bawden – Goose Step Dance Club
4th #167 K Theledi & K Tau – Tsholofelo Dance Club
5th #234 S Mthethwa & D de Vries – Copacabana Dance Academy
6th #695 (Not listed on Programme)
Silver Junior Ballroom (12 Entries)
1st #485 Mpumelelo Mzizi & Noluthando Nkosi
2nd #228 C Zovetxki & T Hillman – Copacabana Dance Academy
3rd #253 C Mohammed & C Beukes – Ennerdale School of Dancing
4th #452 C September & C Davis – Ennerdale School of Dancing
5th #118 T Naidoo & R Abrahams – Westbury School of Dancing
Silver Youth Ballroom (16 Entries)
1st #45 Quintin Poley & Astrid de Jager – Johan & Sandra Hayes Dance Studio
2nd #224 A Arendse & S Grootboom – Copacabana Dance Academy
3rd #339 C Mampa & A Ngani
4th #634 M Nkepile & M Boitumelo
5th #448 Eclin MAPSON and Tanille JULIUS PSMI
6th #639 (Not listed in Programme)
Silver Adult & Senior Ballroom (11 Entries)
1st #29 Arnold Vosloo & Cornelia Etsebeth – Latin Look
2nd #262 Q Andries & C Rinkwest – Ennerdale School of Dancing
3rd #367 R Motaung & P Ditsela – Tropicana Dance World
4th #690 (Not Listed in Programme)
5th #407 N Mhlongo & G Makhale
6th #157 L Sadige & T Tlhodo – Tsholofelo Dance Club
7th #56 W Visser & L Visser – Pam Smith Dance Studio
Gold Juvenile Ballroom (3 Entries)
1st #251 D Appollis & J Feris – Ennerdale School of Dancing
Gold Junior Ballroom (8 Entries)
1st #255 A Julius & L Hoffman – Ennerdale School of Dancing
2nd #356 A Ndlovu & C McDonald – Tropicana Dance World
3rd #12 F de Vos & L Gurovich – Latin Look
4th #497 S Ootsthuizen & V McKenzie
5th #227 L Wandsella & T Harris – Copacabana Dance Academy
Gold Youth Ballroom (6 Entries)
1st #223 E Hoffman & L Mack – Copacabana Dance Academy
2nd #221 S van Schalkwyk & J Moodaley – Copacabana Dance Academy
3rd #144 T Mbatha & P Zitha
4th #258 C Scholtz & A Nagel – Ennerdale School of Dancing
Gold Adult Ballroom (11 Entries)
1st #95 W Stevens-Baytopp & S Stevens-Baytopp – Fred McCann
2nd #109 L Szymanski & J Szymanski – Hennie Nortje
3rd #161 M Malebye & K Tau – Tsholofelo Dance Club
4th #79 M Sasnovski & M Sasnovski – Beverley Hammond
5th #159 T Mati & M Moabi – Tsholofelo Dance Club
6th #307 K Adams & C de Jong – Coronationville Rising Stars
Gold Senior and Masters Ballroom (4 Entries)
1st #37 D Fourie & T Fourie – Latin Look



LATIN AMERICAN
Bronze Juvenile Latin American (30 Entries)
1st #85 S Ndinisa & N Jiyane – Latin Look
2nd #235 N Swartz & A da Gama – Copacabana Dance Academy
3rd #121 F Langenhoven & R Brophy – Westbury School of Dance
4th #693 (Not listed in Programme)
5th #506 P Mosenhoi & Z Zulu
6th #492 D Nsibande & N Malindisa
Bronze Junior Latin-American (24 Entries)
1st #228 C Zovetski & T Hillman – Copacabana Dance Academy
2nd #689 (Not listed in Programme)
3rd #452 C September & C Davis – Ennerdale School of Dancing
4th #103 J Smuts & B Viljoen – Beverley Hammond
5th #628 M Kebaona & M Lebogang
6th # 254 S Smith & D Hillman
Bronze Youth Latin-American (14 Entries)
1st #392 L Wahl & S Oosthuizen – Dance Arts Centre, Heidelberg
2nd #363 C Mphwurci & K Nlthaba – Tropicana Dance World
3rd #287 L Tshongweni & P Mlangwa – Tswelopele Dance School
4th #416 V Filander & T de Lange – Copacabana Dance Academy
5th #198 N Mahlangu & T Zuma – La Montagne Dancing Club
Bronze Adult Latin-American (19 Entries)
1st #309 D Stokes & J Anderson – Gaby’s Dance Studio
2nd #92 B Loubser & N Kreunen – Beverley Hammond
3rd #642 (Not listed in Programme)
4th #177 A Dreyer & C le Roux – Beverley Hammond
5th #120 A Solomons & C Steyn – Westbury School of Dance
6th #170 S Lalwani & A Dahm – Fred McCann
Silver Juvenile Latin- American (7 Entries)
1st #26 L Booysen & L Cannel – Fred McCann
2nd #291 D Hammond & S Strybos – Beverley Hammond
3rd #325 S Mnyakeni & A Andile
4th #441 B Malama & H Ntuli
Silver Junior Latin- American (14 Entries)
1st #89 G O’Sullivan & M Bouwer – Diana Moore Dance World
2nd #83 V Jiyane & M Tshukudo -
3rd #232 V Maybe & B Koloba – Copacabana Dance Academy
4th #355 J Mphanga & G McDonald – Tropicana Dance World
5th #229 M Pietersen & G Grootboom – Copacabana Dance Academy
6th #218 B Africa & N Harrington – Copacabana Dance Academy
Silver Youth Latin-American (17 Entries)
1st #186 F de Smet & L Minkovich – Dave Campbell
2nd #398 E McBasson & J Doll – Anthony’s Dance School
3rd #173 D Joaquim & A Viljoen
4th #224 A Arendse & S Grootboom – Copacabana Dance Academy
5th #57 W Visser & P Kruger – Pam Smith Dance Studio
6th #90 W Stear & N Colyn – Pam Smith Dance Studio
Silver Adult Latin-American (9 Entries)
1st #316 M Goosen & J Swart – Diana Moore Dance World
2nd #270 F Coomans & L Maree – Dave Campbell
3rd #48 T Iding & T Poley – Tango Latino
4th #381 (Not listed in the Programme)
5th #367 R Motaung & P Ditsela – Tropicana Dance World
6th #500 V Nxumalo & T Meikle
7th #308 A DeAbreu & A Wong – Diana Moore Dance World
Silver Senior Latin-American (2 Entries)
1st #56 W Visser & L Visser – Pam Smith Dance Studio
Gold Juvenile Latin-American (8 Entries)
1st #320 (Not listed in Programme)
2nd #252 K Andries & M Roskotch – Ennerdale School of Dancing
3rd #151 R Weidemann & C Scholtz – Latin Look
4th #122 D Steyn & S Jacobs – Goose Step Dance Studio
5th #13 L Holtzhausen & C Holtzhauzen – Latin Look
Gold Junior Latin-American (13 Entries)
1st #356 A Ndlovu & C McDonald – Tropicana Dance World
2nd #81 N Bellingham & M van der Merwe – Latin Look
3rd #106 E Traut & M Oppenshaw – Beverley Hammond
4th #115 C de Jongh & C Crowie – Westbury School of Dance
5th #256 C Andries & C Rinkwest – Ennerdale School of Dancing
Gold Youth Latin-American (13 Entries)
1st #190 R Fourie & L Jooste – Dave Campbell
2nd #94 J Taljaard & K Becker – Dave Campbell
3rd #631 (Not listed in Programme)
4th #632 M Thabo & C Mihioti
5th #18 S Wernhart & N Wernhart – Ellen Davids, Heidelberg
Gold Adult Latin-American (10 Entries)
1st #132 D de Pontes & S Bouwer – Diana Moore Dance World
2nd #21 F v/d Westhuizen & J Barnard – Deon Estherhuizen
3rd #95 W Stephens-Baytopp & S Stephens-Baytopp – Fred McCann
4th #29 A Vosloo & C Etsebeth – Latin Look
5th #61 B Breytenbach & T Opperman – Beverley Hammond
6th #528 L Madhuthi & T Fjsi

1