Round Up Night Club

Omar Gonzalez is a toy designer turned West Coast Swing dancer and instructor. He uses his experiences to bring fun and meaningful moments to every dance. Omar comes from the Atlanta community where he taught consistently and helped with local dances and conventions for several years. As a dancer competing in the All Star division, Omar dedicates himself to always continuing his own learning through lessons and training and enjoys opportunities to share his knowledge with others.
 

SFSFS SEPTEMBER MEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

EDDIE AUSTERLITZ

PAT BOURNE

BARBARA GILLETTE

DIANE HURWIT

LLOYD McAVOY

ED PINEAU

CHERLY POLTARACK

SHELLI WILLIAMS

Jessica has triumphed as a three-time Junior U.S. Open Champion, two-time US Open Showcase Champion, as well taking titles in Cabaret, Team, and Strictly Swing. She is also a four-time USA Grand Nationals Showcase Champion and won the coveted Phoenix Champion of Champions Jack and Jill.

Jessica is classically trained and has been dancing since she was five years old. Her background includes jazz, tap, ballet, Latin, and ballroom. Her love for West Coast Swing started at the age of six, and has only continued to grow through the years.

Lee Fox, has over 40 years of teaching experience, teaching and coaching individual students, as well as group classes and formation teams, at all levels from beginners to advanced level choreography and competition coaching, in all styles of dance, including International Standard, International Latin, American Smooth, and American Rhythm dances, in addition to other Social Dances, such as West Coast Swing, Hustle, Country/Western and others. 

A former professional and pro-am ballroom competitor, he has acted and continues to act as an Adjudicator and Chairman of Judges at many competitions in the United States and abroad including the United States Dance Sport Championships. 

June Member Birthdays: 

Justin E. Beals 

Jeffrey DaCosta 

Sandi Finci-Solomon 

David Levine 

Michael LoCicero 

Diana Lynch 

Martin McCarthy 

Chuck Shores     

July Member Birthdays:

Amelia "Mimi" Leary 

Tom Louys 

Tony Luis  

Wesley Stanworth 

Norman Stewart 

John D Thompson 

Colleen & Arthur Uspensky's "WCS Styling and Footwork Variations Class" begins at 7:30 PM

Open dancing to follow until 11:30 PM

Colleen and Arthur have been a professional partnership for the past 10 years. Through Colleen's extensive background in Dance Education and Arthur's creativity and sense of humor, the duo energize many communities around the world.  They both are extremely passionate about using social dance as a tool to spread kindness and joy to all walks of life and have developed customized social dance curriculum throughout the Midwest, US and Europe. However, their greatest achievements to date, is their family of two amazing kids and a very special doodle.

 Jeff will be teaching West Coast Swing!

Jeff is a professional West Coast Swing dancer and is considered the premiere expert on mobility in the dance community. Due to his substantial knowledge and understanding of movement and mobility, he ascended to the highest level of competition in only five years. In addition to being known for his social dancing, Jeff conducts mobility intensives to help dancers understand and eliminate their physical limitation and constraints. Further, Jeff developed 'Mumfurious' Movement to help dancers achieve their mobility aspirations and bring health and fitness to the forefront of dance.

Scott Lappin has provided highly professional and personalized instruction in the Ballroom Dance World for 40 years. He has earned numerous top teacher awards for his excellence in teaching and is well respected in the South Florida dance community.

Scott's passion is teaching people to move in confidence, with or without a partner. He invites you to step onto the dance floor and experience the joy of learning to "move as one" to new rhythms and grooves.

Scott teaches out of studios in Deerfield Beach and Delray Beach.
 

THE THEME FOR OUR MARCH DANCE IS ST. PATRICKS DAY

BE SURE TO WEAR GREEN

Trish Berlanga fell in love with dance when she walked into the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in her hometown of Flint Michigan. She was quickly recruited by Fred Astaire Studio in Stuart, Fl. Her first title was Fred Astaire American Rhythm Rising Star Champion. While at Fred Astaire, Trish earned her teaching certification in American Style Smooth and Rhythm.

In 1997, Trish was bitten by West Coast Swing bug in a Country Night Club in West Palm Beach, FL, where she currently resides. She has been traveling and competing in the Swing Circuit ever since, and recently achieved All-Star status.

You can find Trish spreading her love of dance in the entire South Florida area teaching private and group classes in Palm Beach and Broward Counties.

In 2001 Mark Traynor, owner of Floorplay Dance Club of Orlando asked Trish to become the Floorplay Swing Club Director, and partnered with her to bring a monthly dance to Jupiter Fl. And as such, Trish helped develop West Coast Swing in Northern Palm Beach County. 

She has earned many dance titles throughout her career, but the more important goal has always been to share her knowledge and love of dance to as many people as possible. If you see Trish on the social dance floor, don’t hesitate to ask her to dance!

Trish Dances on Facebook

igotrhythmx2@yahoo.com

561-707-7581

For over 25 years West Coast Swing has been Dawn’s passion. She began competing on the UCWDC circuit and became a World Champion in 1996 and 1997. She has competed in many swing competitions and has won and placed in many Jack-n-Jill and Strictly Swing contests. She gained knowledge and experience from many years of training with top dance professionals and is a GPDIA certified teacher (Intermediate level).  Dawn teaches privates and small group classes in the Wellington area and at Goldcoast Ballroom. She also hosts a monthly swing dance at Goldcoast Ballroom and currently competes at the All-Star level. She loves to learn, so continues her education with top professionals across the U.S. and brings that knowledge to her local community.