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Show CampusNews Page 4 Quickstep: Performed by the competition winners C111116S6 101[101 Korean New Vear' s Banquet 11 continued from page 1 Fundraising for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti Date: February 20th, 2010 Time: 6:00PM-9:30PM Place: TSC Ballroom Cost: Kids under 10-$ 8 Adults-$14 or $15 at the Door f Food will be served from 6:00PM-7:30PM • Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 1 Join us in our New Year's celebration • They danced the cha-cha to "I Need a Hero" and each had a solo moment built into the choreography. "Your football strength showed up today," Anthony said to Royster, commenting on the perfect lifts in the choreography and gave the couple a score of seven. Fry mentioned the nice execution of the lifts and the chemistry between the dancers when she gave them a score of 10. Adam Shelton also gave them a 10, due to the perfect lifts and their successful embodiment of the chacha. The Judges' Choice Award went to Sam Gibson of the ballroom team and his partner, Albrecht, who called herself "the First Lady of the university." They danced the waltz to the song "It is You I Have Loved all Along." The judges scored them straight nines for good lifts, constant smiling and no show of nervousness, a nice rise and fall appropriate to the waltz, and the use of advanced steps. Fry told Gibson he was brave for dancing with the president's wife, suggesting — amid laughter from the audience — that if he dropped her, he might be in danger of expulsion from the university. Other couples from the evening included a member of USU's golf team, a track and field athlete, a women's soccer team player, a women's tennis team player. Becky Bylund of USU Ballroom Company danced the jive with Austin French of the golf team. They danced to the song "Grease Lightning" and scored straight eights. Kristin Peterson of track and field and McKay Howell of USU Ballroom Company danced the Viennese waltz and scored two nines and an eight for their performance, which Adam Shelton said magnified the princess image of the dance. Ashley Lott of the ballroom team danced the tango with Big Blue, who surprised the judges by successfully pulling off lifts without his horns getting in the way. They received two eights and a nine from the judges. Casey Ragen of USU Ballroom Company and Molli Merrill of the women's soccer team danced the samba, a Latin dance from Brazil. They scored two nines and an eight for excellent hip action and creative costumes. Hailey Swenson of the women's tennis team danced the paso doble dance with Chris Green of the ballroom team. The paso doble was invented by the French but is modeled after Spanish bullfights — the woman represents the bull, while the man plays the role of matador. Swenson and Green received two eights and a nine. Kim Beus of USU Ballroom Company and Mr. USU Kyle Milne danced the foxtrot and received two nines and a 10 despite a slight costume mishap during one of the lifts. As Milne twirled and lifted Beus into the air above him, her long flowing skirt got in the way of his hands and face, and momentarily hid his head and shoulders from the audience. After the dance, Milne said, "I got lost for a second in her dress." They recovered well and earned a 10 from Anthony, who told them, "You've had the best showmanship of the dancers tonight." After a 10-minute intermission during which the audience voted for one couple, Jeanne Shelton introduced performances by the Youth Performing Team from Enlight Ballroom Studio and by the full USU Ballroom Company. The Youth Performing Team performed two dances, a cha-cha and a hustle disco routine that it will perform next week at its first cornpetition in Idaho. The USU Ballroom Company performed three dances: a jive to the song "Rockin' Robin" from the movie "You've got Mail," a tango to a theme from "Indiana Jones" and a Latin medley including cha-cha, samba and jive influences that it will perform again in two weeks when it competes against other col- legiate ballroom teams in San Diego, Calif. Last year, the USU Ballroom Company took second place at the collegiate ballroom competition in San Diego. To end the evening, two male and two female members of the USU Ballroom Company selected partners from the audience for a short lead-andfollow cha-cha competition. The winning couple was chosen by how loud the audience cheered for each. About the performances and event as a whole, Adam Shelton said: "The students and stars both danced great. I'm really proud of how well the students provided their own choreography. They pulled through with some creative and technical choreography." Commenting on her role as judge, Fry said: "I was Simon. That was my role." In comment to the recent revival of the USU Ballroom Team by its coaches Adam and Jeanne Shelton, Anthony said: "I think Adam and Jeanne should be commended for bringing ballroom dance back to USU. They had some great dancers." The Sheltons "come to us from BYU," Anthony said, where they met each other and where Adam performed on the world-renowned international dance team. But Anthony said their background at BYU is just fine. As far as ballroom dancing goes, she said: "USU is just as good." — christina.wright@aggiemail. usu.edu 35% OFF 4 1 "11-111, lAmok4 r nAl r-Ry • 451,NORTH M GAN, UTAH 435-753-4870 The World's Best Mountain Films The Banff Centre InsprIng creativity 2009 12010 banff mountain film festival world tour .rd Sponsored by. 4d MSR I pErn- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRIMALOFL www.banffmountainfestivals.ca With support from: tbafl AIM pewn e xpeditions Tithiop, b...11•10.11. 7:00 PM February 18th & 19th One Night-$1 0 Students/$1 2 Public Two Nights-$1 6 Students/S1 8 blic Tickets available at the Kent Concert for more informati Call the ORC @ (435) Office BIG BLUE dips his partner, Ashley Lott, in their tango performance during USU's version of "Dancing with the Stars." SCOTT PAGE photo |