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In this issue, scroll down:

 1 Meet   
Lee & Peggy Santos! 

2
The song did it.  Which song inspires, gets you on your feet, takes you to where you've never been before... every single time?
 
3
Would you like free entry to the dance?
 
4
Why you should become a Member of USA Dance!

  

    
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USA Dance Charlottesville
Saturday, September 28th
7:15-10 PM
FESTIVE FALL DANCE 
Wear gold, orange, red!
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Viennese  
Waltz!
     
 Lee & Peggy Santos teach a beginner lesson!  Come and learn the light movement, the impeccable elegance, the classic twirl across the ballroom!  Who better to learn from than former champions?!   

Saturday September 28th at 7:15 PM!
Dance the evening away with yet another great night of music, this time from Scott Schnee, 8-10 PM!
 
*It's our Festive Fall dance theme...
wear your golds, reds, oranges... fall colors! 
 
* Don't miss our Foxtrot Mixer & special Viennese Waltz circle dance!

*Edwin started off a fall of performances with Brenda... don't miss Lee Santos & his students this month!

For an unbeatable evening of fun and music among friends new and old, join us!  General Admission is $12, USA Dance members pay $9, students $6. 
Enjoy the beautiful ballroom at Unity Church with ample and easy parking (2825 Hydraulic Circle, Charlottesville, near Albemarle High School).

For more information, visit our NEW website!!!   

  USA Dance Charlottesville. 

 
See you on the dance floor  
Saturday September the 28th!  Fall is in full ballroom swing in these parts! 
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1) Meet... Lee and Peggy Santos!   
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Lee Santos, coach of the UVA Ballroom Club, World Class adjudicator, and regionally-based instructor, is a former professional competitor and national champion.  With his wife and partner, Peggy, Lee has been teaching for over thirty years in American Style Ballroom, American Rhythm, International Latin, International Standard, Salsa and Argentine Tango.   

Lee and Peggy were the undefeated United States American Style Champions for three years (1977-79), U.S. representatives to the 1981 World Latin Championships, Demonstrators at the 1987 Blackpool World Congress, U.S. International Latin Championship Medalists, Eastern U.S. Imperial Standard Champions and Virginia State Ballroom Champions.  

They have also performed for Donald Trump, appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and danced at Madison Square Garden.    

Before moving to Virginia, Lee and Peggy Santos were the National Directors of the Fred Astaire franchise in Miami, Florida that operates over 150 studios worldwide.   
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2) Which song is it that makes you fall in love with ballroom, latin or swing dancing every time?  We want to play the song for you on our dance floor this year!
 
You know what I'm talking about... the song that makes your feet move, your heart soar, your body come alive!  The one that makes you fall in love, utterly or almost, with your partner, for just that moment?  Which is yours?   Email us:  we want to know 1) the name of the song, 2) the artist, and 3) the dance you like to dance to it!  We want to add it to our playlist for you! 

 

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3) Get into the dance FREE!
If you are a USA Dance Member or local university student, volunteer at the front desk for half an hour and you get into the dance free!  You'd be greeting friends as they arrive, helping them to sign in, giving your feet/knee/hip a break, and all the while watching fabulous dancing on the floor!  Thank you for your support!  Check in to see slot availability when you arrive. 

(NOTE:  this opportunity is available on a dance by dance basis as slots become available at the discretion of and subject to the approval of USA Dance Board members.)
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4) Why you should become a Member of USA Dance!
 
  ~Instead of $12, you pay only $9 at each dance
(for a possible savings of up to $27 each year)! 
   ~Your membership card gives you membership rates at any other USA Dance you attend across the region or nation, not just ours.
   ~At our local chapter, volunteering at the front desk (when slots are available, subject to the board's discretion) gains free admission to the dance.
 
~You support a non-profit organization that welcomes all ballroom dancers from throughout the area, regardless of where/whether they have taken lessons.
~All members receive a subscription to the national organization's exciting bimonthly magazine, American Dancer.  Members can use free Dancemart classified advertising in American Dancer magazine to sell personal costumes, shoes etc. or search for a partner. See magazine for details. 
~There are several categories of membership; a common one is Social Adult Dancer Membership, at $25 per year.
~For more information or to sign up, ask at our front desk at the next dance, or visit us at
USA Dance Charlottesville     
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