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Binghamton University Ballroom Dance Team

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Welcome to our new site... We'll try to keep it updated often. Any suggestions are welcome. Enjoy your stay. - Ethan.

We had a great showing November 14th and 15th at the 5th Annual Brown Competition, with couples from Bing placing everywhere, including 1st in at least one dance at every level! Here's the team at Brown. Click the links below for pics of the event.

 

 

 

 For the 1999-2000 year, the E-board is:

Nancy "Princess Leia" Nadal - Captain

Jeffrey "Tranimal" Tran - President

Shirley "Irley" Chan - Secretary

Soohong "A Boy Named 'Soo'" Min - Marketing Director

Evelyn "Baby Girl/Ms. Piggy" Velasquez - Captain

Gary "Energizer" Su - Vice President

Shana Brandt - Treasurer

Irene "Nimmer" Santiago - Program Coordinator

 

 The rest of the team members are:

Wayne "WB" Bersamin

Emmanuel "Manny/El Cabezon" Blackett

Ethan "White Sugar" Boivie

Conrad Camu

Wonwoo "Nine-Finger 'John'" Chang

Chia-Li Chen

Anna Chernovetskaya

Julius "Cuba Jr." Dimanlig

Melanie "I saw the HAG!" Gee

Melissa "I saw Mommy kissing" Santelices

Aidan "Powder" Makepeace

Shannan Mathews

Mary "Dream Girl" Schlegel

Eric "E-Love" Segovia

Dan "Mac Daddy" Slilaty

Kara "Tree Hugger" Syvertsen

Natasha Chichkina

To our recently departed teammates: Emmanuel "Manny/El Cabezon" Blackett, Dan "Mac Daddy" Slilaty and Nancy "Princess Leia" Nadal - We miss you guys! Come see us soon.

 

 

 We compete in all dance events, including the following (Click for Syllabus):

International Latin

Cha-cha

Rumba

Samba

Jive

Paso Doble

American Rhythm

Cha-cha

Rumba

Swing

Mambo

Bolero

International Standard

Waltz

Tango

Foxtrot

Quickstep

Viennese Waltz

American Smooth

Waltz

Tango

Foxtrot

Viennese Waltz

 

We've also been known to burst into other dances, i.e. Salsa, Hustle and Merengue on occasion…

 

 

 November 20 and 21 were the dates for the biggest comp of the semester at the Ohio Star Ball, where we were awesome. Check it out...

 

 Competition Results:

Ohio Star Ball | Northeastern | Brown

 

At the Ohio Star Ball, who should have won the International Team Competition?
3-way tie
Binghamton
Georgetown
U. of Maryland
other

 

 Pictures:

Northeastern | Brown | Ohio Star Ball

 

 Links:

Binghamton University | BU Dance Team ("official" page)

Laura Dohn Official Site - nothing to do with ballroom, but she went to Bing and I made this page also :)

 

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