Embassy Ball DanceSport Championship 2009

[elisedance]

This was my first comp - anyone going this year?  Maybve SD?

[etp777]

You're not going this year, are you ed?  Thought youw ere heading here to Chicago for Windy City?

[elisedance]

Well, my better half is   I'm going to Chicago.  Pro and Proette compete there and then go on to Emerald...
BTW they did fantastically in Kyoto last week...

[Some guy]

Thanks emeralddancer!  I'll try to rock it!  It's the biggest comp I've ever been to (besides Nationals).  So needless to say, I'll be happy if I don't fall on my face... or my back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVpCoYyjvz4

[elisedance]

Pro standard finals:

   1  Arunas Bizokas [113] with Katusha Demidova 
   2  Victor Fung [145] with Anna Mikhed 
   3  Domenico Soale [279] with Gioia Cerasoli 
   4  Paolo Bosco [115] with Silvia Pitton 
   5  Isaia Berardi [109] with Cinzia Birarelli 
   6  Mikhail Avdeev [105] with Anastasia 

Semi
SEMIFINAL  Urs Geisenhainer [147] with Agnes Kazmierczak 
   SEMIFINAL  Anton Lebedev [174] with Anna Borshch 
   SEMIFINAL  Igor Litvinov [177] with Yulia Ivleva 
   SEMIFINAL  Luca Rossignoli [215] with Veronika Haller 
   SEMIFINAL  Christopher Short [229] with Elisa Chanaa 
   SEMIFINAL  Thomas Papkala [264] with Frantsiska Yordanova 

QUARTERFINAL  Egor Abashkin [101] with Katia Kanevskaya 
   QUARTERFINAL  Lucas Chockuba [122] with Paulina Malinowska 
   QUARTERFINAL  Basil Issaev [159] with Liene Apale 
   QUARTERFINAL  Andrey Klinchik [164] with Yuliya Klinchik 
   QUARTERFINAL  Anton Koukareko [168] with Lena Koukareko 
   QUARTERFINAL  Andrea Faraci [141] with Iveta Pauryte 
   QUARTERFINAL  Gherman Mustuc [190] with Iveta Lukosiute 
   QUARTERFINAL  Emanuele Pappacena [198] with Francesca Lazzari 
   QUARTERFINAL  Artem Plakhotnyi [206] with Inna Berlizyeva 
   QUARTERFINAL  Craig Shaw [225] with Natasha Manderson 
   QUARTERFINAL  Kota Shoji [228] with Nami Shoji 
   QUARTERFINAL  Michal Towliszew [248] with Tiffany Fung 

ROUND 1  Yasufumi Tsubouchi [251] with Mina Tsubouchi 
   ROUND 1  Russ Wilder [259] with Katusha Wilder 
   ROUND 1  Max Sinitsa [233] with Lela Sinitsa 
   ROUND 1  Svyatoslav Stefanov [238] with Ekaterina Marshukova 
   ROUND 1  Serghei Pogonet [208] with Anastasia Kazmina 
   ROUND 1  Alexander Novikov [191] with Alla Novikova 
   ROUND 1  Nikita Novikov [192] with Dovile Sutaite- Novikov 
   ROUND 1  Hristo Minev [185] with Laura Fan 
   ROUND 1  Francis Lafreniere [173] with Claudia Primeau 
   ROUND 1  Tadas Jonyla [162] with Heather Morch-Jonyla 
   ROUND 1  Paolo Di Lorenzo [132] with Liene Darbiniece 
   ROUND 1  Cezar Doroszkiewicz [134] with Katerina Hetmanska 
   ROUND 1  Slaveyko Baylov [108] with Mariko Cantley 
   ROUND 1  Victor Yushin [290] with Elena Yushina 
   ROUND 1  Dimitrijus Sazinas [217] with Erica Sazinas 

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Pro Rhythm

  1  Felipe Telona Jr. [244] with Carolina Orlovsky-Telona 
   2  Emmanuel Pierre Antoine [205] with Liana Churilova 
   3  Jason Daly [130] with Sveta Zlochevskaya 
   4  Edgar Osorio [195] with Mirela Prohaska 
   5  Ivan Dishliev [288] with Marieta Nedyalkoua 
   6  Azamat Evgamukov [140] with Christine Demaio 
   7  Romney Reyes [277] with Marta Lyszkowicz 
   8  Donovan Dominguez [133] with Carolyn Malak 

  SEMIFINAL  Chris Lynam [178] with Daisey Lynam 
   SEMIFINAL  Ron Okubo [194] with Caroline McClarity 
   SEMIFINAL  Eduardo Torres [247] with Cristina Acevedo 
   SEMIFINAL  Hugo Villanueva [256] with Jessica McMorrow 
   SEMIFINAL  Slash Sharan [272] with Ria Valenzuela 
   SEMIFINAL  Ross Pearce [273] with Lucy Dmyterko 

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Amateur Smooth

 1  Travis Tuft [555] with Jaimee Tuft 
   2  Nathan Cashion [329] with Jesse Whitaker 
   3  Brody Kaster [612] with Selena Pribyl 
   4  Mike Nichols [469] with Sarah Davis 
   5  Allan Kogan [411] with Solomeah Burstein 
   6  Jason Bertram [316] with Sirinda Sincharoen 
   SEMIFINAL  Greg Brittain [319] with Carolyn Hays 
   SEMIFINAL  Randy Melcombe [455] with Catherine Voelker 
   SEMIFINAL  Michael Roybal [503] with Charna Johnson 
   SEMIFINAL  Charles Wang [567] with Betty Liu 

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Pro rising star Standard

1  Luca Rossignoli [215] with Veronika Haller  
   2  Emanuele Pappacena [198] with Francesca Lazzari  
   3  Serghei Pogonet [208] with Anastasia Kazmina  
   4  Andrey Klinchik [164] with Yuliya Klinchik  
   5  Paolo Di Lorenzo [132] with Liene Darbiniece  
   6  Svyatoslav Stefanov [238] with Ekaterina Marshukova  
   SEMIFINAL  Michal Towliszew [248] with Tiffany Fung  
   SEMIFINAL  Yasufumi Tsubouchi [251] with Mina Tsubouchi  
   SEMIFINAL  Hristo Minev [185] with Laura Fan  
   SEMIFINAL  Dimitrijus Sazinas [217] with Erica Sazinas  
   SEMIFINAL  Joseph Schneider [219] with Melissa Leake  
   SEMIFINAL  Max Sinitsa [233] with Lela Sinitsa  

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Pro rising star rhythm

   1  Ivan Dishliev [288] with Marieta Nedyalkoua 
   2  Azamat Evgamukov [140] with Christine Demaio 
   3  Slash Sharan [272] with Ria Valenzuela 
   4  Romney Reyes [277] with Marta Lyszkowicz 
   5  Donovan Dominguez [133] with Carolyn Malak 
   6  Tavio Morales [284] with Katrina Rodriguez 
   SEMIFINAL  Ross Pearce [273] with Lucy Dmyterko 
   SEMIFINAL  Chris Lynam [178] with Daisey Lynam 
   SEMIFINAL  Ron Okubo [194] with Caroline McClarity 
   SEMIFINAL  Eduardo Torres [247] with Cristina Acevedo 
   SEMIFINAL  Hugo Villanueva [256] with Jessica McMorrow 

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Pro rising star latin

  1  Daniele Gozzi [151] with Cecilia Giovacchini 
   2  Denis Podolskiy [207] with Yuliya Kushnirenko 
   3  Valentin Bachvarov [106] with Petra Chovancova 
   4  Alexander Andreev [103] with Irina Domokurova 
   5  Mikolay Czarnecki [129] with Svetlana Roosiparg 
   6  Roman Italyankin [160] with Olga Kordevich 
   SEMIFINAL  Krasi Petkov [203] with Yana Petkova 
   SEMIFINAL  Aurimas Petrulevicius [204] with Sabrina Moretti 
   SEMIFINAL  Victor Yushin [290] with Elena Yushina 
   SEMIFINAL  Cody Stephens [239] with Rachel Burstein 
   SEMIFINAL  Roberto Cavallo [119] with Monika Dubovska 
   SEMIFINAL  Shinjo Matsuura [180] with Hiromi Oka 
   QUARTERFINAL  Patrick Ellison [139] with Liz Lira 
   QUARTERFINAL  Jacques Fortin [143] with Katya Charf 
   QUARTERFINAL  Daniele Cavollo [120] with Yuliya Gavrylyuk 
   QUARTERFINAL  Jacob Jason [282] with Tessa Marie 
   QUARTERFINAL  Mitsutaka Minamiyama [184] with Satomi Sone 
   QUARTERFINAL  Emanuele Pappacena [198] with Francesca Lazzari 

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Pro rising star smooth

   1  Paul Cloud [124] with Borbala Bunnett 
   2  Kris Suakjian [242] with Melaina Larson 
   3  Youriy Pavlov [200] with Anna Shahbazyan 
   4  David Schulz [220] with Natalie Wakefield 
   5  Jason Rivers [213] with Shanna 
   6  Donovan Dominguez [133] with Carolyn Malak 
   7  Sean Brunell [116] with Lisa Cristiani 
   SEMIFINAL  Taylor Grey [154] with Mireille Gineste 
   SEMIFINAL  Karson Denney [131] with Betsy Denney 
   SEMIFINAL  Hugo Villanueva [256] with Jessica McMorrow 
   SEMIFINAL  Ross Pearce [273] with Lucy Dmyterko 
   SEMIFINAL  Christopher Panasuk [275] with Anne-Marie Baillargeon 
   SEMIFINAL  Tyler-Ryan Allen [280] with Michelle Jones 
   SEMIFINAL  Jonathan Atkinson [289] with Lorena Bravo 

[QPO]

I beleive there were some Aussies there at the comp. I will have to go check what their names are...I saw it on Mark Wilsons (local DWTS celebrity)Facebook

[SwingWaltz]

Yea! A few of his couples competed there!