4th Mid-Year Ranking & Competition -- ALAXAN Cup
Everyone ended up ecstatic and 'high' at the July 15 4th Mid-Year Ranking and Competition, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila. Belinda Adora and Michael Mendoza ranked first in the Amateur Latin category, Edgar Borromeo and wife Ana Dulce Yango defended their Amateur Standard crown. Adjudicators were the World Professional Latin Champions for 1997 to 1999 Mr. Jukka Haapalainen and Ms. Sirpa Suutari, and licensed teacher and adjudicator Ms. Ratna de Rijk.         National Ranking   

WANTED: DANCE PARTNERS
Do you want to compete, but don't have a partner yet? Check out our list of available competitors. We're sure you can work something out. Good  luck!!! 
COMING SOON!!! Watch out for it.

CALLING ALL LOCAL 
DANCE SPORT COMPETITORS
Regular monthly competitors' meeting and dialogue is scheduled for first Thursday of the month. So please reserve all the appropriate dates on your calendar. Next  meeting is July 6 at 4:00 pm at the Pacific Star Ground Floor restaurant. Please be on time.

NEWEST AFFILIATE
We didn't seek them, they sought us out upon the recommendation of a staffer of the Philippine Olympics Committee. The Banko Sentral DanceSport and Ballroom Club is a joint grouping of the two dance clubs in their main office of our country's Central Bank. The group official affiliated with DSCP on June 23. In the coming weeks and months, DSCP will be conducting weekly dance lessons for the members of the Club.

FILIPINO DANCERS WOW THE PROS!
Barely four years since the introduction of dance sport in the Philippines, our dancers are starting to take the international dance community by storm -- garnering medals and places in a number of international competitions. 

LATIN DANCERS PLACE  6TH
IN ASIAN RANKING
Belinda Adora and John Derrick Co ranked 6th in the overall ranking by the Asian Dance Sport Federation Latin Category as of December 1999. Genice Marquez and Edna Asano placed 9th.
In the Standard Category, two Filipino couples ranked 30th -- Edgar Borromeo / Ana Dulce Yango, and Zandro Siozan / Faye Salvado.         Check out the list.

DANCESPORT with BECKY
on radio!
Every Saturday, DSCP president Becky Garcia hosts a radio program "Dance Sport with Becky" over DZAR 1026 AM band from 2:30 -4:00 pm. Phone in to participate in the lively discussions on anything and everything about dance sport and more, plus some dance lessons to boot. Some regular listeners even drop by to join in the live dancing at the station's lobby.

THIS SITE IS NEW!!! Finally after months of planning, we're online to reach out to more dancers nationwide and elsewhere in the world. Soon you'll see:
   * official statements of the dance world's
      governing bodies
   *  discussion forum for local dancers
   *  photo gallery of your favorite partners
   *  monthly featured dance patterns
We are constantly updating and upgrading the site, so please feel free to write in your comments  and suggestions.