Congratulations to my student, Lisa Rosenblum, who attended this year’s Florida State Dancesport Championships in Sarasota, Florida. This prestigious event challenges professional dancers, amateur dancers and the combination of each called “Pro/Ams”– which describes how we competed.

Some dancers compete after years of study — Lisa set her sights on competing just a few months ago. Her results:

1st place — Closed Bronze in American Smooth 2-dance Championship (Waltz/Tango)

3rd place — Closed Bronze in American Smooth 3-dance Championship (Waltz/Tango/Foxtrot)

3rd place — Closed Bronze in American Smooth 4-dance Championship (Waltz/Tango/Foxtrot/Viennese Waltz)

3rd place — Closed Bronze in American Rhythm 2-dance Championship (Cha Cha, Rumba)

In the Newcomers’ Category, Lisa took first place in:

• American Swing
• American Bolero
• Mambo

in Pre-bronze level, she took 1st place in Cha Cha and Rumba, and in Full Bronze, she earned 1st place in American Mambo.

A special shout out of thanks to Earlene Zarrella and Cloudie Doniat — two others from the studio who came there to cheer Lisa on — what a wonderful show of support!