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Dance the night away
■ A local ballroom dance
group encourages everyone
to join in the fun of its
Halloween dance
Good Clean
Fun
By Monica Hande
Oregon Daily Emerald
Imagine a few ghosts, pumpkins
and witches doing the Samba. Now,
imagine about 50 or 60 of them on
the dance floor. That is what the Eu
gene/Springfield chapter of the
United States Amateur Ballroom
Dancers Association is expecting
Sunday night.
Each second Sunday of the
month, the local USABDA chapter
holds a ballroom dance, which is
open to the public. This month's
theme is Halloween, and Jim Rice,
the chapter's vice president, en
courages dancers to appear in cos
tume.
“The more people who have the
courage to dress up, the more at
mosphere it creates,” he said.
In fact, at some time during the
dance, judging will occur for a cos
tume contest, although Rice said he
wasn't yet sure what the prize
would be.
Established in part by its current
president, Ben Moseley, the local
USABDA chapter is relatively new.
Its first dance was held in Decem
ber, and it became recognized as an
official chapter four months ago
when membership reached a mini
mum of 25. Now, membership is up
to about 45, Moseley said.
“I'm excited to see the chapter
growing,” he said. However, he ad
mitted that it's still somewhat diffi
cult to get everything accomplished
when the organization works sole
ly on a volunteer basis. He said a
larger membership-would be help
ful.
“The biggest thing is member
support,” he said. “It’s a viral thing.
It spreads.”
And the monthly dances are what
encourage the spread and, as Mose
ley counts on, attract membership.
About 50 to 60 people usually at
tend the dances, Rice said, and usu
ally more than half of those people
are non-members. The dances are
Getting involved
To learn more about the United
States Amateur Ballroom Dancers
Association, call its hotline at
544*0541, or visit its Web site, at
www.accessdance.com/eugusabda
open to everyone, and Rice encour
ages dancers of all experience lev
els to attend and to become mem
bers.
“We have dancers who are 14
years old and those who are 84
years old,” he said.
And college-age students are cer
tainly not excluded. Moseley him
self is a recent University graduate:
class of 1997. And Michaela
Chevalier, the chapter's public re
lations coordinator and a Universi
ty student, is a very active member.
“I’ve always loved ballroom
dancing — since I was a little girl,”
said Chevalier, who is also involved
in a ballroom dance team made up
of young dancers ranging in age
from about 11 to 25.
She said her involvement in ball
room dance has contributed a lot to
ward her opening up socially.
“You can’t help but come out of
your shell,” she said. “It’s just so
fun.”
Chevalier said about 10 to 20 peo
ple at each USABDA dance are in
the high school and college age
group. She said she’s excited that
young people are becoming more
and more involved in ballroom
dancing.
But Chevalier couldn’t stress
enough that USABDA is not meant
for any specific age group or indi
vidual.
“There’s no specific part you
have to fit,” she said. ” You just have
to be looking for something fun to
do.”
People of all skill levels are wel
come, she said, even individuals
who have never danced. In fact, be
fore each dance, participants have
the opportunity to get a little in
struction before they reach the
dance floor. This month, instructor
Laura Taylor will teach Samba.
Instruction begins at 6 p.m., and
the dance itself lasts from 7 to 10
p.m. at Willamalane Adult Activity
Center, 215 W. C St., Springfield.
The cost is $3 for USABDA mem
bers and $5 for non-members.
All USABDA dances are smoke
free and alcohol-free.
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