The LDA Teams have successfully cemented themselves as world force to be reckoned with 3 out of 3 performances receiving standing ovation at the world largest Salsa Congress in Los Angeles and Jaime and Liz become the 1st overseas couple in 11 years to place in the top 3 of the World Salsa Competition in Los Angeles.
World Salsa Competition
LDA’s representation in Los Angeles took off to a mega start with Jaime and Liz becoming the first overseas and On2 couple to place in the top 3 of the Worlds Toughest Salsa Competition, The Club Mayan World Salsa Competition, and this was only the beginning!!!
LA Congress- Wednesday/ Thursday Night
Next stop was the LA Salsa Congress where 3 of LDA’s Salsa Performance teams were going to represent Australia. The opening night saw our LDA Salseros mixing it on the social floor with dancers from all over the world warming up for the coming days of performances and non stop parties.
LA Congress- Friday Night
Friday night started with the LA Congress Salsa Competition and we had our very own Mary – Grace and Sujit Dey representing us and fighting for a spot to compete at the next World salsa Championships. After a typical LDA Style performance, extremely clean elegant and powerful, Sujit and Mary placed 2nd by .5 of a mark sending them directly through to the finals on Sunday Night …
Later that night we saw the first of the LDA teams performing. As a student’s team they were given the biggest compliment when they were placed in 2nd last position to perform in the line that had the cream of the crop of the Friday night performances showcasing teams from all over the world.
After an incredibly tight and synchronized performance and the support of the New Zealanders and Aussies in the crowed, the LDA Advanced team was given a standing ovation as they finished their performance in style.
LA Congress- Saturday Night
Saturday Night was proved to be another LDA night with our LDA Pro Team proving to be one of the best performance teams in the world receiving another standing ovation as they performed one of the most stylish and precise routines of the entire event. Jaime said they were LDA’s best performance team to date and by God did they prove it…
LA Congress – Sunday
Sunday witnessed the LDA “A Touch of Class” team performing in the afternoon session of the Congress and Mary and Sujit competing in the finals of the LA Congress Salsa Competition.
“A Touch of Class” was stylish, classy, elegant and very precise amazing synchronization for a team with 8 couples. The team managed to win the hearts and received a standing for their outstanding performance.
Sujit and Mary provided yet another flawless performance, but barley missed on taking the top spot to last years 4th placed couple at the world Salsa Championships by 1.5 marks, a remarkable achievement for a couple who have only recently teamed up and only performed together a handful of times.
LDA WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLADGE AND CONGRATULATE EVERYONE WHO DID SUCH A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING AUSTRALIA AND LDA AT THE WORLDS LARGEST SALSA CONGRESS…..
YOU HAVE TRULY MADE US ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU….
