{"id":760,"date":"2010-07-08T04:34:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T08:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?p=760"},"modified":"2012-11-25T02:07:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T07:07:05","slug":"2010-manhattan-dancesport-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"2010 Manhattan DanceSport Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made a sort of last minute decision to go compete at Manhattan, and gosh am I glad that I did! It&#8217;s late at night, and I&#8217;m exhausted, so I&#8217;ll have to save the verbose story telling for another post, but suffice to say that I feel that I learned a lot from the experience of competing there, and I had the pleasure of dancing in front of and exchanging smiles with some very accomplished judges! I also had a great time with my friends from the studio, and I made some new friends there at the competition! And last but certainly not least, watching the Open Professional Standard was an absolute delight! Three of the top 5 couples in the world were competing inches from where I was sitting at the edge of the dance floor, and a few of their dresses even brushed against my face as they passed by during the quickstep! Talk about butterflies!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Open Professional Standard Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/video.supershag.com\/#\/0\/2\/15\/\" target=\"_blank\">#1 Arunas &amp; Katusha<\/a> \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/video.supershag.com\/#\/0\/2\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\">#2 Victor &amp; Anastasia<\/a> \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/video.supershag.com\/#\/0\/2\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\">#3 Giampiero &amp; Anna<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-760 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=804'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2982_big-e1278576891610-126x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=807'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"84\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2995_big-e1278576991576-84x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=803'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"91\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2980_big-e1278577033786-91x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=805'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"73\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2983_big-e1278576956220-73x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=802'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/laylamah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/1772-e1278576922568-111x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/35760_10150228151050157_6264498_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/35760_10150228151050157_6264498_n.jpg\" alt=\"A International Standard Scholarship - 2010 Manhattan DanceSport Championships\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">P.S. I don&#8217;t know why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photoreflect.com\/store\/store.aspx?p=22157\" target=\"_blank\">the company that took the photos<\/a> decided to have their watermark say &#8220;PROOF&#8221;&#8230; I think their company name would have been much better!<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; clear: both; text-align: right\">\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Flaylamah.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D760&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=350&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:350px; height: 30px; align: right; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a sort of last minute decision to go compete at Manhattan, and gosh am I glad that I did! 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