Lone Star Championships 2009

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Dun dun DUHHHH!!! Lone Star Championships is back for our second year! This year promises to have more exciting competitions and performances, amazing workshops from some of the world's finest dancers and instructors, and of course, ridiculous amounts of social dancing.

So mark January 23-25th, 2009 on your calendar, put it on your refrigerator, write it on your forehead... because you do NOT want to miss out!

Here are just four of the many reasons why:
Nina Gilkenson.
Carla Heiney.
Mike Faltesek.
Mikey Pedroza.

What what what? Yes, these are our headlining instructors for Lone Star '09! If you don't know who they are (for shame! then check out their bios / pics / videos on our workshops page:
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/workshops.php

We also have a good deal of other information up there as well. Check it out. And we will see you in Austin in January!

-- Tena Morales, Scott Angelius, and Don West
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/

PS. Here is what one 2008 attendee had to say: "If you asked me, I will say that Lone Star was the most successful dance event. It was well organized and there was not a dull moment. I had never seen more smiles on peoples faces than at that amazing weekend."

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Lone Star Championships -- January 23-25th, 2009 -- Austin Texas

In just a couple of days, registration for Lone Star will be live! And as promised, here is a special announcement about our registration: The first 40 people to register for Lone Star '09 will get the event for even cheaper! It's just $69 for the first 40 people! Stay tuned - registration is going up soon. We will send out another email with the exact time.

Created by Tena Morales of Houston, Scott Angelius of Austin, and Don West of Dallas, Lone Star Championships is a social event, party weekend, that will knock your socks off! We believe that competitions bring us together to push and inspire each other to grow as dancers and as a community, as well as bring us together to support and cheer for each other. So all of the competitions at Lone Star are fun and friendly - and for all level dancers to compete with like-competitors.

That said, this weekend is a party first! So expect tons of dancing all night, with classes and most of the competitions during the day.

Here is what another '08 attendee had to say: "Bonus gifts included in the weekend pass were: unique venues, southern hospitality, and spring-like weather in the middle of winter."

-- Tena Morales, Scott Angelius, and Don West
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/

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Lone Star registration is underway! We quickly sold out of our early bird passes and already have dancers from all over the country coming. You can still register early for a great price - just $79!

The tentative schedule is now online - check it out: http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/schedule.php
- TONS of social dancing
- Saturday night show (with hot contests and performances)
- Sunday night Soul Jam!

Come and party with us in Austin!
-- Tena, Don, and Scott

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Hey all,

Quick reminder to sign up soon for Lone Star so you can get in for $79 -- the price goes up to $99 on December 15th!

* Dance all 3 nights to hot tunes spun by your favorite DJs!
* Soul Jam! Sunday!
* Workshops with some of the country's top instructors!
* 4 levels of Jack and Jills, so you can compete with like-competitors!
* Dance in one of the best ballrooms in the country: The Fed!

And here is some more info about the music this year.

GIANT CITY SEXTET
We are excited that Giant City will be back again this year to play some amazing music for us, as well as a number of the finals to the contests! You can check out some of the music they played last year on our site! (just added another video)

TWO ROOMS
Last year we had two rooms at the late night dances: a room for lindy music and a room for blues music. This year we are expanding the second room to go all night - and bringing out some awesome DJs to keep that room bump'n:

Thain Maurer
Steven Watkins
Chance Bushman
Tina Davis
George White
Jerry Warwick
Leah Ekstrom
Keith Shapiro
Matt Jones
Mike Roberts

Yes. This will be gooooood.

See you January 23-25th, 2009!

Lone Star Championships
Austin, Texas
www.lonestarchampionships.com
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Happy Holidays from the Lone Star Championships crew!

We hope you are having a wonderful holiday season with friends, family, and your dance family. We can't wait to ring in 2009 with you too.

It's going to be a great year - with dancers from all over the world coming in to party with us, like: Denver, Evergreen, Fort Collins, and Westminster, CO. Seattle, WA. Washington, DC. New York, Astoria, and Brooklyn, NY. Atlanta, GA. Chicago, IL. Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN. Knoxville, TN. New Orleans, LA. Oklahoma City, OK. Pensacola and Tampa, FL. Pittsburgh, PA. Gilbert, AZ. Los Angeles, Oakland, Goleta, Pasadena, and San Francisco, CA.

And of course tons of dancers from all over Texas. Along with international travelers as far away as London, England and Seoul, Korea!

Can't wait to see you in January! Happy Holidays!

Tena Morales, Scott Angelius, and Don West
Lone Star Championships
Austin Texas - January 23-25 2009
www.lonestarchampionships.com

PS. Check out what another 2008 attendee had to say about Lone Star: "What made the event fantastic for me was the overall friendless and hospitality that the out-of-towners were given. The event staff, teaching staff, and locals were approachable (or they would approach me first!), easy to talk to, and friendly, which made the dances even more fun. It really felt like you had a team of people with the mission of getting to know out-of-towners. It was great."

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Happy New Year!

Don't forget to sign up soon for Lone Star -- we wanted to remind you to sign up before the 9th of January because that's when housing requests are closing! We will do our best to ensure everyone gets housing, but it's first paid first served.

Also, check out a few more reasons why Lone Star is going to rock:

TEACHERS and WORKSHOPS
We have officially added 4 more teachers to the event: Laura Glaess, Mike Roberts, Tina Davis, and Don West! Their bios along with all of the workshops are now up online at:
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/workshops.php

"Also, don't forget to let everyone know you are coming / see who else is coming on our event page: http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref= ... 7740006311"

Lone Star Championships
Austin, Texas
January 23-25th, 2009
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/