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Organizer

Chair of Judges

Organizer

Tiffany Bouquet


Tiffany has been dancing since she fell in love with it in college. After seven years of dancing socially and competitively, she made the joint decision with Daniel to become a competition organizer. Together, they have run both Carolina Fall Classic and Southeastern for three years. 

Tiffany enjoys the social side of organizing- getting to see competitors improve year over year, meeting world-renowned adjudicators and international staff, and working with the other members of USA Dance to create the best competitions.

When not organizing, Tiffany dances and competes in Standard and Smooth, and occasionally moonlights as a Deck Captain, Registrar, or Scrutineer for other competitions.

Organizer

Chair of Judges

Organizer

Daniel Boman


Daniel has been organizing competitions since 2018, when he convinced the Ballroom Dance Club at Georgia Tech to run the inaugural Helluva Dance Comp. Since then, he has been  helping run competitions, whether as an organizer, a scrutineer with USA Dance and WDSF certification, or behind the scenes as the owner of Ballroom Comp Express.


As an organizer, Daniel is passionate about expanding opportunities to dance, which he has done by adding new events to the competitions he organizes, including Switch-Role divisions and Master of Syllabus events.


You can also catch him on the dance floor competing in Standard and Smooth or teaching at various colleges around the Southeast.

Chair of Judges

Chair of Judges

Yuehwern Yih (WDSF, USA)


Yuehwern Yih is a Certified Chair of Adjudicators with World Dancesport Federation (WDSF) and USA Dance, Championship Licensed Adjudicator in all four styles by the North American Dancesport Teachers Association (NADTA), Licensed Adjudicator with WDSF, and Certified Scrutineer with the National Dance Council of America (NDCA). She is the founder and head coach of the Purdue Latin & Ballroom Dance Competition Team. In 2010, when the Team was invited to compete on Season 10 of Dancing with the Stars, she and her partner, Daniel, coached the dancers to a 1st round victory, and the team placed second in the collegiate formation competition at the finale. The Purdue Team has trained thousands of dancers since 1995, producing several USA Dance Championship finalists, professionals, and studio owners. In additional to organizing the Purdue Ballroom Classic, attracting 300-400 collegiate ballroom dancers each year, Yuehwern also supported many collegiate teams for their competition events around the Midwest region. 

Besides dancing, Yuehwern has a Ph.D. in engineering, currently the Tompkins Professor in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University, specializing in operation management and system engineering in supply chains, manufacturing, health care, and humanitarian assistance. 

MC

George Cometa


Photo and bio coming soon

Scrutineer

Daniel Dilley (WDSF, USA)


 Photo and bio coming soon

DJ

Ralph Yuan (WDSF, CAN)

   

Ralph Yuan has been a music director for everything from social dances to WDSF ranking tournaments since the mid-1990s. His resume includes being the resident dancesport club DJ at the Westway club, over a decade of experience at the Calgary Open, and handling all open and closed championships for Ontario Amateur Dancesport and all WDSF World Ranking tournaments in Canada for the last two decades

DJ

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

DJ X

  

  The man, the myth, the legend 


Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Dana Edwards (WDSF, USA)

 

Dana is a USA Dance Chairperson, Invigilator and Adjudicator as well as an Adjudicator with the WDSF.

She holds Licentiate degrees in Standard, Latin, Smooth, Rhythm and Theatre Arts with the American International Dancers Association and Licentiate degrees in International Standard and Latin with Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and the World DanceSport Federation.

She is a retired NDCA Open Professional American Smooth and Rising Star American Rhythm Champion and a Fred Astaire Professional American and Canadian / American Smooth Champion. She has trained her students to achieve much success in the Am/Am and Pro/Am world including FADS Pro/Am Smooth and Rhythm National Champions, Top competition students with the FADS, USA DANCE, NDCA and Youth DanceSport Syllabus Champions 7 years running at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival. Dana has many Top Teacher Awards from FADS and was the Top Teacher and Top Studio Arnold Sports Festival.

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Lee Fox (USA Dance)


   Lee Fox is originally from Georgia but now calls Ft. Lauderdale his home. He has been teaching Ballroom, Latin, and Disco since 1978, and Country/Western since 1991. He has his licentiate degrees in Standard, Latin, Rhythm, and Theater Arts with the ISTD and his master degrees in Smooth and Rhythm with the NDTA. He is the Competition Director for the International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country Western Dance Clubs  (IAGLCWDC) and the treasurer of the North American Same Sex Partner Dance Association (NASSPDA). He is also a former president and a current  examiner of the NDTA. He is registered to adjudicate with USA Dance and  NASSPDA and has served as Chair of Judges for several mainstream and same sex competitions in the USA, Canada, and abroad. A former ballroom competitor, he has judged several competitions in the United States  including the United States Dancesport Championships (USDC). He and his ballroom partner, Scott, competed in ballroom at the Gay Games in Amsterdam in 1998 and the Gay Games in Australia in 2002 making the class A finals both times. He and his country partner, Chris, were the first Championship winners in the IAGLCWDC Couples Competition in 1998  and have performed at many hoedowns and fund­raisers. 

Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Phil Lee (WDSF, CAN)


   Phil’s passion of dancing has enabled him to achieve his goal of becoming a WDSF PD Adjudicator, WDSF Adjudicator, WDSF Chairperson, National Championship Chairperson and Adjudicator in Standard & Latin and Smooth & Rhythm styles, and a Certified Scrutineer. Phil regularly adjudicates major WDSF championships including WDSF World Championships of various age groups and national championships. Most recently, Phil was appointed to adjudicate the WDSF World Formation Latin Championships in Hong Kong and WDSF World Professional Standard Adult Championship in Canada. Phil is a past champion in Adult Standard and Adult 10-Dance, Canadian and North American Standard Professional Finalists, Professional Rising Star Vice Champion, and Latin Finalist. He is also an examiner for new dance professionals. 


Phil, in addition, holds a Business degree in Finance, a Masters degree and a CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) designation. 


Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Liene Reinbold (USA Dance)


Liene has represented Latvia and Lithuania, competing both as an amateur and a  professional, in National, European, and World Championships as well as  in UK Open, British Open, International Open, and German Open Dance  Championships. Liene is a highly demanded coach. She works with students  from Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida,  and New York. As the owner of Dance Harmony,  Liene is part of the coaching team that led to the success of the 2022  USA Dance National Champions in Senior II and Senior III Silver and Gold  Standard and in Senior II Pre-Champ Standard. 

Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Kimberly Smith (WDSF, USA)

 Kimberly Smith has been teaching dancing for 43 years and has owned and operated Dr. Dance Studio, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama for 36 years. She has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a professional competitor, pro/am competitor, teacher and currently coaches amateur and professional couples. Kimberly holds both Memberships and Fellowships with the North American Dance Teachers Association and Licentiates with The American International Dancers Association (AIDA) formerly the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. She continues to proudly serve the association on the National Committee as Treasurer. As an adjudicator, Kim is a WDSF A 3.0 AJS certified adjudicator and has had the honor of judging the 2022 IWGA World Games Standard & Latin, WDSF Sr. I World Latin Championships, as well as many Open WDSF Championship events. Kim serves the WDSF as a member of the Sports Event Planning and Promotion Committee and is Co-Organizer of Christmas in Dixie Ballroom Challenge.  

 


Adjudicator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

George Gachechiladze (WDSF, GEO)

 

Bio coming soon

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Patricia Panebianco (WDSF, USA)

   

Patti Panebianco’s dynamic energy and passion brought her from Social Dancer, to Amateur Performer, to Elite Amateur Competitor, Professional Competitor, right on through to her current status as a National & World Class Adjudicator, National Coach, Chairperson & Invigilator.     


 When she’s not serving as an Official at one of the many USA Dance Championships,  World Dancesport Federation and World Dance Organization events, Patti can be found volunteering on numerous committees to help dancers and USA Dance.  Most recently she is the Director of the College Network Committee which helps to organize the National Collegiate Dancesport Championships.  She has also been an avid member of the Greater NY Chapter since 1987. 

Adjudicator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Salvatore Todaro (WDSF, BUL)

  

International adjudicator & coach. Owner of Todaro Dance Academy in Sicily, Italy.

Rising star UK Champion , Blackpool & German Open Vice Champion. 

11* national champion

WDSF World Cup champion 

WDSF world ch. finalist 

IWGA world games finalist

Finalist at the International -  Royal Albert hall

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Irina Trebunskaya (WDSF, USA)


Bio coming soon

Adjudicator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator

Donatas Vezelis (WDSF, LTU)


Bio coming soon

Adjudicator

Adjudicator/Invigilator

Adjudicator

Gianni Chiapperini (WDSF, LES)


Bio coming soon

Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Adjudicator

Patricia Goh (WDSF, CAN)

  

    Patricia, a dancesport ambassador, believes in promoting and developing dancesport with integrity through her role as a WDSF Chairperson, WDSF PD Adjudicator, WDSF Scrutineer and WDSF Adjudicator.  She currently serves as a WDSF Presidium Member and as Chair of WDSF Adjudicators Qualifications Classification Committee. 


Patricia frequently adjudicates significant competitions including WDSF World Standard and Latin Championships, WDSF World Smooth Championships, WDSF Grand Slams in Standard and Latin, WDSF World Professional Latin and World Professional Showdance Adult Championships.


Patricia is certified in Standard & Latin and Smooth & Rhythm. In addition to being a past champion in Adult Standard & Ten Dance and a Latin finalist, Patricia also holds a Masters degree, the professional accounting designation of Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and advanced certification in music and ballet. 

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