Hello,
I have been doing ballroom dance for abouy a year now, and I need to do a speech on it for my high school project...If anyone knows any interesting facts about it and could post it that would be great, i got a few ideas from my dance teacher but she reccomended i try to post something on a forum.. Anyway any help you can give me would be great, aswell as any information about the subject...ermm i'm not very good with computers so sorry if this mess's up...
Thanks,
Skitty

I heard that the legendary Martial Artist Bruce Lee was a ChaCha champion. Never confirmed it myself though. It'd be a fun fact to look for.

In a competition at the champion level, one heat (involving the Waltz, Tango, VWaltz, Foxtrot, and Quickstep) will use up the same energy and effort as when a sprinter running the 400 metres. The only difference is we are in a wool suit or high heels--and trying to look like we hadn't just run 400m.

Ballroom dance requires the endurance of a marathon runner, the strength of a high jumper, and the grace and control of a ballerina--again all of whom get to wear comfortable clothes, whereas, we get to wear wool suits.

Did I say we wear wool suits? I meant we SWEAT in wool suits.


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And some of us do our sport in false eyelashes and 3 inch heels!

Yup. Tried the 3 inch heels with the tailsuit, though. Didn't quite go together. I think it was the cut of the coat. The judges frown on that for some reason. I think the clincher was the false eylashes.

Skitty. The Foxtrot got its name from a vaudville comedian who as part of his act did something like a series of trotting steps to 4/4 ragtime music,I was told it resembled a Moonwalk and was a comedy thing.His name was Harry Fox. So when this new dance came into being they called it the Foxtrot. It was a lot different to now. In those early days the Feather Step was a Lock Step and the Reverse Turn had a V. Cross in it. The character which it still has today. It goes more in a straight line or linear than the other dances. Just Google the name Harry Fox you will find a whole heap of information there. Its about the third down. Best of Luck Don.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee
Yes, indeed, Bruce Lee was the "Crown Colony Cha-Cha Champion" (Hong Kong).
I remember reading about this in a biography of Bruce Lee several years ago.

Guest,
Thank you, I appreciate your posting that tidbit about Mr. Lee.

Wow....thanks this stuff really came in useful for my speech now all i need to do is wait for my mark anyway thanks again for the information!!!