News about Ballroom Dance Music

June/July 2004

  Dear fellow dancer;

Time for another update from Dance Plus. We have just returned from the
British Open Championships in Blackpool, England. While we were at the festival 17 new CDs were released by various music producers.  This time of year is a big release time with lots of new titles as suppliers time their new releases to coincide with the festival. This newsletter also includes some notes about our visit to Blackpool, and news about the upcoming ballroom dance movie starring Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere. Be sure to check out our sale items this month as many of them will not be on sale much longer. Use the links to the right to read about what interests you and as always if you wish to unsubscribe or update your newsletter preferences, you will find a link at the bottom of this page. 

Happy Dancing!
Linda Wilson & the Dance Plus Team

 
 

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What's New
THIS MONTH 
All CDs are have a regular price of $34.95 CDN unless noted otherwise.
Latin Music 6 - Various
Twenty one increditble tracks, many of them recent radio hits including a track from Lord of the Rings. 
Chartbreaker 6 - Klaus Hallen
Current and contemporary tracks fabulously produced for strict time ballroom dancing. Listen to track 4 and track 8! 
Rumba Pa Ti - Dancelife
This CD has five warm up tracks, 5 practice tracks, and 5 competition tracks with a bonus cool down track. The different timings make this a great CD for teaching and practice.
Ancona Open - Ballroom Vol.2 - E. Musicali
A beautiful collection of rich orchestrations from the producers of the best selling Rimini and Bassano series. A great sequel to Ancona Vol.1.
Dance Superstars Vol 4 - E. Musicali
Beautiful arrangements and original scores by Claudio Novelli
Signature - Vio Friedmann
This CD contains popular chart hits, including the much sought after rumba, Mandy.
Dance Night Collection - Ross Mitchell
Special Edition Collection - 31 tracks of standard and latin dance tracks including 6 new titles(*). A great value!
Tanzparty International - Karl Schmidt
People who enjoy bands such as Gunter Noris and Hugo Strasser, will be sure to enjoy this traditional ballroom CD.
Universal Latin 3 - Dancelife
The third CD in a series, this CD is a compilation of excellent latin tracks. The strong beat makes this a good practice CD.
Universal Ballroom 3 - Dancelife
The third CD in a series, this CD is a compilation of excellent standard tracks.
Gran Latino - Various
Excellent latin CD to add to your collection. Contains 5 bonus competition tracks.
Dance the Night - Various
A good mix of different dances all on the same CD. In addition to the traditional dances, it includes 2 slow jives and 2 boogies.
Top Charts - Various
This CD contains some of Dancelife's most requested contemporary hits.
Gold Master 2004 - E. Musicali
Pure gold for competition or practice. Inspiring music that should appeal to all dancers.
Cha Cha Pa Ti - Dancelife
This CD has four warm up tracks, 5 practice tracks, and 6 competition tracks with 2 bonus cool down tracks. The different timings make this a great CD for teaching and practice.
Wonderful Dancing - E. Musicali
This CD will be a big hit, as the selection is fantastic and this CD has at least one track from all of the ten dances.
Sapiel - Vol 2 - E. Musicali
A must have CD with inspiring tracks of both latin and standard tracks on the same CD
LAST MONTH ...
Dance Charts - Step 4 - Various
Younger dancers will love this contemporary CD which takes the biggest hits and recreates them in strict time. This excellent CD features songs that sound like the originals. Includes the grammy winning and biggest hit of the year, 'Hey Ya' by Outkast.
Vivo Latino - Vol 25 - Various
Casa has done it again by finding those tracks by original artists that you want to dance to. From the authentic latin to popular radio hits, this CD can't miss.
Rimini Open 5 - Balls of Fire 2 - E. Musicali
This standard ballroom CD features many beautiful melodies, and has more instrumental than vocal tracks. We especially loved the slowfoxes.
Swing & Dance Vol 2 - Orchestra Alec Medina
Instrumental lovers will enjoy this CD of which only two tracks are vocal. This interesting selection of tracks includes the Diosa Marina tango popularized by champions Kenny & Marion Welsh.
On Sale
The following CDs will be on sale for a limited time and if you view all our sale items on our site, you'll find even more great bargains. Take advantage of these specials while they last! 


Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Our buy 5 get one free offer continues! When you buy 5 CDs, the lowest priced CD is FREE! This discount is automatically applied to your invoice. When you add 6 CDs to your cart a discount equal to the amount of the lowest priced CD is subtracted from your order. And better still, we will still ship your order free if you choose the free shipping option! Where can you get a better offer than that! (This offer may be cancelled at any time.)
 
Blackpool Festival News
Last year we shared some pictures of our trip to the British Open Championships in Blackpool, England, and this year we have even more pictures for you! We've created a page with a slide show of pictures that we took of the dancing, along with the final results of the professional latin and the professional standard.

The trip was great and we had a chance to meet with several music publishers. One of the highlights of the trip was seeing a reality TV show in England called Strictly Come Dancing, which paired English professional dance champions (Paul Gillick was one), with English celebrities. The professionals each week would teach their celebrity a new dance and each week another couple got voted off by the viewing audience. They even had a nasty British judge. Remind you of another television program?

Feel free to check out our slideshow of pictures.  

 
Movie: Shall We Dance starring Jennifer Lopez & Richard Gere
In case you haven't heard there is a new movie coming out in October starring Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere. It is the remake of the fabulous Japanese movie, by the same name. It was filmed in Canada, but is set in Chicago. 

The movie is about an overworked Chicago accountant (Gere), who is tired of the boring routine that his life has become. He sees a beautiful dance teacher (Lopez) through a window and decides to start taking lessons from her in order to get to know her better, and as the joy of dancing enters his life, he discovers that it might just be the secret to saving his troubled marriage. As the accountant's skill as a dancer improves, he eventually signs up for the Chicago Crystal Ball Dance Competition. Will he win?

Miramax has already released a trailer for the film and you can view it on the movie's official web site.

Go to the Movie web site for more....  (will open in a new window)

  
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