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Organized by USA Dance - Seattle</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#dddddd" link="#006699" vlink="#006699"> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" width="750" align="center"> <!-- TOP BANNER --> <tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a href="../index.html"><img class="logo" src="../images/USADanceSeattleLogo_100.gif" alt="USA Dance - Seattle" width="100" height="100" border="0" align="left"></a> <div class="banner" onClick="window.location.reload('http://usadanceseattle.org');" onMouseover="status='http://usadanceseattle.org/'" onMouseout="status=''"> <h1 class="title">USA Dance, Inc.</h1> <p class="title">Seattle Chapter #1004</p> </div> <p class="menubar"> <a class="menubar" href="aboutus.html">About&nbsp;Us</a> | <a class="menubar" href="member.html">Membership</a> | <a class="menubar" href="dances.html">Social&nbsp;Dances</a> | <a class="teamdancers" href="http://teamdancers.org/" title="Dance Team" target="TEAM">Dance&nbsp;Teams</a> | <a class="regional" href="http://www.nwdsc.org/" title="Northwest DanceSport Championships" target="COMP">NW Championships</a><br> <a class="menubar" href="nbdw.html">National&nbsp;Ballroom&nbsp;Dance&nbsp;Week</a> | <a class="menubar" href="dancesupplies.html">Dance&nbsp;Supplies</a> | <a class="menubar" href="donate.html" title="Donations">Make&nbsp;a&nbsp;Donation</a> | <a class="menubar" href="aboutus.html#Boardmembers">How&nbsp;to&nbsp;Contact&nbsp;Us</a> | <a class="menubar" href="http://usadance.org/" title="USA Dance - National">USA&nbsp;Dance&nbsp;-&nbsp;National</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <!-- LEFT MARGIN --> <td bgcolor="#666699" width="134" valign="top"> <div align="center"> <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/BackToHome.gif" alt="Home" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><a href="aboutus.html"><img src="../images/AboutUs.gif" alt="About USA Dance - Seattle" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><a href="dances.html"><img src="../images/OurSocialDances.gif" alt="Our Social Dances" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><a href="member.html"><img src="../images/Membership.gif" alt="Membership" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><img src="../images/NatlDanceWeek_.gif" alt="National Ballroom Dance Week" width="127" height="31" border="0"> <br><a href="dancesupplies.html"><img src="../images/DanceSupplies.gif" alt="Dance Supplies" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><a href="donate.html"><img src="../images/Donations.gif" alt="Donations" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><a href="http://teamdancers.org"><img src="../images/DanceTeams.gif" alt="Formation Team" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> <br><a href="aboutus.html#Boardmembers"><img src="../images/HowToContactUs.gif" alt="How to Contact Us" width="127" height="31" border="0"></a> </div> </td> <!-- CENTER PAGE --> <td bgcolor="white" valign="top" class="pagearea"> <h2 style="color: red"><I>National Ballroom Dance Week</I></h2> <h3 class="headline"><a name="NBDW Goals"></a>About National Ballroom Dance Week</h3> <p class="follow">This annual celebration of ballroom dancing is held throughout the US and is organized by local chapters of USA Dance (a national nonprofit organization). Here in Seattle, our chapter will be organizing and promoting the activities, in coordination with local amateur and professional dancers. National Ballroom Dance Week is designed to promote the health, social, artistic and personal growth benefits of ballroom dancing to the public. Specifically, we wish to increase public awareness and appreciation of dancing as a means to:</p> <ul style="line-height: 1.3em"> <li type="square">get exercise in a fun way <li type="square">increase coordination and balance <li type="square">express oneself artistically <li type="square">meet new people and socialize (excellent for singles) <li type="square">introduce social manners to youth <li type="square">gain confidence in social settings <li type="square">enjoy the challenge of learning new things <li type="square">enjoy the stimulation of competition (if that appeals to you) <li type="square">learn more about the various dances and forms of dancing <li type="square">learn where to go to get started dancing </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#ddcc66"> <div align="center"> <i><font size="5">Come dance with us!</font></i></div> </td> </tr> <!-- BOTTOM NAVIGATION --> <tr><td colspan="2"> <p class="menubar"> <a class="menubar" href="aboutus.html">About&nbsp;Us</a> | <a class="menubar" href="member.html">Membership</a> | <a class="menubar" href="dances.html">Social&nbsp;Dances</a> | <a class="teamdancers" href="http://teamdancers.org/" title="Dance Team" target="TEAM">Dance&nbsp;Teams</a> | <a class="regional" href="http://www.nwdsc.org/" title="Northwest DanceSport Championships" target="COMP">NW Championships</a><br> <a class="menubar" href="nbdw.html">National&nbsp;Ballroom&nbsp;Dance&nbsp;Week</a> | <a class="menubar" href="dancesupplies.html">Dance&nbsp;Supplies</a> | <a class="menubar" href="donate.html" title="Donations">Make&nbsp;a&nbsp;Donation</a> | <a class="menubar" href="aboutus.html#Boardmembers">How&nbsp;to&nbsp;Contact&nbsp;Us</a> </p> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%"><p><a class="st" href="http://usadanceseattle.org">USA Dance - Seattle</a> is a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to the promotion and improvement of amateur ballroom dancing.</td> <td width="20%"> <a href="http://usadanceseattle.org"><img src="../images/USADanceSeattleLogo_100.gif" alt="USA Dance - Seattle" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a><br clear="all"> </td> <td width="30%"> <p> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img border="0" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html401" alt="Valid HTML 4.01!" height="31" width="88"></a> <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/"> <img style="border:0;width:88px;height:31px" src="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/images/vcss" alt="Valid CSS!"></a> <p align="left">&copy; 2012 USA Dance, Inc. -- Seattle, WA Chapter #1004</p></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>