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The 1st Annual Gotham City Dancesport Challenge
Champion (Smooth), Texas Challenge Rising Star Champion
(Smooth), and Eastern United States Rising Star Champion in
Latin, Standard and Smooth.
Adjudicators
Bill Davies
Bill Davies is currently celebrating more than fifty years as
a dance teacher, competitor, DanceSport coach and world
Class Adjudicator. He is one of the founding US professionals
of the Teacher Student competitions known as “Pro/Am” which
have become the main stay of U.S. competitions in today’s
world. Bill was a member of the first, as well as several other
United States teams which represented the United States at
the British Ballroom Championships In 1978 he placed eighth
in the World Championships held in Tokyo Japan. He has won
and been a finalist in numerous overseas championships.
He is a nine time “North American Champion”, a three time
“United States Champion”, runner up in the 1973 “United
States American Style Championships,” and has been a finalist
in many Latin Championships. He is currently teaching and
coaching around the world and loves to social dance.
Stanley McCalla
Stanley McCalla is a national & World Class Adjudicator and
highly sought-after coach. He has been on the Fred Astaire
National Dance Board since 1997. Stanley is also a dance
board examiner for FADS and the official coach for New York
University and Columbia University. He holds the highest levels
of accreditation from both FADS and the ISTD. As a competitor
he was four-times United States Amateur Champions with
his wife Jennifer McCalla and represented the US in Latin,
Standard, and 10-Dance Championships. As professional he