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Christine McDonald is a former Professional ballroom dancer, specializing in International Style Standard. With husband Brian McDonald, she is a former 3-time Scottish National Amateur Champion, a 3-time European Professional Standard finalist, a European Professional Standard runner-up, as well as a 4-time United States National Professional Standard Champion. Christine has also been one of the organizers of the Embassy Ballroom Championships (Embassy Ball) since 1980 and has been inducted into the Millennium DanceSport Championships Hall of Fame in 2012.

Brian McDonald, known for his contribution, devotion and dedication to ballroom dancing in the United States and worldwide, is a former Professional ballroom dancer, specializing in International Style Standard. With wife Christine McDonald, he is a former 3-time Scottish National Amateur Champion, a 3-time European Professional Standard finalist, a European Professional Standard runner-up, as well as a 4-time United States National Professional Standard Champion. Brian has been the President of the National Dance Council of America since 1994 and one of the organizers of the Embassy Ballroom Championships since 1980.

Nicole Carroll has been dancing for over 30 years. Specializing in the American Style, she is a World Professional Open American Rhythm Champion. Nicole has been teaching dance for over 13 years and has won the Top Overall U.S. Pro-Am Female Instructor for 4 consecutive years in 3 of the United States largest dance circuits.

Dmitri Demidov is a former Professional Ballroom Dancer specializing in International Style Latin. A 3-time Amateur and 2-time Professional Russian National Latin Finalist, Dmitry now resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he runs his studio "Demidov Dance" with wife Brittany whom he met when performing in a Ballroom Dancing show with the Royal Caribbean cruise lines. In addition to being ranked 10th in the IDSF World Ranking List in 2001, Dmitry was also a Bronze Medalist of the 2002 UK Open Amateur Rising Star Latin Championships and the 2004 Amateur Latin Championships at the Dutch Open.

Overview Dennis Rogers began tap dancing at the age of 4 alongside his identical twin brother. They danced tap for 12 years until the age of...

Decho Kraev is a former Professional Ballroom dancer, specializing in American Style Rhythm. Decho with his wife and partner Bree Watson, has attained titles as a 3-time United States National Professional Rhythm Champion and a 3-time World Professional Rhythm Champion. He resides in Tempe, Arizona, spreading his knowledge as an instructor and as a Professional competing with his Pro-Am students.

Debbie Avalos Kusumi is a former Professional Ballroom Dancer, specializing in International Style Standard and Latin. A former 4-time undefeated United States 10 Dance Champion, Debbie is not only certified as a dance instructor under the National Dance Council of America (NDCA), but is also a National Adjudicator and a World Dance Council (WDC) Adjudicator. Debbie is also the organizer of the California Open DanceSport Championships, the Atlanta Open, and the Chicago Crystal Ball DanceSport Competitions.

David Hamilton is a former Ballroom dancer, specializing in American Smooth. An undefeated 3-time U.S. National DanceSport Champion in the Professional American Smooth division, David is also a 4-time Finalist of the World Professional Showdance Championship and holds 68 National Dance Council of America Championship Event titles. He currently co-owns and operates Nashville Ballroom & Company and is the former owner of the Nashville Starz Ballroom Dance Championships.

David Elkin is a former 4-time Professional World Champion, 7-time Professional United States Champion, and a 3-time Professional British Champion, now an elite instructor and adjudicator with over 28 years of dance experience. David is the owner and director of World Champion Productions and a co-organizer of the Ultimate DanceSport Challenge.

Dasha Sushko is a former Professional Ballroom dancer, specializing in the International Style Standard and Latin divisions. She is the founder and owner of Ballroom Dream Dance Studio located in South River, New Jersey (USA). Dasha is not only certified as a dance instructor and adjudicator under the National Dance Council of America (NDCA), but also under the World Dance Council (WDC) as an adjudicator as well.