TOTAL SELL OUT OF SEATING FOR WDC WORLD PROFESSIONAL LATIN CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
 
 
The most prestigious World Latin Championship will be presented on behalf of the World Dance Council by the Ballroom Dancers Federation in the Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool on the afternoon of Sunday 22nd November.
 

The BDF are to be congratulated that they have already achieved a total sell out of seating and the only tickets now available are £20 Rover tickets, available in advance or on the door. Due to the demand advance purchase might be advisable for those interested in being present at what will surely be a hard fought Championship with a fabulous and emotion charged atmosphere.

The entry list of the very highest quality features

1.  David Byrnes & Karla Gerbes  (Australia)

2.  Adam Blakey & Zoe Unkovich  (Australia)

3.  Gerhard Eggar & Julia Polai  (Austria)

4.  Thomas Kraml & Lenka Maroslova  (Austria)

5.  Pascal Recca & Olga Ivanova (Belgium)

6.  Ivailo Tonchev & Elena Zarnitsyna  (Bulgaria)

7.  Christian Millette & Denitsa Ikonova (Bulgaria)

8.  Andre Paramanov & Natalie Paramanov  (Canada)

9.  Francis La Freniere & Claudia Primeau  (Canada)

10. Sonny Jin & Cher Wenquing Luo  (China)

11. Marek Swetik & Renata Dohnanska  (Czech Republic)

12. Michael Petr & Petra Diana Bischof  (Czech Republic)

13. Kristian Vellejus & Lotte Rodenberg  (Denmark)

14. Mikko Kaasalainen & Adrienn Fitori (Finland)

15. Emil Kontinen &  Tiina Toyoki-Nuutinen  ((Finland)

16. Cedric Meyer & Angelik Meyer  (France)

17. Pierre Vallee & Marion Duguest  (France)

18. Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew  (Germany)

19. Marcus Homm & Ksenia Kasper  (Germany) 

20. Oleksii Ivanets & Lisa Bellinger-Ivanets (Great Britain)

21. Ryan Hammond & Linsey Muckle  (Great Britain)

22. Ivan Radivojevic & Alikie Anagnostopoulou (Greece)*

23. Orestis Tsaggos & Sofia Tsitso  (Greece)  

24. Ilya Borovskiy & Veronika Klyucskina  (Hong Kong)

25. Gleb Savchenko & Elena Samodanova  (Hong Kong)

26. Peter Timer & Veronika Kvitova  (Hungary)

27. Robert Bogdan & Linda Gergye  (Hungary)

28. Bryan Jeromeo & Elena Ivanyuk (Israel)

29. Christian Bertini & Luca Bertini  (Italy)

30. Alessandro Camerotti & Nancy Berti  (Italy)

31. Toshihiko Nakamura & Tomoka Aoyagi  (Japan)

32. Katsuya Tateishi & Hiromi Tateishi  (Japan)

33. Justinas Duknauskas & Ekaterina Lapaeva  (Lithuania)

34. Cody Stephens & Rachel Burstein (New Zealand)

35. Dmitri Taruta & Eena Parshukova  (Moldova)

36. Rachid Malki &  Anna Suprun  (Norway)

37. Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis  (Poland)

38. Przemek Lowicki & Asta Sigvaldadottir  (Poland)*

39. Bruno Tomas & Joana Santos (Portugal)

40. Samuel Ferreira & Tania Pereira  (Portugal)

41. Evgeny Ryupin & Yana Pokrovskaya  (Russia)

42. Alexander Berezin & Victoria Rudkovskaya  (Russia)

43. Pavel Imre & Katarina Lackova  (Slovakia)

44. Peter Majzelj & Maja Gersak  (Slovenia)

45. Andrej Skufka & Melinda Torokgyorgy  (Slovenia)

46. Khutso Khunou & Seipati Nthoesane  (South Africa)

47. Thapelo Ramatlhape & Nombulelo Hlathi  (South Africa)

48. Mauro Rossi & Olha Karieva  (Spain)

49. Jonathan Naslund & Oksana Spichak  (Sweden)

50. Kelvin Woo & Julia Lee  (Taiwan)

51. Bryan Chen & Amanda Chen  (Taiwan)

52. Jack Super & Mascha Ponk  (Netherlands)

53. Roland Kouwenberg & Janneke Vermeulen  (Netherlands)*

54. Igor Volkov & Ella Ivanova  (Ukraine)

55. Roman Myrkin & Natalia Biedniagina  (Ukraine)

56. Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko (USA)

57. Eugene Katsevman & Maria Manusova  (USA)

* To be confirmed. 

 
The extremely knowledgeable and experienced Adjudicating panel includes previous World Champions and finalists.
 
Hazel Fletcher (England)
Akihiko Sato (Japan)
Melissa Dexter (USA)
Karolina Felska (Poland
Igor Kondrashov  (Russia)

Alessia Manfredini (Italy)

Joachim Llambi  (Germany)
Jason Gilkinson  (Australia)
Josette Gerard (France)
Soffie Dalsgaard (Denmark)
Jukka Haapalainen (Finland)
 
The opening ceremony will be a true "Thriller" - A Tribute to Michael Jackson featuring the top British Juvenile, Junior and Amateur Ballroom and Latin dancers. 

This spectacular and unforgettable event will also feature World Class demonstrations by World Exhibition Champions Craig Smith & Natalie Woolf  and European Professional Ballroom Champions Jonathan Wilkins and Hazel Newberry MBE.