UCWDC Competition Results

2020

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World Championships

Couples Classic & Showcase
ProAm Classic
ProPro Classic & Showcase
ProAm Showcase
Spotlight
Showtime
Line Dance
Teams
CTST
WSDC

Tulip Challenge

Couples
ProAm
Line Dance
Teams

Peach State Dance Festival

Couples
ProAm Classic
Line Dance
Teams
Swing
8 Dance

Canadian Line Classic

Calgary Dance Stampede

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic
Strictly Swing
Jack & Jill
Jack & Jill “Outlaw”

San Diego Dance Festival

Couples Classic
ProAm Classic / ProPro
Line Dance
Teams
ProAm Strictly
CTST Jack & Jill
WSDC Jack & Jill

Oklahoma Dance Rush

Couples Classic
ProAm Classic
Line Dance

Italian Country Dance Classic

Couples Classic
ProAm Classic
Line Dance

MidAtlantic Dance Classic

Couples Classic
Pro-AM Classic
Pro-AM 8 Dance
Line Dance Classic

Texas Classic

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic
Teams
Swing
Jack & Jill

Benelux Championships

Couples
Pro-Am
Line Dance

Orange Blossom Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic
Teams
Pro-Am Strictly
Jack & Jill Swing

Seoul International Line Dance Festival

Indy Dance Explosion

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic
Teams
CTST Two Step
Pro-Am Strictly
Jack and Jill Swing

Colorado Country Classic

Couples Classic
Couples Strictly
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill Two Step

City of Light French Country Dance Championship

Let's Dance Country & Western Dance Challenge

Couples Classic
Pro-Am/Pro-Pro
Line Dance

Portland Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic

Big Apple Country Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic

New England Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance
Jack & Jill Swing

Arizona Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Line Dance Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Teams
Pro-Am Two Step

NTA Dance Camp

Chicagoland Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance
Pro-Am Strictly

ProAm and Couples Swing Calcs
ProAm Swing Mixed Open Routines

WSDC JnJ Calcs
Hustle JnJ

Asia Pacific Dance

Line Dance

German Dance Cup

Couples Classic
Pro-Am
Line Dance
Social Line Dance
Teams

Nashville Dance Classic

Couples
Pro-Am / Pro-Pro
Line Dance
Swing
8-Dance

South Bay Dance Fling

Couples
Pro-Am / Pro-Pro
Line Dance
Swing

New Mexico Dance Fiesta

Couples
Pro-Am
Line Dance
Teams
Swing

Japan Country Dance Challenge

Couples
Pro-Am/Pro-Pro
Line Dance

Shamrock Western Dance Classic

Couples
Pro-Am/Pro-Pro
Line Dance

Southern National Dance Competition

Couples
Pro-Am / ProPro
Line Dance
Teams

Paradise Country & Swing Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am
Line Dance
Teams
CTST
Couples Just Dance Two Step
Pro-Am Swing
Strictly Swing
Jack & Jill

Philly Fall Fest

Couples
Pro-Am/Pro-Pro
Line Dance

Dallas Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am
Line Dance
Teams

China Open International Line Dance Competition

Line Dance
Teams

Lithuanian Open

Las Vegas Dance Finale

Couples
Pro-Am
Line Dance
Teams
Just Dance

Christmas in Dixie

Couples
Pro-Am
Line Dance

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World Championships

Couples Classic
Masters
Showtime
Linedance Showcase
Line dance, Superstar, Risingstar
Pro-Am/ ProPro
Teams
Choreography
CTST Jack & Jill
WSDC Jack & Jill
Just Dance Two Step & Strictly Swing

Tulip Challenge

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team/Choreography

Peach State

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
8 Dance Championship
Swing/Hustle

San Diego Dance festival

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team

Oklahoma Dance Rush

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing/Hustle

Italian C/W Dance Classic

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance

Calgary Dance Stampede

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing
Jack & Jill

Texas Classic

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing
Jack & Jill

Frezno Dance Classic

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance

Orange Blossom Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing
Jack & Jill

Benelux Championships

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team

Colorado Country Classic

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team

Indy Dance Explosion

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing & Hustle
Jack & Jill
CTST

Portland Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance

Big Apple Country Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance

New Orleans Dance Mardi Gras

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing
Jack & Jill

Asia Pacific Dance Xplosion

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team/Choreography

New England Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Swing & Hustle
Pro-Am Jack & Jill
WSDC

Arizona Dance Classic

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Swing & Az 2 Step
Jack & Jill
2 Step State Championship

Chicago Country & Swing Dance Festival

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Swing
Jack & Jill
WSDC

South Bay Dance Fling

Couples
Pro-Am Pro/Pro
Line Dance
Team
Just Dance (non-UCWDC)
WSDC

Nashville Dance Classic

Couples
Pro-Am / Pro-Pro
8-Dance Championship
Line Dance
Swing / Hustle

New Mexico Dance Fiesta

Couples
Line Dance
ProAM Swing
ProAM / Pro
Teams

Japan Country Dance Challenge

Line Dance

Shamrock Western Dance Classic

Line
Couple
Pro-Am
Team & Choreography

Paradise Country Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance
Teams
CTST Two Step
Couples Strictly
Pro-Am Strictly
Jack & Jill Swing

Dallas Dance Festival

Couples Classic
Pro Am Classic
Line Dance
Teams

Lithuanian Open

Pro-Am Classic / ProPro
All Line Dance
All Teams

Korea International Line Dance Festival

All Line Dance

Las Vegas Dance Finale

Couples Classic
Pro-Am Classic
Line Dance Classic
Teams

Christmas in Dixie

Couples Classic
Line Dance
Teams
Pro-Am Classic
Pro-Am Strictly

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Randy began dancing in 1988 when he enrolled in beginning two step classes at the local Parks & Rec in Los Angeles, California. There he met his future dance partner and wife Rhonda Shotts. Even though they were both beginners, they partnered up and began taking private lessons and competing at UCWDC dance events. They moved quickly through the lower divisions, then on to the Masters Division in 1991. During this time, they were also active in teams competition and spent two years performing with “Sizzlin’ Country”, then another three years with the Worlds 1 and 2 team champions, “The Midnight Cowboys”. Randy became co-director of the Portland Dance Festival in 1998. He served two years as the UCWDC Business Team chairman where he led the movement to put into writing the organization’s policies, procedures, job descriptions, and other internal documents. Randy was the Worlds director from 2011 to 2020, and he was the manager of the Country Two Step Tour from 2012 to 2020.

In his early twenties, Pedro followed some friends to a country bar and immediately became hooked on line dancing. In 1995, he joined a performance dance team at the Cancun Cantina and soon became the team choreographer. From there, he began competing as an individual line dancer. And just like that, Pedro won the advanced divisions at the CWLDA Internationals, and he won his first UCWDC Worlds title. In 1997, Pedro won the UCWDC Worlds Showcase Championship, and he won the European Championships in the Advanced and Renegade Divisions. In 1998, Pedro became the first Male SuperStars World Champion. He competed for another few years, then retired from competition to pursue other opportunities within the dance community. Pedro was a founding member of Masters in Line, the creator of Superstar Productions, and he helped create the Pro Dance Boots Company. Pedro has danced in over 20 countries. He has performed for the President of Singapore and the Royal family in Malaysia. He has taught line dance classes to more than 12,000 people worldwide.

Mona grew up in small town Southwest Louisiana where her family always had music playing on the radio or record player – and everyone danced. After Urban Cowboy came out, she learned to two-step at a local country bar where she met an instructor named Rody. She and Rody started seeing each other frequently and while Rody taught lessons Mona learned to deejay. After getting married in April of 1986, Mona and Rody began taking dance lessons and competing together. At their first regional event in 1990, they heard about the UCWDC. Little did they know while competing within the UCWDC circuit how many friends they would make and how their lives would be changed forever. Mona stopped competing but began to deejay at numerous UCWDC events. In 1996, she deejayed for the first time at the UCWDC World Championships and has since become an integral member of the Worlds contest deejay staff. Mona is a 4- time Star Award Winner for Favorite Deejay, a UCWDC Director’s Choice recipient, and the first deejay inducted to the UCWDC Hall of Fame.

In 1986, a co-worker talked Rhonda into attending his weekly line dance class and she was hooked! Not long afterward, she met Randy Shotts and together they began taking lessons from Phil Adams and dancing with his teams Country Gold and Sizzlin’ Country. They also began dancing in the UCWDC couples divisions and moved up the ranks to the Masters Division by 1991. Also during this time, they danced on the original Worlds Championship team, the Midnight Cowboys. After moving to Portland in 1991, Rhonda became the editor of the Northwest C/W Dance Association newsletter, and she was instrumental in the formation and operation of the Portland Swing Dance Club. In 1998, she and Randy became directors of the Portland Dance Festival. In 1999, Rhonda became the first UCWDC Line Dance Coordinator and was instrumental in developing the program. Rhonda has also been active on the UCWDC Board of Directors as the Ethics Committee Chairperson and the Northwest Representative.

John began country dancing in 1993 at the Grizzly Rose Saloon in Green Bay, Wisconsin. By 1995 he was teaching numerous dance styles to hundreds of students. He introduced West Coast Swing and Cha Cha to the area, as well as the latest line dances from the most popular choreographers. In 1999, he decided to become a full-time touring line dance instructor. During his career, John has earned numerous awards as a competitor, including the Worlds VI Line Dance Male Showcase Champion title – which inspired his nickname “Mr. Showcase.” He was one of the first male line dancers to reach the level of SuperStar. John’s signature dance “Dangerous” took the world by storm in 1997. Since then, John has received countless awards for many line dances he has choreographed or co-choreographed. John continues to travel the globe teaching, performing, coaching, judging, emceeing, and choreographing. He encourages everyone to “Live happy, laugh often, dance daily.”

In 1977, at the age of 15, Grant’s father introduced him to ballroom, swing, disco, and country western dancing. In 1981, Grant began teaching dance classes in the nightclubs in Houston, Texas, and winning local dance club competitions with his partner Carmen Scarborough. In 1987, Grant opened Dance Connection in Fort Lauderdale, and enjoyed success competing in Division 1 of the newly formed UCWDC with his partner Susan McMahon. In the early 1990’s Grant formed the Dance Connection Show Team, and competed in the Masters Division with Darlene Long. Grant was a UCWDC Judge and Judge certifier for 18 years. He founded the Sunshine State and Orange Blossom Dance Festivals. In 1989 Grant branded Comfort and Ultimate dance shoes and boots with extra padding for dancers. As a Certified Pedorthist, Grant’s orthotic company has helped over 16,000 dancers with custom fit orthotics.

Steve grew up an Army brat then went on to serve as an Army Captain in Korea, Okinawa, and Vietnam. After his military service, he moved to Albuquerque, NM where he met Mike Haley, a Realtor, talented dancer, and owner of a successful dance studio. When Mike, his dance team and Mike’s dance partner Patti Miller traveled to events, Steve became part of their support crew. In 1987, Steve was asked to help out at the Portland Dance Festival as a “ballroom coordinator”. Steve was so good at his job that before long, he was ballroom coordinator for over 20 events each year, including the first 10 UCWDC Worlds events. Since that early beginning, Steve has received numerous awards from the UCWDC and he has even been King of the New Orleans Mardi Gras – twice!” Steve retired in 2005. “I just wanted to make a difference – helping and caring for others”.

In 1982, Kellie met Buzzy at a local nightclub. Several months after meeting, the club in Shreveport hosted a dance competition in which Buzzy and Kellie entered and took 2^nd place. This competition was actually their first date! Six years later they married in December 1988. Their first UCWDC competition was Easterns in 1989 where they competed in Division 1. They danced in the movie Steele Magnolias in 1989. The highlight of their career came in 1992 when they were undefeated in every competition they entered that year, and they placed 2^nd in the first ever Masters Division at the World Championships. They retired from competition dancing in 1994 to direct their first New Orleans Dance Mardi Gras. In 1999, Dance Mardi Gras was voted “Favorite UCWDC Event”. Today, the New Orleans Dance Mardi Gras has grown into one of the largest UCWDC competitions each year.

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World Championships

Tulip Challenge

Peach State Dance Festival

Canadian Line Classic

Calgary Dance Stampede

San Diego Dance Festival

Oklahoma Dance Rush

Italian Country Dance Classic

MidAtlantic Dance Classic

Texas Classic

Benelux Championships

Orange Blossom Dance Festival

Seoul International Line Dance Festival

Indy Dance Explosion

Colorado Country Classic

City of Light French Country Dance Championship

Let's Dance Country & Western Dance Challenge

Portland Dance Festival

Big Apple Country Dance Festival

New England Dance Festival

Arizona Dance Festival

NTA Dance Camp

Chicagoland Dance Festival

Asia Pacific Dance

German Dance Cup

Nashville Dance Classic

South Bay Dance Fling

New Mexico Dance Fiesta

Japan Country Dance Challenge

Shamrock Western Dance Classic

Southern National Dance Competition

Paradise Country & Swing Dance Festival

Philly Fall Fest

Dallas Dance Festival

China Open International Line Dance Competition

Lithuanian Open

Las Vegas Dance Finale

Christmas in Dixie

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World Championships

Tulip Challenge

Peach State Dance Festival

Calgary Dance Stampede

San Diego Dance Festival

Oklahoma Dance Rush

MidAtlantic Dance Classic

Texas Classic

FreZno Dance Classic

Benelux Championships

Orange Blossom Dance Festival

Indy Dance Explosion

Colorado Country Classic

Portland Dance Festival

Big Apple Country Dance Festival

New England Dance Festival

Arizona Dance Festival

Chicagoland Dance Festival

German Dance Cup

Nashville Dance Classic

Asia Pacific Dance

Let's Dance Country & Western Dance Challenge

New Mexico Dance Fiesta

Shamrock Western Dance Classic

Southern National Dance Competition

Paradise Country & Swing Dance Festival

Philly Fall Fest

Dallas Dance Festival

China Cup International Line Dance Open

Las Vegas Dance Finale

Christmas in Dixie

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World Championships

Tulip Challenge

Peach State

San Diego Dance festival

Oklahoma Dance Rush

Italian C/W Dance Classic

Calgary Dance Stampede

Texas Classic