News Letter
Membership
ACTIVITIES
- Promotes and sponsors amateur ballroom dancing for recreational dancers and competitors.
- Extends a special welcome to beginner dancers and helps them get started.
- Establishes
chapters to provide focal points for local amateur dancing and to
create recreational ball- room dance opportunities in communities all
over the United States.
- Organizes
and supports DanceSport and recreational ballroom dance programs in
colleges, high schools, middle schools, and primary schools.
- Organizes and promotes educational programs about the healthful benefits of ballroom dancing.
- Publishes the National Amateur Dancers Magazine six times a year, and most chapters publish local Newsletters to both inform and stimulate USA Dance members.
- Formulates, publishes and enforces standards and rules for amateur DanceSport Athletes and for conducting amateur DanceSport events.
- Organizes national, regional, and local DanceSport Championships and competitions.
- Selects Amateur DanceSport Athletes to represent the United States in the annual World Amateur DanceSport Championships.
- Provides liaison with other amateur and professional bodies to further ballroom dancing.
CHAPTERS
Members
of USA Dance, Inc. are grouped into chapters, the basic membership
units of the organization. Chapters are, in turn, grouped into six
geographic regions. Each region has two representatives on the National
Governing Council.
Additional communication between chapters and their members is provided by Amateur Dancers, USA Dance's bimonthly magazine.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
- Attend
our fabulous, but affordable, chapter social dances. They include dance
lessons, and lots of social dancing, as well as line dances, mixers,
dance demonstrations and other fun activities.
- Membership is open to singles, as well as couples.
- Beginners are welcome and will be helped to get started.
- Affordable group coaching sessions.
- Receive significant discounts on purchases from "Friends of USA Dance" vendors.
- Access to information about dancing and dancers all over the world.
- Registration to dance in local, regional, and international competitions, including team and formation contests.
- Belong
to the only amateur dance organization, in the USA, recognized by the
National Dance Council of America (NDCA), the International Dance Sport
Federation (IDSF), and the United States Olympic Committee.
- The
opportunity to help others by involvement in our outreach programs,
which bring the physical, mental and social benefits of ballroom
dancing to 'the aged, the young, the handicapped, and to the general
public.
- Free subscription to Amateur Dancers, USA Dance's bimonthly news magazine.
- Free Dancemart Classified advertising! in Amateur Dancers.
- Tax-deductible contributions.
- And much, much more!
AMATEUR DANCERS
Are those for whom ballroom dancing is strictly an avocation and recreational activity, and/or competitive sport ... and who, neither seek nor receive personal material gain from their dancing. Specific rules and guide-lines relating to amateur status shall be as periodically established by the USA Dance, Inc. Governing Council.
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
RECREATIONAL DANCERS:
- Ballroom Dancer:
A keen dancer and supporter of DanceSport who does not compete but
strives to dance at proficiency levels similar to those who do. This
may include retired DanceSport Athletes. Annual Fee: $35.00
- Social Dancer: An amateur dancer who does not compete but who enjoys dancing and appreciates the physical, mental, and social benefits of engaging in a regular program of dancing. Annual Fee: $25.00
USA DANCESPORT* ATHLETE - Amateur dancers who participate in DanceSport competitions
- Championship DanceSport Athlete:
An adult DanceSport competitor who is only eligible to compete at the
championship level in a particular style and age group. Annual Fee:
$60.00
- DanceSport Athlete: Adult DanceSport competitor. Annual Fee: $60.00
- Student DanceSport Athlete: Dancer below the age of 35 who is enrolled in school full time. Annual Fee: $15.00
- Junior Dancesport Athlete: Below the age of 19. Annual Fee: $15.00
OTHER INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
- Manager:
An individual (other than a DanceSport professional) who is engaged in
the support of DanceSport activities or Amateur Athletes. Annual Fee:
$50.00
- Trainer:
An individual (other than a DanceSport professional) who is engaged in
the physical or mental training of amateur DanceSport Athletes. Annual
Fee: $50.00
- Official:
An individual (other than a DanceSport professional) who is eligible to
officiate at amateur DanceSport competitions (i.e. judge, scrutineer,
MC, music director). Annual Fee: $50.00
- Associate Member:
Individual not eligible or desirous of membership in any other category
who wishes to support the aims and objectives of USA Dance, Inc.
Annual Fee: $50.00