🚨 AMBASSADOR ALERT 🚨
Swinging in all the way from Nashville, Tennessee 🎸🤠 — please help us welcome Marissa Guillen!
Of course we had to have some Country City Swing representation at The Showdown. We first met Marissa back at our very first Nashville dance fest in 2024, and she’s been nothing but smiles, warmth, and pure love ever since.
She’s the kind of dancer who makes you feel welcome the second she steps on the floor — and trust us, when it’s time to dance, she knows how to throw down. We can’t wait for y’all to meet her… and we REALLY can’t wait to watch her bring that Nashville energy to The Showdown 🔥💃
Get ready — Tennessee is showing up big.
💛 @dancing.towander
📍 Raleigh NC
🗓️ June 12-14
🎟️ Ticket link in bio
Hosted by @8countcountry
Such a special moment 🥹✨
I think the last time @bluejaydancing and I shared the finals floor together was NOVICE finals during the last DNA 1.5 years ago. So cool to watch how far we’ve grown since then!
And not just us, but everyone.
This community is what keeps me in Nashville. There is just nothing else like it. We are far from perfect, but above every disagreement, we’ve fought to protect the mutual respect and dignity we ultimately have for each other. We care for each other. We celebrate wins and we stand by each other when something goes wrong. Just as if the Lord wove us together in this time and place 🥹
It’s been incredible to watch this community grow, and I feel so blessed to be a small part of it. Shout out to EVERYONE who showed up to compete and is continually putting in the hard work to keep growing! I’m so proud of us for that dedication, but I’m even more proud of us for the commitment to loving each other well. This community has changed my life entirely and my time in TN would be nothing close to what it is without these people.
Colossians 3:17 says “do everything in the name of Jesus, going thanks to God the Father through him.” The Lord is working in Nashville, and this is just a small glimpse of the evidence of His work in us. And not because of a win- but because of the way he’s changed all of our hearts along the way.
I’m grateful for this buckle but I’m even more grateful for the way the Lord has brought me to this place. PRAISE GOD for the ability to dance and the mission to share it with others, for others. What He can do in us He can do in you too. He gets ALL the glory. Hallelujah! 🫶
Thank you Jay for so many fun and wonderful dances - so happy we could share this moment! ✨
remember that dance is supposed to be fun 🤪
Can’t wait to run it back with this crazy crew at The Showdown! Only a few more weeks away! 🩷💛🩵
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The absolute highlight of my weekend at @calgarydancestampede was getting to meet and dance ‘Heartbeat’ with @danieltrepat 🫀
Heartbeat was the first line dance I learned that pushed and challenged me to dance beyond what a step sheet says. To dance with the music and to deliver a message to the audience with my body. To connect with a dance beyond technique and truly begin to explore what expression of a song and dance means to me today.
Although I’m dancing next to one of the choreographers of this dance, I still love the way our interpretations of this song is so different.
It was such an honor to dance this choreo next to Daniel. This is such a beautiful piece and this was such a special moment. I’m just so endlessly grateful to be able to do this 🫶 S/O to the best DJ @djrickdominguez for helping to make it happen 🎧
Daniel is a PHENOMENAL dancer. Thank you for ALL the dances that weekend, but especially this one 🩰
Fun dance with @dancing.towander while we were at DnD
I love dancing to foreign music. It really brings out the melody and rythms of the vocals when u arent focused on the words themselves.
Esther has officially made it’s way to Nashville and we CANNOT WAIT to watch y’all tear this up at @dna_dancenashaftermath this year🔥💚
🪩: Esther
🧠: @chris.jacques_jmyf.dance
📋: 32c | 2 wall | INT
Only 6 more sleeps! DNA passes and comp tickets still available online! 💚
Superrrrr late to posting this but endlessly grateful to @backwards_hat_dancer for changing my dance in the insane ways that he has. Even since this pro-am he’s flipped my dance upside-down for the better. Every lesson with you is better than the last - what a privilege it is to be your student! Thank you for investing in me and dancing this pro-am with me 🫶 PJ, you’re a wizard 🪄🧙
🥇1st Place Intermediate Pro-Am WCS Strictly
📍 @calgarydancestampede | Calgary, Alberta CAN
💃🏻 AM: @dancing.towander
🕺 PRO: @backwards_hat_dancer
#westcoastswing #westcoastswingdance #partnerdancing #proamdance #tndancers
Oh we are SO on board the 🍌⛵️🌊
Next stop: THE SHOWDOWN
June 11-15 | Raleigh, NC
⏰ Time to grab your tickets! ➡️ use SHOWDOWNMARISSA for a discount off your weekend pass 💸
Who will I be seeing at the can’t-miss event of the summer? 😎☀️
dc: @dancinwithki@dancingwithpaige 💅🫶
Thank you to one of my favorite humans in the world for leading this strictly and encouraging me all weekend. I love your brain but I love your heart even more 🫶 This is one of my favorites but I truly loved all of our dances 💃🏻
Here’s to hoping we get to run it back one day! 🤞
🥉3rd Place Int West Coast Swing Strictly
🧚🏻♀️ @dancewithdanya
🧚🏻♀️ @dancing.towander
📍 @calgarydancestampede
#westcoastswing #wcs #ladieswholead #partnerdancing #swingdancing
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