Swiss Championship
Country Western Dance
3 - 5th September 1999

The Swiss Championships in Country Western Dancing was held in Weinfelden near Lake Constanze during the weekend 3 -5th September 1999. The host was the local Club Rising Moon who did a wonderful Job. They put in a lot of effort and with a strong commitment the organisation team turned the Conference Centre Thurgauerhof into a Dance Hall of American style to give the event the right flavour for Country Western Dancing.

Friday evening started with a big welcome party and the dancers and judges could meet for the first time.

This years judges were:

Hub Haanen, Hermann Falkenber, Bettina Welters, Brigitte van der Heijden from Holland,
Bieke Wouters from Belgium, Judy McDonald from Canada,
Iris Funkler, Jim Ainsworth and Andreas Sallmann from Germany and
Rick and Stella Wilden from England.

Saturday the tournament started with a parade where all dancers marched into the dance hall with their national flag in front of each group. Dancers from USA, Belgium, England, Germany, France, Italy and of course many Swiss entered the dance floor.

We offered for the first time Division Juniors and Division Diamond, this was a big success, then followed Newcomer and Novice which closed the morning program.

After Lunch break we continued with Intermediate and Renegade Divisions, which finished the Line Dance Competition for Saturday. Next on the program were Couple Dance, Honky Tonk Newcomer and Novice then Classic Divisions 3 and 4.

The Saturday evening program was a mixture of show dancing and surprises. Party Time with Live Music by the band Desert Rats. The Dance Hall was fully booked by enthusiastic Country fans, where there was something for each taste: dancing, gambling, small-talk or having a drink & bite.

Sunday was the day for all Swiss Championship Title's in Line, Couple and Teams. Furthermore the judges held Workshops in the disciplines, Couple, Line and Technique.

The Award Ceremonies was slightly delayed, but not much almost on time. We were proud to honour each dancer with a specially created medal for participation, and the first three positions were awarded with a placement placate.

It is with great pleasure and satisfaction we notice that the performance level has significantly improved from year to year and this years contestants has showed us excellent dancing. From our point of view all contestants are winners, because it takes a lot of hard training before you feel confident and competent to perform your best for such a large crowd. We are sure, many will remember this event with great pleasure and maybe share it again with old and new found friends.

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Die Overall Gewinner pro Division

Classic Division Line Dance

Newcomer Female Male

1.Rang Cupellini Monia / I Marianetti Francesco / Italy

2.Rang Giovanelli Anna / Belgien Diamanti Massimo / Italy

3.Rang Von Gunten Cornelia / CH Smeers Ferdinand / Belgien

Novice Female Male

1.Rang Vonderbosch Nastasja / Belgien Raus Steffen / Deutschland

2.Rang Kennel Stephanie / France Fuchs JeanGeorges/ France

3.Rang Wierzoch Saskia / D Steck Yannick / France

Intermediate

1.Rang Fenn-Tye Sahra / GB Wittwer Kurt / CH

2.Rang Hohler Jean / Ch Lüthi Walter / CH

3.Rang Kailing Karola / D Furrer Arthur / CH

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Open Swiss Champion Line Dance

Female Male

1.Rang Hermann Ursula / KKK Lüthi Walter / BH

2.Rang Hohler Jean / KKK Wildhaber Tom / CL

3. Rang Anneler Martha / KKK Wittwer Kurt / BH

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Division Classic Coupel Dance

Classic Division IV

1.Rang Lüthi Walter und Marie Therese / BH

2.Rang Wittwer Kurt und Sabine / BH

3.Rang Wandinger Matthias und Melian Christine

Classic Division III

1.Rang Schibli Sonja und Felix

2.Rang Hofele Roland und Antoinette Meier / NL

Open Swiss Champion Coupel Dance

1.Rang Schibli Sonja und Felix

2.Rang Hofele Roland und Antoinette Meier / NL

3.Rang Wandinger Matthias und Melian Christine

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Winner of Club Challenge 1999

Burnin Heels aus Flamatt

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Choreography Division:

1.Rang: Louise Théberge: Bad Case of Love

2.Rang: Tom Wildhaber: Making Monkeys

 

see you next year!!!!!

 

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