Newport Ballroom Dancing (NBD)
Holding Ballroom Dinner Dances Regularly Since 1987
PRo Newport
28 Memorial Blvd. West, Newport, RI 02840
(401) 849-5323 - Contact Us
Web: OnAquidneck.com/nbd
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Newport Ballroom Dancing (NBD) Holding Ballroom Dinner Dances Regularly Since 1987 |
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Notice to FOBD Members from Lindy Tatreau-- To keep prices down and possibly lower, please print and hand out to as many others as possible also email the web site address www.OnAquidneck.com/NBD to as many others as possible too. A sell out (150 dinners, max so the dance floor is not crowded) means lower future dance prices. Excess funds will roll over to the other dances on the same schedule. If funds always cover a minimum prepaid 150 dinners, members prices will be as low as possible and non member prices will add to our dance "kitty." From the "kitty" we will create more dances based on members' recommendations. Again, as long as funds are available to prepay 150 tickets for each upcoming dance. A report of finances from each dance will be available upon request showing where the money comes from and goes to. Until we have revenues left over from one dance to the next to create Internet forms, we're working Skip's way with paper forms and checks made out to and mailed to: If not already paid, please include your 2008 dues. I apologize if you receive multiple copies of the emails. To prevent multiple emails register at www.PRoNewport.com/nbd and duplications will stop. The web site will, until we have Internet forms to take its place, have a printable order form for dances (check the month above to go to the specific page). Those without email will continue to receive paper mail notices of dances. Feel free to forward this information to others! We really want a total sell out for this first NBD dance. This dance will determine the pricing for the next dance. The more dinners we sell at this dance, the lower the members' dinner price for the next dance. Again you will see financial reports so you know your efforts handing out paper flyers and/or forwarding emails is paying off. |
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Newport Ballroom Dancing (NBD) is a social ballroom dance club, operating on an "at cost basis" with open membership to all - juniors through seniors. NBD strives to:
See photos from recent NBD events About the Newport Ballroom Dancing - NBD In April 2008, due to the death of one of the founders Skip Jones, th organization has been renamed to Newport Ballroom Dancing. Background Information |
Links to other Dance sites of Interest New England Ballroom DanceNet- Swing dancing in and around Boston and New England |
The first year FOBD attracted nearly a thousand members from Rhode Island & New England states. In 1988, FOBD helped the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association (USABDA) form 4 new chapters in New England by furnishing lists of our members in various areas. This helped reduce our membership and greatly increased ballroom dancing events for everyone.
In 1987, FOBD helped form the Brown University Ballroom Dance Club. With the late Bill Benett of USABDA and the late Christina Cryan in 1988, FOBD sponsored the first collegiate ballroom dance competition in the Northeast. This attracted 64 students from 5 colleges plus 70 adult amateur dancers. After holding 3 Northeastern annual competitions, FOBD requested the new USABDA Rhode Island Chapter (which we had helped form) to take over. FOBD members were more interested in hosting social dinner dancing events. Recently Brown University Ballroom Dance Club held an all college competition attracting over 500 competing students from 20 Northeastern colleges.
The average age of our membership grows younger each year due to interest by younger dancers. Their interest usually begins with swing and eventually spreads to all forms of ballroom dancing including waltz, foxtrot, cha cha, rumba, tango, salsa, etc.
FOBD has featured big name bands like Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Sammy Kaye, Guy Lombardo, Artie Shaw and Bombay Jim & The Swinging Sapphires. Local bands include Duke Belaire, Larry Brown's "Swing Lane", "Meadowlarks", "Moonlighters", New Era Big Band, Bob Shurtleff's Swingtime, Bob Paola, Pastels, Mel-Tones, Ed Rogers, Ralph Stewart, Phil Tandy, John Worsley, Artie Cabral, and Anything Goes, etc. Cruise lines often book big name bands of the 40's and ballroom dance themes to help promote off-season and relocation cruises.
Dance studios are reporting increased interest in ballroom dancing. There are more movies about ballroom dancing and more ballroom dance competitions are being featured on TV as well as the current televison show "Dancing with the Stars".
We look forward to ballroom dancing becoming a dance sport in the International Olympics.
We are actively promoting ballroom dance instruction in grade schools, high schools and colleges.
When planning fund-raising events involving dancing, charitable organizations often consult Newport Ballroom Dancing for band suggestions, advice and support.
FOBD dance locations have included: Belcourt Castle, Bobby's Starlight Ballroom, Coachmen Cinderella Ballroom, Navy Officers' Club, King Philip Ballroom (Bristol), King Philip Ballroom (Wrentham), Lakeview Ballroom, Palladium Ballroom, Ramada Inn, Roseland Ballroom (Taunton), Seaport Inn, Sheridan Islander, Doubletree, Hyatt Regency, J&W Inn, Sea Fare Inn (Tea Dance), VFW Halls, White's of Westport, Venus de Milo, Viking Hotel Convention Center, Atlantic Beach Club and of course the spacious Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet. Most of our events this year will be at the Convention Center Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, Newport.
Our membership through the end of 2005 currently consists of 579 couples, 212 single ladies and 135 single gentlemen for
a total of 1505 paid members from 5 states. Events are limited to 250 to avoid crowding the floor.