I came across a video of a Moldovian ballroom dance team doing a standard style formation routine, and it was both impressive and inspiring. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdhXb47OgM

The music changes and transitions were somewhat abrupt, but it didn't keep the dancers from dancing seamlessly in near-perfect formations. Perhaps someday soon, our dance team will get to travel and compete internationally against teams like this. :-)

I've updated the schedule page (see the fat orange link on the left-hand-side menu) and included links to the Excel and PDF versions as well. Enjoy!

Many of the documents uploaded to the team's website are in Microsoft Excel (.xls) or Microsoft Word (.doc) formats. If you do not have those programs, you may use the following viewers instead:

• Microsoft Excel Viewer
• Microsoft Word Viewer

The above are freely available viewers you can download directly from Microsoft.

Sometimes files will also be provided in Adobe PDF file format. For those files, you can use the Adobe Reader.

This is going to be one action-packed weekend!

First, on Friday the team is going to perform at the Snowball Classic Competition (IDSF) in Richmond, B.C., Canada. We'll be opening the evening session at around 7 PM with the Performance Team's "Hip Hop" Latin Medley. Unfortunately, there is no formation competition at this year's Snowball, but it's nice that we were still invited to go and perform.

Next, on Saturday, some of us will go further North, to Whistler Blackcomb for some skiing and relaxation. Of course, the die-hard dance competition aficionados will stay at the Snowball to watch the spectacular championship competition.

Then finally, by Sunday afternoon, I'm sure everyone is going to be watching and cheering the Seattle Seahawks in SuperBowl XL! GO HAWKS!

A block is a mini-section on the left and/or right side of the page. For example, the "About us" block typically sits on the top of the left side and the "Gallery image" block is over on the right side. If you are logged in, you can select which blocks you wish to see by changing your settings in my account. (It's in your user navigation block on the left side.)

I've been making some little changes here and there:

• On the right side, I've renamed "random image" to "Gallery Image" and also added an "Event countdown" block.
• Logged-in team members might have noticed a new menu block on the left side of the page called Team stuff -- it has handy links to the most pertinent team information.

Some features I'm currently considering:

• Add some quicks links to the Galley image block for people to access slideshows easily.
• Expand on the Event countdown block to make each item point to more information

If you have any suggestions for the site, please leave a comment here or drop me a note by email!