David lives and teaches in Durham, North Carolina. If you include the whole Research Triangle area, Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, you can dance every day of the week. David teaches some of his group classes as Ninth Street Dance. He is a National Dance Council of America (NDCA) certified professional dance instructor.

If you want to compete in ballroom, you need to be a registered competitor with the United States Amateur Ballroom Dance Association (USABDA).  The local USABDA chapter has a dance the 3d Saturday of every month.

Raleigh is home of the Carolina Classic Competition. For information, contact Ms. Patti Andersen-Troy.

There is a huge swing dance community in the area. The Triangle Swing Dance Society hosts several dances a month.  http://www.triangleswingdance.org/

You can do West Coast Swing and country two-step at the Longbranch. The advanced West Coast swing class attracts 50 people. http://www.longbranchsaloon.com/

The most complete calendar of local dance events is compiled by a person at North Carolina State University.

A national list of competitions can be found at http://www.dcdancenet.com/

David went to the Yankee Classic in Boston with 2 students in October 2001. He took four students in August 2002 and had a wonderful time at the marvelous new venue back in the city. He was thrilled to win the award for Top Small Studio. Next year the event will return to its original time in June. http://www.theyankeeclassic.com/index.html

He had a fabulous time celebrating Halloween 2002 in Cancun at The Tequila Ball with his student Ann Banes. http://www.tequilaball.com

The Celtic Classic in Ireland in February 2002 was so much fun that David plans to return in 2003. http://www.dancesport.uk.com/events/celtic/

Here is an article by David's student Ann Banes about her first competition, the Irish Open at the Celtic Classic. http://www.oocities.org/dtherrell/irisha.html

And here is an article by David's business manager Kathryn Christie, about watching the Irish Open. http://www.oocities.org/dtherrell/irishk.html

David had a good time in Miami at the Hustle/Salsa Competition in April, 2002. http://www.hustleandsalsa.com/

And some years he goes to the ballroom dance camps at Brigham Young University. Here is a video clip from David's waltz performance at the June 2001 BYU dance camp.

For wonderful articles about the ballroom dance world, read Dance Beat. http://www.dancebeat.com/

For online information, shopping, and chatting, try

http://www.dancescape.com

http://www.dancesport.uk.com/

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