CDTP-Mandaue bets raring to see action in DSCPI tourney

The new breed of talents from the Centre for Dancesport Training Philippines (CDTP)-Mandaue Chapter take their skills to a higher level of competition as they strut their wares in the 2007 Dancesport Council of the Philippines, Inc. (DSCPI) National Championship starting tomorrow at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

The CDTP-Mandaue, which is under the aegis of Philippine Dancesport Training Center, Inc. led by its president Tomas Auden J. Ingan, will be fielding in 11 couples who will show off their mastery on the dancefloor in a dozen events.

Ingan and partner Ariande Velasquez will see action in the five-dance Amateur Latin, while Joseph Pasicaran and Jennifer Mirasol will vie for top honors in Adult E and Adult D Latin categories.

Pasicaran, this time with partner Susan Luizen, will compete in the Senior C, Special Event 2F Standard, while Joselito Milan and Bernafe Malazarte will join in the Adult E and D Latin contest.

Emhel Dorelle Samillo and Hanna Joie Soon gun for the gold in Youth C Latin, while Jefferson Pimentel and Virgiane Oyao as well as Kevin Miñoza and Rhoda Mae Fernandez are the team’s brightest hopes for glory in the Youth A Latin competition.

The tandems of Martini Louis Tezon-Angle Louise Bardos, Niño Malazarte-Sabrina-Bogart, Vince Jansen Dacua-Marion Nilsson, and Maurice Lance Tezon-Marie Laudine Tezon will all be taking part in the juvinile class.

“Most of them are beginners. I really don’t want to push them up if they’re not ready. But the enthusiasm and discipline they’ve shown and the time they give for practice makes me feel they’re ready. More importantly, they have the potential,” said Ingan,  a decorated dance athlete who has attended various seminars conducted by prominent figures in the world of dancesport.

Ingan, who considers Michael Mendoza as his mentor, is proud that from only four couples since the group was formed three months ago, their members shot up to close to 50 this time.

“Our goal is to help build a total person in children and young adults by the discipline of dancing, but conducting workshops not onle in physical dance, but also in helping develop good and healthy attitude to attain high self esteem, good moral values, and interity, and awareness in civic involvement in the community,” said PDTCI adviser Cely B. Chiongbian.

“To become more effective, we emphasize the involvement and participation of parents or guardians in the development of the children. In that way, we can create a sense of bonding and healthy athmosphere among their respective families,” added Chiongbian.—EBV