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UKA MEDALS & TEACHING COURSES
At the last United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) medal exam hosted by Salsanorthwest, 86 medal exams were sat by students and EVERYONE PASSED!
Our next UKA medal exam date is Sunday 26th February 2012 from 6.00pm
Bamber Bridge Catholic Club, Bamber Bridge, PR5 6TL
The UKA is a professional body that governs Latin American, Ballroom and now Salsa. They provide a system where salsa dancers can be examined and awarded medals and diplomas for their dancing. The UKA also provide examinations for potential teachers, so please speak to Phil 07899866408 if this is something you would be interested in, Salsanorthwest run teacher courses throughout the year and we have a clean pass record!
What level do you need to be to take medals?
There are 4 levels when you start to take your UKA medals, Bronze, Silver, Gold and beyond Gold, all the way to Gold Cup. As you’d imagine Bronze is the entry level medal, Silver for intermediate dancers, and Gold medals are for advanced dancers. The higher the level the harder the exam and the more emphasis placed on the way the dancer moves and presents their style and footwork.
Give the exam a go, you'll be surprised at how proficient a dancer you really are, and how highly the UKA will award you for your dancing, yes the majority of us are social dancers, but we're pretty good at it!
If you would like to find out more about the exam, visit one of Phils classes, or give Phil a call to arrange a revision session.
You are permitted to take up to 2 levels within one exam but must begin at Bronze level, therefore if you have no UKA medals to date you could sit Bronze on its own, or Bronze and Silver, if you already have Bronze, you may sit Silver or Silver and Gold together.
Entry fees and dates
Examination date
Sunday 26th February 2012
Bronze £15
Silver £15
Gold £18
Above Gold to Gold Cup £20-£38
(if you have already completed Gold Medal, please refer to the end of this page for Salsanorthwests approved medal & cup syllabus)
Presentation Ceremony
Saturday 24th March 2012, 9pm
at "the 4th floor" party night @ Botany Bay, Chorley
We need to provide the examiner with a list of entrants BEFORE the exam and arrange partners if you do not have someone to demonstrate with in your assessment so please do pick up and complete an entry form in class, or email helen at salsa.synergy@yahoo.co.uk and we will send you one on line. Good luck!
UKA & Salsanorthwest approved medal, cup and award syllabus
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Gold Bar
Gold Bar 1, 2 & 3
Gold Star 1, 2 & 3
Presidents Award
UK Award
Prestigue Statuette
Gold Cup
Premier Victory Award
Globe Award
Centenary Statuette
Premier Cup 1, 2 & 3
UKA Teachers of Dancing - New Courses!
Dates will be announced
Phone Phil on 07899866408 or email phil@salsanorthwest.co.uk
Entry Requirements
- Must be already teaching salsa, or assisting teaching
- Must be an advanced dancer with at least 3 years experience
- Must be able to dance Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, Bachata, Merengue, both as a leader and a follower
- Must be keen to learn
Cost for the course is £250
There is also an examination fee, cost to be confirmed
Click here to download syllabus
Click on the links below to see the brilliant videos from the Edie Bootcamp and our Evening Parties:
Moe Flex at the Friday Evening Party 16 May
Edie and Fabrizio Dancing on the Saturday 17 May demonstrating the Musicality for Sunday
Edie and Phil Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May
Edie and Fabrizio Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May
Edie and Fabrizio Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May
Edie and Janette Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May
Edie and Fabrizio Demonstrating Musicality at the Sunday 18 May Bootcamp
UKA Medals Results - 25 November 2007
Salsa
Silver
2 entries: 2 Highly Commended!
Gold
3 entries: 3 Highly Commended!
Gold Star 3
2 entries: 2 Distinctions! Well done!!
Merengue
Gold Bar 2
2 entries: 2 Distinctions! Well done!!
Bachata
Silver
2 entries: 1 Distinction! 1 Honours!
UKA Teachers of Dancing - July 2007
Phil has passed the higher level Licentiate exam.
Well done to:
Leah Pritchard
Janette Waddell - www.adoralasalsa.co.uk
Claire Taylor
Who all passed the Associate exam and are now Associates of the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) of Professional Teachers of Dancing and are now fully qualified dance teachers
WELL DONE!!!
UKA Medals Results - 29 July 2007
Again everyone did very well. Results are:
Salsanorthwest:
Bronze
3 entries: 3 Honours!
Silver
5 entries: 4 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!
Gold
2 entries: 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!
Gold Star 2
1 entry: 1 Honours!
Adoralasalsa:
Bronze
3 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!
Silver
2 entries: 2 Honours!
The Latin Crew:
Bronze
3 entries: 3 Honours!
Silver
2 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours!
Gold
1 entry: 1 Honours!
IDO World Dance Festival, Seefeld, Austria 2007
Phil and Leah were Grand Finalist at the World Dance Festival and are now:
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Ranked 6th Salsa IDO World Champions, 2007
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Ranked 6th Merengue IDO World Champions, 2007
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Ranked 7th Bachata IDO World Cup Champions, 2007
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Ranked 7th Latino Show IDO World Champions, 2007
International Open Latvia Dance Festival, 29 April 2007 - Official IDO Event
Phil and Leah gained 1ST place in both the IDO SALSA EUROPEAN CUP AND THE IDO BACHATA EUROPEAN CUP!! (left picture below)
Phil and Leah in action, Latvia (right picture below)
Go to press clippings page to see full Lancashire Evening Post article
World Salsa Federation Salsa Championships, Miami, November 2006
Phil and Leah were finalists in the World LA Style Salsa Championships gaining 7th place.
Phil and Leah dressed for the World Show Dance Championships where they gained 9th place!
Phil and Leah with Willian Santana and Lisneidy Figueroa from Venezuela, placed 1st in LA Style!! and 4th in the World Undisputed Salsa Champioships!!
Very well done to John and Mary who came 3rd in the Morecambe Salsa (SacredSalsa) Competition, 30 July 06
World IDO Salsa Championships, Seefeld, Austria, July 2006
Phil and Leah won 7th place in the World IDO Salsa Championships, after reaching the finals! 72 couples from all over the world entered.
Italy came 1st and 2nd, Turkey 3rd, Kenya 4th, Italy 5th and 6th
and Cuba 8th.
Phil and Leah also came 15th in the European Championship Latin Show
SALSAMANIA UKA Blackpool 4 June 2006
Phil and Leah came 3rd in the UK Salsa Championships. They qualified to represent the UK in the World IDO Salsa Championships held in Seefeld, Austria in July!
And for the second year running, all the top medallists of the year came from Salsanorthwest. All those who entered the competition came top in their categories!!!
Phil is very proud of you all for being brave enough to enter and then to win!!
UKA Medallists of the Year 2006: (fromleft)
John - 1st Up to Silver, men over 25
Steven - 1st Up to Silver, men under 25
Andrea - 1st Gold and above, ladies over 25
Leah - 1st Gold and above, ladies 18 to 25
Donna - 1st Up to Silver, ladies over 25
Mitch - 2nd Up to Silver, men over 25
Marcel - 2nd Gold and above, ladies over 25 (not in picture)
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Irish Open Salsa Championships,
5th to 7th May - Phil and Leah were runners up in this Championships. The Congress was held in The Royal Dublin Hotel and Phil and Leah received a great welcome.
UKA Medals - Thursday 23 March 2006
Again we enjoyed a great medals night and everyone did excellently!!
Results are:
Salsa
Bronze
15 entries; 13 Highly Commended; 2 Honours!
Silver
8 entries; 5 Highly Commended; 3 Honours!
Gold
3 entries; 1 Highly Commended; 2 Distinctions!!
Gold Bar 1
8 entries; 2 Highly Commended; 3 Honours; 3 Distinctions!!
Gold Bar 2
***1 entry; 1 Distinction!!***
Gold Bar 3
***1 entry; 1 Distinction!!***
Merengue
Silver
3 entries; 2 Highly Commended; 1 Honours!
Gold
2 entries; 2 Highly Commended!
Gold Bar 1
1 entry; 1 Distinction!!
Again these results are brilliant and Phil is so proud of you all
Championships European IDO Salsa
Phil and Leah Pritchard came 13th out of 68 in the European IDO Salsa Championships held in Bassano del Grappa, Italy on 18 February 2006! They came 2nd in the first two rounds, 3rd in the 3rd round and 13th in the 4th round!
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UKA Medals - October 2005
- This was the best medals night yet - how can we better this?! It was a great night, enjoyed by all. Every one of you were champions. What great results!! The examiner says you were the best group of medallist he has graded, with great styling, action, presentation and musicality!
- Results
Salsa
Bronze
15 entries; 3 Highly Commended; 5 Honours and 7 Distinctions!!
Silver
17 entries; 3 Highly Commended; 6 Honours and 8 Distinctions!!
Gold
16 entries; 8 Honours and 8 Distinctions!!
Gold Bar 1 (Ribbon 1)
***1 entry; 1 Distinction!!***
Merengue
Bronze
2 entries; 2 Distinctions!!
Silver
2 entries; 1 Honours and 1 Distinction!!
Gold
7 entries; 1 Honours and 6 Distinctions!!
These results are brilliant and Phil is so proud of you all. You used the styling, action and presentation techniques you have learnt to wonderful effect. Keep this up whenever you dance!!
UK Salsa Open Championships
Phil and Leah are ranked 6th UK Salsa Open Champions! in this Championship, open to all nationalities, held on 25 September, at Bognor Regis. The winners were from Austria.
Aruba World IDO Salsa Championships News
Phil and Leah came 1st in the pre
World Championship Salsa Competition held
at The Mill Resort!
11 of the Couples who were representing their countries in the World Championships entered. The audience included other high class Salsa Dancers and some of the judges from the IDO.
They won three days and two nights at The Mill Resort!!
In the IDO Salsa World Championships held on 17 September. Phil is ranked
14th World Salsa Champion.
The UK came 1st with Chris and Jaclyn!!! Aruba came 2nd
and Venezuela came 3rd.
Midlands UK Open Salsa Championships
Phil and Leah Pritchard won the Midlands Championships!
They qualified to enter the UK Open Championships at the UK Congress in Bognor Regis.
North West Open UK Salsa Championships at Next Generation
on 19 August
North West Champions were Christina Holm and Chris Mee from Salford - #
Well done!
Medals - August 2005
AGAIN WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO DANCED AND WON MEDALS!!!
YOU WERE ALL GREAT!!!
Salsaruba - UKA - Blackpool 2005
Well done - all those who entered the UKA Medallist of the year and won!!
Congratulations to all those from Phil's Bello Salsa, who all came top in the UK medallist competitions, in their categories!!!
Phil and Geraldine qualified, by coming 4th in the UKA Championships, to represent the UK in the World IDO Salsa Championships in Aruba. Chris and Jaclyn from Cuban Groove came 1st and went onto win the World Championships, held in Aruba, for the 3rd time in three years!
Medals - July 2005
WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO DANCED AND WON MEDALS!!! YOU WERE ALL GREAT!!!
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