Oklahoma City Dance - Dancing Lessons

Country dancing takes another step closer to competing in future Olympic Summer Games.

From: Jeff Bartholomew
UCWDC President and Olympic Competition Organizing Committee Chair 

 After several years of work and negotiation by many people, in a ceremony concluded on December 7, 2008 at 12:15pm, Barcelona time, in the midst of the entire assemblage of the International DanceSport Federation's Youth Standard World Championships at the IDSF's 10th annual Spanish Open, Salou, Spain, the final contract binding together the IDSF with the UCWDC(R) as a permanent member, was executed by Carlos Freitag, IDSF President and Jeff Bartholomew, UCWDC(R) President/Olympic Competition Organizing Committee Chair.

In part that contract says,

5.    UCWDC(R) recognizes IDSF as the sole worldwide representative of the sport of DanceSport.

6.    UCWDC(R) supports:

(a)   the Fundamental Principles and essential values of Olympism,

(b)   IDSF's aspirations that IDSF and IDSF's members be part of the Olympic movement,

(c)   IDSF's application to be included in the Programme of the Olympic Games ("Summer Olympic games"), and

(d)   the anti-doping movement, including but not limited to the work of the World Anti-Doping Association ("WADA")

7.  IDSF recognizes the UCWDC(R) as the sole worldwide representative of the sports of Country Western Dance and Line Dance and the UCWDC's right and obligation to govern and promulgate the rules and regulations of those sports."

The IDSF will form the World DanceSport Federation, WDSF, in 2012, again with the UCWDC(R) as a member.  As a result, qualified UCWDC Couples and Line Dancers, Teams and/or Troupes will have the right of full participation in the World Games in 2013.  The WDSF will serve as the UCWDC's dancers entry point for participation in future Olympic Summer Games.

For more informatoin visit UCWDC   and IDSF