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Mark Harris |
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Mark Harris
is based in Kansas City and teaches Ballroom, Country & Swing. He enjoys working with beginners and
wedding couples, as well as advanced students. Mark
has won many "Top Teacher" awards, and is the 2011 ACDA Top Male Teacher of
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Mark, and his wife Mary, are the owners of
Walters Dance Center. They are National Champions,
having won their division at the 2011 National
Championships of the American Country Dance Association. They have also won
many
titles in Swing, and were
3rd in the Nation on the 2006 Masters Tour (Masters National Swing Dance
Championships.)
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Mark is a U.S. Open Swing Dance
Championships Award Winner, and an Eight time State Swing Dance Champion.
He, and former partner Glenda Evans, won several 1st
Place titles, and were 2nd in the Nation on the Masters Tour in 2007 & 2008,
missing 1st Place in 2008 by one point. Mark was a featured dancer in the
feature film, "Blog, The Movie." |
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Mark is Certified by the N.A.D.T.A.,
Accredited by the National Teachers Association,
was a Judging Coordinator for the
Oklahoma/Kansas State Swing Dance Association, and is a former State Director of
the NTA (National Teacher Association). Mark is a member of the N.A.D.T.A.,
NDCA, NTA, WSDC, and the UCWDC. |
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He teaches private lessons
seven days a week, and teaches the regular
Tuesday & Saturday night group classes at Walters Dance Center. He
taught some of the first
Youth Ballroom Dance classes at several area schools. Check out this
Kansas City Star article about those classes!
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Mark was the instructor for the Cow
Town Swing Dance Club and the Topeka Swing Dance Club. Mark
travels to many dance events during the year, dancing with his Pro/Am
students, competing, working as part of the event staff, teaching workshops,
judging, scoring, as MC or DJ. |
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Mark's students have done
very well in competition. Mark & his students, helped Walters Dance Center
win Top Studio (Out of State) at the 2008 Nebraska Invitational Ballroom
Championships! |
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Kim Stanley won 1st Place Overall at the 2011 Wichita
Dance Roundup, Jane Buttenhoff won 1st Place Overall at the
2010 Arkansas Country Classic, and 2nd Place Overall at the 2010 ACDA
National Championships. Linda Ashley won 1st Place Overall in Newcomer
Gold at the 2008 Oklahoma Country Challenge, and at the 2008 ACDA National
Championships. |
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Mark also enjoys helping couples
prepare for their "First Dance". He can either teach you a few moves that
fit "Your Song", or choreograph the whole song to give it that "Special
Touch" that everyone remembers. The choice is yours! Mark will be glad to
edit the music for you. You will find notes from some couples that Mark
has helped here! |
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You can reach Mark at:
(816) 665-6275 or
mark@waltersdancecenter.com |
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www.facebook.com/dancewithmark |
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www.dancewithmeproductions.com |
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