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Mark Harris

   
                   
  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 the Year.    
         

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.)

   
         
  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."    
 

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.

 

   
 
                       
 

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!

   
                       
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.

   
                       
 

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!

   
                 
           

 

   
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.  

   
       
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!     
                   
                   

You can reach Mark at:

(816) 665-6275 or mark@waltersdancecenter.com

   
         

 

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