Get ready for the 2024 NASSPDA North American Championships!

This year’s FloorplayLA event will host on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at the Atrium Hotel in Irvine, CA, NASSPDA’s 2024 North American Championships as well as the newly sanctioned IFSSDA 2024 International Trophy. FloorplayLA is an annual dance competition that offers participants a safe environment for all dance competitors, and expose individuals to the excitement and joy of role-free partner dance competition, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Welcoming all configurations of couples, including same-sex, reverse role, traditional roles, and student-teacher, styles offered include International Standard and Latin, American Smooth and Rhythm, Country and Western, Argentine Tango, Showdance/Formation Team and Showdance (Couples). Visit FloorplayLA’s website here for more information.

NASSPDA Revises Competition Rules to Include Country-Western Dancing Title Awards

NASSPDA always recognized IAGLCWDC as the governing body for competitions and related rules in Country Western dancing and therefore hadn’t incorporated explicitly that style in its Competition Rules, next to International Style, American Style, Argentine Tango and the Showdance categories. When IFSSDA formalized its Competition Rules, after consulting IAGLCWDC, which is also a founding member of IFSSDA, Country Western dancing was naturally included, which for the first time defined the required dances for a graded/classified event. This year, IAGLCWDC agreed that NASSPDA should follow suit and the Board voted unanimously to revise its Competition Rules accordingly, including Country Western in the list of titles to be garnered at the North American Championships. You can find the revised NASSPDA’s Competition Rules here: NASSPDA Competition Rules.

NASSPDA Ambassador Program

NASSPDA is looking for a member (single person or a dance couple) to help provide exposure and promote NASSPDA.  This NASSPDA member will be given the honorary title of “NASSPDA Ambassador” and an honorary stipend to pursue various outreach efforts. For more information, please visit: NASSPDA Ambassador Program