Welcome to the
July 22 - 25, 2026
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Dear Dancers,
Welcome to the Volunteer State Dance Challenge!
We are planning another great competition for this coming year’s 2026 event. We will be having our Ladies Night on Wednesday. And the Mark Brock Mambo Challenge will again be taking place this year. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me using the info in our Contact section.
Looking forward to seeing you all again at our 2026 year's event.
Sincerely,
David Medeiros
Organizer
News
*** 2026 News available closer to the event start! ***
Event Info
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Local
The following provides some local information for the Nashville, Tennessee area.
Competitor
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2026 Series Events
The 2026 Volunteer State Dance Challenge competition will include the following Dance Series events. Please see the Registration section to enter your desired series events and build up those important series points or wins.
The World Pro/Am Dancesport Series is a network of over 90 Dancesport events held throughout North America that promotes their events with a highly desired reward system. The series is about giving back to you! Accumulating points is the name of the game! Points will rank you Regionally, Nationally, and get cash back to spend!
The top 20 overall students who compete in a World Pro/Am Dancesport event will each receive a Region pin along with their $100 Voucher Award, which can be used towards Pro/Am entries at any other World Pro-Am Dancesport event outside the region in which you reside.
The placements you receive in our Multi-Dance Championships will earn you points towards the largest Team Match in North America held at the Ohio Star Ball Championships in November.
All Teachers accumulate points towards the top overall teacher award ($25,000) to be presented at the Ohio Star Ball Championships.
All necessary information is detailed at:
DancesportSeries.com
The Global DanceSport Series was started in 2000 by 5 Pro-Am teachers running 4 events, whose sole purpose was to direct the benefits to the Pro-Am teachers and their students. The Global DanceSport Series began offering the highest Pro-Am prize money in the open divisions and starting scholarships in the bronze and silver levels, all the while keeping the package costs lower for the students. The Global events started giving Pro-Am parties in addition to the traditional Pro Party. The Mission was to ask what Pro-Am students and teachers wanted and structure events to that end.
The Global Group recognizes that the Pro-Am competitors are the primary reason we have some many wonderful dance competitions. The "GLOBAL MISSION" is a focus on how to better serve the Pro-Am student teacher teams. You are not just another number at a Global Event! Global events were some of the first in the country to literally "roll out the red carpet" for students and pro/am teachers. Global year end recognition for teachers and students!
For more information, please visit the Global Dancesport Series web site:
GlobalDancesport.com
Contact Us
If you would like to contact the organizer or get further information about the Volunteer State Dance Challenge, please use the following.
David Medeiros, Organizer
Phone: 615-593-2491
Fax: 615-712-6419
Email: dudance@aol.com