Sean Mischa Aranar and partner Ana Leonila Nualla led all the winners of the 2018 DanceSports Council of the Philippines Inc. Midyear Ranking and Competition over the weekend at the Valle Verde Country Club, Ballroom Hall in Pasig City.
Aranar and Nualla captured the Amateur Standard A trophy by outclassing second placer Mark Jayson Gayon and Mary Joy Renigen in the competition organized by DSCPI President Becky Garcia and witnessed by different international dance adjudicators.
Michael Angelo Marquez and Stephanie Sabalo bagged the Amateur Latin A title after winning over second placer Christian Vanni and Camilla Mola. The pair of Joemari Rios and Israela Joana Aliermo, and partners Michael Marquez, Jr. and Lee Ruby Anne Espinosa also shone in the event.
Rios and Aliero beat Michel Flores and Ariane Rose Madrid to secure the Grade B Standard title, while Marquez and Espinosa defeated Darren De Guzman and Danica De Guzman to grab the Grade B Latin crown.
The competition was backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, Flawless, Like-FM 105.9, Studio AK and The Greenery Bulacan.
The next DanceSport competitions are the WDSF Open and DanceSport sa Sugbu on Sept. 8 at the Waterfront Hotel, Lahug in Cebu, the Batang Pinoy Finals on Sept. 21 in Baguio City and the 22nd DSCPI National Championships on Oct. 13. For inquiries, you may reach the DSCPI Secretariat at 637-2314.