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An important note to my valued customers:

There will be no calendar for 2009. The 2008 year has been very challenging because of organizers and their agreements with vendors. Policies enforced by the NDCA have encouraged organizers to sign "exlusive" deals with photographers. These deals mean that anyone with a professional camera is not allowed in the ballroom. These practices have gone on for years, but until 2008 a number of organizers gave me special permission to shoot at their competition. The NDCA made an issue of this and they all told me that they could not allow that this year because they got their hands slapped and even threatened with lawsuits. This meant I was shut out of Embassy Ball, Canada Dancsport, Crystal Leaf, Emerald, Vegas, San Francisco and San Diego. In more than one of these competitions, the organizer lost $1400 in revenue because my team didn't attend, so I question whether their "exclusive" arrangement actually paid for itself.

The IDSF issued a public letter calling for an end to these tactics, as they inhibit awareness of Dancesport. Studies have also shown that when the public is allowed to shoot without restrictions, the professional vendors tend to sell just as many of their shots as they do when they have exclusive arrangements, so it makes little sense to keep doing this. Some of the organizers I spoke to said that they will not be renewing the contracts, but that they had to ride out the term of the deals, many of them expiring in 2008.

I did not want to produce a calendar using old shots. Costumes have changed. Couples have changed -- many moving up to professional category from amateur. Relationships and routines have changed. So I didn't want to show old stuff in a new calendar. An excellent Blackpool calendar is available from Star Dance Shop. You might want to consider using that for 2009. Thanks for your interest in my calendar, and for your support. I hope to have more success next year, and to be back with an even better calendar than any previous ones.

George

Top couples
The 2008 calendars feature images of some of the world's top professional and amateur DanceSport couples. Depending on which calendar you choose, you can enjoy spectacular artwork of:

  • Benedetto Ferugia and Claudia Koehler
  • Jonathan Wilkins and Katusha Demidova
  • Zoran Plohl and Tatsiana Lahvinovich
  • Eugene Katsevman and Maria Manusova
  • Dominico Soale and Giaoa Cerasoli
  • Kostadin Bidjourov and Michelle Officer
  • Simeon Stoynov and Kora Uczekaj
  • Nikita Novikov and Karolina Szpietch
  • Marco Cavallaro and Joanne Clifton
  • Andrej Skufca and Katarina Venturini
  • Anton Belyayev and Karolina Paliwoda
  • Maurizio Vescovo and Melinda Törökgyörgy
  • Andrius Kandelis and Egle Visokatie-Kandelis
  • Martino Zanibellato and Michelle Abildtrup
  • Eleksei Karaulov and Vlada Semenova
  • Gherman Mustuc and Iveta Lukosiute
  • Slava Stefanov and Melaina Larson
  • Velislav Veliov and Christine DeMaio

Visually enhanced
This year's calendars are enhanced visually, as well. George Pytlik's incredible DanceSport photography has been meticulously retouched with custom brush strokes to bring the images to life with even more motion and drama. Most of the pictures have been enhanced with this dramatic artistic touch.

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Four flexible formats

For 2008, you can choose from four different formats, all of them printed on thick, glossy paper:

Oversized Wall Calendar
A stunning 17 x 11 inches in size (17 x 22 when open), this calendar features large date squares for recording the events of your life. Details

Vertical Wall Calendar
Perfect for walls where the space is slightly narrower, this format is almost as impressive as the oversized calendar. Measures 11 x 17 inches. Details

Standard Wall Calendar
Measures 11 x 8.5 inches, with the same beautiful images as the oversized calendar. Details

Calendar Prints
These economical calendars contain the entire year in the bottom portion, with a wide variety of images to choose from. 11 x 17 inches. Details

Special offer! Purchase any of the calendars and receive a set of 12 desktop wallpaper images. Send your E-mail address using the feedback form to request the digital file download.

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