Category: Media
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Brant Inn History
BRANT INN WAS PRIDE OF BURLINGTON By Christine Stanton & Dennis Gibbons, The Post (September 1983) The story really begins in 1900. Burlingtonians were celebrating the turn-of-the-century Dominion Day with the opening of the Brant Hotel, located where Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital now stands, while over in Hamilton a man named John Murray Anderson was…
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dance at the Waterfront: Celebrate the Brant Inn
Thank you to the Bay Observer for the article about the “Dance at the Waterfront: Celebrate the Brant Inn“ Funding Cut that occurred for 2013 and beyond by the City of Burlington. “No dancing under the stars for Brant Inn fans” – July 2014 Bay Observer Article The event seeked to re-connect Burlington’s Cultural heritage…
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Footloose & Fancy Feast
Burlington Post An evening of dancing and food and drink sampling highlights a downtown fundraiser. Footloose & Fancy Feast VI is a partnership involving danceScape and the Burlington Downtown Business Association bringing a showcase of dancing and culinary arts to the community. This year’s theme is The Golden Age of Hollywood. It takes place Thursday,…
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Milton Concert Band presents Fiesta, featuring danceScape
Inside Halton Milton Canadian Champion Milton Concert Band to present Fiesta at the Milton Centre for the Arts, featuring danceScape. Fiesta!, featuring exciting rhythms found in traditional and popular Latin music, will be on stage at the Milton Centre for the Arts on Saturday. The Milton Concert Band (MCB) will present the concert in the…
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Food gurus show all the right dance moves
Arts & Entertainment Burlington Post A Burlington dance duo was given a crash course in nutritional arts after receiving a visit from Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Healthy Gourmet” experts. To celebrate danceScape’s 10th anniversary, studio founder Beverley Cayton-Tang wanted to treat her staff and students to a meal. To help create a culinary masterpiece for the…
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Ballroom Dancing for Children, Youth/Teens & Adult Fitness
Reporter Jessica Clarke from TVCogeco’s “The Source” dropped by danceScape to interview Robert Tang about ParticipACTION and how youths, teens and children can keep physically active through activities like Ballroom Dancing. This is a highlight of that interview along with photos from the Burlington Sound of Music Festival and other events. Many thanks to TVCogeco…
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Taking Business Savvy to the Ballroom
Diane Peters Metro News “Odd Jobs” Most parents want their kids to grow up to join a respectable, well-paying profession. But Robert Tang was already on a successful career path, having got his MBA, when his parents sidetracked him with ballroom dancing. The Tangs entered their first ballroom dancing competition when Robert was 25. They’d…
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No Guts, No Glory
Dianne Buckner CBC Newsworld When you watch Robert and Beverley’s story, you’ll appreciate how nerve-wracking it must have been, not only to have to present to a potential investor, but to have a camera crew there, knowing that eventually your pitch would be seen on national television. Hats off to this bold couple – we…
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Acclaimed ballroom dancers seeking their ‘fortune’ on TV
Arts & Entertainment Burlington Post Robert Tang and Beverley Cayton-Tang are trying to turn the Cha-Cha into ka-ching. The local couple, acclaimed ballroom dancers, have the opportunity to pitch their company, danceScape (www.dancescape.com), to Tim Draper, the billionaire venture capitalist who invested in Hotmail and Skype, and who guided their founders toward acquisition by Microsoft…
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Ballroom dancers featured on CBC program Fortune Hunters
Arts & Entertainment Burlington Post DanceScape owners Robert Tang and Beverley Cayton-Tang are being filmed for Fortune Hunters, a new program for CBC Newsworld. The ballroom dance champions have previously made frequent guest appearances television programs like Till Debt Do Us Part and Groomed.