Roller Skate Dancing, United States Federation Amateur Roller Skaters (USFARS) Edition IX
copyright 1970 by Roller Skating Rink Operators Association
copyright 1970 by Roller Skating Rink Operators Association
All these dances are skated as a couple, but each person is judged individually
The couple on the covers is Novice Dance winners Linda Gyenese DeFilippo and Mike Crickmore adapted from the Fall 1967 Skate magazine images of the National Champions of that year.
The USFARS was part of an ongoing effort to clearly distinguish amateur skaters from professionals who belonged to the organizations; the Society of Roller Skating Teachers of America (SRSTA) and Roller Skating Rink Operators of America (RSROA). Converting from the previous Dance Structure
Previous Current [1970] First Bar Second Bronze Second Bar Fourth Bronze Bronze Medal Sixth Silver Silver Bar Eighth Silver Silver Medal Tenth Gold Gold Bar Eleventh Gold Gold Medal Twelfth Gold Skate Dancing Competitive Divisions
(Man and Lady couple only) |
First Bronze Dance Test
Glide Waltz - 108 Waltz Progressive Tango - 100 Tango Second Bronze Dance Test Academy Blues - 92 Blues Skaters March - 100 March Third Bronze Dance Test Balanciaga - 100 Schottische Society Blues - 92 Blues or Foxtrot Fourth Bronze Dance Test Denver Shuffle- 100 Polka Monterey Tango - 100 Tango Optional Dance Test
Is NOT a compulsory test, candidates not required to have previously passed any proficiency test to be eligible. [Additional Optional Dance Tests could be taken with certain conditions] Select 4 dances from this list California Swing - 138 Waltz Windmill Polka - 100 Polka Topsy Swing - 100 Boogie Manzanita Tango - 100 Tango Rotation Foxtrot - 92 Foxtrot Brigadier - 100 March Spring Blues - 92 Blues Cutaway Waltz - 108 Waltz Dorand Foxtrot 100 Foxtrot Charmayne Waltz - 120 Waltz Lu Jane Tango - 100 Tango Manhattan Blues - 92 Blues Missouri Dance - 100 Polka Carlos Tango - 100 Tango Bayou Polka - 100 Polka Casino - 100 March Carter Waltz - 138 Waltz Werner Tango - 100 Tango Aurora Waltz - 138 Waltz Rhythm Blues - 92 Blues Toronto March - 100 March Candle Lite Waltz 138 Waltz |
Fifth Silver Dance Test
Siesta Tango - 100 Tango Southland Swing - 92 Blues or Foxtrot Collegiate - 92 Foxtrot Sixth Silver Dance Test Chase Waltz - 108 Waltz Highland Schottische - 100 Schottische Border Blues - 92 Blues Seventh Silver Dance Test Delicado - 100 Schottisch Mirror Waltz - 108 Waltz Adams - 100 Polka Metropolitan Tango - 100 Tango Eighth Silver Dance Test Imperial Waltz - 120 Waltz Fascination Foxtrot - 92 Foxtrot Princeton Polka - 100 Polka Fourteen Step - 100 6/8 March |
Ninth Gold Dance Test
Rocker Foxtrot - 92 Foxtrot Flirtation Waltz - 108 Waltz Blues (Dench) - 92 Blues International Waltz - 168 Waltz Tenth Gold Dance Test Tango (Harris) - 100 Tango Foxtrot (Keats) - 92 Foxtrot Continental Waltz - 168 Waltz Carroll Swing -100 Boogie Eleventh Gold Dance Test Pacifica Foxtrot - 100 Foxtrot Iceland Tango - 100 Tango Paso Doble - 100 Paso Doble Windmill Waltz -138 Waltz Twelfth Gold Dance Test Viennese Waltz -138 Waltz Silhouette Foxtrot -100 Foxtrot Carroll Tango -100 Tango Kilian - 100 March 2/4 Westminster Waltz -138 Waltz Argentine (Tango) - 100 Tango Quickstep - 100 March 6/8 |