City Lights Ball is a Ballroom Dance Competition, NDCA approved and newly World DanceSport Series approved!

This year, City Lights Ball will be held on January 28 - 30, 2011, starting on Friday morning and ending Sunday late afternoon.

There is a new City Lights Ball (CLB) Dance Camp, that grew out of last year's popular seminar with International Standard World Champions Mirko and Alessia. This year, there will be a team of world-class instructors teaching over several days.

Tickets and Entries for the competition are available through this website. You can order directly online, or print the entry forms and fax or mail them in. There are more dancing opportunities than ever before! See the schedule for the newly added items. Pro/Am has MANY new options (see Pro/Am forms). Pros have more to dance in with Rising Star, Theatre Arts and a combination ShowDance that has technical difficulty and artistic judging (see Pro Forms). Specific dance opportunities are listed on all the forms. BE SURE TO PRINT OUT THE FORMS AND SUMMARY PAGE.

There is a schedule, outlining days and times for all events, and will be updated as time gets closer to the events...

This year's show is the reigning World, European and British Open Professional Latin Champions, Michael Malitowski and Joanna Lewis, on Saturday evening. Other surprises will be announced shortly.

The organizers of City Lights Ball are former World Champion of International Standard Glenn Weiss (www.glenn-weiss.com), joined by Amateur Standard dancer and former Internet executive, Barbara Gore. Contact Us through the website if you have any questions not answered through this site.

History of City Lights Ball:

City Lights Ball (CLB) was started in 1995 by Sherrie Paregian, in San Francisco. It was later held at the Regency Hall, a beautiful venue for an elegant, old-world look. Glenn and Barbara purchased CLB in 2007, and had their first CLB year at the Regency Hall again.

The shows that year included World Professional ShowDance Champions and Latin Finalists, Yulia and Max. In addition, Anna and Victor, World Professional Standard Finalists. Other special treats were watching local favorites Tomas and Aira.

In 2008, CLB was held at the San Jose Civic Center. To keep an elegant atmosphere, professional lights and drapes were brought in as well as a top quality dance floor, great vendors and another year of great shows. Max and Beata, World Professional Latin Finalist and Champion, as well as Benji (the then current winner) from "So You Think You Can Dance", and NYC favorites Ieva and Linus all WOWed us. Folks who attended, raved at the atmosphere and their experience. See Testimonials for CLB.

2009 was a year for change again. Each year CLB conducted a survey after each competition. Survey said that dancers (especially outside the Bay area) wanted to attend in a hotel. In addition, they said they wanted an affordable option. CLB changed the date from March to January, and moved to The DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California. Bravo! The results were fabulous. Saturday night tickets sold out two weeks in advance. Mirko and Alessia, the just retired and then current World Professional Standard Champions danced an unforgettable show. Dancers and spectators alike came from all over the country to see this rare US opportunity. (See Results from 2009.) CLB offered a dance seminar, featuring Mirko and Alessia, who signed posters and mouse pads, took pictures with students and taught us some fabulous tips for dancing. Those who attended got to watch them -- again.

Check out past photos and videos in our Gallery.

Each year, CLB strives to offer the best floor, best lights, best atmosphere, the best judges, the best food, the best seminars and the best warm feeling available. We strive to be responsive to your input, offer an on-time experience, and affordable options with a hotel under $90 and an "at cost" dinner each night. There are no packages - self serve online, or self serve through mail/fax. Your tickets are kept at Will Call and picked up the day of the event(s). If you are in a group, organize who will be there first and be sure everything is paid in advance!!

Can't wait to see you dance or watch CLB with you!