danceScape on Omni 2 TV Mandarin Chinese Weekend News – Robert Tang speaks about ParticipACTION
Reporter Shawn Wang from Omni 2’s “Mandarin Chinese Weekend News” dropped in to danceScape in downtown Burlington to interview Robert Tang & Beverley Cayon-Tang, and Fan & Hong Yang about Ballroom Dancing.
The danceScape segment debuted on the Mandarin Weekend Show, Saturday, May 1st from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., OMNI 2 (Channel 14 in Toronto, Channel 29 Burlington/Oakville, and Channel 18 in Hamilton/Cogeco). It also showed on the HD Channel 530 at the same time. The program will be repeated several times during the week of May 3rd (e.g., one of them is 8 a.m. on Monday, May 3rd). Look out for the 4th segment.
Archived photos include those from author John Lawrence Reynold’s “Ballroom Dancing: The Romance, Rhythm & Style”. Archived videos from Canadian Amateur Standard Champions, La Classique, North American Amateur Championships, and Can-Am DanceSport Gala.
Robert is being featured in a television commercial for ParticipACTION, the national voice for physical activity and sport participation in Canada. The organization’s goal is to inspire Canadians to increase their level of activity and to inspire society to make it easier to become more physically active. Robert’s story (Ballroom Dancing for Fun, Fitness & Romance) was one out of almost 2,000 stories collected through ParticipACTIONs Get Inspired. Get Moving. campaign and posted directly to their online Wall of Inspiration. Robert and Beverley are directors of danceScape, located in downtown Burlington, Ontario.
Robert and Beverley are former 3-time Canadian and 2-time Undefeated North American Amateur Standard Ballroom Champions. They have appeared on CBC Television’s Dragons’ Den & Fortune Hunters, as well as VIVA Television’s “Healthy Gourmet”. Their 2-DVD set, “for absolute beginners only ballroom dancing” (covering the Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba, Salsa, and Jive/Swing) is available at http://www.shopdragonsden.com/product… (portion of proceeds go towards the danceScape Endowment Fund).
For more information about Omni 2, visit http://www.omnitv.ca/ontario/info. For more information about ParticipACTION, visit http://www.participaction.com.
