Dear members, friends and all who visit our website,

 

I welcome you as the new president of this important association in Malta.

I thank Mr. Tony Coleiro, the former president, who resigned because of pressure of work, for the time he dedicated to the MDA.

I thank also Mr Vincent Scicluna who also had to step down as a committee member as he is now on the MOC Committee. 

All past  and present committee members give much valued time for the benefit of the MDA.

The Malta DanceSport Association was formed in 1995 from dancers of various Ballroom and Latin Dance Schools on our island.

Many couples wanted to participate in competitions organised by the International Dance Sport Federation I.D.S.F. to which many other countries were becoming affiliated.

That year the first MDA committee from the dancers and parents was elected.

And so the first Malta DanceSport Association started to function for its members who became IDSF Amateurs .

From then onwards the MDA, with the organisation of the IDSF COMPETITIONS in Malta was established in the Dance World abroad. Our Maltese couples derived the benefit of competing side by side with many top ranking couples of all ages from  abroad. This gave them the chance to prove their dancing ability like their foreign adversaries.  Many couples enjoyed travelling to Malta to participate in these World Ranking International Open Championships and in turn many of our couples who were invited to participate in competitions abroad, started achieving better placings in these International Dance competitions. 

 

When the MDA became a member of the Malta Olympic Comittee and the Kunsill Malti Ghall-Isport, its members were being recognised as the MDA Athletes  who can participate in the Games that MOC participates in. 

Only the MDA members can participate in the Friendly Tournaments organised for Non Olympic Sports affiliated with the MOC.

 

It is the intention of the new committee which was elected this February 2009, to increase the number of members and that soon the MDA will again organise the Closed and Open competitions for this year. For the last 5 years the MDA has organised Ballroom and Latin American Dance courses for all ages. The fees for these courses are reasonable. All are welcome to enrol at a nominal fee as members of the MDA to benefit from these courses, the dance workshops, the dance functions organised often during the year and get other benefits. 

Dance practices are held every two weeks on Sundays from 4.45 p.m. onwards at Ta' Paris Boys Sec School Hall, in a pleasant atmosphere, where all can enjoy a dance and chat over a cup  of tea or coffee. For the dates and other info. please visit our home page which we try to update as often as possible.

 

I thank all who contact us often through our website. We try to answer them immediately and bid them welcome to our Island, We have met many who even came to our dances while visiting the island.

 

I send our regards to all dance enthusiasts whom we have met from abroad. It is our pleasure to make them welcome at our functions.

I am always ready to help all who contact me. 

And last I thank my present committee members who dedicate much valued time and effort for the success of the MDA