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Erica Rogers - City Lights Ball 2014

25 Jan 2014 · 7 min

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The transcript captures a segment of the 2014 City Lights Ball ballroom dance competition, featuring the primary announcer (Speaker A) who sequentially calls dance heats, identifies the dance style (waltz, tango, foxtrot, Viennese waltz), the number of couples (typically seven), and the number of judging events per heat. The announcer cues music for each dance and prompts judges and competitors. Interspersed are brief lyrical interludes performed by other speakers (Speaker B and Speaker C) that include a French‑language song fragment and a poetic spoken‑word piece, adding artistic flavor between formal announcements. The segment concludes with a request for competitors to check in for the next heat (heat 77) and a brief pause for judges. The overall tone is procedural and neutral for the announcements, contrasted with expressive, lyrical tones for the musical interludes.

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Judges. 3 events. And waltz music, please. And the Wolves. Thank you, competitors. Judges heat number 74 is next. It's tango, 7 couples, 3 events. Tango music, please.
I'm Toi, toi, toi, toi, toi, bye. Pour ce temps, ce temps, c'est long de la nuit. Oh, toi, toi, toi, toi, bye. Pour ce temps, ce temps, c'est long de la vie. I'm falling in love.
And the tango. Thank you. Heat 75 is next, judges. It's foxtrot, 7 couples, 3 competitions. Thank you, competitors. Here we go, foxtrot music please.
Call on me, your color baby. Call on me, your color. Call on me, your color darling. I know who you are. Come abide your color child. I know where you're coming from. Call me. I'm the line. Call me, call me any, any time.
And the foxtrot. Thank you, competitors. Heat number 75 is coming up next, judges, and the dance is— or heat number 76 is next, excuse me, and that is Viennese Waltz. 7 couples on the dance floor in 3 competitions. Thank you, couples. Here we go. Viganese Waltz music, please.
She's a wild one, but she has her reasons. She can take you in, but just leave you freezing. She'll drag you deeper than you ever thought you could go. Helpless without her, somewhere inside you, you know. When she loves you.
You do anything And the Viennese Waltz. Thank you, competitors. Nice round of applause for our couples, ladies and gentlemen. Judges, we invite you to relax. We're going to take 2 general dances and then we will continue on. We need 77. If you're dancing in 77, please check in. Thank you. Thank you.