officials

Chair of Judges

Patricia Goh

Judges

Tatiana Meshcheryakova

Top Professional Canadian ballroom dancer, teacher and judge from Montreal,Quebec.
Moscow champion, Master of Sports of Russia, many times bronze medallist and few times vice- champion of Canada in Professional ballroom program. Successful Competitive dancer with over 30 years of competition experience around the World in international standard and Latin program as well as American smooth. Tatiana became a winner of many local and international competitions.
With over 18 years of  teaching experience successfully running Montreal dance school “Generation” - dancers of the school most strong representative in competitive international 10 dances program in Canada.
Tatiana is a coach and teacher many provincial and canadian finalist and champions since 2010 as well as certified highly recommended judge.

Phil Lee

Faye Hung

Petre Samoila

Petre Samoila is an accomplished dancer, instructor, and adjudicator with over 30 years of experience in dancesport. His professional journey began in his mid-teens when he entered competitive ballroom dancing, forming a partnership with Roxana Samoila that would shape both his career and personal life for more than three decades.

Representing Romania, Petre achieved top national recognition as a Romanian International 10 Dance finalist, as well as a finalist in both the Romanian National Championships and the Romanian Cup. In 1996, he turned professional and began performing internationally, appearing in major production shows across Japan and South Korea, as well as teaching and performing ballroom dancing on famous ocean liners around the world.

In 2009, Petre earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education and Sports from the University of Pitești, Romania. In 2013, he relocated to Canada, where he continues to play an active role in the growth and development of the Canadian dancesport community. Together with his wife and longtime dance partner, Roxana Samoila, he co-founded Unique Dance, a school recognized with a Diploma of Excellence from the Consulate General of Romania in Canada for its outstanding achievements and contributions to the art of dance.

Norman Fortier

Scrutineer

Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson is a certified ballroom dance scrutineer. He got his start in ballroom dancing at UBC Dance Club in Vancouver, and has continued with lessons, competitions, and other events ever since. Outside of the ballroom dance world, Stephen is an acoustical engineer and a piano teacher who enjoys several other styles of partner dance. Stephen is glad to see ballroom dance events growing post-Covid, and he is excited to be scrutineering for the Alberta Winter Classic for the 3rd year in a row. Good luck to all the competitors, and have fun!

Music Director

James Kent

Emcee

Gerald Cote