2025 DDCA Coaches Conference
SAVE THE DATE! - Saturday May 3, 2025
The 2025 Coaches Conference will be Saturday May 3, 2025. The DDCA Board will update this page as details become confirmed. ​​​​
Individual Conference Pricing: $125
Conference Early Bird Discount*: 10% Discount (Available March 8-20 only)
DISCOUNT CODE: DDCAEARLYBIRD
Conference Group Rate**: 15% off Each Coach
FOR 3+ Coach (same school) DISCOUNT CODE: [EMAIL FOR CODE] web@ddcaoregon.org
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(Developing)
This will be updated regularly with confirmed teachers and classes.
Most sessions will be 50 minutes with 10 minutes of transition time - Keynote sessions up to 90 minutes - Masterclass will be 90 minutes.​
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8:00-8:45
Registration, Meet & Greet , Visit Vendors
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8:50-11:30: Class Sessions
Session Block 1: Keynote Speaker
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Session Block 2 (50 min):
Option 1: CorePower Yoga & Conditioning w/Jessica Sells (dance studio)
Option 2: Lecture/Class Session (classroom/commons)
Session Block 3 (50 min):
Option 1: Movement Session (dance studio) OR
Option 2: Lecture/Class Session (classroom/commons)
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11:30-12:30
Lunch Break, Visit Vendors, Vendor Presentations
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12:30-3:30: Class Sessions
Session Block 4 (50 min):
Option 1: Movement Session (dance studio) OR
Option 2: Lecture/Class Session (classroom/commons)
Session Block 5 (50 min):
Option 1: Contemporary/Modern w/Lauren Smith (dance studio) OR
Option 2: Lecture/Class Session (classroom/commons)
Session Block 6 (50 min):
Closing Speaker/Session (commons)
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3:30-5:00: Masterclass & College opportunity meet & greet
Take class with Blazer Dancer
Katie Suh
The Masterclass is included in conference fee.
- If not attending the conference - any dance team dancer, student, friend, coach, etc. who wants to attend the class can attend for $25.
- Before, during, and after masterclass there will be opportunities to meet with and talk to college representatives from various Oregon based Colleges and Universities (Dance programs and Dance Teams)
If you are interested in collaborating with the DDCA as an event sponsor, please contact the DDCA Board. We would love to have you share your product & business with our DDCA Membership. The DDCA also has options to become a Business Member for year-round collaboration.
MASTERCLASS
Katie Suh - Gameday & Pom
Details:
$25 fee - Open to all current dancers, friends, and coaches.
Intermediate/Advanced Level
Canby High School Auxiliary Gym
3:30-5:00PM
Poms not required, but bring them if you have a pair.
Masterclass is included in coaches conference fee.​​
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Katie Suh
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Katie was born and raised in Napa, CA. She grew up doing ballet and spent her summers training at the Rock School For Dance Education in Philadelphia and the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet in NYC. She later joined the Napa High School Spiritleaders where her love for dancing on a team and competing began. Katie attended the University of Oregon where she was on the dance team, and earned her BA in Dance as well as a dance teaching certification. After college, she moved to Portland and immersed herself in the community by joining the coaching staff at a local high school, and taught children at a local studio. In 2022, Katie moved to Boston where she cheered professionally for the New England Patriots for two seasons. She is excited to be back in Portland and just completed her first season dancing for the Trail Blazers.
DDCA Conference - Guest Teachers
Sesson teachers will be updated as the schedule becomes cofirmed
