Mission, Goals & Directors

Mission Statement:

To raise awareness of proper etiquette and traditional conventions of the Urban Ballroom culture while fostering positive community and family relationships in a fun, friendly, and healthy environment.

Goals

To actively pursue the preservation of Urban Ballroom Dancing through education, community and private events.
To actively pursue the involvement and training of “The Next Generationers” (TNGs), in the art of ballroom dancing and etiquette.
To build meaningful mentoring relationships that provides social, emotional, and academic support to the next generation of scholars.
To build leadership skills in the next generation of scholars.
To create fundraising opportunities that will provide financial support for current and future scholars.

Roy Harlan Dennis, Founder and President of the Pasadena Urban Ballroom Conservatory, a non-profit organization, is a recent graduate of the Urban Philanthropy Institute in Upland, California. As a distinguished Co-Founder, Vice President, and member of the Urban Ballroom Gents, Roy has been a dance instructor for over 13 years. He was former third Vice President of the American Legion Jackie Robinson Post #252 and currently sits on the Inland Valley News advisory board as a member of the planning committee for their annual Celebration of Excellence Gala Awards and Scholarship Dinner. Roy’s desire is to promote social grace, etiquette, and harmony in the community through preserving the art and history of urban ballroom dancing. He currently resides in the Los Angeles area and teaches urban ballroom dancing to youth and adults in the Altadena/Pasadena ares.

TOMARSHA NEAL, Executive Director of the Pasadena Urban Ballroom Conservatory, a non-profit organization. Tomarsha has been an urban ballroom dance choreographer for over 6 years. She is currently on the board at Alkebu-Lan Cultural Center located in Pasadena, CA as a community parent and senior activities director. She is an alumni of John Muir High School and participates in the JMHSAA. Tomarsha also desires to promote social grace, etiquette, and harmony in the community through preserving the art and history of urban ballroom dancing. She currently resides in the San Gabriel Valley area and teaches urban ballroom dancing to youth and adults in the Altadena/Pasadena areas.

Tomarsha Neal is an ambitious young entrepreneur who is an achiever in all the things she finds passion in. She is a hard working mother of two beautiful children. Tomarsha is dynamically involved in both of her children lives in regards to their future and the impact they will have in the world.

TOMARSHA NEAL, Executive Director of the Pasadena Urban Ballroom Conservatory, a non-profit organization. Tomarsha has been an urban ballroom dance choreographer for over 6 years. She is currently on the board at Alkebu-Lan Cultural Center located in Pasadena, CA as a community parent and senior activities director. She is an alumni of John Muir High School and participates in the JMHSAA. Tomarsha also desires to promote social grace, etiquette, and harmony in the community through preserving the art and history of urban ballroom dancing. She currently resides in the San Gabriel Valley area and teaches urban ballroom dancing to youth and adults in the Altadena/Pasadena areas.

Tomarsha Neal is an ambitious young entrepreneur who is an achiever in all the things she finds passion in. She is a hard working mother of two beautiful children. Tomarsha is dynamically involved in both of her children lives in regards to their future and the impact they will have in the world.

TOMARSHA NEAL, Executive Director of the Pasadena Urban Ballroom Conservatory, a non-profit organization. Tomarsha has been an urban ballroom dance choreographer for over 6 years. She is currently on the board at Alkebu-Lan Cultural Center located in Pasadena, CA as a community parent and senior activities director. She is an alumni of John Muir High School and participates in the JMHSAA. Tomarsha also desires to promote social grace, etiquette, and harmony in the community through preserving the art and history of urban ballroom dancing. She currently resides in the San Gabriel Valley area and teaches urban ballroom dancing to youth and adults in the Altadena/Pasadena areas.

Tomarsha Neal is an ambitious young entrepreneur who is an achiever in all the things she finds passion in. She is a hard working mother of two beautiful children. Tomarsha is dynamically involved in both of her children lives in regards to their future and the impact they will have in the world.