{"id":239,"date":"2020-01-04T21:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T21:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letschacha.com\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:26:16","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/?page_id=239","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-circle-mask\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/letschacha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/profile.jpg 594w, https:\/\/letschacha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/profile-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/letschacha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/profile-355x400.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Nelson Wong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">National Standard and Latin Adjudicator. Certified Coach and Instructor, Canada DanceSport Professional Division, Canadian Dance Teachers&#8217; Association and Canadian DanceSport Federation. Top level professional competitor in Standard and Latin. Coach of Provincial and National DanceSport Champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Recipient of the Sport BC Community Sport Hero Award for continuous volunteerism in DanceSport. Co-Founder, Honorary Life Member, former President and current Director of the Nanaimo Ballroom Dance Society.  Co-Founder of the Island Fantasy Ball in the revival of the BC Closed Championships.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Assisted with the organization of major international and local competitions including World Championships sanctioned by the World DanceSport Federation, SnowBall Classic, Canadian National Championships and Island Fantasy Ball. Owner of Let&#8217;s ChaCha Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Over 35 years experience in teaching and working with the dance industry.  Created and taught successful dance programs for the Nanaimo Parks &amp; Recreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Wong National Standard and Latin Adjudicator. Certified Coach and Instructor, Canada DanceSport Professional Division, Canadian Dance Teachers&#8217; Association and Canadian DanceSport Federation. Top level professional competitor in Standard and Latin. Coach of Provincial and National DanceSport Champions. Recipient of the Sport BC Community Sport Hero Award for continuous volunteerism in DanceSport. Co-Founder, Honorary Life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/?page_id=239\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letschacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}