<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229</id><updated>2008-08-07T07:38:22.769-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark Ballas Blog</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/blog.html'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>Learning2Dance Admin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-2973509679639554761</id><published>2008-07-24T09:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T07:21:32.685-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark Ballas-In the Studio</title><content type='html'>Mark Ballas went to the studio to co-write music with famous record producer Jeff Weiss. He said it was a very creative process that was extemely stimulating and &lt;strong&gt;fun&lt;/strong&gt; !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/07/mark-ballas-in-studio.html' title='Mark Ballas-In the Studio'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=2973509679639554761' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/2973509679639554761'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/2973509679639554761'/><author><name>L2DBlog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-8695186792823024311</id><published>2008-07-14T18:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T19:10:26.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Help Almost Amy Move Up The Charts</title><content type='html'>July 14, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are a fan of Almost Amy featuring Derek Hough and Mark Ballas, &lt;strong&gt;please&lt;/strong&gt; help them move up the charts! If you listen to these songs all the way through (you must listen to the whole song in order for it to count toward the totals), it could help them get their songs played on the radio! These links will take you to an auto reboot page which you can leave open and it will continue to replay the songs over and over for you.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pagereboot.com/ie/?url=http://www.iheartmusic.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=126280&amp;refresh=300"&gt;Get Through&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pagereboot.com/ie/?url=www.iheartmusic.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=154102&amp;refresh=300"&gt;Millions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Almost Amy thanks you all!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/07/help-almost-amy-move-up-charts.html' title='Help Almost Amy Move Up The Charts'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=8695186792823024311' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/8695186792823024311'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/8695186792823024311'/><author><name>L2DBlog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-7771873333577417159</id><published>2008-07-11T12:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-11T12:33:08.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Almost Amy Blog</title><content type='html'>Our new &lt;a href="http://almost-amy-band.blogspot.com"&gt;Almost Amy blog&lt;/a&gt; is up and running!  Check it out and be sure to vote for your favorite Almost Amy song!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/07/new-almost-amy-blog.html' title='New Almost Amy Blog'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=7771873333577417159' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/7771873333577417159'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/7771873333577417159'/><author><name>L2DBlog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-5753187365494918801</id><published>2008-07-10T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-11T07:21:35.971-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hottest Bachelors 2008</title><content type='html'>Check out this &lt;a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/video/0,,20205861_20207166_20207178,00.html"&gt;people.com video&lt;/a&gt; of Mark Ballas and Derek Hough.  The guys were featured in the People Magazine Hottest Bachelors issue in June 2008.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/07/hottest-bachelors-2008.html' title='Hottest Bachelors 2008'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=5753187365494918801' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5753187365494918801'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5753187365494918801'/><author><name>L2DBlog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-4297396681350622617</id><published>2008-07-09T11:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T20:31:34.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>People.com Poll</title><content type='html'>July 9, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey guys;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to vote in the &lt;a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20205861_20206142_5,00.html"&gt;people.com poll&lt;/a&gt;. If we get enough votes, maybe people.com will continue to feature articles on Mark Ballas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/07/peoplecom-poll.html' title='People.com Poll'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=4297396681350622617' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/4297396681350622617'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/4297396681350622617'/><author><name>L2DBlog</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-5415538922964464662</id><published>2008-06-20T00:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T14:32:50.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark Ballas and Kristi Yamaguchi Congratulations!!!</title><content type='html'>Send a congratulations to Mark Ballas and Kristi Yamaguchi if you loved what they did every single week on Dancing With The Stars, a shout out to Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, is more than welcomed too, after all it's all in the family. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kZjdX7R52_U&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kZjdX7R52_U&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy 4th of July to all my buddies at Dancing With The Stars, Julianne Hough, Kristi Yamaguchi, Sabrina Bryan, Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Swilinska, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Ashley Delgrosso, Corky Ballas, Shirley Ballas, Kym Johnson, Kristina Rihanoff, Max Chermosky, Genya Mazo, Prisilla Presley, Christian De La Fuente, Jason Turner, Jonathan Roberts, Louis Van Amstel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am getting a lot of people asking me how to learn to dance, go to my dad's website at www.Learning2dance.com this is how I learned to dance!  If you are an absolute &lt;a href="http://www.learning2dance.com/site/video.php?main_page=video&amp;productId=560"&gt;beginner try this lesson now&lt;/a&gt;.  All you have to do is login with your correct email address the lessons are totally FREE, what do you have to lose?  Learn with my dad Corky Ballas who taught Derek Hough and Julianne Hough how to dance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just want to say hello again from Mark Ballas to everyone out there. Hey remember if you want to learn to dance go to my dad's website &lt;a href="http://www.Learning2dance.com"&gt;www.Learning2dance.com&lt;/a&gt; it's FREE online lesson and great ones too, you have nothing to lose only learning2dance to gain. Mark Ballas signing out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Ballas here we got another showing to day for another record company, don't forget that U can learn to dance at my dad's website &lt;a href="http://www.learning2dance.com"&gt;Learning2dance.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/06/mark-ballas-and-kristi-yamaguchi.html' title='Mark Ballas and Kristi Yamaguchi Congratulations!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=5415538922964464662' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5415538922964464662'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5415538922964464662'/><author><name>Learning2Dance Admin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-4743481101175969226</id><published>2008-06-20T00:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T23:53:21.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Almost Amy</title><content type='html'>Hi Guys, &lt;a href="http://www.almost-amy.com"&gt;Almost Amy&lt;/a&gt; is working very hard on a new album, Mark Ballas and &lt;a href="http://www.derekhough.net"&gt;Derek Hough&lt;/a&gt; brother of &lt;a href="http://www.juliannehough.net"&gt;Julianne Hough&lt;/a&gt;, are in the process of getting a record deal, let's see what the future hold for them. . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your comments please about Almost Amy, give us a shout out if you like them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ImaNJFwCaBY&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ImaNJFwCaBY&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everyone this is Mark Ballas here, Almost Amy took some new photographs today, Derek Hough, Emily Grace, Sam Marder, and drummer Harry. We have some upcoming auditions this week, so please keep your fingers crossed, your positive thought and prayers, we need all vibes coming together. This is Mark Ballas and Derek Hough of Almost Amy saying peace out, we love you all. . . . :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi Today June 30, 2008 is a big day for us we have an audition for InnerScope records in Santa Monica Ca, for the president of InnerScope records Mr. Jimmy Levine at his studio, so yes Mark Ballas and Derek Hough of Almost Amy are excited and nervous at the same time, we are going 2 play our hearts out.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks Mark Ballas &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a new song written by Mark Ballas - "Where You Are", sung by Derek Hough and Mark Ballas of Almost Amy, what do you think.&lt;br /&gt;From MarkBallas Webmaster&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mYGtFwNX1GQ&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mYGtFwNX1GQ&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi guys, today we performed for Hollywood Records, we are working very hard to get a record deal, so keep your positive thougth flowing for us, thanks a million Mark Ballas and Derek Hough.  July 2 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also today Mark Ballas and Derek Hough did some benefit today in Los Angeles, for Dancing With The Stars promotion, for the upcoming next season starting in September 2008, watch for Mark Ballas and Derek Hough, in September on Dancing With The Stars 2008. &lt;br /&gt;WebMaster Markballas.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi guys today Mark Ballas and Derek Hough will have a meeting with HollyWood records today discussing a possible record deal. &lt;br /&gt;Mark Ballas webmaster&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Mark Ballas here wanting to wish all of you a very Happy Fourth of July, and Kristi Yamaguchi and Sabrina Bryan, where ever you are Happy Fourth of July to you girls too :), Dancing With Stars where ever you are Happy 4th. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi it's Mark Ballas wishing everybody a great safe weekend, also from Almost Amy too and Derek Hough and Learning2dance.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi Guys Mark Ballas here of Dancing With The Stars and Almost Amy, practicing very hard today with the band, hope you all had a great weekend will keep you posted of any news, fingers crossed, may God Bless US All. . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HI everyone this is a new pic of my band Almost Amy, this is Mark Ballas here hoping you guys like the new pic. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.markballas.com/uploaded_images/AA-Band-July08-734038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.markballas.com/uploaded_images/AA-Band-July08-734034.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2008/06/almost-amy.html' title='Almost Amy'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=4743481101175969226' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/4743481101175969226'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/4743481101175969226'/><author><name>Learning2Dance Admin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-5659491185537588111</id><published>2007-11-01T16:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-01T16:56:05.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>Hey you guys its Mark here, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh!!!! What do i say???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'm so sorry that Sabrina and I will not be returning to the floor again, I truly had the most amazing time of my life dancing for you all, and of course having the beautiful honor of dancing with Sabrina, she truly is the most amazing, kind, beautiful person i've ever had the pleasure of working and spending time with...&lt;br /&gt;and i hope they bring us back on the show to do a show for you, If you would like this to happen please go to ABC.com and sound your voice.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to say a huge thank you to all of you that voted for us, and let you know that we are truly greatful for the love and support you have shown us, i am truly truly broken hearted that i will not be walking the floor with Sabrina again, but you may be able to catch us on the DWTS up coming tour.&lt;br /&gt;Sabrina truly is a champion in my eyes, and no one has worked as hard as her for this.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So i'm so sorry we wont be back, wish i could have done more to keep her in this competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you, Sabrina Loves you, and from the bottom of my Heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sincerely yours,&lt;br /&gt;MArky Ballas&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2007/11/we-love-you.html' title='WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=5659491185537588111' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5659491185537588111'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5659491185537588111'/><author><name>Learning2Dance Admin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-5215933072921376710</id><published>2007-10-18T01:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-18T02:02:38.688-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Look at This Pic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.markballas.com/uploaded_images/DSCN1829-785999.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.markballas.com/uploaded_images/DSCN1829-785666.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2007/10/look-at-this-pic.html' title='Look at This Pic'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=5215933072921376710' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5215933072921376710'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/5215933072921376710'/><author><name>DanceFan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08584925925146009394</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149043458371637229.post-915135467391869676</id><published>2007-10-17T23:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T23:05:21.341-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome To Mark Ballas Blog.</title><content type='html'>Hey Everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Mark Ballas from Dancing With the Stars. Thanks for visiting my site. Check back soon for exclusive information from me on Sabrina's and mine experience on Dancing With The Stars!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Powered by http://www.learning2dance.com&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.markballas.com/2007/10/welcome-to-mark-ballas-blog.html' title='Welcome To Mark Ballas Blog.'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8149043458371637229&amp;postID=915135467391869676' title='75 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.markballas.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/915135467391869676'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8149043458371637229/posts/default/915135467391869676'/><author><name>Learning2Dance Admin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>