Dear All,   Bad news, everyone.  Unbeknownst to the population at large, a vote was taken and this week was voted in as: Don’t-Be-Funny week (don’t ask by whom – you will only be told what we are always told when we ask “by whom”: it was the ubiquitous “they” …

Dear All,   Dance Language Version:   Dance.  Dance, dance, dance.  Dance-dance-dance-dance-dance.  Dance! Dance-dance?  DANCE!  Dansitty, dansitty, dansitty.   Dance.  Dance.  Dance. (For the English Language translation, see the next paragraph.) A very compact, concise language is Dance Language.  It took us three whole paragraphs in the English Language to say what …

Dear All,   Here’s hoping for a happy New Year for one and all, each and every, you and youse and even them and those!   If I were Tiny Tim I would say “God bless us every one” (unfortunately I am neither tiny nor remotely timmish, but let’s say it …

Dear All,   It is Christmas week and we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas (well I’ll be darned: it looks like we just did!) along with all of the other Greetings of the Season (you remember the list: a Happy Hannukah, a Kwazy Kwanza; to which, …

Dear All,   Well, kiddie-winkies, it looks like this may be the last week of classes for both the month and the year!  Next Wednesday is Christmas day and Mt. Fitness will be (rightfully) closed and the following Wednesday is New Years day (when Mt. Fitness will also be {rightfully …

Dear All,   ‘Tis the season to be jolly fallala-lalla-la, lalla-la (which is ancient Aramaic for . . . well, for “’tis the season to be jolly” {a fascinating people, the ancient Aramians, but given to repetitiveness}).  And what could be more jolly than dancing?  I mean, those of us …

Dear All, A new month, a new dance (two new dances, to be precise).  According to school tradition (our school), Viennese Waltz is always taught in December since there tends to be more holiday balls in December (thanks to Christmas and New Year’s Eve {I do not mean to exclude …

Dear All,   We will definitely be holding class this week, according to all the weather reports.  Of course, they (the weather folk) don’t have a reputation for accuracy about the weather . . . who knows how right they will be about our classes?  We shall (all) see. Thank …