Dear All, Another week, another few figures of dance.  Step by step (so to speak) you are building up your repertoire of dance figures.  Dance figures are like words; the more you know, the more thoroughly you can communicate, the more things you can “say” (as it were) with your …

 Dear All, Belly up to the barre, boys (and girls); new dances all around!  Starting Tuesday with the introduction of the Cha-cha in the beginning class and finishing with Friday, when the Fort Jones people start the Foxtrot, everyone gets new dances! Of course, the Tango and Rumba crowds merely …

 Dear All, Here it is, the last week of August.  Finally, all of the RVs and fifth wheels and pick-up trucks towing aquatic vehicles will depart for the rest of the year (plus the first half of next year) and the highways will be our own again.  Free-flowing and easy …

Dear All, What won’t be eclipsed today?  The brilliance of today’s writing, that’s what (if I do say so myself)!  Of course, given the usual level of “brilliance” found in these newsletters, I doubt that expectations are any higher than usual.  Or high at all, for that matter. Or even …

Dear All, Boy do I feel refreshed after all those hours in an air-conditioned environment which last week’s classes so generously allowed me. And I feel safe, too!  It is not mentioned enough in the annals of Ballroom Dance how calming dancing in a Tsunami-free zone can be.  Just knowing …

Dear All, Wow, is that air-conditioned studio at the Wellness Center ever cool!  I sure hope my nose doesn’t get frostbite in the middle of class!  We would like to extend an invitation to you all to join us in the wonderfully cool and soothing atmosphere that is the Wellness …

Dear All, The beginning of August is tomorrow, so the August schedule kicks in tomorrow.  And the good news is, there are five Tuesdays, five Wednesdays and five Thursdays in August. That means that the month in which most people take vacations, you will all be working even harder . …

Dear All, So what does Ballroom dance have to do with bathing in a pond? Nothing, so let’s change the subject back to dancing with withering glares for whoever it was who tried to distract us in the first place! Still waiting for our Parkinson’s students to announce their readiness …