Dear All, It is the week of Valentine’s Day (or V-Day, as some are calling it) so it is a good week to be kind to the hearts of others and your own heart as well.  How? By taking them (the heart of another -and that other as well) and …

Dear All, The Tlhingan word for dance is literally defined as “movement for no other purpose than itself”.  Which may or may not apply to our word for dance (which is “dance” – for those of you who are not paying attention).  Indeed, many may ask: why would two otherwise …

Dear All,   Correction to last week: It wasn’t Virginia (Ginnie) Woolf but Gertrude (Trudy) Stein who made the “there is no there, there” comment.  But that in no way changes the applicability of the phrase to the ultimate goal of Ballroom Dancing, which gives each and every one of …

Dear All,   As January winds down (only one week left) we find ourselves pondering the ephemeral and transitory nature of the universe.  Everything seems to be nothing more than a process of moving from here to there.  Flux seems to be the only constant in current existence (even the …

Dear All,   Well, we are finally getting it worked out.  This simple switch of one dance from one day to another day (and vice-versa) has proven to be more troublesome than anticipated.  So:  this week, Waltz on Wednesday, Rumba/Cha-cha on Thursday, no ifs, ands or butts (spelling not an …

Dear All,   Don’t forget, folks (last year you were all “kiddiwinkies”, but this year we have promoted you all to “folks”.  Take a bow.  You all earned it, folks) we are reversing the order of our classes. The  WALTZ class will be ON WEDNESDAYS henceforward. There was a little …

Dear All, We hope you all had a pleasant New Year’s weekend this year.  If shoveling snow off of a 1,440 square foot roof is anyone’s idea of a good time, we had a blast! And what’s more, we got to do it again on Monday, as well!   There …

Dear All,   Ahh, October!  The month of creepy movies on TV.  This is our favorite TV time of the year.  But, at this time of year it is also important to take extra measures to introduce a little non-creepiness into your life, just to keep a balance.   Enter …