Dear All,   Well it looks like we have all weathered the first week of November. We all of us  still have all of our arms and legs and all of our fingers and toes.  (Of course, since dancers, notoriously, don’t count above eight, we can only assume that we …

Dear All,   Well, the Saturday Waltz Technique class is back at the Dance Lodge in the park, where it will remain for the foreseeable future (November or until such time as the unforeseeable once again shifts us -temporarily- to another building).  All levels, all ages welcome.   The beginning …

Dear All,   So.  Hallowe’en.  Or as some call it, All Hallows Eve.  Not many know this, but it was originally called Yallowe’en (short for Ya-yallowe’en) because it was a night for getting your ya-ya’s out before observing a religious holiday of restraint and abstinence.   Speaking of restraint and …

Dear All,   Two announcements today.   First, because the park is completely booked for a function this weekend, there will be no Saturday morning Technique Class this week.  Be sure to re-join us next week for Waltz and we promise to make the class technique-ier to make up for …

Dear All,   I was reading an article in National Geographic called “Why We Lie”.  But I already knew the answer before I read it.   We lie when we cannot sit; we sit when we cannot stand; we stand when we cannot walk; we walk when we cannot run; …

Dear All,   Ah, October (or as some say, “Ahh-ctober”), month of multi-colored leaves and brisk, refreshing breezes.  Nothing says “go indoors and dance” like autumn weather (winter weather says “stay indoors and dance”).  How better to keep up your hiking and biking and mountaineering and just-plain-staying-active skills than dancing? …

Dear All,   A couple of anomalies:  first, this week only, the Saturday morning Technique class will be meeting at 9:30 am instead of at 9:45 am.  This is being done to accommodate a one-time scheduling anomaly which won’t be happening again any time soon (hence the use of the …

Dear All,   For those of us who keep seasonal calendars, today is Autumn the First.  Already the air is getting brisker and to compensate, we are dancing faster!  The beginning class on Tuesday nights is Swing, a real pulse-pounder of a dance, good for aerobic strength, endurance and, yes, …