A NEW VENTURE!!!

As many of you know, I am always keeping busy.. Well here I go again. Elizabeth and I have been asked to so a seminar on hair and makeup for competitions. Our first seminar will be at Vicki’s Ballroom in Seminole, FL.  We will be addressing the entire package before you get on the floor, In addition, we will be discussing what the judges are looking for, hair, nails, makeup, styling. Also to be covered is how do you remove the products from your hair and face! Preparing for beauty is a lot of fun.

This seminar will be available to studios all over the country.

This will be awesome!!

I love to dance. It is a way of life with me. I guess that is why I am compelled to teach dancing. I enjoy the interaction with new students, whether they are professionals or amateurs. Yes, there are new professionals out there learning to dance every day. The joy of learning to dance is awesome to watch. I enjoy being a part of making someone’s day better. Dancing does so much for people. It enhances even the most exciting of lives. I cannot imagine a life without dance of some form. The most exciting form for me is ballroom dancing. Waltz, tango, salsa, swing, foxtrot, Viennese waltz, all beautiful dances. There is nothing that quite satisfies the need to express music. For individuals and for couples it is an ideal way of meeting and socializing in a non-threatening way. it is also an amazing way to develop the body while fulfilling the soul. Yes, dancing is a fixer upper. It soothes what ails us. It gives us wings of expression. It is the ultimate tool to improve ourselves. Am I exaggerating? I don’t think so. I have seen too many people benefit in so many unexpected ways from ballroom dancing. It is an awesome way of being.

It was so great to go out dancing tonight. I have not done that in quite a while. Thursday night has been the night for ballroom dancers to play at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota. Everyone is so friendly and out to have a good time. After a day of coaching and teaching my favorite couple, it was nice to just relax, have a drink and do a couple of dances. My couple are trying to fix me up with a boyfriend. They asked me what I would be looking for. I wondered if I really wanted someone that is a dancer. Do they really have to know how to dance? Or could they just have a sense of rhythm? I had a couple of really great west coast swings with Bob. It was really nice. Then I thought, maybe I do need someone that know how to dance. Mmmm. Tall, good looking, smells good, non-smoker and knows how to dance. That would work. I have always believed that someone that has no interest in dancing has something wrong with them. so, why would I want to be with that person. I guess the decision is made they have to dance. Or at least like dancing. One can always lern how.  Why is it that most women love dancing and so many men don’t? Maybe the do, but are afraid to fail at the learning of it. Shame. We need a few good men that know how to dance.

“Celebrate Valentine’s Day with class and fun”

Margaret Burns  presents:

Voces Libres Trio playing spanish love songs and boleros

Master DJ Chris Kanozsay spinning great party music

Champagne, chocolate, strawberries…and more.

$35.00 per person/$60.00 per couple

Not just for couples. No dance experience necessary.

Call now to make your Reservations:  941-896-8834

Dance With Class Ballroom

4069 Cortez Road West

Bradenton, FL  34210

Yes, I have opened a dance studio in Bradenton, Florida. A great big open space on Cortez Road West. People are rolling in the door tonight for the first West Coast Swing class and party. Looking forward to a wonderful partnership with Jon and Marianne Hagman. Great couple to be with.  Private lessons began last week. All dancers beginners through advanced are welcome. We will be teaching social as well as competitive dancing. Here are a couple of pictures. I am also looking to train people that are interested in a career change. It is a wonderful profession being a dance instructor. I can prepare you for exams and credentials as well as prepare you to be the best instructor you can be.

will always need to learn and study more. The fact that we cannot dance is exactly the reason to take lessons. That is why there are dance lessons and instructors.I developed my slogan to be “Two left feet? I have your right” because I have met so many people that fee that they are too bad at dancing to take lessons. This is so amazing to me that people have forgotten the purpose of school. The reason for learning. Even if we already know something, anything we

So, my point is that it is never too late to learn. I was at a west coast swing class a few weeks ago helping out my friend Bobby Caudill. I met someone after the class that always wanted to learn but seemed reluctant to take the class. I didn’t quite understand our conversation as I strongly believe that everyone should be taking dance lessons. The best professionals in the world take lessons to improve their craft. They might be competitors striving to be faster, stronger, more clever than their counterparts. They might be instructors looking for better ways to impart their knowledge. No matter what your level of dance from nonexistent to brilliant there will always be more to learn. Find that class, that studio. Learn to dance, and as this gentleman said to me he dances to have fun and to seduce the ladies. Of course, the better his dancing and his other essential skills the better his chances. Ladies do like men that are gentlemen and good dancers.

The group mambo was quite interesting. I found myself initially in sync with the judges. Then they started eliminating the good ones. Someone needs to tell the judges the difference between Salsa and Mambo (Salsa  on “2″). If you are doing a mambo the key is the timing!! Basic judging rule #1 “Timing, timing. timing”. All of the stars had a hard time keeping the the mambo beat. However, Mya, Aaron and Kelly were more on than off. Especially Mya. She was by far the best on the floor in every way. Joanna was hopelessly lost and should have been cut so much earlier. Daring strategy for Louis to freestyle. I thought it went very well for them. The result - not so much. Such a shame for this to happen. The band played a real mambo too.