Your first introduction to dancing (especially for guys) can make it or break it for you.  This was especially true for me as Dawn drug me out to our first lesson to learn to dance for our wedding. Well, this weekend, Dawn and I were at an event and ran into our very first dance instructor, David Whittaker. We can pretty much credit David’s wonderful personality and welcoming attitude  as the reason I continued on past the first lesson. For someone like me who walked in intimidated and skeptical, he made dancing fun, easy, and showed me that it’s something anyone can do. As a result, I wanted to learn to dance and drug Dawn back. Thank you, David!

David has since retired from dancing and is pursuing projects as an author and reviving his career as an actor. We wish him the best, and hope to see him on TV or the silver screen soon! We hope to continue on the tradition of introducing people to dancing through a welcoming an encouraging attitude in our own teaching.

Need some help coming up with an original idea for the Halloween dance costume contest? Check out the “Ten Epic Halloween Costumes” article from Mental Floss. Sure, they may not be very danceable, but they sure would rank high in originality!

Also, be sure to check out the photos of last year’s Halloween dance.

We’re back  in town from our travels. We’re still catching up on emails, phone calls… and sleep. We’ll be available again for private lessons and classes starting next week.

Photo by J Metz