Your big day has finally arrived. You’re thrilled to be able to share it with your friends and family. And, you’re confident that everything will be perfect. But, was there something that you and your fiance secretly worried about? Was it the first dance? Let’s learn about this lovely wedding tradition called the first dance….
Category: Parties and Performing
Theme Parties by the Decade for Ballroom Dancers
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like a dress-up party. To begin with, it’s so much fun putting together a costume, meeting friends, listening to familiar music, and doing the old dances. As a result, more people attend and get into the festivities. To be sure, a theme party by the decade can be a…
New Vogue Style Dancing
A fellow blogger, the author of ABC of Spirit Talk w/Carolyn Page, lives in Australia. She loves to dance with her husband. They dance International Ballroom and Latin as well as New Vogue style. New Vogue style is very popular in her country. (Here’s a recent post that Carolyn has published about what dancing means…
7 Simple Reasons to Participate in a Ballroom Dance Showcase
It’s that time of year when studios are beginning to prepare for their Winter Ballroom Dance Showcase. If your instructor asks you to perform in the studio showcase, he or she is saying that it’s time for you to step it up. When it’s all over I promise you’ll be very happy with your accomplishment. What…
Why in the World Would I Do a Ballroom Dance Competition!?!
“I love to dance.” There will come a time when you decide that dancing is your thing. It’s something you’ll do for the rest of your life. You’ve committed yourself to it emotionally and physically. You like it because it’s becoming easier for you to handle stress, you’re developing long lean muscles with fewer aches and…
A review of the book, The Winner, by Erin Bomboy.
Title: The Winner: A Ballroom Dance Novel Author: Erin Bomboy Page: 353 pages Plot: The most prestigious ballroom dance competition in the United States. Two dancers need to win. Only one can. Nina Fortunova wasn’t supposed to end up almost thirty, divorced, with her dreams of winning shattered. She teams up with Jorge Gonzalez, a […]…