Cuban Motion Workshop: Saturday, April 23, 2-3:30pm

If you love rhythm dancing (Rumba, Cha Cha, Mambo, Salsa, Swing, & Merengue), and who doesn't (!), and you want to work on your American Style Latin, I have the class for you!
On Saturday, April 23, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm, I am hosting a Workshop to teach the fundamentals of Cuban Motion.
For those of you who have already started working on your Cuban Motion, we will also work on advanced techniques.  All dance levels will benefit! We always have a great time in a Cuban Motion WS, learn a lot, AND get a great workout, so don't forget to dress casually.
All workshops are $25 per person, and include a light lunch afterward. Be sure and reserve your place by calling the studio (at 798-4552), phoning in a credit card, or signing up at the desk, in person, to let us know you will be attending. Workshop Class size is always limited, and reservations are on a first-come basis. 

Core Rhythm Classes at Arthur Murray Maryland Parkway (Eastside) in Las Vegas

Does this sound like you?
"I felt like my body had gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor'e permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for a half an hour, but by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over!"
Arthur Murray has a better way!
Learn all your Latin dance moves in Core Rhythms classes and lose those unwanted inches!
Join us Mondays at 7:30pm, and Saturdays at 12:00pm for Core Rhythms Fitness Classes at the studio! Core Rhythms is a Latin-dance-based, high cardio workout based on all your favorite Latin dances:
Cha Cha, Merengue, Mambo, Salsa, Bachata, Samba, Swing, Hustle, Rumba, and Bolero! Core Rhythms was co-created by Julia Gorchakova Powers and Jaana Kunitz and is offered exclusively at Arthur Murray Studios worldwide.
Call the studio, located at 4550 S. Maryland Parkway, in Las Vegas, NV, at 702-798-4552 to get information on class packages. Or, come on down and try out a class as our guest - we promise you will LOVE IT.

Take a look at this great video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWw18NGLcNY&feature=player_embedded
Or this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWXqqVKF58&feature=related
Here's another, made by Arthur Murray Saratoga Springs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtpPRBrC11g

Julia Powers (Gorchakova) Workshop at Arthur Murray Las Vegas Maryland Parkway (Eastside)

Ladies! On Saturday, April 30th, Julia Powers will be at the Maryland Parkway (Eastside) Arthur Murray Franchised Dance Studio of Las Vegas, for a competition-style Hair and Makeup Workshop!  It will begin at 11:00am, and run for approximately an hour and a half.  Julia, along with her husband, Bob Powers, is a dance champion*, co-creator of the fitness program Core Rhythms (with Jaana Kunitz)**, and a clothing designer who creates custom dancewear for competition, and evening wear.*** She is flying in the morning before for a full day of in-studio Coaching. The Workshop is $40 per person, and paid reservations are needed because of a limit on class size. Call the Studio at 702-798-4552 to make a reservation and pay by credit card. The Arthur Murray Maryland Parkway Studio is located at 4550 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite N, Las Vegas, NV, 89119.
Ladies, you do not want to miss this!

* Awards

• 12 Times United States Rhythm Champions 
• 3 Times World Professional Mambo Champions
• Finalists, World Latin-American Showdance Championships
• Can-Am Open Professional American Rhythm Champions

** Core Rhythms is a Latin-dance-based fitness program
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWXqqVKF58&feature=related
*** Artistry In Motion Designs
       http://www.artistryinmotiondesigns.com/

Dancing With The Stars Season 12

Well, here we go! Season 12 is starting on March 12  for ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" and here is the list of celebrities that are scheduled to dance :
http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars

Men
- Rapper Lil' Romeo and Chelsie Hightower
- Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskaya
- Original Karate Kid Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff
- Wrestler Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke
- NFL player Hines Ward and Kym Johnson
- "Loveline" host Mike Catherwood and Lacey Schwimmer

Women
- Disney actress Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas
- Model Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin
- Reality star Kendra Wilkinson and Louis Van Amstel
- Talk show host Wendy Williams and Tony Dovolani
- Actress Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

DB DAY! My Dance Blog goes LIVE! Introducing The Waltz Street Journal

The Waltz Street Journal was born in 1984 or so, when, as a new Arthur Murray Franchisee in Las Vegas, NV, I designed our monthly Calendar of Events and Newsletter on a plain sheet of legal paper, with fine tip markers, plastic alphabet templates, hand-drawn pictures, and lots of white-out (it was then in a bottle with a brush to lather over your mistakes with - you could brush out highway signs with that baby)! 

That incarnation of the newsletter lasted quite a few years until I "retired" from the studio to raise my daughter. When I "unretired" I brought the WSJ back with me, and this time, with the benefit of new desktop publishing technology, I was able to create a gorgeous in-studio Newsletter, in glorious color, with photos, different fonts, pictures, links to websites, places to go dance and all sorts of fun stuff.

It's now time to take the Waltz Street Journal to a different place, and here is the result! I don't know anything about blogs, but I do know ballroom dancing, and music. And so, hang in there with me as I slowly but surely learn my way around this blogosphere! I promise to introduce you to some new music and/or dances, teach you something about social dancing, tell you all about fabulous places you can go dancing, do a little reminiscing, tell a few stories, make you laugh, and maybe even make you cry. I'll include some links to some of my favorite dance videos whether they are about the music, the dancing, or both! We'll also go around the country to check out some must-go-dancing spots for your bucket list. We'll have fun, I promise!