Category: Arthur Murray Dance Center
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“My Favorite Part of Dancing”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica Noise, Noise, Noise. It is everywhere. Phones ringing, cars honking, dogs barking, the noise of life is everywhere. I have tinnitus. When it does get quiet around me, I then begin to hear the ringing in my head and ears. Then there is even…
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“I’m almost to the point where I can’t live without it”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica Recently, I had a new Arthur Murray Dance student come in and chat with me. She is preparing to continue with her dancing lessons. She is fun, stylish, charismatic and loves to dance. As we planned her course, she said “I’m almost to the…
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“Leave it as you’d like to find it, a proverb for our world and our business”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica My dryer is broken. It was 25 years old and I put in a damp jacket and I broke the drum. The aged washer still works and gets good use. Yet, I still needed a dryer. Thus, began the visits to the Wishy-Washy! We…
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“Sometimes clarity comes only after the chaos has passed and we look back and reflect on the big picture”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica As we are now teaching 100 lessons almost every week, and moving to 125 lessons soon, I take a moment and stop and reflect on the past few years. We were teaching 125 lessons with a full staff and many students on March 20,…
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“Give Life a Shimmy Shake”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica Joel Rieck and I have two lovely friends whom we seldom see in person, but we stay in close touch. Veronica and René, or as I call him “Buddy”. We have known each other for many years. For a long time, I knew that…
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“Will Ballroom Dancing Save The World?”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica Sometimes, at 68, I want to just throw up my hands in despair. I have been with Arthur Murray 48 years and have truly worked for and with the best trainers, leaders, mentors, and dancers in the world. The methods of training and service…
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“Two More Inspirational Dance Stories”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica My life has been full of inspirational students who changed my life. Their stories remain in my heart and they are never forgotten. Out of hundreds of incredible students, here are two more stories. I had a student who wrote in her student questionnaire…
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“Go in Like a Champion. Come Out as a Winner”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica On April 9th, I was chatting with Joel Rieck and our wonderful instructor, Aaron Thomas, and Aaron inspired me about a dancing project. I responded to him “Go in Like a Champion. Come Out as a Winner”. Joel said, “That is a perfect saying…
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“The Eyes and Ears of Life”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica On March 27th I awoke from a dream at 3 AM. As I was awakening, I remembered it all and I became so alert that I started writing it all down at 3:30 AM! The theme of the dream was seeing and hearing. I’ll…
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“Put a Little Step in your Spring”
(Or is that a little Spring into your Step?) Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica March 19 was the first day of Spring. A time of renewal and rebirth, and warmer, longer days. This is my favorite season as I love seeing the trees budding, the flowers growing and the…