Category: Arthur Murray Santa Monica

  • Share the Love 6-10-16

    No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 10, 2016 Share the Love “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.” – Samuel Goldwyn (1879 – 1974) Film Producer In ballroom dancing, on comment I dreaded to hear at the end of a performance was, “David, you looked…

  • With conscience as our guide! 5-27-16

    No 22 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 27, 2016 “The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the…

  • To Be Alive is a Grand Thing! 4-29-16

      No 18 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 29, 2016 To Be Alive is a Grand Thing! “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, wracked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” –…

  • To Witness Someone’s Life 3-11-16

    No 11 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 11, 2016 To Witness Someone’s Life “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” – Jack London Tonight I said to Joel Rieck, my…

  • Optimism is Essential – February 26, 2016

    No 9 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 27, 2016 Optimism is Essential… “Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” – Nicholas Murray Butler Everywhere around us we are met with challenges. Even those who seem to ‘have it all’ have obstacles…

  • A Spark of Heavenly Fire 2-12-16

    No 7. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 12, 2016 A Spark of Heavenly Fire “There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.” – Washington…

  • Excellence for its own sake! 1-29-16

    No 5. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, January 29, 2016 Excellence for its own sake! “Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.” – Jim Collins Have you ever felt that you are…

  • I’m Thankful 11-26-15

    No 48. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Thursday, November 26, 2015 I’m Thankful I’m thankful that I’m sitting here in the Arthur Murray Dance Center of Santa Monica. We drove by St. Monica Parish tonight where 1000+ were served a hot dinner, and were taken to the “Boutique” for a full set…

  • Mistakes 9-4-15

    No 36. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 4, 2015 Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. — Sophia Loren (1934-  ) Italian Actress Ever made a mistake? Ever feel really stupid about it. Every had someone else make you feel small and insignificant over doing…

  • Where are we going? 6-26-15

    No 26. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 26, 2015 Half Way Through 2015! Where are we going? So many opportunities are coming our way here at Arthur Murray Santa Monica. Every day another door opens for us to share the love of dance here in beautiful Santa Monica. Where are…