Category: Arthur Murray Santa Monica

  • 12-26-14 New Year’s Resolutions – David Woodbury

    No 52 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 26, 2014 New Year’s Arthur Murray Resolutions! My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is within you.  Success is being praised by…

  • Tip from Gaby 11-4-14

    Tip from Gaby I’m going to keep this nice and simple: Gentlemen please keep your fingers closed when you have your right hand on the lady’s back. An open hand is not very stylish. A small detail goes a long way! Happy dancing everyone, Gabriela Young    

  • Happy Halloween 10-31-14 David Woodbury

    No 43 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 31, 2014 Happy Halloween! Don’t Settle For Less There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.– Kurt Hahn Joel Rieck…

  • 10-21-14 Being a “Yes” to Dancing!

    Tip from Gaby Being a YES to Dance I wanted to thank all of our students that came and participated in our dance contest at the 2014 Wellbeing Festival. Thank you for being a “YES” to your dancing and for sharing your love and dance skills with the people in your community. I hope all…

  • Dreams 10-3-14

    No 39 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 3, 2014 Dreaming Some people say that dreaming gets you nowhere in life. But I say you can’t get anywhere in life without dreaming.– Rose Zadra Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations, says Wikipedia. I dream all day. I day…

  • Tips from Gaby 9-23-14

      Tip from Gaby Competitive dancing: People often ask me, what are you looking for when you are judging Gabriela? I used to tell them, he who stands up the most wins. Yes, we are always looking for people that have the best posture, however great posture is not the only ingredient of a champion.…

  • Recreating Yourself 9-19-14

    No 37 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 19, 2014 Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. — George Bernard Shaw How to create a new you? It can be through dancing and dancing can give you the courage to make the changes in your life that are…

  • Believe and Achieve 8-22-14

    No 34 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 22nd, 2014 Believe and Achieve! When you set your goals, and then plan to realize and live your dreams, you may find that life will test you….a lot! Speaking of testing, my daily readings have taken me to the story of Job. He…

  • Gabriela Young: Footwork 8-19-14

    8-19-14 Tip from Gaby Footwork: Toe, ball, flat to heel lead. Can you guess what dances this footwork applies too? You guessed it, Foxtrot, Waltz, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep. Thank you Hunter Johnson for the wonderful exercise you shared with us on the 30 Day Dance Challenge. So, let’s get to practicing! Your smooth dances…