Category: Dancing

  • 4-22-14 Add the “Romance” to your Dancing!

    Gabriela Young 4-22-14 Earth Day! Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Tip from Gaby Last week I recommended dances for Fitness. This week, I am recommending dances to put some romance and mojo back in your life. Top of the list is RUMBA, this dance will bring out your inner Goddess or Masculinity depending…

  • 4-18-14 Happy Passover Happy Easter!

    With Mr. Masters and Joel Rieck in Miami! David Earl Woodbury No 17 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 18, 2014 Good Friday – Passover You can have anything you want — if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out…

  • Dear Gaby: Recipe for losing weight 4-15-14

    Gabriela Young 4-15-14 Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Tip from Gaby Recipe for losing weight: Swing Lindy Hop, Samba, Cha Cha , Salsa (not the kind you eat LOL), Quick Step, Two Step. These dances will keep your heart rate up. If you want to lose weight, I recommend adding these dances to…

  • 4-11-14 Entrepreneur, Manager or Technician…Who Are You?

    David Earl Woodbury No 16 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 11, 2014 Entrepreneur, Manager, or Technician?   There was no such thing as half-trying. Whether it was running a race or catching a football, competing in school — we were to try. And we were to try harder than anyone…

  • Tips for Gentlemen 4-11-14

            Gabriela Young   4-11-14 Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Tip of the day: Women love a man who can dance Despite what you may think, dancing is going to sneak up on you in some sort of social situation whether you like it or not, like at a party.…

  • 4-4-14 “The Time Machine”

    David Earl Woodbury No 15 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 4, 2014 The Time Machine Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, “This is the real me,” and when you have found that…

  • 4-1-14 Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Tips from Gaby Okay, I was recently at the airport and noticed that smiling faces where far and few in between. I counted 5 smiling faces in a 45 min period. Then I thought am I smiling? Actually, I wasn’t smiling either! My next thought was they…

  • “Back to Weight Watchers Santa Monica” March 28, 2014

    No 14 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 28, 2014 “Back to Weight Watchers” One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world — making the most of one’s best.– Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) American Protestant Minister…

  • Dear Gaby, Tips for Ballroom Dancers 3-25-14

    Gabriela Young 3-25-14 Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Tips from Gaby Many people I meet say I can’t dance, I have two left feet, my hips can’t move like that and I am too old to learn the Cha Cha Cha. I think mainly those things you say are self-imposed. To those of…

  • “I Am Marketing” 3-21-14

    David Earl Woodbury No 13 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 21, 2014 “I AM Marketing” At a recent meeting for the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, the president Laurel Rosen said to us “I am marketing”. We were all talking about what we were doing to promote our businesses and…