Category: Social Dancing

  • No 18 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 5, 2017 Be The Change You Want To See In The World I’m a high maintenance person. I’m either very happy, very sad, very peaceful, very upset, very productive or very blah! There is not too much grey area for me. As a…

  • No 15 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 14, 2017 Things to Ponder! These two questions were sent to me by Mr. Jacques DeBeve. The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. Here are the two sets of questions. First Set: 1. Name the…

  • No 14 Can Dancing Protect Your Brain From Aging?

    No 14 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 7, 2017 Can Dancing Protect Your Brain From Aging? Our Arthur Murray Santa Monica student, Diana Ungerleider, brought in an article that said there may be something unique about learning a social dance. The demands dancing places on the mind and body could…

  • No 9 “What to give up for Lent?” 3-3-17

    No 9 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 3, 2017 “What to give up for Lent” It’s the 3rd day of Lent. Ash Wednesday has passed and until this past Wednesday, I did now know what I was going to give up. Late night eating (like that’s going to happen). Getting…

  • No 7 “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” 2-17-17

    No 7 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 17, 2017 “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey (1895 – 1983) American professional boxer Sometimes in my life, I just can’t seem to get up, but I do. After dancing 41+ years, having run 19 marathons, having…

  • Week #1 The Waters of Life! 1-7-16

    Week #1 No 1 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury, davidearlwoodbury@gmail.com Friday, January 6, 2017 The Waters of Life! Each morning I visualize and meditate.  I visualize my that spirit body is sitting in a waterfall flowing from a creek that is about 20 feet wide and the water fall is about 10…

  • Thorns Have Roses 11-18-16

      No 47 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 18, 2016 Thorns Have Roses “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890) French critic, journalist, and novelist “The Price of Admission” is what we pay in life to…

  • Make Your Own Circumstances 11-4-16

    No 45 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 4, 2016 Make Your Own Circumstances “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and,…

  • Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it! 10-28-16

    No 44 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 28, 2016 “Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.”– George Eliot (1819 – 1880) English Novelist Have you ever had an acquaintance who could not make up their mind and who could not commit to something? Someone who thought they…

  • “A goal is a dream that has an ending.” 10-7-16

    No 41 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 7, 2016 “A goal is a dream that has an ending.”– Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (1899 – 1974) American Composer Bandleader and Pianist Well, I’m a dreamer. I consciously dream and dream in my sleep. I day dream. I have nap dreams. I have…