Category: Success

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Dear Gaby 3-18-14 Tips for Ballroom Dancers

    Gabriela Young 3-18-14 Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Recently while on one of my hiking trips, I was aware of how difficult getting up a hill was. Now I have done this hike many times, so I thought it shouldn’t be this difficult to do. I wondered what my body was doing wrong.…

  • The Payoff of Passion 3-14-14

    David Earl Woodbury No 12 Changing Lives through Dancing Friday, March 14, 2014 The Payoff of Passion A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us. — Maltbie Babcock (1858-1901) American Presbyterian…

  • Dear Gaby – Dancing With Our Stars – March 11, 2014

    Gabriela Young   Dear Gaby   An advice column for dancers   I wanted to take this time to thank the Staff at St. Monica Parish, for doing such an amazing job with their “DANCING WITH OUR STARS” fundraiser.ss   Friday night 6 staff members and 1 parent accompanied by the Santa Monica Arthur Murray…

  • 3-7-14 The Arthur Murray Lifestyle

    David Earl Woodbury No 11 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 7, 2014 The Arthur Murray Lifestyle! This week we observed Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. How does my Arthur Murray Lifestyle apply to Lent? Well, today I was Team Leader for the 8 AM Mass for ashes, and who…

  • Tips from Gaby 3-4-14, Gabriela’s Birthday Today!

    Happy Birthday To Gabriela!!!! Dear Gaby – An advice column for dancers Groups Classes Many of our new students always say: “I don’t think we are ready for a group class.”   Gaby’s advice: The sooner you attend a group class the better! One of the fastest ways to improve on you dancing skills is…

  • 2-28-14 Planning Success!

    David Earl Woodbury No 10: Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 28, 2014 The Magic of Planning Success! Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the purpose from above that prevails. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes…