Tag: David Woodbury

  • Dance-O-Rama 7-1-14

    7-1-14 Dear Gaby Tip from Gaby With the Unique Dance-O-Rama, just around the corner, many of our Arthur Murray students and teachers are getting ready to show off their dancing, so my advice today is about competition dancing. Things to remember: All the hard work is behind you, all you have to do now is…

  • David Earl Woodbury No 25 Changing Lives through Dancing Friday, June 27th, 2014 The Wright Brothers Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he’s been given. — Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian Dramatist and Writer From the new book release, Birdmen, by Lawrence Goldstone, is…

  • View Your Horizons 6-24-14

    Tip from Gaby, Don’t place your mistakes on your head, the weight might crush you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as a platform to view your horizons. The secret of life is to keep looking up. Happy dancing everyone. Gabriela Young

  • Zouk – A New Dance! 6-17-14

    6-17-14 Dear Gaby Tip from Gabriela Young, Something you may not know about Arthur Murray dance instructors is that we take dance lessons too! I have been teaching dance for 34 years and last weekend I drove all the way to Riverside to take Zouk lessons. This is one of the new club dances emerging…

  • Friday the 13th June 2014

    David Earl Woodbury No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday the 13th! June 2014 Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.– Nicholas Murray Butler Pam O’Connor, Mayor of Santa Monica Optimism, on Friday the 13th? Why yes! In fact, this has been…

  • The Benefits of Coaching Sessions 6-10-14

    Gabriela Young 6-10-14 Tip from Gaby If you have never had coaching on your dancing I highly recommend you do so! Most of our students benefit in ways they could not imagine. When you have a coaching it’s like getting the Tiger Woods of golf to help you with your dancing goals. It’s like having…

  • Why Everyone Loves to Dance 6-6-14

      David Earl Woodbury No 23 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 6, 2014 Why everyone loves to dance! The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make…

  • Find the Rhythm 6-3-14

    6-3-14 Dear Gaby Many of our students have a hard time finding the 1 beat or rhythm in the music, I hear them say “I can’t hear the beat, I don’t know when to start”. They have convinced themselves of this as a fact. Nothing could be further from the truth. I believe that our…

  • Time for a Re-Set in Your Life 5-22-14

    David Earl Woodbury No 21 Changing Lives through Dancing Friday, May 23, 2014 Time for a “Re-Set” in your life! You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. — Chinese proverb Sometimes we ourselves are the…

  • Tips from Gaby 5-20-14 Partnership Dancing!

    Gabriela Young 5-20-14 Dear Gaby An advice column for dancers Tip from Gaby When it comes to partnership dancing, looking someone in the eyes goes a long way. Yesterday while hosting a singles event at the studio I noticed how difficult it was for some of the men and woman to look into the eyes…