Tag: Gabriela Young

  • No 29 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July18th, 2014 How to say YES to dancing! It’s sometimes harder than you think! They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English Philosopher, Lawyer and Politician As a studio manager,…

  • Tip from Gaby – Unique DOR and Showcase 7-15-14

    7-15-14 Tip from Gaby So there you are standing in the lineup waiting to get out on the floor and perform your first dance at the Unique DOR or your first Studio Showcase. Your nerves have grabbed a hold of you and you can’t seem to shake it off. Here is something you can try:…

  • How to be Strong in Heart and Strong in Dancing 7-11-14

    David Earl Woodbury No 28 Changing Lives through Dancing Friday, July 11th, 2014 How to be Strong in Heart and Strong in Dancing! Do not be afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. — William James (1842-1910) American Philosopher and Psychologist Why is ballroom, partnership…

  • Happy Independence Day 7-4-14

    No 27 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 4th, 2014 Happy Independence Day!   There is in every true person’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. — Washington…

  • 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

  • I Think You’re Going to Make It! 6-20-14

    David Earl Woodbury No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing Friday, June 20th, 2014 I Think You’re Going to Make It! What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson The greatness inside of you is ready to come out. The leader, the…

  • 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…