The Sunshine, Stars & Seminars
Ladies and Gents,
The official start to Fall has been ushered in with some rather dreary and humid weather. Hopefully, our newsletter will help brighten your day or at least provide a temporary distraction. There's nothing wrong with daydreaming about ballroom dancing all day or practicing the Cha Cha while waiting on the coffee to be made at the office. You may want to be sure your cup is empty though when practicing underarm turns! ;)
The Sunshine Ball
Congratulations to our newest teammates for having the courage to represent our Columbus Northwest dance studio at The Sunshine Ball:
- Randy Meyers
- Ed & Naj Keelan
- Mary Jean Ferrari
You all did a fabulous job, and you should be proud!
Of course, they couldn't have done it without the support of our wonderful crowd! Many thanks to those of you who took the time to travel to the Columbus East studio and cheer for both our competitors and the other studios.
If you were not able to make it to the competition, be sure and check out the fabulous photos from the evening posted on Flickr. [See the photos now.]
Wanna compete?
The National Dance Championship is October 21-25th at Walt Disney World.
The Ohio Northern Dance Challenge (Team Match) is November 8th in Mentor, Ohio.
The Ohio Star Ball is October 17th-22nd in Downtown Columbus.
Ask your instructor for details about any of these competitions.
Staff Seminar
The Columbus Northwest Staff will be traveling to the Fred Astaire National Training Seminar where they will spend the weekend working with former and current US Champions, World Champions, Dance Board Members & Dance Directors: Armando Martin, Martin Lamb, Stephen Knight, Dan Rutherford & Nicole Carroll.
Dance Party - Thursday (24th)
Daniel will be heading to the seminar early, but while Daniel is away the staff will play! There will be a Dance Party at the studio beginning at 8:30pm. Definitely prepare for good times!!!
Guest Party
Last week's Guest Party was a blast! Thanks to all who came!
Sandy Nelson brought the most guests for the evening. And, Linda Wojcik and Chris O'Conner both received a bonus lesson for winning the infamous game of "Scotch, Whiskey, Rye." (Yes, the dancing game!) It's interesting to see what people will do when a bonus lesson is the prize!
Congratulations
Give a round of applause to the following students who have enrolled in lessons at the studio:
Social Bronze
- Paula Scott
Advanced Bronze
- Jack Garber & Dana Albaiu
- Pat Wedge
- Skip & Sue Musheno
- Sharon Ramsay
Teacher of the Week
A very close call, but the final total = Kathryn Florkowski. (More applause!)
Coming Up
Friday & Saturday - No dance party or ballroom fitness class.
Monday (28th) - Social Foundation Class wraps up the Cha Cha series with Kate.
Tuesday (29th) & Thursday (10/1) - Bronze Class will focus on the Waltz.
For a complete listing of upcoming events, visit the Event Calendar at http://www.fredastaire-columbusnw.com/.
Dancing with the Stars - Season 9
Our favorite show is back on ABC! Be sure to watch tonight for the first scores of the season and don't forget to vote for your favorite dancers! (May we suggest Tony Dovolani & Kathy Ireland, Jonathan Roberts & Macy Gray, or Anna Trebunskaya & Chuck Liddell?)
If you miss an episode, watch it in HD online at abc.go.com.
There... was that enough distraction? ;)
Take care, keep dancing, and we'll see you soon!
Your Fred Astaire Columbus Northwest Staff


