Riot and Frolic

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Interesting Fact

I'm a ballroom dancer.  

Sometimes I do this…

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And sometimes I do this…

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But never this…

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Because that's just stupid.

I'd love to do this…

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And could name 17 other ladies who would want to also.

This is one of my favorite movies…

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Because it's awesome.  And everything in it is true.  

I don't think much of getting up at 5am to do my hair and makeup.  Even when I dance at 9am.  

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Them's some tired arms.  And a lot of hairspray (can you feel it move?  SPRAY IT AGAIN!) and a lot of eyeshadow.

This guy is a dancer…

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And that was good enough for me. 

 

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4 responses to “Interesting Fact”

  1. Jediane9 Avatar
    Jediane9

    I remember when we saw “Strictly Ballroom” for the first time! I also hope I can see you dance someday. 🙂

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  2. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    When was that?! I only vaguely remember it. It’s so funny to watch now, being on the “inside.” No new steps!

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  3. Jediane9 Avatar
    Jediane9

    Um…I don’t know…I just remember watching it at your house when it came out on video. Early 1994 sounds kind of familiar.

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  4. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    Ha. I wore that video out eventually. I gots to get it on the DVD. Didn’t we try to do the routines?

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