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.

Life Goals Based on the Silver Screen

Annie (1982) was my favorite movie when I was growing up.  I wanted to swim in that indoor swimming pool.  And meet Punjab.  And belt out a line like Little Orphan Cindy who sang "Rover, why not think it over." 

But most of all, I wanted to be Miss Hannigan.

She wore sassy pajamas all hours of the day.

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She drank a thing called gin.

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She didn't wash off her makeup.

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She made the kids do all the chores.

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She sang the best song on the soundtrack. 

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She yelled and threatened a lot.

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But she had a heart of gold.

Well, she didn't let Rooster kill Annie, anyway.

And she rode an elephant at the end of the movie!

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Besides the elephant and the bathtub of gin, I AM Miss Hannigan.  

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