Premiere Social Ballroom

Dear Friends,

If you have not visited us in a while, you will be incredibly surprised at how much we have changed and added to what Premiere Social Ballroom has to offer you and your family!  This is an extensive update because I have so much to share with you!

Summary of this Update:

        Celebrations & Congratulations

          Recent Activities

          Group Sessions

          May 20^th Mexican Fiesta Social Dance

          May 31^st – June 2^nd Dance Teachers Training

          Hip Hop for Teens Summer Camp (dates & times)

          Beginners Middle Eastern Belly Dance Class (night & time)

          Additional Service Added – Private Social Group & Bridal Party Sessions

          Thought of the Week

          July 15^th Breast Cancer Foundation Fund Raiser & Auction

          NEW! Monthly Membership or “Pay as You Go” Information

 Celebrations & Congratulations to:

Anniversaries:                Terry & Diane G.          May 17th    

Birthdays:                       Jody K.                           May 15^th

                                                Heather C.                     May 20^th

We hope your day was SPECIAL!

Recent Activities:

This past Friday’s (May 13^th) Social Dance, to thank the Alliance Group attendees for their participation since October, was a smashing hit!  We had 34 people here for an evening of fun, refresher instruction of the basic dance steps and lots of socializing!

Group this Week/Month:

Remember to mark your calendars.  This month’s Thursday Night Group Sessions features R * U * M * B * A!  We lay a solid foundation for you by introducing the basic beginning dance steps.  We have designed the subsequent weekly classes to review what you have previously learned, and then we continue with other new steps.

Our Guest Instructor for THIS Thursday evening is Miss Angela Thiel.  Angela is very interested in becoming an instructor at Premiere Social Ballroom.  She has taken lessons for the last year, has ballroom competition experience and currently is employed teaching Poms for younger girls at the local YMCA.  Angela’s extensive dance background, enthusiasm and love for dance will definitely extend a host of opportunities to our dance curriculum.  Her energy seems boundless to me, as she too is a working mom and going to school pursuing her International Business degree!  She is only one year away from accomplishing that goal.  I am very pleased to introduce her to you!  Please continue reading below about Angela’s further involvement with Premiere Social Ballroom.

Mexican Fiesta Social Dance & Potluck Dinner:

Mark your calendar for THIS Friday’s monthly Social Dance & Guest Night (May 20^th 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.)  Please call or email me with the finger food (appetizer or dessert) selection you are planning to bring so that I can coordinate it with others.  Premiere Social Ballroom will provide beverages.

Cost:  FREE to members; $5 non-members. 

This event is open to the public, so please invite those whom you think might enjoy a Fantástico Night Out for FUN exercise and even better socializing!

Hip Hop For Teens Summer Camp:

Our latest achievement is the opportunity to offer something ALL of the kids have been waiting for!  Hip Hop class at Premiere Social Ballroom!  Angela Thiel, mentioned above, will be our class instructor and choreographer.  We are scheduling this class for two sessions two times this summer, and designed it for 11 – 14 year olds (beginners 8 – 11 a.m.) and 15 – 18 year olds (intermediate Noon – 3 p.m.). 

A minimum registration of 8 dancers is required per session for each time slot to hold this class but is limited to 24 students.  The last day to register is June 24^th.  If the response is good, we will add a regular weekly Hip Hop class to our curriculum in the following months.

Session 1:    July 12-15^th & July 19^th-22^nd
Performances for the Family on Friday evening July 22^nd  

7:30 p.m. (Beginners)

8 p.m. (Intermediate)

 

Session 2:    Aug. 2^nd-5^th & Aug. 9^th-12^th  
Performances for the Family on Friday evening August 12^th  

7:30 p.m. (Beginners)

8 p.m. (Intermediate)

Cost is $240 for eight days of instruction for 3 hrs per day.  This includes your dancer’s Friday Night Performance Attire (Shirt & Pants for the entire group) and a healthy, energizing snack at break time!  (No refunds or credits for missed or unused sessions.)

Shoes specific to Hip Hop Dance are optional and found at various online dance websites.  I “Googled” for ‘Hip Hop Dance Wear’ and found this example, www.discountdance.com – click on ‘shoes’, then ‘dance sneakers’.  Prices vary from $20.90 (child’s) and up.  For flexibility and ease of movement, Angela suggests a shoe that does not have a solid arch.  But, this is NOT a requirement!  Regular tennis shoes will work.

Beginners Middle Eastern Belly Dance Class:

By Thursday this week, I will have the start date for our upcoming 8 week Monday night (8:00 p.m.) Belly Dance class!

Our instructor, Dawn Wellsfry, has previous dance experience in Hawaiian and Tahitian since age 13.  Her first teacher, Alice Knudsen, taught at the Greenfield Recreational Center for many years. Ms. Knudsen frequently traveled to Hawaii to research dances and costumes, but has since passed away. 

Using her dancing as a talent, Dawn won the Miss Whitewater Pageant, and went on to place as one of the ten finalists in the Miss Wisconsin Pageant. 

Dawn has been studying the Middle Eastern Belly Dance for 5 years as of this September.  She has pursued further education and instruction in this genre by taking several weekend seminars offered by International Belly Dancers.

Cost:  $10/session (walk-in) or $75 paid and registered in advance.  No refunds or credits for missed or unused sessions.

A minimum registration of 8 is required to begin this class.

Attire:  Exercise apparel is worn, with ballet-type soft-soled shoes or slippers (which can be ordered either on-line or from dance catalogues available at our studio).  You may purchase Isotoner slippers, which work well for this, from T.J. Maxx, Kohl’s, Wal-Mart, Target, etc.

Eventually, everyone wants a hip scarf (with the coins and beads).  There are a variety of inexpensive internet belly dance supply websites, or can be purchased at the Egyptian stores at Mayfair or Southridge Malls.

 What to Expect from this class:

 Class starts with warm-up exercises for approximately 15 minutes.

 The remainder of the class focuses on dance positions.  The zills (Egyptian hand cymbals) are not taught in the first 8-week class, because it is too much to ask of beginners.  We need to first concentrate on the dance steps without trying to coordinate finger cymbals with hip movements.

 Belly Dance Steps introduced are:

 Shoulder slides, Shoulder circles, Hip arches, Hip lifts, Hip twists, Down hips, hip slides, Hip skips, Hip circles, Grapevine step, K-step, Wazi (sideways step), Shimmy in place, Shimmy walks, Back hip shimmy, Paddle turns, Chaine turns, and Rib movements.

Additional Service Added - Private Social Groups & Bridal Parties:

Premiere Social Ballroom is now offering your group of social friends, family or bridal party the opportunity to learn to dance together.  For only 24.95 per person, your group will receive 4 beginner’s Private Group Instruction opportunities (to be completed in 30 days).  We only require a pre-paid registration minimum of 8 participants.  Please call (262) 560-1111 for more details and to make your reservations!

Thought of the Week:

“The good that people can do emanates and multiplies from the good that one person does.” – Lewis Richmond, from his book, A Whole Life’s Work – Living Passionately, Growing Spiritually  That being said, let all of us work together to make the next idea work really BIG!

Breast Cancer Fund Raiser:

On Friday, July 15th, Premiere Social Ballroom will co-host with Mrs. Bridgett O’Hara, a fund raiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  This is the same date as our usual 3^rd Friday of the Month Social Dance and Potluck Dinner (7:30 – 10:30 p.m.).  This evening’s schedule of events will include a Group Salsa Lesson taught by Miss Angela Thiel.  Please note the extended time for this special occasion!

Cost:  $3 for members; $8 non-members.  $3 of every ticket benefits the foundation.  Open to the Public, but limited to 100.  Tickets will be available next week, but you may call (262-560-1111) now to reserve your ticket.

In an extra effort to help Bridgett reach her personal goal to raise $10,000 for the 3-Day Event in Chicago, Premiere Social Ballroom will auction a Saturday Night Party Package!  This $600 value entitles the winner to a Saturday Night Party for up to 100 (of your closest friends and family!) and a 45-minute East Coast Swing Group lesson.

Monthly Membership or Pay as You Go! Dance Options:

As part of my commitment to make Premiere Social Ballroom “Your Dance Community of Choice!” we are now offering affordable dancing for everyone!  Be sure to call for more details or check out our website at www.PremiereSocial.com.

We offer Monthly Memberships starting at 24.95 per person

Basic (1 Group or Practice 1x per week),

Deluxe (1 Group and 1 Practice 1x per week) &

Premiere (Deluxe PLUS 2 – 3o minute – Private Session per month)

Our “Pay as You Go!” option is just what it says.  You pre-register and pre-pay for your private appointment as your schedule and ours allows or walk-ins are welcomed for the Group, Practice or Social Dance Sessions.  Isn’t that easy!

Dance Teachers Training & Client Coaching Workshop:

From May 31^st – June 2^nd, Premiere Social Ballroom has the wonderful and exciting opportunity to host nationally renown, Diane Jarmolow, for our Dance Teachers & Client Coaching Workshop!

Ms. Jarmolow, the Founder and Director of Ballroom Dance Teachers College, has taught Ballroom Dancing since 1978.  She has trained hundreds of teachers, currently trains many U.S. and international dance champions, coaches, consults and trains ballroom studio owners, managers and dancers all over the United States. 

Diane even prepared five-time U.S. Champions Victor Veyrasset and Heather Smith, U.S. Champion Olga Forapanova, and current US Smooth Finalists David and Valentina Weise for their professional exams.  

She is the founder and former owner/director of the Metronome Dance Center, San Francisco's "Best Place to Learn to Dance”, one of the largest dance studios in the country - a San Francisco, Bay Area institution.  

Diane is a Dance Vision International Dance Association (DVIDA) National Examiner and is the originator of their new, innovative system of professional certification.  She has created the first-ever certification resource for dancers, the “Get Certified!” DVD, and is the trainer for Dance Vision's ProDVIDA Certification workshops in Las Vegas.  

Ms. Jarmolow’s many other credentials include:

- a Licentiate Degree in the Ballroom Branch of the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance USISTD),

- an Associate Degree in the Latin American Branch of the USISTD,

-  an Associate Degree in the American Branch of the USISTD

-  and an Associate and Membership Degrees in American Style Ballroom and Latin with the United States Terpsichore Association.  

Diane is a fifteen-time winner of the "Top Teacher" award at national competitions.

Ms. Jarmalow is coming to Premiere Social Ballroom for your chance to participate in her own highly successful and unique Teacher Training Program that she conducts at the Metronome Ballroom in San Francisco.  This 3-day Workshop is open to anyone interested in becoming a dance instructor (no experience necessary), anyone interested in polishing their current teaching skills and clients who wish to receive the BEST instruction in the country!  Workshop registration is open for

12 hours - $300

18 hours - $450

24 hours - $600

Teaching dance is a career option for anyone - even those with no prior dance experience! Diane designed this course to provide the vocational skills needed to be successful in the ballroom dance industry.  This program is the only one of its kind in the nation, and is the perfect opportunity for anyone who loves dance and is serious about becoming a highly qualified dance instructor. The entire program covers 17 dances.  Each section is a course unto itself, and you may start the program at the beginning of any section.  Diane has agreed to return in two-month increments, as her busy schedule allows, until we are satisfied!

In these workshops at Premiere Social Ballroom, instructors will learn the leader’s and follower's parts of 10-15 figures each in Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Cha Cha, East Coast Swing and Viennese Waltz.  You will learn the technical elements from a teacher's perspective and learn to communicate effectively with your students.  The course provides full immersion into the world of ballroom dancing.  For more information about Diane, please visit www.teachballroomdancing.com.  Diane says:  “Follow Your Dreams!  Become a Dance Teacher!”  Employment opportunities are available at Premiere Social Ballroom.

See you tomorrow night at R * U * M * B * A – if not before!

With Love and Affection,

Lynn

C. Lynn Marple
Premiere Social Ballroom, LLC
"Your Dance Community of Choice!"
315-17 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
(262) 560-1111
(262) 560-1170 Fax                
www.PremiereSocial.com