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ARTHUR MURRAY NEWS
April & May 2009
“We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” ~ Japanese Proverb
Calandar of Events
April & May 2009
Please Note: The upcoming International Dance Festival will begin mid-May.
Keep watching this space to find out what exciting events we will be hosting.
AprilWednesday 1st Brighton Practice Party & Match DanceSaturday 4th Brighton & Blackburn OpenWednesday 8th Melbourne Practice PartyFriday 10th Closed – Good FridaySaturday 11th Closed – Long weekendMonday 13th Closed – Easter MondayWednesday 15th Brighton Practice PartySaturday 18th Melbourne & Blackburn OpenWednesday 22nd Melbourne Practice Party & Match DanceFriday 24th Blackburn Social & Match DanceSaturday 25th Brighton & Blackburn OpenWednesday 29th Brighton Practice Party & Match DanceMaySaturday 2nd Melbourne & Blackburn OpenWednesday 6th Melbourne Practice PartyFriday 8th Blackburn SocialSaturday 9th Brighton & Blackburn OpenWednesday 13th Brighton Practice PartySaturday 16th Melbourne & Blackburn OpenWednesday 20th Melbourne Practice Party & Match DanceFriday 22nd Blackburn Social & Match DanceSaturday 23rd Brighton & Blackburn OpenWednesday 27th Brighton Practice Party & Match DanceSaturday 30th Melbourne & Blackburn Open
Melbourne Studio News
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Gift Certificates
Gift Certificates are offered during the year at highly discounted rates!
Watch this space for more details to come... (does not include existing students)
Bad Dancers?
There aren't any BAD Dancers!!
Often times, I listen to people make comments such as, "he has no rhythm .... or she can't follow".
Sometimes the comments are even more harmful, "what do they think they're trying to do - that looks simply awful", or "he can't dance at all, he's just bopping - maybe he should take some lessons"!! Have you ever thought this? Ever voiced this to your friends? What's really important about dancing anyway? I've attended many social dances and many competitions and must admit there is one dancer that I always enjoy watching on the floor. Have you ever seen the dancers that dance every dance (even if they can't Dance?) but they're always smiling - always having fun. I watch these dancers in fascination, they are actually having a great time.
When I watch people on the dance floor, I often wonder, Why are they dancing - they look like they're in pain? I am truly amazed that anyone would go out for an evening of torment and painstaking work -- there is a time and place for everything in life. Social dancing is people moving together on the dance floor and enjoying themselves. We don't all have to dance the same way. Even if you just get up and sway to the music, that's your way of expressing pleasure in dancing. Did you ever think to yourself, "They're not bad dancers - JUST DIFFERENT".
A dance floor will always have people with different styles and knowledge levels about dancing: which doesn't mean they are good or bad dancers, just people enjoying themselves for an evening. Maybe if you take dancing so seriously that you're losing your ability to laugh at yourself over a mistake it's time to take a lesson or two from a social dancer that doesn't perform ballroom steps but actually moves to music for FUN!
By: Karen Kiefer
Arthur Murray’s Vs The Flintstones
“Arthur Quarry's Dance Class”
Episode Number: 16 Season Number: 1
- Fred and Barney sign up for dance lessons at Arthur Quarry's so that they do not humiliate themselves at the charity ball.
- Their excuse that they have joined the volunteer fire department falls apart when Betty and Wilma realise that the all-stonetown of Bedrock is fire proof.
- The wives then suspect that their husbands are slipping out to meet other women.
Dirty Dancing Quiz!
1. How did Neil take a girl away from Jamie the lifegaurd?
a) With money
b) By beating him up
c) By owning two hotels
d) With Jewelrey
2. Why does Baby get embarrassed at the dance that the employees were having?
a) Because she said she carried a watermelon
b) Because Johnny saw her with Niel
c) because she fell
d) Because she couldn't dance
3. What color eyes does Baby have?
Answer: (One Word)
4. Why did Baby get mad at Johnny when they were practicing?
a) Because he kissed her
b) Because he hit her
c) Because he wouldn't show her lifts
d) Because he called her a name
5. When did Penny realize what was going on with Johnny and Baby?
a) When they went to see her the day after the show
b) When she caught them kissing
c) When they did the final dance
d) When they told her
6. What is Johnny's last name?
a) Houseman
b) Castle
c) Swayze
d) Kellerman
7. What song is Baby practicing to when she's outside alone?
a) Wipe out
b) Time of my Life
c) Love is Strange
d) Overload
8. What does Baby say to Johnny when they get in the car to go practice lifts?
a) I love you
b) You're crazy
c) You're wild!
d) I hate you
9. What song are Baby and Johnny dancing to when Neil walks in?
a) Baby
b) I Had The Time of My Life
c) Loverboy
d) Love is Strange
10. What is the first song Johnny and Baby dance to?
a) Loveman
b) You Are My Baby
c) Wipeout
d) Love is Strange
11. What song does Johnny and Baby dance to at the final show?
a) She's Like the Wind
b) Where Are You Tonight
c) Time of My Life
d) You Don't Own Me
Answers
1 (c)
2 (a)
3 Brown
4 (c)
5 (a)
6 (b)
7 (a)
8 (c)
9 (d)
10(a)
11(c)
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