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WHY DANCE !

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  WHY DANCE ! You are important. If you look after yourself, you are better able to look after others. If your stay healthy and strong, others can rely on you. Dancing is one of the ways you can stay more healthy. You are born with the ability to move rhythmically. The basic steps of social Ballroom & Latin dancing and Line dancing are simple. I have heard from so many that they have two left feet. My reply is that it doesn't matter if you have two left feet, you just need to know where to put them.  There are many different kinds of sport you can do to increase your health, be it football, bowls or running etc. While sports oftan focus on competitive performance, dancing offers a 'sustainable' form of exercise because it is oftan enjoyed rather than tolorated.  What good does it do : A sign that was posted in my mother's, Pat Dougall, dance studio for 30 years. I regularly receive messages asking after my classes,saying I am 55 or 75, as if that were a hindrance. T...

How I Choreograph A Wedding Dance

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  How I Choreograph A Wedding Dance                                                                                                             Author : Peta-Jane Dougall Before I start to choreo a wedding dance routine, I ask the Bride-To-Be for the exact song that they are going to play on their wedding day - preferably a direct link to YouTube. I then download it and put it on a stick to play on my speaker. The reason I am so particular is that there can be be quite a few versions of the same song ...