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Whether you are looking for social dance lessons to get ready for a great first dance at your wedding, or want to learn just for the pleasure of it, or just want to do something unusual while exploring this beautiful part of the northwest, we offer fun private dance lessons in the Columbia River Gorge area.   We would love to teach you how to dance with confidence in any of our favorite styles: Slow Dance, Foxtrot, Waltz, Savoy style Swing, or Cuban style Salsa

A little background: We've been teaching Social Dance group classes and private dance lessons for the last 10 years.  In fact we've taught and studied dance all over the world: USA, Japan, Singapore, India, Sweden, and even Cuba.  We even placed 3rd and 2nd in the 2 years we competed at the US Open Swing Dance Championships.   

With 2 young kids (see below) we thought we'd settle down a bit.  So we've moved to a 20 acre parcel in Southern Washington between Trout Lake and White Salmon (near Hood River) - about 1 hour east of Portland.  We will soon be available to teach private dance lessons at our new home, but until then we are happy to travel to you for your very own private dance instruction!

Since the nearest town, White Salmon, has the largest Glockenspiel west of the Mississippi, we have been thinking of offering a Bavarian themed dance-aerobics class at the local Church.  I'm curious to see how long it takes them to kick us out and put up a sign stating, "Thou shalt not bear Waltz Fitness".
(Did you see that coming?  Terribly sorry.)

Dance 'Studio' News

We're without a studio currently while Todd builds our new house.  Maybe in the mean time we'll get a big panel van, lay hardwood floors in the back...put up a disco ball...and head off to the various rural towns in the area on a rotating schedule!  Heck, we could just follow the bookmobile or a Taco stand around!  Oh the possibilities... "Would you like some, uh, Salsa with that Taco?"  It will be great!!  

All kidding aside, we are happy to come to your home and roll up the rug (or space of your choice).  We'll bring our music system with an iPod that stores our thousands of dance songs.  If you have a special song that we don't have, in most cases we can easily download the song from iTunes onto the iPod and be fully prepared before your first lesson.  You won't find an easier setup for private instruction anywhere.  

And also...

He's 3!!!  Our son Devon is now about three-o-five.  Very cute.  Very obedient.  Never cries.  Blows his own nose.  Cleans up after himself.  Makes dinner for us...and cleans the dishes.  Absolutely perfect child.  ...if only he'd stop publicly screaming and waving signs with such inflammatory anti-government statements.  It's just...embarrassing. (...maybe I should punish him for having Mad Banners?)

She's 0!!!  Our daughter Sophie was born on Dec 16th, 2006.   Happy, healthy and rather pink.  I'd tell you her birth weight, but she's sensitive about those things.  "It's very personal, Dad...and would you stop telling people how old I am??" 
I was kind of freaked out when I heard that.  ...but I'm a guy.  I don't always understand women.

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