Margery and I taught ballroom dance classes to the 7th graders at Chester Academy as part of their annual “Supersize Me” program. The event is aimed at showing the kids that there are more ways to exercise than just going to the gym as well as presenting them with other options for a healthy lifestyle. We taught both classes salsa, merengue and swing, all high energy dances that gave them enjoyable alternatives for exercise.
The classes also included two children who are students at the Manchester Arthur Murray studio. Tory Smith and Dorianne Belair have been coming to the studio for about two years now and each helped show their classmates the benefits of ballroom dancing. Even the faculty seemed to enjoy the dancing and told us how impressed they were with how easily we were able to help the children learn the basics of these dances. This was our second year participating in this event and we can’t wait to go back next year!
Andy