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The more you do this, the easier and the harder it gets. Adapted from Jani Roberts at the 2009 Zumba Convention
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Hello Everyone! Welcome to another fabulous edition of the "Tidbits" e-newsletter, filled with the very latest in Queen City Dancing Queen news and events, plus my thoughts on dancing,enjoying life, and being healthy. As you may have heard, a huge group of QCDQ instructors went to the international Zumba Instructor Convention from Sept. 3-6. We had a great time- learned a lot, played a little and danced a TON!! Being at the convention, I was reminded of what it feels like to be a participant in a class with a new choreography, new teaching styles and new dance moves. I first had this realization at the Zumba Toning workshop on Friday. There were moves were so new and challenging that I couldn't fully work them and as a result, I had trouble giving the moves my full energy. I must not have been the only like this because one of the presenters Jani Roberts concluded the day with a message that went something like this, "The more you do this, the easier and the harder it gets". This totally made sense to me and it reminded me of how it must feel to be a new participant with QCDQ.
To explain, let's follow the imaginary QCDQ path of a made-up participant who we will call "Fancy". Let's say Fancy comes to class for the first time. After class her comment to me is "It was fun, but it was a little hard to follow all the steps." In translation: The steps, moves or choreography were perceived as hard, but the workout was perceived as relatively easy. Otherwise she would have said, "It kicked my butt! I don't think I'll be able to walk tomorrow." Okay, so Fancy comes back to class for a few more weeks and then after class one day, she comments, "You kicked our butts today, Angie! Whew! I needed that!" In reality I had done mostly the same songs that I had done on Fancy's first day of class. The difference this time was that now that the steps were perceived as "easy", she was able to fully get into the songs, using energy, full range of motion, tight core, muscles engaged, and hence, the workout for her was "harder".
The lesson here I guess is twofold.
Lesson #1 If you area new QCDQ-er, hold on, keep coming to class, and don't give up because the moves will get "easier". If you want some help before or after class, feel free to ask an instructor or Jam Crew member to show you how to do a certain step. We will be happy to help you on your way.
Lesson#2 If you area long-time QCDQ-er, if you want to kick it up a notch, the power to increase your workout intensity (in other words, make it "harder) lies in your hands.
So, with dancing (and with many other things in life if I might add), you will see that the more you do it, the easier and the harder it gets.
Class Updates
What's all the Ruckus about? We have 2 new class locations for Concord and Harrisburg- the Ruckus House! Nicole Mattern will be teaching Zumba on Mondays and DanceOut! on Thursdays at 6:30 PM at the Ruckus House in Concord. It is located in the Moss Creek Subdivision (Off Hwy 73- not far from our original location of Fire Station 9).And for those of you who jam with Demetria Brittingham on Saturday mornings,her class is now at the Ruckus House in Harrisburg. It's about 2 minutes north of the old location KOPA (located past the Bloom shopping center). We're very excited about these new locations and hope to see you all there every week! Thanks to everyone who came out to the "New Location Celebrations" this past week and thank you to Ruckus House for providing us with the new fabulous class venues!
New Class in Cramerton! Gina Moody had her first Cramerton DanceOut last week and we had a full house. Thanks to everyone who came out! We hope to see all of you on a weekly basis!! For those of you that didn't make it, check it out! The location is very convenient.. (for those teachers out there it is right across the street from the Rader Center.) Let's get it going peeps!!!
Welcome Katherine Walker to the QCDQ instructor team! Kat has officially taken over for our beloved Urban Shimmy instructor Gaby (who is now in the Netherlands getting her PhD in Economics!) Kat took some time to formally introduce herself to the QCDQ peeps and here is what she had to say:
Hi! My name is Katherine Walker but of course you can call me Kat. I'm a navy brat and don't consider myself "from" anywhere, but my family is from Puerto Rico. While in college at Florida State University, I saw the Zumba infomercials and thought "Man that looks fun!" but I was a heavy girl so I thought I couldn't do it. In 2007, I started attending a Zumba class at my local gym and that instructor told me I had to become certified. I've loved teaching Zumba ever since! I've never been formally trained in dance, but Latin music is in my blood! It's been an incredible journey. Being a nurse brought me to Charlotte but the incredible people at QCDQ kept me here! If you'd like to drop me a line, you can email me at kat@queencitydancingqueen.com.
Dance Action needed!!! Guys and girls- While you know we love to jam with you week in and week out whether there are 5, 10, 20, 30 or 60 people there, it's no secret that the party really gets rockin' the more of you that are there! We want to keep all of our classes on the schedule, but we also have to look at the demand and make decisions about our class schedule based on your feedback and also your attendance. We really need to boost attendance at 3 locations in particular- one in each of the counties we serve. These are First in Flight Gym in Gastonia, Greater Galilee Baptist Church in Charlotte and NY*C in Concord. As a special incentive, for a limited time we are going to offer a SUPER QCDQ DEAL on 5, 10 and 20 class cards at these locations. You will receive huge savings when you buy a "GOLD" class card at these locations. The "GOLD" class card will only be able to be used at the location at which it was purchased. Because these savings are so HUGE, with the Gold Card, you will not be able to receive regular Dance Fanatic or Jam Crew Rewards. Check out these huge savings:
$20 for a 5 Class Gold Card— Save $15 off regular price!!!
$40 for a 10 Class Gold Card— Save $20 off regular price!!!
$75 for a 20 Class Gold Card— Save $25 off regular price!!! (only at FIF)
We would also love to hear your feedback regarding these classes too and see what the wise QCDQ peeps can enlighten us with. The instructors for these classes are ready to dance with you, so let's figure out what we can do to make this happen. So if you have EVER attended class at any of these locations, we would like to have your feedback. Please click on the links provided to give your 2 cents.
First in Flight Gym in Gastonia Survey
Greater Galilee Baptist Church in Charlotte Survey
NY*C Dance & Tumble in Concord Survey
Instructor Trainees & New Classes. As you know we have a whole crew of new instructors that will be taking on new classes very soon!!! This is very exciting for everyone and we want to make sure we are giving you want you want. Keep in mind that while it is not possible to accommodate everyone's preferences all the time, if there is a large enough request for any one class, location or time we will of course take this into consideration. So, if you would like to fill out a new class survey to guide us as we put on new classes, we would love to hear you out!
New choreography
1. "Don't stop" by Zumba. A spectacularly fast samba choreographed by Tanya Beardsley from the latest ZIN.
2. "If" by Janet Jackson. Choreographed by Erica Butler and Gina Moody, heavily inspired by the memorable video. Bringin' it back to the90's with some Janet!
3. "Shawty get loose" by Lil Mama. Choreographed in collaboration with Gina Moody, Erica Butler and Sue McDaniel.
4. "Bora Bora" byArash. An Urban Shimmy-type song that I looooooove. Choreographed by TanyaBeardsley from the latest ZIN. (P.S.Tanya was inspired by our Beware of the Boys arms!!!)
5. "Jump" by Flo Rida and Nelly Furtado. A new Hit It song choreographed by Sara Bremer and Megan Paul. When I say jump, you say "HOW HIGH?" P.S. If you don't say, "HOW HIGH?" we get sad.
6. "Diva" by Beyonce. This is choreographed, but have not busted itout yet... Be on the lookout!
Also please let's all give a big QCDQ to Jenny Noto (aka J-No) who updated the song list for us. It is now up to date if you would like to see what songs we've been doing and download them for yourself. Click here to view the song list. Yeah!!!!!!
That's all for now folks! On behalf of the entire QCDQ fabulous instructor team, we hope to see you in class very soon andvery often!!!!!
Besos,
Angie
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QCDQ at the Southern Women's Show!!
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The Southern Women's Show is back in town from now until this Sunday. And the QCDQ instructor team will be performing at the Southern Women's Show THIS SATURDAY September 19 at 1:00 pm! We want you be in the audience and dance with us!!! If you've been to class this week, we've been giving away free tickets to the show. But if you didn't win, don't let that stop you from coming. Click here to print your $2 off Admission Price Coupon. Feel free to come dressed in your street clothes or in your QCDQ and/or Zumbawear. If people see you dressed in your regular clothes and dancing with us, that might get them dancing too. Or if you wear your QCDQ clothes, maybe you'd like to volunteer to hand out QCDQ flyers or help with some games. If you are interested in helping out with the demo, please email Sara ASAP sara@queencitydancingqueen.com. No matter what...we just want to see you there and have you dance with us!(By the way, Arthur Murray is doing a presentation at 12:45, so you might want to get to the main stage (aka 107.9 The Link Fashion and Entertainment Stage) by around 12:30 pm to make sure you get a spot)
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Past Events & Demos
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Back to School Bash. On August 14, QCDQ held a Back-to-School bash at First Ward Rec Center.Over 70 people attended event packed with 90 minutes of booty movin'and hip shakin' fun. This extended class featured 20 minutes each of Zumba, Hit It, Urban Shimmy and Dance Out.Participants had a chance tosee the instructors in training workin' it upfront with the rest of the QCDQ instructor team. We collected a TON of school supplies to benefit A Better World-a local non profit organization that helps kids in need to stay on track with their education.Thanks to all of you for participating and for helping these kids get the things they need to go back to school. We also asked you to dress up in your most fabulous P.E. uniform. The winner of our costume contest was Crystal Wetter, with an honorable mention to Dave Shearer! Be sure to check out our Facebook group page for a fantastic album of pictures from the event.
Tot Trade Demo. QCDQ went to the Tot Trade Show at the Cabarrus Events and Arena on August 15 to show moms what we're all about! The demo included song favorites such as "Mi Chica Sexy" and"Fire Burnin." Thanks to all of you for participating!
Charlotte Roller Girls Derby Demo. We had 18 people show up for our Charlotte Roller Girl demo-and we rocked the house! If you are on Facebook check out the videos posted on the QCDQ fan page.The "Booty Battle" was of course, a crowd favorite.Thanks to everyone who danced with us both in the arena and in the audience! Big huge thanks to Chauna and Mark Gildersleeve who got it all on tape and on Youtube! Click to see Demo 1 and Demo 2!
TV update. We're still waiting to hear when the show that our QCDQ instructor team and some of Jam Crew members taped at the Public Access Studio in June will air. I will be sending out an email as soon as I hear anything!
Zumba Convention Recap. Inall, there were 8 QCDQ instructors at the Zumba Convention- Gina Moody,Lisa Burke, Kyle Evans, Nicole Mattern, Demetria Brittingham &Stacy Currie. We did workshops specializing inSalsa, Reggaeton, Samba, Belly, Bhangra, Hip Hop, African, Zumba Kids,Zumba Toning, and Aqua Zumba. Most of us werelucky enough to meet and speak with the amazing presenters, and somelucky ones(ahem Demetria Brittingham) got solo pictures with Beto, thecreator of Zumba! We were inspired with the new ideas and moves and we can't wait to break out some of the new stuff. Be on the lookout for this move in particular—"Clap,Clap, Clap—Move your head, Move your head"!!!
Other Tidbits
1. In memory of Patrick Swayze... "Nobody puts Baby in a corner". Here is the final scene from my all time favorite movie "Dirty Dancing". Enjoy.
2. Angel McGee one of our faithful participants is selling cookbooks to help offset the cost of medical bills for her husband who has been fighting cancer for several years. The cookbooks contain family recipes and tips for some delicious meals and they have inspirational quotes and poems. Angel has her cookbooks at Gina Moody's Tuesday Beginning Moves and at Thursday's DanceOut! in Cramerton.
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The more you do this, the easier and the harder it gets. Adapted from Jani Roberts at the 2009 Zumba Convention
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Hello Everyone! Welcome to another fabulous edition of the "Tidbits" e-newsletter, filled with the very latest in Queen City Dancing Queen news and events, plus my thoughts on dancing,enjoying life, and being healthy. As you may have heard, a huge group of QCDQ instructors went to the international Zumba Instructor Convention from Sept. 3-6. We had a great time- learned a lot, played a little and danced a TON!! Being at the convention, I was reminded of what it feels like to be a participant in a class with a new choreography, new teaching styles and new dance moves. I first had this realization at the Zumba Toning workshop on Friday. There were moves were so new and challenging that I couldn't fully work them and as a result, I had trouble giving the moves my full energy. I must not have been the only like this because one of the presenters Jani Roberts concluded the day with a message that went something like this, "The more you do this, the easier and the harder it gets". This totally made sense to me and it reminded me of how it must feel to be a new participant with QCDQ.
To explain, let's follow the imaginary QCDQ path of a made-up participant who we will call "Fancy". Let's say Fancy comes to class for the first time. After class her comment to me is "It was fun, but it was a little hard to follow all the steps." In translation: The steps, moves or choreography were perceived as hard, but the workout was perceived as relatively easy. Otherwise she would have said, "It kicked my butt! I don't think I'll be able to walk tomorrow." Okay, so Fancy comes back to class for a few more weeks and then after class one day, she comments, "You kicked our butts today, Angie! Whew! I needed that!" In reality I had done mostly the same songs that I had done on Fancy's first day of class. The difference this time was that now that the steps were perceived as "easy", she was able to fully get into the songs, using energy, full range of motion, tight core, muscles engaged, and hence, the workout for her was "harder".
The lesson here I guess is twofold.
Lesson #1 If you area new QCDQ-er, hold on, keep coming to class, and don't give up because the moves will get "easier". If you want some help before or after class, feel free to ask an instructor or Jam Crew member to show you how to do a certain step. We will be happy to help you on your way.
Lesson#2 If you area long-time QCDQ-er, if you want to kick it up a notch, the power to increase your workout intensity (in other words, make it "harder) lies in your hands.
So, with dancing (and with many other things in life if I might add), you will see that the more you do it, the easier and the harder it gets.
Class Updates
What's all the Ruckus about? We have 2 new class locations for Concord and Harrisburg- the Ruckus House! Nicole Mattern will be teaching Zumba on Mondays and DanceOut! on Thursdays at 6:30 PM at the Ruckus House in Concord. It is located in the Moss Creek Subdivision (Off Hwy 73- not far from our original location of Fire Station 9).And for those of you who jam with Demetria Brittingham on Saturday mornings,her class is now at the Ruckus House in Harrisburg. It's about 2 minutes north of the old location KOPA (located past the Bloom shopping center). We're very excited about these new locations and hope to see you all there every week! Thanks to everyone who came out to the "New Location Celebrations" this past week and thank you to Ruckus House for providing us with the new fabulous class venues!
New Class in Cramerton! Gina Moody had her first Cramerton DanceOut last week and we had a full house. Thanks to everyone who came out! We hope to see all of you on a weekly basis!! For those of you that didn't make it, check it out! The location is very convenient.. (for those teachers out there it is right across the street from the Rader Center.) Let's get it going peeps!!!
Welcome Katherine Walker to the QCDQ instructor team! Kat has officially taken over for our beloved Urban Shimmy instructor Gaby (who is now in the Netherlands getting her PhD in Economics!) Kat took some time to formally introduce herself to the QCDQ peeps and here is what she had to say:
Hi! My name is Katherine Walker but of course you can call me Kat. I'm a navy brat and don't consider myself "from" anywhere, but my family is from Puerto Rico. While in college at Florida State University, I saw the Zumba infomercials and thought "Man that looks fun!" but I was a heavy girl so I thought I couldn't do it. In 2007, I started attending a Zumba class at my local gym and that instructor told me I had to become certified. I've loved teaching Zumba ever since! I've never been formally trained in dance, but Latin music is in my blood! It's been an incredible journey. Being a nurse brought me to Charlotte but the incredible people at QCDQ kept me here! If you'd like to drop me a line, you can email me at kat@queencitydancingqueen.com.
Dance Action needed!!! Guys and girls- While you know we love to jam with you week in and week out whether there are 5, 10, 20, 30 or 60 people there, it's no secret that the party really gets rockin' the more of you that are there! We want to keep all of our classes on the schedule, but we also have to look at the demand and make decisions about our class schedule based on your feedback and also your attendance. We really need to boost attendance at 3 locations in particular- one in each of the counties we serve. These are First in Flight Gym in Gastonia, Greater Galilee Baptist Church in Charlotte and NY*C in Concord. As a special incentive, for a limited time we are going to offer a SUPER QCDQ DEAL on 5, 10 and 20 class cards at these locations. You will receive huge savings when you buy a "GOLD" class card at these locations. The "GOLD" class card will only be able to be used at the location at which it was purchased. Because these savings are so HUGE, with the Gold Card, you will not be able to receive regular Dance Fanatic or Jam Crew Rewards. Check out these huge savings:
$20 for a 5 Class Gold Card— Save $15 off regular price!!!
$40 for a 10 Class Gold Card— Save $20 off regular price!!!
$75 for a 20 Class Gold Card— Save $25 off regular price!!! (only at FIF)
We would also love to hear your feedback regarding these classes too and see what the wise QCDQ peeps can enlighten us with. The instructors for these classes are ready to dance with you, so let's figure out what we can do to make this happen. So if you have EVER attended class at any of these locations, we would like to have your feedback. Please click on the links provided to give your 2 cents.
First in Flight Gym in Gastonia Survey
Greater Galilee Baptist Church in Charlotte Survey
NY*C Dance & Tumble in Concord Survey
Instructor Trainees & New Classes. As you know we have a whole crew of new instructors that will be taking on new classes very soon!!! This is very exciting for everyone and we want to make sure we are giving you want you want. Keep in mind that while it is not possible to accommodate everyone's preferences all the time, if there is a large enough request for any one class, location or time we will of course take this into consideration. So, if you would like to fill out a new class survey to guide us as we put on new classes, we would love to hear you out!
New choreography
1. "Don't stop" by Zumba. A spectacularly fast samba choreographed by Tanya Beardsley from the latest ZIN.
2. "If" by Janet Jackson. Choreographed by Erica Butler and Gina Moody, heavily inspired by the memorable video. Bringin' it back to the90's with some Janet!
3. "Shawty get loose" by Lil Mama. Choreographed in collaboration with Gina Moody, Erica Butler and Sue McDaniel.
4. "Bora Bora" byArash. An Urban Shimmy-type song that I looooooove. Choreographed by TanyaBeardsley from the latest ZIN. (P.S.Tanya was inspired by our Beware of the Boys arms!!!)
5. "Jump" by Flo Rida and Nelly Furtado. A new Hit It song choreographed by Sara Bremer and Megan Paul. When I say jump, you say "HOW HIGH?" P.S. If you don't say, "HOW HIGH?" we get sad.
6. "Diva" by Beyonce. This is choreographed, but have not busted itout yet... Be on the lookout!
Also please let's all give a big QCDQ to Jenny Noto (aka J-No) who updated the song list for us. It is now up to date if you would like to see what songs we've been doing and download them for yourself. Click here to view the song list. Yeah!!!!!!
That's all for now folks! On behalf of the entire QCDQ fabulous instructor team, we hope to see you in class very soon andvery often!!!!!
Besos,
Angie
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QCDQ at the Southern Women's Show!!
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The Southern Women's Show is back in town from now until this Sunday. And the QCDQ instructor team will be performing at the Southern Women's Show THIS SATURDAY September 19 at 1:00 pm! We want you be in the audience and dance with us!!! If you've been to class this week, we've been giving away free tickets to the show. But if you didn't win, don't let that stop you from coming. Click here to print your $2 off Admission Price Coupon. Feel free to come dressed in your street clothes or in your QCDQ and/or Zumbawear. If people see you dressed in your regular clothes and dancing with us, that might get them dancing too. Or if you wear your QCDQ clothes, maybe you'd like to volunteer to hand out QCDQ flyers or help with some games. If you are interested in helping out with the demo, please email Sara ASAP sara@queencitydancingqueen.com. No matter what...we just want to see you there and have you dance with us!(By the way, Arthur Murray is doing a presentation at 12:45, so you might want to get to the main stage (aka 107.9 The Link Fashion and Entertainment Stage) by around 12:30 pm to make sure you get a spot)
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Past Events & Demos
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Back to School Bash. On August 14, QCDQ held a Back-to-School bash at First Ward Rec Center.Over 70 people attended event packed with 90 minutes of booty movin'and hip shakin' fun. This extended class featured 20 minutes each of Zumba, Hit It, Urban Shimmy and Dance Out.Participants had a chance tosee the instructors in training workin' it upfront with the rest of the QCDQ instructor team. We collected a TON of school supplies to benefit A Better World-a local non profit organization that helps kids in need to stay on track with their education.Thanks to all of you for participating and for helping these kids get the things they need to go back to school. We also asked you to dress up in your most fabulous P.E. uniform. The winner of our costume contest was Crystal Wetter, with an honorable mention to Dave Shearer! Be sure to check out our Facebook group page for a fantastic album of pictures from the event.
Tot Trade Demo. QCDQ went to the Tot Trade Show at the Cabarrus Events and Arena on August 15 to show moms what we're all about! The demo included song favorites such as "Mi Chica Sexy" and"Fire Burnin." Thanks to all of you for participating!
Charlotte Roller Girls Derby Demo. We had 18 people show up for our Charlotte Roller Girl demo-and we rocked the house! If you are on Facebook check out the videos posted on the QCDQ fan page.The "Booty Battle" was of course, a crowd favorite.Thanks to everyone who danced with us both in the arena and in the audience! Big huge thanks to Chauna and Mark Gildersleeve who got it all on tape and on Youtube! Click to see Demo 1 and Demo 2!
TV update. We're still waiting to hear when the show that our QCDQ instructor team and some of Jam Crew members taped at the Public Access Studio in June will air. I will be sending out an email as soon as I hear anything!
Zumba Convention Recap. Inall, there were 8 QCDQ instructors at the Zumba Convention- Gina Moody,Lisa Burke, Kyle Evans, Nicole Mattern, Demetria Brittingham &Stacy Currie. We did workshops specializing inSalsa, Reggaeton, Samba, Belly, Bhangra, Hip Hop, African, Zumba Kids,Zumba Toning, and Aqua Zumba. Most of us werelucky enough to meet and speak with the amazing presenters, and somelucky ones(ahem Demetria Brittingham) got solo pictures with Beto, thecreator of Zumba! We were inspired with the new ideas and moves and we can't wait to break out some of the new stuff. Be on the lookout for this move in particular—"Clap,Clap, Clap—Move your head, Move your head"!!!
Other Tidbits
1. In memory of Patrick Swayze... "Nobody puts Baby in a corner". Here is the final scene from my all time favorite movie "Dirty Dancing". Enjoy.
2. Angel McGee one of our faithful participants is selling cookbooks to help offset the cost of medical bills for her husband who has been fighting cancer for several years. The cookbooks contain family recipes and tips for some delicious meals and they have inspirational quotes and poems. Angel has her cookbooks at Gina Moody's Tuesday Beginning Moves and at Thursday's DanceOut! in Cramerton.
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Hugs to all,
Ang
Angie Acosta
Owner and Head Instructor
Queen City Dancing Queen
www.queencitydancingqueen.com
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