Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica It’s time to dance. Our phones are ringing and ringing with calls saying, “I want to do something NEW in my life”. Students are coming in to have fun, fitness, learn to dance, and have a bit of social connection. The first...
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“Preparing for 2023!”
December 16, 2022 “Preparing for 2023!” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica Where did the last few years go? Were you ready for 2020, 2021 or even this year 2022? I love to be ready and plan for the new year. All the fantastic dancing events at Arthur Murray....
“My Morning and Evening”
Week 21 5-20-22 “My Morning and Evening” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica “Remember, it will get better.” – David Earl Woodbury (1956 – ) Dance Professional Recently I was on a wonderful Zoom meeting with the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. It was a New Member Orientation. We had...
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive”
Week 17 4-22-22 “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.” – Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) Scottish Novelist When covid arrived and...
“…gain strength, courage, and confidence…”
Week 12 3-18-22 “…gain strength, courage, and confidence…” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962) the longest serving First Lady of the United States How many times have...
“Through Service We Grow”
Week 11 3-11-22 “Through Service We Grow” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury I cannot remember where this quote came to me, but I cannot get this out of my mind. My father lived a life of service. My ballroom dance teachers, who are older than I am (I’m almost 66), live...
“Love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe”
Week 10 3-4-22 “Love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury “We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and that at the eleventh hour something gloriously triumphant...
“Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul”
Week 09 2-25-22 “Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul” Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury “Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is hard to achieve, especially in...
” When one door of happiness closes, another opens”
Week 08 2-17-22 ” When one door of happiness closes, another opens” Changing Lives Through Dancing “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) American Writer...
“A hero is a man who does what he can.”
Week 07 2-11-22 “A hero is a man who does what he can.” Changing Lives Through Dancing David Woodbury – Arthur Murray Santa Monica, CA “A hero is a man who does what he can.” – Romain Rolland (1866 – 1944) French dramatist My dad, Troy D. Woodbury, Sr. was my hero. When Daddy...