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...
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...
Week 45 11-5-21 “What to do for your dancing now” Changing Lives Through Dancing – by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Dance Center of Santa Monica, CA As we emerge from this global pandemic, dancing is back in swing again. In Santa Monica in LA County, we are fully masked and are mandated to have...
Week 40, 10-1-21 “It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes” Changing Lives Through Dancing – by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Dance Center of Santa Monica, CA “It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.” – John J. McCloy (1895 – 1989) American Lawyer and...
Week 38 9-17-21 “The Friendship of Arthur Murray” Changing Lives Through Dancing – by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Dance Center of Santa Monica, CA “Many a friendship — long, loyal, and self-sacrificing — rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.” – Frederick William Faber (1814 – 1863) English Priest and...
Week 31 7-30-21 “How to Find True Happiness” Changing Lives Through Dancing – by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Dance Center of Santa Monica, CA “True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) American Writer First, Helen Keller is listed as an American...
Week 30 7-23-21 “Keep Yourself Clean and Bright!” Changing Lives Through Dancing – by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Dance Center of Santa Monica, CA “Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.” – George Bernard Shaw (1856 –...
Week 28 7-9-21 “We Need a Renaissance of Wonder” Changing Lives Through Dancing – by David Woodbury “We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.” – E. Merrill Root (1895 – 1973)...
Week 27 7-2-21 “Preach a Better Sermon” “You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.” – Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish Writer During the pandemic, and now the blessed recovery, I have seen a certain type of person throughout my own experience. These are the ones who were leaders and...
Week 27 6-25-21 “What Can I Learn Dancing at Arthur Murray?” Changing Lives Through Dancing You may be thinking about coming to take lessons at Arthur Murray Santa Monica. Perhaps you’re ready to return as restrictions have been lifted (we are still very careful). Why should you get started and what can you learn? First,...
