Switching to Wednesday evening!

I have had really small attendance to the Saturday morning class. I know the holidays make it hard but I decided to make a change to try and increase attendance since I have to pay studio rental. We're going to move class to Wednesday nights at 8:30-same location. We'll start this next week (so no Saturday class this week). This is a much more similar time frame to my old class so I'm hoping we'll get a lot of the old crew back together so we can have our weekly party! See you guys next week!

The Great, the Good, and the Bad

First of all-the great:
I have my first paying gig!! I'm subbing for two classes next Saturday and the week after. I am really excited! I can't wait to see how I do in a foreign environment with new people and actually getting paid for it. I feel like I'm a good instructor and that I make it fun, but I'm still really nervous. I hope this leads to something more regular. I'm looking forward to actually finally making some money on this. I've been teaching for free for five months and I love it, but a little $ will be nice.

The Good-well it's still Great, I just wanted a clever title:
Class was really fun tonight! I wasn't feeling well tonight and took a 2 1/2 hour nap after I got home from work. I ended up not having time for dinner so I chugged a breakfast drink and then my stomach was upset. This ended up with me at class, groggy and with a stomach ache, but excited for class. You guys totally came through for me! I love seeing every smile and feeling your energy. It makes me so happy to know people are enjoying my class. It's also amazing to hear the feedback that people give me. Our record so far for the number of people in one class is 54! That is beyond my wildest dreams!

The Bad:
A while ago I was told that someone in my stake viewed some of class as inappropriate. I have worked really hard to keep my class true to Zumba, but appropriate for the setting. There are a lot of songs I have skipped and moves I have tweaked, but Zumba is still Zumba. There are shimmys, booty shaking, and some crunches (that are pretty much like a hip trust.) These moves are very useful in toning specific parts of the body and I try to explain why we do certain moves. Apparently someone still was upset with my class and went to their high counselman. There was a meeting in my stake to see if I'm doing inappropriate things. A woman from my stake came to class tonight and thought my class was fine, which made me feel better. The main thing that bothers me is that I don't know what they were bothered by and they didn't come to me. If there is a particular song or move that bothers you, PLEASE send me an email or leave an anonymous comment and I am more than happy to tweak things to make them better. Having someone complain about me where I can't help resolve the issue or defend myself makes me feel blindsided. I feel like I put a lot of work into this class and when there are problems like this it makes me feel like throwing my hands in the air and just saying "forget it." But don't worry, for now I'm still here. :) I've gone through my stages of dealing with stuff. I 1. brush it off, 2. cry, 3. get mad, 4. move on. I'm in the move on stage and I'll be there next week with some new songs!

Thanks for letting me rant. I love you guys to pieces and thank you so much for supporting me and giving me all your feedback. You make me so happy!!


PS-there is an AWESOME event at the Orem Fitness Center on April 30th. It is Ladies Night! It is free for ladies 16 and up and no guys are allowed. There will be Zumba for 1 1/2 hours with three instructors, free food, massages, and lots of other stuff. I goes from 7-10pm, and Zumba is from 8-9:30 pm. It's going to be amazing!

PPS-The playlist from tonight was as follows:
Abusadora - Zumba
New Low - Middle Class Rut
Cumbia Arabe - Zumba
Jai Ho! - A.R. Rahman
La Vida Es Un Carnaval - Zumba
Evacuate the Dancefloor - Cascada
Na Pona do Pe - Zumba
Waka Waka - Shakira
Zeina - Zumba
Forget You - Glee Cast
Pegate - Grupo Treo
La Tortura - Shakira
Hokey Pokey - The Puppies
A La Nena Le Gusta - Zumba
Telephone - Lady Gaga
Say Hey - Michael Franti & Spearhead
Firework - Katy Perry

Regulars, Newbies, Veterans, and everything in between

Whether you are brand new or a Zumba veteran, thank you for coming to my class!! We had another 39 people there tonight. I love seeing repeat faces because I take it a positive review of past classes. I know I make my fair share of mistakes in each and every class but you guys hang with me and I really appreciate it. I don't want you guys to get bored of the same songs so I switch it up fairly often and then I get a little lost sometimes. Sorry!!! I love you guys to death!

I've drawn a bit of a blank when it comes to new warm up/cool down songs so if you have any suggestions, throw them my way!

I know you've heard my schpeel about my up-and-coming derby league. I'm planning a Zumba fundraiser for my derby league. It is going to be in Orem at SweatyChix. The time and date is TBA but I am really excited. A large portion of the proceeds will go directly to my AWESOME derby league to get us up and running. So look for dates and future announcements. I'll probably get some raffle ticket and give away some Zumba gear. It's going to be a total party!!

Thanks for sweating with me today everyone. You rock my world!!!