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Testimonials
Hi Skippy,
I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that both Regina Burke and
I made Semi-Finals at SwingDiego after taking your Intensive. I am
continuing to put in the mileage and it is showing up in my dancing. I want
to personally thank you for all that you do and look forward to seeing you
at Jack n Jill O'rama.
Sincerely,
-- Vinh Mines 5-21-12 San Diego, CA
Hi Skippy! This is Aly. I attended your intensive in January. I just wanted to say thank you for such an informative week. Your intensive gave me more confidence, not only in my own dancing but in dance itself. Having more knowledge about coordination, music, and timing, as well as proper foot positions for basic patterns impacted my ability to teach and to dance. I left feeling empowered....
I just want to say thank you. Thank you
for sharing your knowledge of dance with me. It has truly made a difference in
my life! ======================================================== Skippy, ...I didn't get a chance to say thank you for all the work that went into the
WCS 101 classes this week. Personally, I found it very valuable to spend the
necessary time reviewing in detail both the leader and the follower's parts for
the most important basic WCS patterns. A lot of "fuzzy" areas were made more
clear, and some areas of blockage I have been experiencing are now removed. It
is always helpful when having a conversation with someone in a foreign language
to understand fully the grammar and vocabulary of the language the other is
speaking. I wish everyone I danced with shared the same knowledge base in West
Coast Swing dance. What better conversations we would all have together!
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Aloha Skippy
Thank you for a great intensive, it was very
informative, challenging and fun - Wyatt 5/26/09
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5/14/09 - Aloha e Skippy, Thank you so much for the intensive. I enjoyed it
thoroughly, and you are an absolute delight. Your thrill and excitement about
dancing is wonderful to be around. Thank you for sharing so many of your years
of dance enthusiasm to the world. It’s a blessing to us that you are still out
there teaching. And I appreciate you making the trip out to Hawai` You are a
bubbly bundle of joy who will forever stay etched in my mind! Until the next
time
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gift to the swing world you are! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/27/09 - I just wanted to drop a quick note to say how much I
enjoyed the Monterey intensive. It was my second intensive and I loved every
minute of it. Many Thanks.
You are an inspiration for me. You are my mentor. You keep
going and going and going. I am only 60 and have to surround myself with
these young dancers who have embraced the music I know and love. It's
heartwarming to see them improvise so naturally.
Janis Kenyon
Buenos Aires, Argentina 10/24/08
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I used your “walk like a dancer” article in a workshop I facilitated this afternoon. The workshop was 75 people who are professional trainers and teachers in early childhood education. My session was part of a two-day seminar on how to enhance their teaching and training skills.
I will be using it every time
I teach my public speaking workshops.
I'm sure one of these times I will be back for "more Skippy" at your summer
intensive. That was such a great experience for me and a real turning point
for me in my dancing. I still use many of the learnings I took away from that
first intensive I attended and I have tried to do my part to make sure that my
students are learning the right things about WCS and about dance in general.
Nancy, Chicago, IL
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"I hope all is
wonderful in your world and you are well. You are such a big part of why I
love this dance and what this dance brings to me. Thank you for that and for
so many other things!
Love to you, Blake Hobby 11/9/07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You are a wonder and my role model! You
have made the biggest
impact on my life and career. Without
you, I may have never
started teaching. Thank you so very
much.
Love ya...
Debbie Lynn
dancewithdebbie@comcast.net
11/2/07
HI SKIPPY, February 9, 2007
....I WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW WONDERFUL THE MONTEREY INTENSIVE WAS. I
LOVED HAVING A SMALL CLASS AND GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE. LATER DURING THE
CONVENTION WE WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER WITH A GREAT SENSE OF
CAMARADERIE. I NOW HAVE A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF DANCE FRIENDS.... Dear Skippy, September 19, 2006 My main reason for writing is merely to thank you for all you have done. Your Intensive provided the framework to accelerate my understanding of movement, timing, and count. You helped me keep my instructors accountable, not just for what they do, but for what they teach. You helped catalogue and create a dancers vocabulary. You powers of observation and understanding lead to the rolling count and creation of your Universal Unit System. The tools you have provided will be used by generations of educators and dancers to come. Thank you for being dedicated to your love, craft, and the education of others. Be well my friend, Sincerely and always, Bruce A. Levy, M.D./Houston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Skippy and all your wonderful staff: I just want to thank everyone for making my trip to LA from New Zealand so fabulous! Your Intensive was so incredibly informative and so worth the long trip!!! I am hoping to use some of the information from the Universal Unit System and WCS I have been learning about, for one of my final research papers, for my Bachelor Degree of Dance. I am looking forward to seeing you all again by the end of the year! Thank You, again for all the inspiration and confidence you've giving me, knowledge you've shared with me, and reinforcing how much more I have to learn, and I'll never stop learning, life is such a wonderful journey! Cheers, Natalie, New Zealand -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hi Skippy,
I'm Steve from Colorado. I attended your workshops in Phoenix and I loved them.
You are soooo inspiring! and, Gracious! I plan on attending your intensive next summer.
Love To DANCE, Sincerely,
Steve
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Skippy 7/4/06 Just wanted to say I enjoyed your class immensely. You hold the missing link most people are searching for. Your knowledge determines the difference between dance steps and dancing. Once again your class was eye opening. I attached our photo hope you enjoy. Thanks again Skippy
Bernie Hi Skippy & Linda,
-11-05 Dear
Skippy,
August
08, 2005 3:10 PM First, keeping my "knob" back is amazing. I have found that it helps everything, from pulling my suitcase in the airport to singing in the car. What it does for my dancing is just short of miraculous!! Moves just seem to work, and turning and spinning are nearly effortless. I'm holding my solar plexus area with much more support than ever before. I've also noticed I feel more personally powerful and able to handle myself in situations. I don't think the effects of this stop with the physical... Second, you are absolutely right -- Rolling Count is magic. I can't believe the extra little moments it gives me to evaluate what the leader is doing. My following skills have gone up several notches! Tonight, several of the "good" guys were asking ME to dance, and leading all sorts of cool stuff that I was able to follow. I love this dance so much!!
Thank you so very much
for sharing your amazing Discoveries. ……. The hotel and location were just great and so convenient for eating and things close by. ( I am a travel agent as well, so I was really pleased when I knew we would be at a Marriott). I think you are an amazing woman and did a phenomenal job putting the event together. I know you didn't hear much from Bruce and I during the classes, but that is because we were listening, taking notes and taking it all in. …. the information and techniques you shared were clear and understood by both of us. Now,
digesting everything and putting them into practice is the new endeavor. :-)
We learned so many things from you………... so happy for the opportunity to have spent that time with you and received so much of your knowledge. As a teacher I believe if you aren’t learning, you aren't living, so I never get enough. I admire your stamina so much…… I just watched the video clip again of your dance at the reunion ball and it just fills me with emotion to see all of your talent in practice. Thanks for
putting your heart and soul into your love of dance and sharing it with others.
Warm regards, Dear Skippy, Aug. 2005 I want to thank you again for everything you
did to present a fantastic I have read and heard many times about the
Rolling Count, pulsing and I love doing West Coast Swing and since studying with you this summer, I love this dance even more. Thank you so much for what you have done to help me and all you do for all of us who are West Coast Swingaholics. God Bless You , Skippy Blair...and as we say in Chicago..."man o man o man...you're the bomb". Sincerely, I just wanted to say how happy I am to have attended the intensive - I was ready to stay another week! I still have a lot to go over from my notes, but I remembered so many little things that have already helped in my teaching. And everyone was so great. I really enjoyed meeting people from all over and seeing all the different styles, methods of teaching, etc. so I could keep improving my skills. I'm so amazed at the life you have lived and continue to live. You should be so proud of what you have accomplished and how many people you have inspired. I look forward to participating in the next intensive. Keep me posted on where you will be next.
Dawn Lara, Hi Skippy, 9/20/2005 Just received your Halloween Intensive info and links to photos from the 2005 Summer Intensive and Reunion Ball. I had such an amazing time. The experience was invigorating, intimidating and overwhelming at times, challenging, inspiring, and most of all fabulous. At times I just didn't think I could process any more information. But like everyone who attended, I persisted and rose to the occasion and so did my level of dance. For a beginner like myself, it was awe inspiring to be in the same room, watch, and dance with so many wonderful leads. I am so happy that I took the BIG STEP and attended. It was the best decision and has really made a huge difference in my dancing. Thank you for all that you do, for your patience and loving attention to detail, and for your focus and your dedication. What a blessing and a privilege it has been to have met you and be taught and critiqued by you. You inspire all of us to reach levels that we never knew we could attain. Thank you for enriching our lives. With love
and warmest aloha, _____________________________________________________________________ All my treadmill work and dancing has had the wonderful effect of helping me lose over 20 lbs since the intensive! Thank you so much for helping me re-discover my obsession with this dance!! Much love, P.S. I have been watching your DVD since this past summer's intensive--it's such a great resource to help tune up, and I'm sure I'll continue to use it for a long time. D. C. 10/22/05 _______________________________________________________________
Every time
I attend one of your events, I come home with new understanding, and do my best
to incorporate it. I also pass it on to my students, and others I look forward to seeing you at the US Open. Best wishes to you.
Patrick
Dickerson, Encinitas, CA __________________________________________________________
I've realized a strong sense of satisfaction with everything I've experienced
and discovered in the last few months with WCS. (I suppose I could say with
dance in general.)
I want to share with you how very happy I am that you produced and made
available to me the new video. Every time I watch it I learn something new or
relearn something old. It reminded me of how much I learned at the Intensive
this summer, and also just how much more I have to learn.
Kevin Boggs, Huntington Beach, CA 11/05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a quick note to tell you thanks…again. I come back from every intensive with more knowledge. My best to you, Patrick 5/06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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