Summer: the season for massive improvement!!!

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To the competitors out there. Summer is around the corner, spring semester is over for the college kids, and high school is almost out for summer break. There aren’t a lot of competitions over the summer, so guess what?! It’s the season for you to make massive improvements in your dancing!!!

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Ballroom Competition Trainer iOS app

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About a year ago, I spent a lot of time developing 8 sets of rounds music: some with 1m30s songs, some with 1m50s songs, and of course with different songs in each set of rounds. Well, a year later and Kayla and I are still practicing to the same set of rounds music. What started as a nice variety has turned into monotony – “ugh, not these songs again!” :-/

I wanted to make an app for my iPhone that would create rounds playlists on the fly, but I didn’t want to buy a Mac and shell out a hundred bucks for a developer account, so I just waited. Surely someone would make something like this. The dance community is full of creative, smart, and resourceful people, so i knew it was only a matter of time. Finally in a thread I was following on Dance Forums, App for Automatically Cutting Rounds, Krogholm delivered exactly what I was waiting for.

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This product is a life saver!

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I turn 30 next month. In fact, my wife and my coach are also turning 30 soon too. Our birthdays are all within 15 days of each other. We’ve all agreed to do some crazy things this year. We’re definitely going sky diving. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Those of you that have known me for a while, know that I played soccer pretty seriously before taking up dancing. A long history of injuries from playing soccer and now 11 years of dancing on hardwood is really adding up, and my knees and shoulders are constantly bothering me. Read More »

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March video roundup

Here are a few hair and makeup videos for the ladies that I’ve already shared on our Facebook page and a few featuring fellow amateur competitor Jana. Enjoy! Read More »

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Better Communication: The 5 Love Languages

My lovely dancing aunt shared a link on Facebook a while ago with with the comment “Better communication… :) ”. A lot of the things she shares are pretty interesting, so I checked it out. The link was to a website for the The 5 Love Languages. I heard about the book “The 5 Love Languages: the Secret to Love That Lasts” on a radio show and was intrigued by the premise. On the website http://www.5lovelanguages.com, there is a link to a short quiz you can take to determine your “love language” (basically, this is your emotional communication preference). This knowledge is meant to help you in your relationships with your spouse, your children, and your family, but… why not… why not your dance partner? So here’s my suggestion – take the quiz, have your significant other take the quiz, if you have children have them take the quiz, AND have your dance partner take the quiz.

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