"Floating" Dance Floor

[Spitfire]

What is meant by a floating dance floor; what is it's characteristic?

I don't pay much attention to what surface I'm dancing on unless it's slippery.

[DanceMentor]

A floating dance floor is elevated by "ribs" that keep it slightly above the concrete so that it has some give to it. If you go from dancing on a tile or marble foot to a floating floor, you'll really notice the difference because your feet and knees won't get sore as easily.

[MissAlyssa]

oOoOo I want to dance on a floating dance floor!

[Spitfire]

oOoOo I want to dance on a floating dance floor!

From Phoenix I see; I'm just down the road in Tucson. I went up to the Paragon in Chandler a week ago Friday for their open dance. Ever go there? Like to do that on occasion. :D

[MissAlyssa]

No, I haven't been there but I've been hearing a lot about it. I don't travel to Chandler too often [it's in the boonies lol] but I'm sure it would be worth my while! So how are you enjoying this weather? lol :lol:

[Spitfire]

No, I haven't been there but I've been hearing a lot about it. I don't travel to Chandler too often [it's in the boonies lol] but I'm sure it would be worth my while! So how are you enjoying this weather? lol :lol:

The Paragon seems to be the best place up there; in the three times I've been there I've enjoyed it tremendously. It's worth the one and three quarter hour drive and back when done every so often. Last night at the dance I go to here there was a couple that came down here who also go there. Lonnie Mitchell who is the owner of the Paragon taught down here at two studios that I took lessons from when I first started out.

Where do you do your dancing at? I've also been to the Kyote.

The weather? not enjoying it as usual this time of year, but the big concern here is the Aspen fire in the Catalinas

[MissAlyssa]

I do most of my dancing at my studio, the bash on ash, at my father's house [he's got a room with wood flooring] or just when I go out at night.

Oh yea, you are down there where all the fires are going on! How contained are they? I haven't had time to watch the news lately. :(

[Spitfire]

I do most of my dancing at my studio, the bash on ash, at my father's house [he's got a room with wood flooring] or just when I go out at night.

Oh yea, you are down there where all the fires are going on! How contained are they? I haven't had time to watch the news lately. :(

About 55% containment, but you wouldn't know that from seeing it. :o

You have a studio?

[MissAlyssa]

No, I don't own one, but at the Fred Astaire studio that I am an instructor at. That IS my goal for the next 5 years though I might add..hehe :D

[Spitfire]

No, I don't own one, but at the Fred Astaire studio that I am an instructor at. That IS my goal for the next 5 years though I might add..hehe :D

One of the instructors from the studio I go to moved there about five years ago and was teaching at one of the Fred Astaire's up there. Her name is Krista.

[MissAlyssa]

Does she have a husband named Chris?

[Spitfire]

Does she have a husband named Chris?

I don't know. She wasn't married the last time I saw her which was about four years ago. Might be the same one. Her last name was Geffen.

[MissAlyssa]

Hmm, I'd have to ask. I never knew her maiden name. She's an awesome dancer if it's the same girl. She's not teaching at the moment because she's had a child. Who knows :?:

[Spitfire]

Hmm, I'd have to ask. I never knew her maiden name. She's an awesome dancer if it's the same girl. She's not teaching at the moment because she's had a child. Who knows :?:

She taught here at the Arizona Ballroom Company where I do most of my dancing. I took some private lessons from her. She came down to visit one time and that's the last I saw of her.

You may know a lady named Karen Maxwell; she taught at the Fred Astaire's here which later became Dance Centers USA and closed down a few years ago. She moved to Phoenix and was teaching as an independant. This I discovered when I went to the Paragon for the first time last year and saw her business cards on the table by the door.

[MissAlyssa]

I'm fairly new to teaching so I do not know too many people :( I look forward to meeting a ton of people in the industry at the next comp.

[Spitfire]

I'm fairly new to teaching so I do not know too many people :( I look forward to meeting a ton of people in the industry at the next comp.

Ok I have a question Alyssa; do any of the Fred Astaire's up there hold open dancing over the weekends and is there one on Saturday? As I say I like to go dancing up there every so often. If so, what are the hours and admission price? :?:

There is a newsletter that is sent email here with info on dancing for each week that includes info for the Phoenix area. I would submit that to the lady who sends it out. :D

BTW - welcome to this forum; I see that you are new here. :D

Tom

[MissAlyssa]

Not that I know of but I can ask around if you'd like :) Is there any way I can subscribe to this newsletter? It would be a good thing to have around :) Thank you for the nice welcome, it won't be the last time you see me haha. :twisted: