So, I have a few questions

[JenSwayze]

Just to get to know you guys...
A) Where are you from?
B)Do you have a dance related occupation.
C) Fans or Performers in musical theatre?

Here are my answers, so you know..
A) I'm originally from Montreal Quebec, but I've grown up in Ottawa (Canada, not Illinois).
B) Not I, unfortunately...I have yet to go to college so right now I'm kind of doing the minimum wage thing- waitress/retail. Fun though I'm a people person.
C) Fan and Performer. Drive everyone crazy. Im sure everyone is sick of my stories. Hehe. Not here though, i feel right at home!:)

[Vince A]

Just to get to know you guys...
A) Where are you from?
B)Do you have a dance related occupation.
C) Fans or Performers in musical theatre?

Here are my answers, so you know..
A) I'm originally from Montreal Quebec, but I've grown up in Ottawa (Canada, not Illinois).
B) Not I, unfortunately...I have yet to go to college so right now I'm kind of doing the minimum wage thing- waitress/retail. Fun though I'm a people person.
C) Fan and Performer. Drive everyone crazy. Im sure everyone is sick of my stories. Hehe. Not here though, i feel right at home!:)

A) Modesto, CA
B) Only part-time, when requested, but do not advertise it!
C) Competitor

We love stories on this Website . . . so, glad you feel right at home . . . we work on doing just that!

[d nice]

1. Sacramento, CA (currently)
2. Yes, I teach, perform, and lecture (numerous swing dances, vernacular jazz, numerous blues dances, and hip hop).
3. Fan of musical theatre, lots of friends that are in it.

[pygmalion]

1. Orlando Florida. Originally from Phiadelphia, PA, cool music capital of the world (at least in the sixties, seventies, and today!)
2. Looking into part-time, non-profit dance-related career ideas. I'll keep you posted.
3. Not in musical theater, but a big fan. :D Lots of musical productions in my past. Remind me to tell you my Sound of Music story sometime! :lol:

[youngsta]

1. Denver, CO (currently) -- originally from Philly!!
2. Only in my dreams! :lol:
3. Definitely a fan of musical theatre

[MissAlyssa]

1. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona..aka H-E-double hockey sticks
2. I teach dance at a franchised dance studio
3. I am a fan, have not yet done a performance (my first is in Feb.) 8)

[pygmalion]

1. Denver, CO (currently) -- originally from Philly!!


Oh my goodness! :D :D :D Where in Philly? Hawthorne pool. Hmm. Isn't that at 60th and Lancaster? If so, it's less than a fifteen minute walk from where I grew up. Trying to remember, and put things together. Are you a West Philly guy?

Wynnefield here, aka West Philly. Gompers Elementary, Beeber Middle School, Overbrook, then Girls High for high school.


Nice to meet you, brotha. :D :D

[youngsta]

Hey, Hey that's crazy! I'm from Germantown--Wissahickon Ave. John B. Kelly Elementary, Pickett Middle School, John F. Kennedy H.S. (South Jersey). Hawthorne Park pool is actually in Willingboro, NJ--I used to spend a lot of summers out there. :)

[pygmalion]

Now it's gonna bug me until I figure out the name of that pool around the corner from where I grew up!

But yeah, I am familiar with Germantown. Spent way too many hours on the corner of Germantown and Chelten, on the way to or from music lessons and orchestra rehearsals. Took violin, flute and music theory at Settlement Music School (On Germantown, a few blocks north of Chelten) for lots of years. Fond memories.


By the way, can you get a decent cheesesteak where you are? There are two franchise places here. Charlie's Steakery, and Philly Connection. Both have pretty good cheesesteaks. The rolls are soft, though. Nobody seems to realize that authentic cheesesteaks are on hard Italian rolls. The sandwich was invented in South Philly, after all. Where the Italians live! (Sorry. Pet peeve of mine.)

[Swing Kitten]

1) Sacramento, Ca (currently living in CT)
2) Right now I am a professional grad student... no-- really!... that's how I pay my rent! -- dance is for fun/sanity.
3) Although I have been in a couple of musicals I'd only consider myself a fan.

That's really neat about pygmalian and youngsta! NIFTY!!

[youngsta]

No I can't get a decent cheesesteak anywhere around here :evil: That would be heaven! My Dad did give me a link to a place in South Philly that will overnight one too you though. I'll need to find that link!

I do order tastykakes online though :D

[pygmalion]

I'm going to check out the Tastykakes. The sell them here in the supermarket, but only very limited varieties. Thanks for the tip! :D

[JenSwayze]

haha you were speaking my language with that h-e-double hockeysticks thing... :lol: im canadian get it, haha

[MissAlyssa]

haha you were speaking my language with that h-e-double hockeysticks thing... :lol: im canadian get it, haha


:lol:

[dancersdreamland]

Appleton, WI (not far from Green Bay...home of the Packers...the big green and gold...not really a football fan, but felt the need to add that bit of trivia. :tongue:)

No...I wish I were a professional dancer...hopefully someday I'll open my own studio.

Huge musical theater fan...but never performed nor do I have friends in the biz (professional or non)

[salsachinita]

I'm reviving old thread here :lol: ......!

A) Where are you from?
B)Do you have a dance related occupation.
C) Fans or Performers in musical theatre?



A) This question has no short/easy answer from me. We are the biggest mutts out there :lol: since we come from a long line of immigrants (with relatives all over the world). I was born in Taiwan. My Mum was born in Thailand, Dad was born in Cambodia (with possibly French in him). Now we live in Melbourne, Australia.

The only place in the world I've visited so far that I felt 'blend-in' physically is Tahiti :shock: ! Now all I need is to speak French so I can fool people 8) ..........

B) No. Just a fanatic :P !

C) Absolutely...! But I havn't been that involved since I've discovered salsa.......

[Sagitta]

Cool. By the way I've added this to the member introductions sticky in DA.

A) Grew up in Tanzania, East Africa. Immigrated to the States summer 1995.

B) No

C) Not a performer, but a fan.

[DancePoet]

1. Born in New Jersey, lived in New York and Missouri, yet lived most of my life in New England.

2. No

3. Not a performer, wouldn't call myself a fan, but I'd take in an occasional show.

[Genesius Redux]

1. Nashville TN, but born in NY and will always be a Yankee fan!

2. Dance is on my resume as an actor--but lately I've been cast in many roles where I'm supposed to be a really bad dancer; the show I did in November and December had a whole ballroom sequence in it that I was just supposed to mess up! :lol:

3. I'm trained mostly as a straight actor, but it seems like over the last two years I've done mostly musicals.

Salsachinita, how about when we meet in Tahiti, we practice our French there together, seulement un peu sous les etoiles qui brulent pendant la nuite, ma chere Salsachinoise.... :together:

[salsachinita]

:oops: GR.....! :bouncy:

[squirrel]

1. Bucharest, Romania - born, bred and still there :)
2. I'm a reinsurance underwriter... but I also teach salsa
3. No musicals for me... just salsa shows

[mambo_munkey]

I suppose I'll Re-revive this topic LOL :lol: :!:


:arrow: A.) My Name is Amy, I was born in California but did most of my
growing up in Phoenix, Arizona USA so that's where I tell people I'm from.

:arrow: B.) I wish I had a dance occupation! I'm currently going to school
for massage therapy. Hoping to take dance lessons as soon as I can afford it ( I love latin, ballroom and ballet!)

:arrow: C.) I am a HUGE fan of theatre. Both for it's music and dance qualities. I've been in band and orchestra for most of my schooling, so I love music about as much as I love dance. :o

[valv2]

1. Born & raised in San Antonio, TX :wink:
2. No professional dancing here - all for fun! :P
3. I consider myself a fan. 8)


Love the site! :D

[squirrel]

Welcome valv2! We are happy to have you here!

[Sagitta]

Welcome to df valv2! :)

[valv2]

Thanks! :D

[Sagitta]

Thanks! :D So, how long have you been dancing. :)

[valv2]

I had my very first dance lesson when I was 6 & haven't stopped dancing since. 8) How about you?

[Sagitta]

Started in 2003. And what dances do u do?

[valv2]

I can pretty much dance to anything :D I love hip hop though and line dancing.

[luh]

A) Huetten, part of the city Zell, part of the "state" Baden-Württemberg, Germany
B) love swing dancing, but way to few involved
C)fan

[foursquare]

A. Just across the river from Harrisburg, PA.
B. There is no one foolish enough to employ me in regard to any aspect of dance.
C. I'm doing Bat Boy tonight!

[ReneeJoan]

A. I a "Girl of the Golden West." I was born in Washington State, and have lived in Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington (again), and California, have traveled to just about every state west of the Mississippi. I've been here in California for 25 years now.

B. I have yet to be a paid performer, but I've done a couple of student films as a dancer. As soon as I lose a little more weight (I'm over halfway to my goal now), I'm going to have some professional pics taken so I can start auditioning for commercials and movies. I also want to get good enough to dance tango professionally in shows and nightclubs someday.

C. I love first class musial theatre -- Applause, Kiss Me Kate, Damn Yankees, My Fair Lady, that sort of thing. Maybe someday I'll get to be in one.

[Tenshi_no_Pocky]

Just to get to know you guys...
A) Where are you from?
B)Do you have a dance related occupation.
C) Fans or Performers in musical theatre?

:)

A) No offense, but I prefer to keep my location private.
B) I do not dance for a living; however, when I better my skills I would love to perform in a music video or on stage somewhere for fun even if I am just there for 4 seconds.
C) I am a fan of musical theatre. I used to perform in musicals a lot when I was very small, but I somehow got out of that and now I miss it and so... I am trying to go back. Singing, dancing, acting, voice-acting... I love it.

[Burton Finch]

A) Where are you from?

Akron, OH

B)Do you have a dance related occupation.

Yes and no. It doesn't pay, I do non-profit shows at local clubs to entertain people.

C) Fans or Performers in musical theatre?

Fan and Performer of old songs such as Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean", "Thriller", "The Way You Make Me Feel", and MC Hammers, "Can't Touch This", and Sir MixAlots, "I Like Big Butts"

[Ultima]

Just to get to know you guys...
A) Where are you from?
B)Do you have a dance related occupation.
C) Fans or Performers in musical theatre?

Here are my answers, so you know..
A) I'm originally from Montreal Quebec, but I've grown up in Ottawa (Canada, not Illinois).
B) Not I, unfortunately...I have yet to go to college so right now I'm kind of doing the minimum wage thing- waitress/retail. Fun though I'm a people person.
C) Fan and Performer. Drive everyone crazy. Im sure everyone is sick of my stories. Hehe. Not here though, i feel right at home!:)

A) edenvale Johannesburg South Africa
B) No I dance for the fun of it at the moment.
c)Fans , hahah I suppose I have a few ppl that are my fans , but not because of dancing.

[SuzieQ]

1. Originally near Buffalo, NY, now in Missouri via Erie, Pa ("you gotta be quick with me-I'm from Erie, PA!) and South Florida.
2. No--I wish
3. I enjoy musical theater but have never performed--

[tanya_the_dancer]

I think I should answer this one, too, since never introduced myself

1. Moscow Russia - first, then New York, then Missouri
2. No
3. I like it, but I never performed in anything

[bootscoot147]

A) Well I was born in springfield, Oh, move to Middletown, De when I was 12, and now temp. living in monessen Pa until i grad school
B) I am a student at the moment, though i used to teach line dancing with my dance partner.
C) Fan of the arts but never perform, i did do the makeup on a couple of hometown plays though.

[ThisIsNotMe]

A) Robertson, NSW, Australia
B) No dance-related occupations for me. I work in an office in order to pay for all the dancing, acting, singing etc lessons
C) Performer! I love watching musical theatre, but the fact that I've been in many more shows than I've seen places me firmly in the "performer" box. I've even got auditions for two shows coming up, while I'm in rehearsals to be in the band for another show and am helping to choreograph yet another. I do love the theatre!