The Wedding Dance Specialists: Wedding dance lessons for Virginia, DC and Maryland.

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Had our first dance lesson last night!
From: Jendeis, 6/16/2005 at 10:35 am
Just wanted to write and say that we had our first dance lesson with Jim of Wedding Dance Specialists. It was great! FI is having trouble b/c he has no rhythm, but Jim seems pretty confident that we will work this out. Love dancing, so much fun!

From: Atlantia , 3/29/2005 at 1:05 pm
Our dance instructor is Jim, from The Wedding Dance Specialists. The woman I talked to to set up the classes was named Deborah Joy. We got 10 lessons for around $500, and they are well worth it. We have a great time, and it takes our mind off other stuff for an hour each week.

From: Kam3T, 3/29/2005 at 1:47 pm
Deborah from The Wedding Dance Specialists. She is fabulous. We took 8 lessons from her and learned a dance for our first dance with at least 5 different moves, plus 2 other dance types. Plus it was so much fun!! We still get compliments on our first dance when we see people who attended r wedding.

TOPIC: RAVE: Wedding Dance Specialists
From: karinandadam, Date: 2/9/2005 at 8:22 am
We had our first dance lesson last night and it was great! Our teacher was really sweet and didn't even blink an eye when I managed to trip over my own feet while we were just practicing walking. I feel more comfortable already and can't wait to get a few more lessons under our belts. They're running a Valentine's special, so if you're interested, you might want to take advantage of that and give them a call. www.theweddingdancespecialists.com

From: redsoxfan1776, 2/9/2005 at 8:25 am
We had our first dance lesson last week. While I will reserve my final judgement until we have a few lessons out of the way, so far so good. BTW--with her V-day special, The Wedding Dance Specialists is one of the cheapest in the NoVa area I found.

From: sk8nut, 2/9/2005 at 8:58 am
We just finished our 4th lesson last night with The Wedding Dance Specialists and I'm amazed how far we've come. After last week I was afraid we'd need to squeeze more lessons in before our wedding (3 1/2 weeks left), but after last night I think we'll be ok. We only have one more lesson booked, but I think we will be fine.

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"The entire staff of The Wedding Dance Specialists are wonderful to work with. They are very accomodating, I had a client that was crunched for time so the instructor met the couple at their home for lessons. I prefer to use The Wedding Dance Specialists because they make it easy for my clients. They are put to ease while learning to dance and makes it fun. They truly care about wanting the couples to dance beautifully at their wedding."

I am so glad that Jason and I took dance lessons for our own wedding. Thank you! It was great practice for learning to work together and having fun. Deborah was a great teacher, had huge amount of patience and really helped us knock the socks off our guests. AMAZING – We knocked the

socks off our guests and really kicked off the party the right way. No one was expecting the merengue!! The energy was high, we were comfortable with the dance and didn’t take our eyes off each other.I could go on and on about how great we felt dancing together, eye to eye at our wedding.

My dad and I also took a quick lesson before the wedding, Deborah helped make it easy and helped us choose a dance that worked for us.

Thank you for all your patience and help to make this amazing and something we or our guests won’t forget. Jason and I have 4 left feet and you had us working together – how important!

The Wedding Dance Specialists are the best dance studio that I have worked with. They are professional and really make the classes fun for brides & grooms. Even if they have never danced before, Deborah can make their first dance look fantastic in just a couple of lessons. We always recommend them to all of our brides & grooms. One of my couples are taking lessons from TWDS in Towson and they love it! In fact, I even used them when I got married. The first dance was the most talked about part of our wedding and a true testament to the dance lessons. In fact, my husband who I could never got on the dance floor prior to our wedding, wanted to dance all night. I always recommend at least a few lessons to all of my brides. It can really make a difference. For dance lessons, I always recommend TWDS exclusively.

My husband I wanted to send a message to say thanks for the great dance lessons! Our instructor was Kevin Wang who was with us for all six of our lessons. Kevin explained things clearly and was able to instruct us in a way that we could easily understand. He was funny and patient and we can't imagine learning from anyone else. It was truly a great experience. We will strongly recommend The Wedding Dance Specialists and Kevin to our friends and family. Thanks again for a fun and exciting dance experience.

Eric and Casey Hansen, June 16, 2007

We chose a group lesson package and invited our parents to make a group of 6. Our instructor was Kevin Wang and he was fantastic! He had such a natural talent to listen to the selected songs, and then design the dances right from the top of his head. With only three 2-hour lessons, our first dance was flawless, and we even nailed the dip at the end! Our father/daughter dance and mother/son dance that we had practiced in our group lessons were fantastic too. Kevin was patient, kind, flexible and an overall pleasure to work with. I would recommend him to all couples that need to brush up or learn how to dance for their wedding! Thank you Kevin and thank you Wedding Dance Specialists!

To give you a sense of how the entire dance, and specifically the conclusion, were received by our guests, note my sister's look in the background of the photo! The crowd loved our dance, and more importantly, Shelley and I cherished both the dance and the entire night. The event was a glorious success, went off without a hitch, and there are folks from California to Florida and Arkansas to Maine still talking about it. We deeply appreciate the care and attention that you devoted to us during our dance lessons. Your mix of patience, persistence, and enthusiasm made the experience effortless and just plain fun. Thank you for helping us to achieve the "first dance" that we had envisioned.

Thanks for everything! Dancing was something I thought I would never get into or even like but you changed that. There are a ton of pictures some of the first few pictures are during the cocktail hour when we did some warm up dancing and then later of the actual dance. I also have video of our First Dance as well as my Mothers dance with me. During the reception I danced all night! Jackie no longer needs to drag and force me onto the dance floor because I'm already there. You turned this cadence marching Marine into a man with rhythm, moves and more importantly confidence out on the dance floor. Thank you!

Joan and Ken Rowland, February, 17, 2007
"I just wanted to thank you for the two dance lessons. We practiced and the end result was fantastic. Thanks so much! Many thanks to you for helping us ensure that the first dance was more than just the standard fare."

Brian and Kasey Turner, January 27, 2007

Thanks again for the dancing lessons. We received rave reviews from a lot of the guests about our first dance. My Brother-in-law said "there was no way they only had 2 lessons!" I have attached a picture of our first dance. Best of luck with future endeavors.

Thank you for your lessons, we enjoyed the experience and our first dance impressed our guests! As promised, we're sending you some dance pictures from our wedding.

We would like to thank you for your patient and thorough instruction! Even with only ONE lesson, our guests were so impressed with our first dance that they couldn't believe we were beginners-they thought we had been taking lessons for several months! We enjoyed our lesson with TWDS and we look forward to continuing lessions with you in the future! Many thanks!

Preston and I did a beautiful job at our first dance. Everyone enjoyed it. Our guests could tell that we were having fun. I can't wait for us to take more lessons. Having fun while being married is important. Thank you so much in referring me to the DJ company. They came through at the last minute for us when we were in a crunch. Also, everyone loved him he was the best and professional. He had people doing the soul train line!

Our wedding was at The Waterford in Fairfax and we danced our 1st dance to "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts. We had 5 lessons with Jim and not only really enjoyed him as an instructor, but were really impressed with how well he taught us and choreographed our dance. Jim was awesome! Please pass this along and send him our sincere thanks. Our 1st dance was an absolute hit. Everyone was amazed at how well we did and were chanting and hollering for us as we danced! We really loved taking dance lessons and sometime down the road we'd love to take some lessons with him again. Thank you again for the experience and good job picking an amazing instructor for us!

Leslie and David McKeough, April 1, 2006 – Tewksbury Country Club

We had done the Tango, with the help of Jim and Krasi. The dance went perfectly and our guests have not stopped talking about it. It was truly the highlight of the reception. Thanks again!

We can't thank you enough for being an excellent, patient teacher! "All I Want Is You" by U2 was a hit and now we feel like we can dance at any other weddings now! Interestingly enough - after we took the two lessons with you, we found out two of Brett's good friends/co-workers also took lessons from you! Then we saw you on the TV show, Real Weddings by The Knot last week! You are all over the place and really have a grasp of this market! All the best to you!

Thank you for having such a great company dedicated to wedding dances that has inspired us as a couple as well as empowered us as individuals.Our teacher Krasi takes such amazing care to ensure we overcome dancing fears and grow into a confident couple with real dancing skills. We loved the experience so much that the once- resistant groom actually insisted we take more classes! We couldn't have done it without Krasi and the Wedding Dance Specialists! Deepest thanks!

We took lessons from Jim last month for our first dance - LOVE by Nat King Cole. We just wanted to let him know that it went perfectly!! We even received appluase from our guests throughout the dance! We got alot of compliments on our skills, and many people said that it stood out as a first dance because it was so exciting for everyone to watch. He had also taught us some swing which we used throughout the night. Thanks for everything - the dance really made out night special!

We just wanted you to know that we had a GREAT lesson today with Krasi. Even though this was our one hour "crash course" we learned A LOT! Please let him know that we were very happy and are actually looking forward to dancing at our son's wedding next weekend. The bride to be had taken some lessons elsewhere but had not learned the dance steps for "their " song. She was delighted! Thank you!

Steve and Whitney McKim, May 29, 2005

Thank you and Jim so much for helping to make our wedding dance absolutely memorable. Steve and I knew that we had a few missteps, but no one else noticed! And I was thrilled that my friend got a perfect shot of this moment (not even the photographer knew it was coming).

I am writing today to thank you, on behalf of myself and my new wife, Nancy, for the excellent services provided to us by The Wedding Dance Specialists and, more specifically, by our dance instructor, Krasi. Thanks to Krasi's outstanding instruction, we performed our first dance perfectly! We applied everything that Krasi taught us and, as such, the performance went exactly as it should have. In fact the song, which seemed so long when we were taking lessons, was over before we knew it! Furthermore, guests at our wedding complimented us saying that we'd clearly been practicing a great deal. This is especially amazing since, prior to signing up with The Wedding Dance Specialists, neither of us had had any formal dance training.

In addition, beyond just the dances at our wedding, Nancy's and my overall dancing skills, particularly leading (for me) and following (for her) have improved dramatically. I personally feel much more comfortable now, thanks to Krasi's instruction, with attempting new, improvised dance moves and Nancy is likewise able to follow these moves. Dancing is certainly much more fun now.

So thanks again for everything. I intend to recommend Krasi and The Wedding Dance Specialists as vociferously and as often as I can. Cheers!

Wendy and Jason Siminski, April 16, 2005

Initially our least favorite part of the lessons was the walk-in because we felt silly doing it. You encouraged us to set the stage for the dance by making an entrance our friends and family would remember. As it turned out, of the 1000 or so pictures taken of us at our wedding, our entrance was my favorite one!

Sam Phillips and Laura Shults, April 2, 2005

Honestly, I was pretty much on "automatic" for the dancing. I think people liked the" intro walk-in spin thing." We got some good compliments. I think it made it a lot more fun to watch. The classes were immense help... I would have been ill from nerves had I not had them. We very much appreciate you helping us!

Bobbie Jo and Bryce McCord, May 28, 2005

Just wanted to let you know that every thing is going great. We are so excited about how every thing is comming together, every one is going to be so supprised when we dance, and Jim is doing a great job. Jim is also going to teach us some other dance steps since we have done so well with our wedding dance.

Alan Fleming and Deborah Blackburn, April 2005

Thank you for all the juggling you did to accomodate us at such late notice! Our teacher Krasi, was patient, observant and positive even when correcting us. He was also very quick to point out when things were done correctly too. He quickly identified that we wre having a little trouble with a pattern and shifted to another easier one instead. He was very respectful of Alan, asking if he objected to showing us something by dancing with me; a lost courtesy that ws wonderful to see again. He is a definite asset to The Wedding Dance Specialists. If in the future we wish to take lessons, we would return without question. I have no reservations recommending The Wedding Dance Specialists to anyone.

Okay, let me start out by saying, in the first lesson, Deborah must have been laughing hysterically on the inside because my fiance and I were just plain AWFUL dancers. However, Deborah is a miracle worker because people were cheering, whistling, and clapping throughout our first dance. With Deborah's help, we picked a kind of big-band song to get the party started, and this choice was very effective. People were so suprised and impressed with our first dance. We did have one potential disaster (but apparently nobody noticed except us--or they are too nice to say so--we'll determine when we see the video). Anyway, Deborah was great and we plan to take many more classes from her before our upcoming family cruise this winter. GRADE: A+

Thank you again for helping us learn our first dance to Ella Fitzgerald's "Beginner's Luck!" Your services were invaluable and made us feel very special. Anticipating our dance classes with you made us excited for our upcoming wedding. We gained more confidence and were able to learn something together, at the same pace -- a very bonding experience! We love dancing and have signed up for your salsa and merengue classes. Our wedding was beautiful and we even practiced the night before outside the ballroom! We'll see you soon!

"Thank you so much for teaching a couple of musically-challenged people to dance. All we intended was to just be above the prom-sway, but we were so much better than that!! Everyone just loved it and we had so much fun. We are still getting compliments on our first dance a month later. We intend to take lessons again. I'm thinking salsa!"

“I just wanted to write to thank you and, in particular, Michelle for our dance lessons last month,which were arranged on rather short notice. Our wedding was on July 24, and while it all went by so quickly, Anne-Marie and I think that our lessons were extremely helpful in making us feel comfortable with our first dance (and with other dances during the night)."

"We wanted to thank you for teaching the two clumsiest people in the DC-metro area (us) how to dance. Our first dance was amazing. We had so much fun! People were cheering and whistling throughout the song. Everyone was surprised and impressed with how well we danced and that we included three different steps. Many commented that our dance's energy really set the tone for the rest of the party (which was fantastic--the dance floor was packed throughout the evening). Thanks a million for your patience, encouragement and expertise. Once again, thanks for your contibution to our perfect day! We'll see you again soon in your upcoming classes." -- Lacy and Nikolas Marosfalvy

Our students starred on the national TV show "Real Weddings by The Knot" on the Oxygen Channel !

"THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH. We can't sing your praises enough. I know you have spoken to my friend who is getting married in July and she loves you already. Our wedding was amazing. Guests we so touched by our dances. So many people have said every time they hear 'Dangerously In Love' on the radio, they think of our first dance. WOW. It was so magnificent, I can't even think of something to complain about. Nate and I miss you already. I think we will be catch a few of your group classes in the future. We even used our moves in St. Lucia, dancing at the resort and the compliments there were endless. Million thanks again!" -- Sarah-Jane and Nathan Bennett

"Thanks for everything, our dance went off smashingly. We had MANY compliments on our first dance. You would've been proud." -- Sandy and Bernard Lynch

"We both thoroughly enjoyed learning to dance and you are an exceptional instructor, with the patience of a saint. We truly appreciate your contribution and guidance that helped make our dream wedding come true. Thank you!" -- Damien and Tracy Conaghan

"We just wanted to tell you that our first dance at our wedding went very well, even better than it ever had in rehearsal, shockingly. Our guests LOVED it -- some of them were literally squealing like they were on a rollercoaster with each turn we did, and even at our little sidestep move. It was a huge hit. We told all our friends how much fun lessons were. You are an excellent teacher and the attention you paid to detail ensured we really looked like we knew what we were doing. For example, you spent a lot of time with me on "arm styling" to look graceful during a turn and time with Steve on "cuban hips" to look less uptight, and we did actually look like dancers on the big day. :) It was totally worth the investment! We're thinking of doing group lessons with you as well." -- Megan D. and Steven W.

"We certainly had a wonderful time learning to dance for our first dance together. These skills will be invaluable over time. Thank you so much!" -- Lisa Beth and Al Lentini

"People loved it!!! You were right. We got so many compliments and everyone said how much fun it was -and that we
looked like we knew what we were doing.... :) It really turned out well and we had fun with it. Thanks again!" -- Nicole Oden and Matt Ludwig

The wedding was absolutely perfect and we danced all night. The lessons were a HUGE help and gave me a ton of confidence. Also, I have a good friend, who is getting married this summer. I sent him your contact info this morning and he will be contacting you shortly. Thanks again! -- Jeff and Livy Burkey

"We want to thank you for your excellent instruction. We felt so much more confident on the day of the wedding; it went beautifully. As soon as our friends get engaged we will be sure to send them to you." -- Peyton and Dava Craighill

"Thank you for being so patient, articulate, creative and skillful as our dance instructor. Within a few short weeks, we went from no synchronized dance moves, to a choreographed routine that "wowed" our wedding guests. One of my favorite memories of my wedding reception was the sound of cheers and applauding that we received upon our "big ending" dip. You helped us make this special memory possible. You're also a delight to work with as an instructor. Thank you!" -- Alex and Beth Kepnes

"We can't believe we did it! We pulled off a lovely first dance for our adoring friends and relatives! And it's all thanks to you and your great teaching! We had a great time dancing, and the crowd went wild at the end when we dipped. When the video arrives, we will get to enjoy our first dance again!" -- Lofty and Nancy Durham

"Our first dance was beautiful! Thanks for helping to make our wedding day our best memory of 2003!" -- Jeff Helman and Gayle Binney

"We want to tell you that our dance turned out WONDERFULLY because of you! We even got the dip down at the end, and everyone was SO impressed with our dance that we wound up doing it again at the end of the reception for an encore performance. We really appreciate all of the personal time that you took with us, and look forward to taking lessons from you again soon! Thank you SO much for everything!" -- Darren and Danielle

"It was nice to feel comfortable and relaxed during our first dance at our wedding. We were able to enjoy our moment without worrying about what the steps to the foxtrot were. We think it would be wonderful to continue dance lessons with you in the future. We greatly enjoyed our lessons with you." -- Alice and Jon Kernkraut

"Our wedding dance went great! We had kept the lessons a secret from most people, so they were amazed. We even got a standing ovation! Thank you so much for your help." -- Heather and Sean Atkins