Dear Friends,
T-minus 6 days!!!
We are less than a week away from our 4th Stop Drop and Dance-a-thon at the San Rafael Community Center!
3:30pm Doors Open
4-7pm Accomplish 46 Dances TOGETHER
8-9pm Dinner & Celebration
There are a very limited number of EXTRA ADD-ON tanks and youth t-shirts available for purchase online (currently in all sizes) - order yours before we sell out like last time!
Online tickets will be available ONLY until Saturday.
After that, you can drop-in at the door.
Sign up for the Dance-a-thon and/or get your ADD-ON shirt!
Donate to our "We Love Danusia" Eventbrite from the PWG Community!
Studio 54 Birthday for Shannon, Bev and Jen!
We turned the UUMarin church into Studio 54 last Tuesday for a special 75 minute Stop Drop and Dance class celebrating Shannon Bindler, Beverly Brewster and Jennifer Lee!
Our birthday ladies decorated the church with disco balls and shine, plus brought accessories ranging from sequin headbands and scrunchies to slap bracelets and a pair of gold sunglasses that transferred around the room from dancer to dancer!
The outfits from everyone were 🔥🔥🔥 and we had so much fun dancing to Shannon, Bev and Jen’s favorite songs in their combined playlist. We finished class with “Ice Ice Baby" which made it as a top choice in all 3 of their playlists!
Shannon said it best in an email after class:
“So much fun! I love that I dress up more as an adult than I did as a teenager! Best bday party ever.”
We Raised $3375 for Marin Montessori!
Last Friday, we turned the St. Vincent's Junior High Auditorium into a glow-in-the-dark dance party for Marin Montessori School!
Thank you to hosts Kaitlin Van Acker, Erin Flynn and Kelly Lauber for organizing the event and inviting us to teach a Stop Drop and Dance class with the community! They also provided glow accessories, toys, balloons, food and drinks for the parents and kids that attended! Thank you also to Debby Strenkofsky and Lisa Butcher for helping to lead all the dances on stage the whole time!
A major highlight was definitely when Kaitlin and Erin got up on stage with their husbands in their matching fluorescent yellow family shirts and danced to "Ice Ice Baby!"
Thank you for dancing to support our kids and school programs!
Happy Disney Themed Birthday Jen Liao!
Yesterday morning we celebrated Jen Liao dancing to an hour of her favorite Stop Drop and Dance songs through the years! She had a great mix of songs from the 90’s all the way to modern kpop!
Since Jen was joining virtually online on Zoom, we added her as a spotlight the entire time so we could watch her dance “on stage!" Hehe...Thank you to everyone who joined online and who came in-person for Jen’s Disney themed class! Can’t wait to see Jen and a few of our other regular online members in-person next week at our DANCE-A-THON and be able to give them a HUG!!!
"Never, ever lose sight of what's really important."
- The Princess and the Frog
The Year of the Mamba
This Wednesday, my family and I will be celebrating Lunar New Year and welcoming in the Year of the Snake!
As someone who identifies as an American born Chinese girl, I value having a strong work ethic and putting 110% into everything I do. I don't believe in short cuts and I do believe that time and effort count. Grit, determination and perseverance, count.
If you have not seen Nike's latest Lunar New Year commercial, it honors the late Kobe Bryant who passed away just 5 years ago, and it is powerful. What an inspiration he was. What an inspiration anyone who works hard is. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Happy Lunar New Year!
Love,
Grace
