Monthly Archives: November 2011

#57 Colombia

At the time, Colombia was a dangerous country.  You wouldn’t have known by looking at it.  The people were friendly and the environment didn’t appear menacing.  Maybe it was the hotel’s printed warnings to tourists NOT go up to the … Continue reading

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#1 Why bother to write this down?

One day I found myself staring at all the eager dance students in my class and sadly shaking my head.  All of them were working so hard and all of them had absolutely no idea what they were getting themselves … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts: Chicken Little was a Drama Queen

Well – I call it like I see it.  Everybody has a couple of Drama Queens in their lives – those people that make a big deal about a splinter in your finger and tell you that they had a … Continue reading

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#34-3 DEFINITELY NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE

The head of the Japanese mob came to one of our performances and afterwards he sent every member of the cast a box of cookies – a soy tasting concoction of rum-flavored cream, raisins and a dry pastry.  No one … Continue reading

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#34-2 DEFINITELY NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE

When you are doing a three-month tour of pretty intensive dancing – there are bound to be a couple of injuries.  Add to the fact that we were far away from New York (or the USA for that matter) – … Continue reading

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