Zumba Wear Pics

Zumba Let Loose Racerback

Salsa

Awesome Headband for keeping my hair out of my face while rockin' out!

Zumba Love

Overwhelming to say the least!

I'm watching my boyfriends daughter this weekend, and enlisted her for sticker cutting duty for my first ZumbAtomic session. She asked me when it was, and I told her Next month. She threw up her arms and exclaimed "then why are we doing this NOW?!?" This was my answer.... Well, aside from working my 9-5 job this week, I have to go straight from work to teaching Zumba on Monday, straight from work to teaching Zumba on Tuesday, straight from work to teaching Zumba on Wednesday, then I have an hour break and have to teach Zumba again, then I'm going straight from work to getting re-certified in CPR until 10pm on Thursday, then straight from work to a Halloween party on Friday. Saturday morning I'm teaching Zumba, I have to attend a Zumba launch party, then I'm teaching my first ZumbAtomic class after that (NOT the sessions classes, just a demo class), Sunday I have to learn choreography for four new songs that I'm ONLY going to use on Halloween, Monday I have to work and then teach Zumba, Tuesday I work and teach Zumba, Wednesday is Halloween, and I have to work and teach Zumba twice, and then it's November. Once her eyes went back into her head she resumed cutting stickers.

Update

So now it seems as if I have a devoted group of students in my Tuesday night class. One of them started out as an "I'll try it," and now has a pair of her own Zumba shoes. So I have a feeling she is in it for the long haul!! She also has progressed SO MUCH since the first class. I can see that she's gotten better at the steps, which is AWESOME. Zumba is not easy, and in my beginning speech I always tell people to keep at it! So even though it's only about 4-5 people, I have high hopes for that class! I also finally have new students in my Orange class, and they are loyal students too!! That makes me excited. They've both definitely learned a lot in a short time. It's pretty cool, and I give myself a pat on the back :) It's awesome that no one really is teaching a Zumba class in Orange, but I still need to figure out how to get the word out about my class. I just wish Orange wasn't that far away!! I have big dreams of teaching a 20-30 person class. I know I just have to be patient, but I WANT IT NOW!!! I also got certified to teach ZumbAtomic (kiddie Zumba), and that was SO MUCH FUN!!! Loretta Bates was the ZES, and she was amazing. The people were awesome too. It was definitely a different experience than when I got my B1 license. Maybe because I wasn't so scared, and I knew what to expect. Maybe it was also because I had teaching experience under my belt, so I wasn't so terrified when I got called on to do a dance move. In any case, it was so much fun acting like a 7 year old for the day. Most importantly, I learned how to suppliment my income by doing Zumbatomic birthday parties. Again, something not a lot of people in this area have gotten to experience. So I need to go back to work to figure out how to market that too!!! I'm always open to ideas, so feel free to leave me comments!!

El Rey

Never judge a book by it's cover. It's really hard to follow that advice, but it's true. Especially when you are an instructor. There's one lady I have in my class who has a very strong personality. For a while I thought she hated me, and was trying to sabotage me. No really. But after going on my fact finding mission, I discovered that she doesn't attend anyone elses classes but mine. So I guess she doesn't hate me. Or maybe she does, and can only make it on Tuesdays. Who knows. When I first started I was really insecure about whether or not people were having fun in my classes. I mean that's the whole BASIS of Zumba! It's supposed to feel like a party. No one was laughing or smiling, or handing out cocktails in my classes. But then another, more experienced instructor pointed out that everyone is just tired from working so hard. So I put my insecurities on the back burner. Last week I had a new student in my class. Well, she was new to my class, but I had seen her before during operation Zumba stake out. She followed everything, and was just a normal participant until one song on my playlist. The song is called El Rey which means 'The King.' Apparantly it's not a Zumba exclusive because three notes into the song she totally came alive. She and I were singing at the top of our lungs, which was hilarious since the song is completely in Spanish. She was singing the correct song, and I was singing what I thought they were saying. Then we high-five'd at the end of the song. It's a really good song, and one of my absolute faves! I debated about whether or not to include it, since I didn't want to get sick of it! Good call on my part! After class, my singing buddy came up to me and said in a hopeful voice "you're here tomorrow too, right?" All thanks to one song! So I guess the moral of the story is to just treat every student as if you are grateful to have them, and no matter how miserable everyone looks, treat every class like the party it is! Viva El Rey!!