Zumba Instructor Training

Hi!

Yesterday was a fun day!  The fun thing that Grace and I got to do was become certified Zumba instructors!!

It was an all-day event at the Baltimore Convention Center that was part of the One World Fitness Conference that's going on all weekend.  It was in one of the big exhibition halls that they had sectioned off into a smaller area with curtains.  There was a huge stage where the ZESs (Zumba Education Specialists) would demonstrate moves, etc. for us.  It started at 9am after registration and ended at 5pm.

Here's the room before most of the people got there.  There were about 65 people there!

It was a fun and long day!  Kelly Bullard was our main teacher.  She was very nice and good!  We started off going over the schedule for the day and then we did an hour-long Zumba class, just to get going!  Then, throughout the day, we went through basic steps for Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton, and Cumbia dances.  We also learned how to cue, practiced variation options to do with each type of move, went over how to choreograph routines to songs, and lots of other stuff!

I'm so glad Grace did it too!  It was a million times more fun with her!!

One of the conference people took this pic of everybody and they emailed it to us :)  We're a little left of center toward the back!

At the end of the day we took a group pic and each of us got DVDs and a CD to start practicing and making up a class-worth of dancing!  I need to make my website on the Zumba Instructor Network next!

Last night we all went to Turp's for dinner.  This morning Grace and Carol packed and before we took them to the airport we ate breakfast/lunch at Tavern on the Hill.  I got a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich on an English muffin and it was so good! 

Grace also gave me part of the waffle she got, which was delish!

We had so much fun with Grace and Carol visit!  The last few weeks have been so fun with all of our visitors and our trips!!

Alex and I pretty much relaxed the rest of today.  I am sore and sleepy from yesterday!  Now we're watching this week's Scandal and trying to stay awake for Saturday Night Live at 11:30!

Thanks for reading!