YOUR INSTRUCTORS FOR DANCE CAMP 2010!!!

Your Hostess, Mary Hoedeman:

Check out Mary's bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob Reide Jennings:

Jacob Reide Jennings began his dance training "later in life", or so we will say (if one considers the brink of 18 late in life). he started taking modern, jazz, tap and ballet to irritate his parents while he was at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Little did he realize that this mild form of rebellion would end up being his lifetime career! When his classmate told him that her ballroom studio was hiring male instructors, he called for an interview not knowing what ballroom dancing really was. Then he got hooked! Jacob taught at his first studio for a year, then went independent at 19. Jacob taught independently in Virginia Beach for two years before opening a studio with Nicki York Martin and became the manager for Dance City USA until december of 2007, again while in college. At 23 Jacob decided it was time for something major and left his home, friends and students to move to Chicago and continue his dance instruction under World Champions Tommye Giacchino and Gregory Day. Jacob is a certified ballroom and Latin Dance instructor through DVIDA and competes with his dance partner, Katie Burk, in the American Rhythm and West Coast Swing circuits. He looks forward to working with mary again and all her energy and cannot wait to share his excitement for dance with you! Let's Dance!

 

 

 

 

Lynette and Brian Dawley:

Brian and Lynette have recently opened  the new Cedar Ballroom in downtown Owatonna.  They met at a dance class 17 years ago and have been dancing together ever since.  Their journey has taken them from country to ballroom.  They enjoy sharing their love of dance with others and especially with their 5 year old daughter, Brogan.  As much as they love ballroom, they both agree that there is nothing better than a good two-step!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Van Houten:

Christopher Van Houten is a rising star in the hustle and west coast swing circuits.  Among his accomplishments are two first-place wins at the Open/Professional level at the 2009 Chicago Hustle Championships. He began dancing in 2000 and has taught at May I Have This Dance, a social dance studio in Chicago, since 2005. He is happy to return to the Minnesota dance scene after emceeing Star of the North in Minneapolis this February. Off the dance floor he enjoys making chocolates and caring for his two ferrets, Chloe and Chaka Khan.