Our Spot: ZUMBA!

Monday, October 13, 2008

ZUMBA!

This link will take you to a snippet of what Zumba looks like and sounds like in person: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf0q6qtThF4

This link will take you to a clip of our instructor, Erik, a very unique individual:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTE9vSe5CXQ (this is clearly to promote him and not Zumba)

This link will take you to a clip of the Originator of Zumba, Beto, whose VHS's and DVD's sell internationally:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOH4pM2OQ4c

The class was A LOT of fun and I now have four instructional DVD's, one CD, and a certificate that says I can instruct ZUMBA! Yes folks, it's that simple, with just 12 installation payments of 30$ month you can instruct Zumba too. :) Okay it's a little more than just that but at the end of the workshop it felt like such an infomercial and I felt like a piece of chewed meat ready to market myself to the wide anticipating Metropolis of Boise Idaho. Anyway, guess I'm on my way.

Interested in Zumba around here? Go to http://www.nampaparksandrecreation.org/Classes.aspx?programId=29

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow! Can you shake it like that? What a workout! I used to love to salsa in my college days. Maybe you should teach it for enrichment :)

Raundi; October 13, 2008 at 3:33 PM
jenny.hawkes said...: Looks like fun!; October 15, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Wendy said...: I didn't watch the whole video, but the way you described him earlier was right on. He was kind of funny to watch.; October 15, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Heather said...: I'v been taking a Zumba class at Timberhill since May & I LOVE IT, it is so much more fun than any dumb old aerobic or step class - and still a really great workout! Congrats on getting certified!; October 16, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Anonymous said...: Timberhill what? for others who would like to join.; December 4, 2008 at 11:31 AM

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Fall Felt Flower Wreath
Try this tutorial site for how to make the felt flower.
http://junepfaffdaley.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweet-sweater-rosettes.html (I changed part of this method, see below)

Items Needed:
12" Styrofoam wreath
20 - 24 felt sheets from the craft store
fabric scissors
glue gun (with plenty of sticks)
berry sprigs, garland, whatever you can find for cheep

Note on flowers: After cutting the spiral I rolled my flower up with out glueing. I added a dab of hot-melt at the end. I did not put a felt circle bottom on the flower either. I just went with gusto on the glue and stuck it to the wreath ;) That's crafting my way.

Method: First I cut two and a half of my felt sheets into one inch strips. Spiraling the strips around my wreath I glued them to the styrofoam surface. Next I went to work on the flowers.

For the Three largest flowers I simply cut the spiral and then loosily "swirled" it and added hot-melt wherever needed. I cut three sizes of flowers (5 in, 4in, and 2 in) That made something like 8 large, 12 medium, and a gazillion small flowers (don't worry you'll need them). After making all my flowers I went about arranging them. That's the hardest part for me. AND the nice part for you since you can put them anywhere you want. In the end I decided I wanted My focal spot to be the bottom right "corner" of the wreath.

I started with gluing the three large flowers first. I then snipped off a few berry's and glued them in the centers. Then I just worked out from there, using the 5in flowers to get me going out away from the focal flowers. Because I used five colors in my wreath (sage green, berry, tan, chocolate, and mustard) I tried to not only work with the right size where I needed it but also tried not to have the same color ever touching. With five colors it was easier to accomplish this than I thought. One thing I learned was to periodically lift my project up to make sure I was covering enough surface area that I didn't see the skin of on the inside or the outside of the wreath.

Voila! Ready to hang.