February Fun and more!

A Dolly Parton look alike? No, it's Eleanor (and Pam watching from behind) at their 90 minute Country Class.









As you can see, it was quite a hoe-down!



We always say that we put FUN into fitness, and we aren't kidding!

Later in the month Pam & I teamed up to do a Latin/Island class....with the limbo, conga and more! We had a blast and as you can see Pam took us on a "Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride" with her grass skirt and 'coconuts'!


Pam & I joined forces again the following week for a tribute to our dear friend, Sandra Emerling. We danced to some of her favorites....and, okay, maybe one of her not so favorites as well. To keep her memory alive, we also made a donation to the Center for Women & Families of Eastern Fairfield County.

It is hard to believe Sandy has been gone for a year. It was clear that she was smiling down on us that night as we celebrated her life and shared some of our favorite memories.



One of the highlights for me this month was attending the annual Northeast District Awards Meeting. There's Peg, Tressa and Mary (from Trumbull) enjoying a wonderful lunch at the Westin Hotel in Providence, RI.


I was honored to receive the Pacesetter Elite award again this year for the success of the Stamford & Norwalk locations. We were one of 19 Pacesetter Elites in the Northeast Region this year. This has put us in the top 100 franchises worldwide.

I know that this success is ALL a result of the fabulous & dedicated team of professionals we have, and I am blessed to be able to work with them.

Here we are celebrating (Tressa, me, Peggy & Pam) before changing to take Allison's Personal Touch class. Ouch - I was sore for two days after that class!

A special thanks to the rest of the crew....Jodie, Beth, Pina, Eleanor, Arlene, Jeanne, Laura and Joan.....who contributed to this success, but were not at the meeting.

Superbowl Extravaganza!

Tressa hosted a fun filled SUPERBOWL EXTRAVAGANZA on Sunday, Feb. 4th.
Every routine was either a past Superbowl Halftime Performer, or and artist who has sung the National Anthem at the Superbowl.

There was fun and games....and as you can see --- prizes too!

Looks like the pom poms made their way around the room.

Looks like the players AND the cheerleaders are ready to rumble!

Although I didn't participate in the Superbowl workout, I did celebrate with friends at Wayne's Annual Superbowl Bash. Here' s one of my best buddies, Jura, with her daughters Mary Catherine and Zeyna enjoying the game.


As always, Wayne served up a great pasta dinner at half time. Her's Barbra, Erin & I watching the game and enjoying the fire.

(Watch for a comeback from the Steelers next year!)

By Invitation............

We kicked off the year with a cool event we called, Invitation Only....with Jazzercise & Cocktails (the cocktails came AFTER the workout). This was an idea from Peg (receiving flowers above for her hard work).

We team taught this class (Tressa, Eleanor, Jodie, Pina, Peg & myself) and invited all those friends who SAY they're going to come to one of our classes SOMEDAY.



The class was high energy and there were a lot of laughs as a roomful of "first timers" mastered the steps.




Following the class we headed over to Beth's, who graciously offered her home for the after party.

Guess there were no pictures taken there, because we were busy enjoying the fabulous food and drinks. Peg can make some mean frozen drinks!! I think I'm going to have her cater my next party.

Even Beth's husband, Larry, got into the act and was a charming host & waiter. It was a fun night and I am met lots of great new women (whom we hope to see back on the dance floor soon!).

Thanks to the instructors who helped make it happen, Beth for offering her home, and especially Peg for putting it all together.

Happy New Year!

We enjoyed a great evening at Carl & Lisa Peterson's home in Milford celebrating New Year's Eve (Carl is the coach of Megan's basketball team) and we had lots of fun celebrating with a few other parents from the team. The Peterson's live right downtown, so we were able to walk into town to see the fireworks. The fireworks were awesome and we watched them right on the water so it was like they were falling on top of us!

Here we are toasting the New Year and warming up after the walk into town.
Looking forward to making this a fabulous year!

K

Annual Jazzercise Holiday Party

After a fun filled Express class, we headed to Villa Italia for our Annual Jazzercise Holiday Pizza Party (hey we earned it!) . It is always fun when morning...evening...Stamford & Norwalk folks come together for conversation & good pizza.

The staff at Villa Italia was wonderful as usual and the gorgonzola salad and warm bread are JUST as good as the pizza.

Pina looks like she might have eaten the last piece.

May Marie was back in action for the party....and it was so good to have her back!

















There's Anne showing us her Jazz hands....











Angela & I have the Christmas red & green covered....




















A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL !!!!!

Staff Secret Santa Party

It's hard to believe that this get together was almost a month ago!!

Our Jazzercise Team gathered at my house for cupcakes & champagne and to celebrate by exchanging our Secret Santas. That's Peg receiving a very nice scarf!









Uh, not all gifts however were suitable for the web! Hmm, what is Jeanne thinking about there?

Pina, Peg & Tressa are all smiles!

The cupcakes were delicious and very festive!
If you like a good cupcake, check out Sweet Cakes in Fairfield. I got our holiday cupcakes there and got my wedding cupcakes there as well (had to be different, and didn't get a wedding cake).

It was great to celebrate with such fabulous women and to toast to our successes this year!