Customer Testimonials

From time to time customers email us with feedback after ordering the Shag Dance DVDs. The testimonials below are non solicited and un-edited.

Ellen:

Let me give you some back ground. My wife and I just turned 60 and we/ve done ballroom dancing and lessons for the last year and a half. We have always enjoyed watching people dance the shag at the beach and decided to find an instructor here in the mountains of western North Carolina. The local college offered a 6 week class every monday for 2 hours. There were 6 couples in the class and the other 5 spent the bulk of their time learning the beat. (my wife and I luckily had learned to stay on beat with the ballroom) The instructors worked with each couple individually..once we learned one step we moved on. I also purchase a DVD from two other instructors. What I really saw different and liked was that you really emphasized the male leads. Also I liked that you had the couple do the steps and said that was good but it can be made smoother by..... I think that is so important because as a beginner I want to first learn how to do it but then after knowing the steps I want to refine how it looks. I have been teaching a tai chi class at our local club for the last 10 years and really marvel at peoples body awareness. I have the luxury of having a mirrored room to use and sometime that doesn/t even help. People think the look one way and they might be doing something totally different with their posture/balance/ etc I think a DVD starting with the basic step and emphasizing the body position-weight shifts etc would be very informative...even to the point of showing the step and having music to demonstrate the strong beat and how to start with the 5-6 count...I know with the VHS tape you were trying to have something for all dance levels. Hopefully with two DVD/s you can have one for someone that is just starting and then a more advanced one. I personally would like to see some variations on the side pass...and some male solo steps. Again I really like the way you used positive reinforcement to do the corrections. I/am sure the DVD/s will be wonderful. Maybe we will bump into each other on Edisto or at a SOS function.

George and Kathleen Logsdon

Dear Ellen,

A big note of thanks to you....................You are an amazing dancer/teacher and it was such a pleasure to not only dance with you but also given the opportunity to attend another one of your outstanding workshop's. Your teaching of a combination along with your patience to everyone attending was very re-assuring that if we only applied a little bit of technique and personal style,we could all be as good as we allow ourselves to be.

I also wanted to say from our heart's "THANKS" for giving my partner and I some added pointer's on technique ( Footwork in the basic & Hand to Hand connection). We both love to work with technique when learning something new and we both are very grateful for all your help. From our heart's in Friendship...............

John Del Vecchio