We’ve been blogging here at AMA Dance & Music School for over a year now. It’s an incredible feeling to share our school’s programs and events with you! It’s exciting to introduce you to our AMAzing Students of the Month. We’ve been honored to share our school’s history with you.

And we love spotlighting our awesome teachers and students in photo and video posts!

We decided to highlight our Top Five Most Viewed Posts to date. We know some of you are new to the AMA blog and you might have missed what we shared, so enjoy these past posts! We look forward to bringing you more AMAzing photos, videos, stories, students, and events!

The Barefoot Hawaiians taught AMA students how to hula dance.Part 1: 2013 Student Appreciation Pajama Party & Sleepover (Photos!)

This year our theme was a luau – complete with Hawaiian decorations such as palm trees and grass skirts for the tables, a lei craft table, raffles, and delicious food donated by Rand Red Hots! To top it off… we even invited the famous dance troupe, The Barefoot Hawaiians! Read more…

A Guy in a Girl’s World: Not a Bad World, by Conrad Frank

Conrad and his sisters

To think this all started because I grew up dancing. Dancing is a part of me: it’s part of my background, it’s part of my business mentality, it’s part of my family and its part of my life. When I graduate high school and am no longer dancing with Orchesis, I will still be at my mom’s dance recitals helping backstage. I will still be reminded of how fabulous my sisters are at dancing and how much fun we had growing up learning so much so young. Read more…

Ballet class at AMA with Miss ChristinaAMA’s Tuesday Night Ballet Class – A Video! (Sweetheart Week 2013)

Miss Christina’s Ballet class performs their L-O-V-E dance in a routine designed specifically for Sweetheart Week! Read more (and watch our video)…

Dance: A Guy’s Perspective, by Conrad Frank

Conrad in hip hop performance.Many people view dancing as exclusively for girls. However, those people are wrong. I am a guy. I play football. I wrestle. AND I like to dance. Dancing is cool. Taking dance lessons and learning to perform are tools that have changed my confidence level. I took hip-hop lessons, and yes, at 13 years old, I even took private ballet lessons for a short period of time. Why? Read more…

The beautiful office after painting.Making History – How AMA Was Born

We teach something different at AMA. We teach that it’s NOT about what you look like. (Last time I checked, we do not get to choose the package our body comes in.) We need to teach our children that it is their character and their kindness on the inside that matters most – not their size, the fact that they wear braces or glasses, have acne, or a nose they don’t love. Life is NOT about dance competitions and being told on a specific day that you are the best, or even worse… that you’re a loser. It’s about doing the best you can. Read more…

Thank you to our AMA families, students, staff, and friends for supporting our AMAzing blog! We look forward to bringing you more great posts throughout the upcoming year!

Warmly,
Warmly, Ann Marie

 


 

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