In the words of the legendary choreographer Martha Graham, "Dance is the hidden language of the soul," and couples speak volumes on the dance floor during their wedding reception. If you find yourself (or your guy) lacking the finesse of Fred and Ginger, you just might try a dance instruction DVD. Lovebirds looking to perfect their pivots and dips in the privacy of their own home can turn to a variety of lessons available on DVD, including those of instructor Shawn Trautman.
The couple's spotlight moment is covered in Slow Dancing for Beginners Volumes One and Two. Teaching the art of underarm turns, lunges, promenades and more, Shawn Trautman takes viewers on their first steps toward the perfect first dance by walking his DVD students through each move.
2008616: How to Lose Weight While Eating Like Royalty On a Cruise
You're watching your weight for the wedding or your second honeymoon. You've watched the pounds fall off and already shopped for a new wardrobe for your trip.
But how can you keep the weight off during the trip...especially if that trip's a cruise?! We all know the temptations of a cruise...the numerous onboard restaurants, the midnight buffet, the decadent desserts.
We just ran across a new book by Michael Webb (best known as The RoMANtic, a romance expert who has appeared on Oprah.) His new book is called “How To Lose Weight While Eating Like Royalty On a Cruise” and Michael shows that it can be easy to lose weight while being on a cruise is because you’re already doing plenty of fat-burning exercise every day. The two of you will be walking around the ship, shopping, swimming, rock climbing, snorkeling, scuba diving, dancing at midnight discos...the list goes on. The problem comes from making bad food choices too often and eating too much.
Michael’s book goes through all the necessary steps to ensure you don’t gain weight and might even lose weight while enjoying your vacation.
The first half of the book contains a mix of both basic and not-so-well-known tips to keep the weight off, while the second half suggests ways to add more activities and exercise to your cruise. Don't miss the tips in the exercise section on ways to AUTOMATICALLY exercise more by making some very smart choices early on.
80316: Susan Southerland Releases Just Marry! Wedding Planning Secrets
Choosing the perfect wedding dress, deciding which vendors to work with, balancing the budget-- devising your dream I do's can be a daunting task. Now noted event planner Susan Southerland, whose words of wedding wisdom has appeared in Bride's, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide and The New YorkTimes, offers her advice to help ease those pre-wedding woes in her new DVD, Susan Southerland's Just Marry! Wedding PlanningSecrets.
Fans of Style Network's Whose Wedding is It Anyway? and The Learning Channel's A Wedding Story have already seen the event planner's expertise at work, and on the hour-long DVD Susan Southerland reveals tricks of the trade for cost-conscious couples.
The DVD is sold through Amazon for $29.95, and a sneak peek is offered at Susan Southerland's site, www.justmarry.com.
Susan Southerland's Just Marry! Wedding Planning Secrets Available Now on Amazon.com. (PRNewsFoto/Just Marry! Inc.)
In the words of the legendary choreographer Martha Graham, "Dance is the hidden language of the soul," and couples speak volumes on the dance floor during their wedding reception. If you find yourself (or your guy) lacking the finesse of Fred and Ginger, you just might try a dance instruction DVD. Lovebirds looking to perfect their pivots and dips in the privacy of their own home can turn to a variety of lessons available on DVD, including those of instructor Shawn Trautman.
, one of four DVDs which make up Shawn Trautman's Wedding Starter Pack. Containing over two hours of instruction, the instructor and his partner demonstrates the elements of such diverse dances as the Cha-Cha, Waltz and the Hustle, while Party Line Dances (Shawn Trautman's Learn to Dance Series)
offers 80 minutes of such reception staples as the Electric Slide, the Tush Push, the Macarena and the Boot Scootin' Boogie.
