Have you heard our news?? We are so excited to announce the newest classes coming to the DDF Gahanna schedule starting Saturday, March 24!

12:30pm: Ballet Fit with Yulia Lukyanova Moriarty If you missed out on ballet as a child or you are looking back on it with fond memories, now is your chance to step up to the barre! Core strength is a vital element of overall fitness and this class concentrates on developing that component in addition to increasing flexibility, posture and overall carriage. Yulia is a classically trained Russian ballerina and a former Riverdance soloist. $15/class or 10 classes for $100 ** FIRST CLASS FREE!**

1:30pm: Irish Step Dance with Joe Moriarty Want to learn the basics of Irish Step Dance? Why not learn from the former Principal Dancer of Riverdance, Joe Moriarty? Irish Step Dance is energetic, intricate and most importantly, loads of fun! Join Joe in this lively class that really gets you moving from the waist down! Experience this unique dance form and really learn to dance the Irish jig! $15/class or 10 classes for $100 **FIRST CLASS FREE!**

Diamond Dance and Fitness always strives to provide the best quality education in dance, fitness and nutrition to our clients and staff. This weekend, DDF is excited to welcome champion dancer Diane Jarmolow to Columbus to conduct her amazing Move Like a Champion Workshop.

From her website:

“Move Like a Champion is a revolutionary program that is appropriate for all levels and will help you correct problems that plague many dancers; weak frame, sloppy feet, awkward movements, small strides, etc. Each Exercise is designed to teach you how your body works so that you can take charge of your movements on the dance floor. All exercises are applicable to Ballroom, Latin and Swing dances.

Don’t miss your chance to take advantage of this great opportunity! Spots are filling up fast – enroll today!

As spring peeks it’s face out of the winter blah’s, we all start thinking of shorts, tank tops, flip flops and days at the pool. The warm weather will be here to stay before you know it, and you want to make sure your body is ready to go!

As an incentive to get you off the couch and out of the winter blah’s, we are offering 5 Personal Training Sessions for $150, now through March 31! All of our trainers are certified fitness experts that will customize a plan to help you sky-rocket to your fitness goals.

You can swipe your key card and have an anonymous workout at any gym in town. At DDF, we believe that for our clients to get the results they want, they need personalized attention and support. Don’t miss your chance to get the attention you deserve, at a rate that it over 50% off the normal price! Call the studio today to take advantage of this offer before it’s gone!

Gahanna 614-428-6020

Westerville 614-823-8882

At Diamond Dance and Fitness, we constantly strive to bring you the best possible fitness, health and dance education available. We regularly bring the top professionals from each industry to our studio for coaching, so our members can learn from the very best. We are thrilled to announce that WBFF Professional Chelcea Gonzales will be in the studio Monday, January 23 and Tuesday, January 24!

Chelcea is a personal trainer and fitness competitor from Omaha, Nebraska. Among her many accomplishments, she is a former Miss World Physique and 1st Runner Up Miss Planet Beach Omaha. She specializes in helping clients design a diet and exercise plan that will help them accomplish their goals and reach their highest potential. Training with Chelcea is an excellent opportunity to create a blueprint for your fitness success in 2012!

She will be available for private training sessions in Gahanna on Monday and Westerville on Tuesday, as well as conducting a group seminar each evening at Gahanna. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity, available only at DDF! Call the studio today to reserve your spot!

The staff and students of DDF kicked off the competitive ballroom season by traveling to Covington, Kentucky the weekend of January 14 to attend the 2nd Annual Riverfront DanceSport Festival. Competing at the event were veteran students Jamie Wells, Heidi Lewis, Eileen Carman, Sandy Marino, Phyllis Thornton and Fran Sherowski, as well as two new faces to the DDF family, Cathy Tavenner and Sandy Ewing.

Jamie Wells received top honors as the Grand Champion of the Solo Division, as well as placing 1st in the Standard Scholarship Division. Heidi Lewis claimed the Grand Champion title in the Smooth Division, 1st Place Smooth Scholarship Divison, 2nd Place Standard Scholarship Division, and 2nd Place Rhythm Scholarship Division. Both of these lovely ladies are under the guidance of Josh Tilford.  Eileen Carman, Sandy Marino and Fran Sherowski brought down the house in the Solo Division and received top honors as well.

After all the dancing was done, DDF took 2nd Place Top Studio overall. The following day, Josh Tilford and Ashley Wessel were honored to be asked to participate as demonstrators in workshops taught by the legendary Sam Sodano.

Congratulations to all our hardworking staff and students for such an impressive performance at the first ballroom competition of the year! We are looking forward to an exciting competition season in 2012. Next up, the Michigan Dance Challenge!

Josh Tilford recently stared in a short film, “The Fencing Lesson” where he was both dance choreographer and had an important role as a student taking a fencing lesson. Ashley Wessel also had a cameo appearance as a fencing student and was the film’s makeup artist. The primary actors of the film had been searching for a dance studio willing to teach them the dance for the film. They had no experience with dancing. After many rejections from other studios, Josh got on board and began choreographing the dance for the film.

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