Better Late than Never!

Wow! I've had such a busy Spring so far! Even though Spring semester ended for me last week, I'm busier now that I was going to school! The Ft. Meigs YMCA Zumbathon was so fun on April 30th...I want to thank everyone for coming and sharing your Friday night with us :-)

I just started my ZumbAtomic classes on Friday and they're a HIT! Love the Tween ages...so sweet :-) Be on the lookout for my Wednesday ZumbAtomic at 4pm, starting May 19th. And NO, I do not use the some of my more "adult" songs for the Tween classes.

Here's a quick update on my songs for Spring 2 session (some I use now, some later):

Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz
Lose Control - Timbaland and JoJo
Check On It - Beyonce
Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilera
Tu Boquita - ZIN 26
Push Push - Kat DeLuna & AKON
Grata Brasileira - ZIN 26
Oye Mi Canto - Nina Skyy, Big Mato, Daddy Yankee, Gem Star
So Fine - Sean Paul
Follow the Leader - Soca Boys
Baby - Justin Beiber & Ludacris
Shake Remix - Pitbull, Elephant Man, Ying Yang Twins
I Made It! - Kevin Rudolf
Whoomp, There It Is - Tag Team
Hot Hot Hot - Buster Pointdexter
Shake Your Bon Bon - Ricky Martin
Alejandro - Lady GaGa
Wait Your Turn - Rihanna
Rude Boy - Rihanna
Carry Out - Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
Hey Soul Sister - Train
You and Me - Lifehouse
Impossible - Shontelle
Gypsy - Shakira

Whew, there's so much Zumba love all over that list! Too many great new songs out there - hope I can get to them all.

Hope you all have a great session with me - and don't forget to request songs at the beginning of class, or if you have an idea for a song, let me know.

Thanks for dancing with me :-)
See ya at the party!
Myra :-)

I'm a B-Girl!!!

My little sister by faith, Crystal McNutt and I participated in an AWESOME dance workshop called Hip Hop Explosion here in Toledo on April 2 & 3. We have our battle scars to prove it! Some of the best Hip Hop Choreographers in the country taught our classes. Here's a few pictures from my FaceBook of the event:

Happy Spring!!

Here's a quick update on life and my Zumba playlist:

- I went to ZumbAtomic (kids Zumba) training this past weekend up in Southfield, MI. It was the most fun I've had dancing in a LONG time! Marcie Gill, Zumba Education Specialist, was really amazing - best technical dancer I've seen in a LONG time. I learned so much about teaching to younger participants. I never knew how much was involved until I took the certification. I have a lot of new game ideas and so many new moves - I'll try some out this week on my adults! I look forward to teaching ZumbAtomic when Spring 2 session starts in May.

- I'm now co-teaching Hip Hop for kids ages 4-12 at the YMCA on Mondays at 4:00 to 4:45pm. It's been a lot of fun helping Miss Megan with her class. Kyra and Nina are in class too and that's been so nurturing for them :-) We're preparing our dance for the Spring Recital in May. It's been a few years since I've worked with little ones - since I used to teach Kids Yoga back in 2007. So, it's been testing my patience and tolerance, which is exactly what I need to focus on. But all the kids are very sweet and are wonderful little dancers!

- Perrysburg YMCA (Fort Meigs) will be hosting a Zumbathon!!! Proceeds will go to the YMCA's Scholarship Fund. The tentative details are: Friday, April 30, 6:30-8:30pm. I will update you with further information next time. This will be my 4th one I've danced at this year! What a night of fun they truly are :-)

- Here are some updates for my playlist:

Pusha Pusha - Axe Bahia (not the ZIN version)
Iko Iko - The Belle Stars
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, et. all...
One, Two Step - Ciara
Right Now - Akon
I Need to Know - Marc Anthony (not the ZIN version)
Telephone - Lady GaGA & Beyonce
Dance da Maozinha - Axe Bahia
La Camisa Negra - Juanes
Make It Real - Jets
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Only Hope - Mandy Moore
Henna - Cheb Khaled ft. Cameron Cartio
Bust A Move - Young MC
Now That We Found Love - Heavy D and the Boys

I hope you guys have a lot of fun with this mix - I'll be adding more ZIN songs throughout the next month - and I'll post those in a few weeks.

Also, I changed my major in school (again). I decided that I'm just not cut out for social work. I need something more...concrete. The abstract thinking part is just not me. I'm glad I found that out during my very first class in social work. I'm pretty sure I'm going to follow through my very original plan (years ago) and continue my studies towards a Bachelors's in Dance Education. I'm tinkering around with getting another Associate's in Physical Therapy Assistant, but I detest having to catch up in all my math and science classes that I didn't get during high school/early college years. Who knows, maybe I could become a master trainer with Zumba someday...

See ya at the party!
Myra :-)

Dancing aWay with the Stars!

The show is over! What a great time and a fabulous event! The Perrysburg YMCA dancers were awesome! Special thanks to Alison, Crystal, Danielle, Karyn and Tanya for ROCKIN' it! It was a great event and all the amateur/professional teams did a SUPER job. The band, Hepcat Revival was too cool. My personal favorite was Becky Beebe (go Becky!). My thanks to the library and all the volunteers who made it all happen! You'd have never guessed we were boogey-ing down in a normally quiet library..."I could have danced all night"...

Here are a few songs that I mixed in with our show songs in February:

Beso un la Boca - Axe Bahia (macarena)
Solo Se Vive Una Vez - ZIN Megamix 13 - (Rumba Flamenco)
Take Ya Mama Out - Scissor Sisters (warm-up)

I will have a new playlist this week and happily it will NOT include any of our show songs, YEA! Stay tuned and I hope everyone has a time during Winter 2 session at the YMCA. Also, thanks for a sold-out session once again - y'all are da BOMB :-)

See ya at the party!
Myra :-)

P.S...I'm planning on teaching the kids Zumba program Zumbatomic this coming summer - more info soon!

New Videos!

Hola!

I felt inspired last week to make a few videos of the songs that my dance troupe, the Perrysburg YMCA Dancers, will be performing at the Way Library's Perrysburg Fundraiser, Dancing aWAY with the Stars. But since we're all busy ladies, it's hard to rehearse together. So, I thought I'd coax Greg into spending a date night at the YMCA to catch me on video with my iPod. It's hard to see me in the front, but the idea was to catch me from behind so my friends could follow me easier. These songs are also going to be the songs on my playlist for February:

Wanna Be Starting Something - Michael Jackson
La Cadena de Oro - Cabas
Tengo Un Amor - ZIN 17
Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield and Sean Kingston
Evacuate the Dancefloor - Cascada
Mariana Mambo - ZIN 23
Parsarela - ZIN 20
TIK TOK - Ke$ha

Hope you enjoy them :-)
See ya at the party!
Myra :-)

***NOTE: Loading these videos are taking forever...but I'll get it done. You can see them on my FaceBook too. Friend me: Myra Marangi

Happy 2010!!!

Happy 2010, I just wanted to post the music for tonight's class for the Winter 1 session. I will chit-chat later...but I do want to give a huge THANK YOU to Karyn and Lew Dutridge, for funding this sessions music through a $15 gift card from iTunes for me. I love you guys!

Here is the new repertoire I have called, "Gettin' Down..."

Down - Jay Sean (pop warm-up)
Tik Tok - Kesha (pop warm-up)
La Cadena De Oro - Cabas (Salsa)
Do You Dig it? - ZIN 24 (Mambo Cha Cha)
Obsessed - Mariah Carey (pop/bachata)
Slide - ZIN 24 (Reggaeton, Salsaton)
Me Gusta Me Gusta - ZIN 24 (Salsa/Cumbia)
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (PoP)
5 Letras - ZIN 24 (reggaeton)
Alegria Pa Zumbar - Zumba DVD's 2008 (samba)
It Takes 2 - Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock (old school)
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae (cool down)

There's a whole lot of *booty-shakin* in these grooves. It was fun to re-live my teen dance club days of It Takes 2 - we did the running man, the bow and arrow step, and all sorts of other old school moves! That was the funnest for me :-)

Thanks for a great 1st class - here's to many more!!!
See ya at the party :-)

"Having a good time now..."

Greetings!
I'm almost back up to speed - but still trying to take it easy, maybe I'm taking it a little too easy, I'm procrastinating writing my last paper for my SOC class...

I slowed things down a little for this past week. I'm working on building my stamina a little more so we'll slowly add back some reggaeton, hip hop and merengue very soon.

Playlist for Dec. 1 - 10:

Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Chiquilla - Kumbia Kings
La Negra Tienne Tumbao - Celia Cruz
Zumba Zumba - Zumba 2004 DVD's
Tengo Un Amor - ZIN 17
I Need to Know - Marc Anthony
Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield
Na Na Na Dulce Nina - Kumbia Kings
Boro Boro - ZIN 22
Pon De Replay - Rihanna
Get Down - W7
Stranger - Hilary Duff
El Menenito - ZIN 20
Solo Se Vive Una Vez - ZIN MegaMix 13
She Wolf - Shakira
Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani
Push Push Push - Zumba 19
Speedy Gonzalez - Kumbia Kings
La Bomba - Ricky Martin
19 de Noviembre - ZIN MegaMix 10
The Way She Moves - Zion
Realize - Colbie Calliat
The Earth, The Sun, The Rain - Color Me Badd
Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls

I'll try to beef up the intensity next week. Thanks to all who danced with me this week.
Don't forget registration for Winter 1 has already started :-) I'm predicting a very busy season at the YMCA this January, as usual!

Have a great week-
See ya at the party!
Myra :-)