After a year of sitting at home, redecorating the house, You-Tubing how to bake bread, and helping the kiddos with online school; we knew it was time to get out and enjoy ourselves. But what could we do? We knew that we wanted something physical to shed some “Covid weight”. But we also wanted to have fun. And be safe. After hours on Google looking up “things to do in Scottsdale”, it seemed hopeless and looked like more time sitting at home with Netflix. That was until we found Imperial Ballroom. Neither of us had ever danced before and the idea of dancing was a little scary. But it was also exciting. We have been fans of Dancing With The Stars for years and always joked that we could do better than some of the celebrities that we saw each week. It was time to put our money where our mouth was. We were happy that scheduling was easy and worked around our schedules; so we decided to make it our weekly “date night”. Dinner and dancing. I was sold.

Our first lesson was great! After a shaky start, we started to understand how to move together and just laugh at our mistakes. Our instructor is super helpful and makes the learning process comfortable. Even though we don’t have any immediate plans to go out dancing or “show off” to anyone, we love that it is something we can do together and always leave with tired arms and a little sweat. We started with only two private lessons and then bought the package of ten lessons to continue learning. Now that the kids are back in school, we are dancing two nights a week; it makes a big difference to dance more often and we always look forward to it! If you are like us, and looking for something to do in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, I highly recommend taking lessons at Imperial Ballroom. I have two left feet and so does my husband, but we are doing much better and feel great about our progress. We hope to teach what we are learning to our children soon. I wish we had started dancing together years ago.