| Deborah Hyland dance mistress St. Louis, Missouri |
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| "Oneof the things I most appreciate about your caling is that you make people feel comfortable, not only with the dance steps, but more importantly, out on the floor with the other dancers. You're very positive and encouraging--you never allow anyone to feel stupid . . . As always, I really enjoyed the dance and was impressed with your ability to get a wide variety of folks up and dancing, successfully." --Silvana, St. Louis "Deborah has an uncanny ability to get new dancers up to speed in a short time" --Larry Ayers "Deborah Hyland is an experienced historical dance caller for both 'barn dances' (the sort of outdoor/tent dance) to formal indoor balls, for a 200-year time period. She's also experienced in the various set, round, or play party games of the sort that pulls in the 'I can't dance/don't have a partner' folks that often hang out on the edges. Gets folks up and participating who normally don't." --Mrs. Lawson/Winston Free-State/First Confederate Legion "You're a fun caller and the clients and staff appreciated the dancing very much! Thanks again!" --St. Patrick's Center for the Homeless "Thank you for directing such a wonderful dance. Everyone we spoke to had a great time, including some who hadn't danced in years." --Jacksonville, IL "We feel very fortunate to have had such a lively and knowledgeable dance mistress! You will be pleased to know that your presentation consistently recieved outstanding evaluations from the teachers. Not only did they enjoy the dancing, but they also found it very useful for their curriculum work!" --St. Louis Art Museum Summer Institute for Teachers "You did an amazing job! It was wonderful to watch the chaos turn into actual dancing!" --Missouri Historical Society Summertime Fun Program "It was so fun to be able to dance around to music, rather than being in a classroom." --Carrey; Crestview Middle School "I learned a new dance! I like it a lot more than I expected to." --Patrick; Crestview Middle School "I think that it would have been more fun if we had more time. Please, please come back next year." --Melissa; Crestview Middle School "I liked the dancing. It was fun except that I had to dance with other guys. I'm also probably the shortest kid in 8th grade, and I had to dance with the tallest girls in 8th grade. It was really fun though." --Nathan; Crestview Middle School "I enjoyed all the dances we did, except the part where I had to dance with my teacher. That was embarrasing." --Jason; Crestview Middle School "I must admit, when I first heard we were going to dance, I wanted to hightail it out of there ... Even through that, I still had fun ... The dances were, must I say it, cool. A plus-side was that they were easy to memorize and easy to do. When I got home I found myself doing the dances in the mirror. I hope you come back next year." --Eric; Crestview Middle School "That was really fun! All my friends like it. I want to do it again. I danced and danced and danced ... I wish we had more time. We could learn about 5 more dances and do them all ... My friend Charlie thought it was extreme." --Jimmy; Crestview Middle School "This is just what I wanted!!!!" --Karen; on her 60th birthday bash |
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