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Dawn Gershenfeld |
Meet Dawn Gershenfeld
Dawn was born and raised in Rochester, New York. She graduated West Irondequoit High School
in 1983 and Johnson and Wales University in 1987, with a BS in Hospitality Management. She is
proud to call The Eastern Shore home and lives here with her husband Mike and their two children
Zachary and Rachel.
Dawn is proud to be one of the founding members of the Wellness Community Delmarva. She
has served on their Board of Directors and as a chairperson on numerous special events.
Dawn has a longtime love for dance and is a part time Pilates instructor. She also plays on a
ladies tennis league.
Dawn will be dancing in honor and memory of all those friends and family affected by cancer. She
will dedicate her dance that evening to three special friends, Brooke Mulford, Becky Schumaker
and Chris Palmer. All still battling cancer.
in 1983 and Johnson and Wales University in 1987, with a BS in Hospitality Management. She is
proud to call The Eastern Shore home and lives here with her husband Mike and their two children
Zachary and Rachel.
Dawn is proud to be one of the founding members of the Wellness Community Delmarva. She
has served on their Board of Directors and as a chairperson on numerous special events.
Dawn has a longtime love for dance and is a part time Pilates instructor. She also plays on a
ladies tennis league.
Dawn will be dancing in honor and memory of all those friends and family affected by cancer. She
will dedicate her dance that evening to three special friends, Brooke Mulford, Becky Schumaker
and Chris Palmer. All still battling cancer.
Meet Dawn's Dance Instructor .........
Diego Guzman |
| Diego Guzman I started dancing at the age of 6 by participating in school choreographies of Mexican folklore. At the age of nine, my uncle Ivan showed me the basics of a Latin dance related to salsa called “Cumbia”, furthering my interest in dance. At the age of 13, after moving to the US, I learned the “Bachata”, “Mambo”, “Merengue”, “Punta”, “Salsa”, and various other Latin dances while observing others at family and friends parties. In my senior year of High School, I met Amanda Showell at an after school dance program, where she taught the basics of ballroom dancing. Thanks to Amanda, who invited me to a ballroom dance at the YMCA, I fell in love with the beauty of ballroom dancing. I was amazed by how well coordinated and gracefully couples danced across the floor. After this experience, I acquired a passion to learn ballroom dance. After graduating from high school, I had planned to move back to Mexico for education purposes, but my plans fell through and I decided to further my education in the US. I took a break from ballroom dancing for a couple months during the summer. When I returned to the dance floor, Aggie Belestky, a ballroom instructor from Dancing on the Shore, sparked the idea for me to become a ballroom instructor. Before making a final decision to become an instructor, Amanda offered to hire me as an instructor for Dancing on the Shore and I accepted. Later on, I continued to further my dancing abilities by taking group lessons during the fall of 2009 and, in December of the same year, I choreographed a “Bachata” performance with the help of Genesis Ruiz, for a Dancing on the Shore Showcase. I also did a swing performance choreographed by Amanda Showell. As for now I am looking forward to begin teaching ballroom dancing in the spring of 2010. |
