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Zumba Instructor Convention 2012


I know many of you want to know how my trip to Orlando went, so here I go...

The 2012 Zumba Instructor Convention officially kicked off on Thursday, August 9th 2012, but I was anxious to start my "ZUMBACATION", so I got right in on the action Wednesday, August 8th 2012! I started with some much needed shopping followed by a Master Class with the great Alejandro from China-Venezuela!

Thursday morning, I woke up early and waited in line for the Zumba Outlet Store to open...At 6:15 a.m. I was already sitting in line! I finally got in the store around 9:15 a.m.!!! I made my way to the official kick-off where I was lucky enough to hear some great people speak and some very inspirational stories. Already, I was feeling the Zumba Love! In the afternoon, I had my very first workshop, which was Brazilian Carnival! I LOVED IT!!!! I got to do some samba...more samba...and more samba! At night, we were invited to attend a "Party in Pink Fitness Concert". The venue was very big and very packed! At the very end, we were surprised with a special appearance from Daddy Yankee who was set to perform the next night! It was a great preview of what was yet to come! I'm not going to lie...we rushed towards the stage when we saw him come out! It was pretty adventurous, but fun! We later headed to our hotel lobby bar where the dancing just went on and on and on! Oh, what a first night it was! :) 

On Friday, I attended 2 workshops. The first session was Hip-Hop. I loved it because I got to learn some cool choreography. The second session was a Live Class with Beto. I had to get in line very quickly in order to get a great spot in the room. The ladies get crazy when Beto is around! Later that night, we were lucky enough to attend a Soldat Jahman and Daddy Yankee concert. It was so much fun! Most of all, I loved seeing my amazing friend and roommate Maria having a great time singing and dancing to an artist she really admired! The crazy girls running up on stage, trying to get to Daddy Yankee and Beto made the evening that much more entertaining too! But realistically, I felt bad for the man...Lucky for me, I got a picture with him in a more civilized manner after the concert! :)

On Saturday, I attended a Zumba Sentao training all day. I am now licensed to teach Zumba classes with a chair; however, I still have some studying to do before I try doing it! In the evening, we had a theme party planned. "Dancing through the decades" was the theme. I made my way to the 80's that night! The costumes all around were fun to see! :)

On Sunday, I started with a Reggaeton workshop. I needed to step out early however because some of my fellow instructors and I had to go get filmed for the Original Movements Contest we had entered. After that I attended an awesome African Dance workshop. In the evening, I got to spend some time relaxing and dancing just one last time with my roomie Uriah. :)

Thank you to my fabulous roommates Maria and Uriah! 
Thank you to my travel buddies Sheilah and Karen (and Kyle)! 
Thank you to my Original Movements team Zumba EH!
Thank you to everyone who made my first Convention so AMAZING! 

Zumba Love! :)

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