If you're wondering how our return to The Total Woman show went

Once again, the lovely ladies of Impact Movement Studios had a lovely time at the Total Woman show. In the above pic, our performance group poses for a picture in our downtime between performances. The crowd seemed really receptive to our performances, they had lots of comments to give post-performance, we got to meet some great people and give them lots of information about our business.

Now we have some downtime, to rest and figure out when and where our next performance will be. In the meantime, we are running a studio special where if you purchase a membership or package, you get a ballot to enter our draw to win a $50 gift card for our local mall.

If you're wondering whether or not I'm cursed...

... I am. Our brand new "Instructor of the month" feature in the Impact newsletter featured Kristin Mckellar(the one who ran with the torch in my last post). Shortly after that, Kristin resigned from Impact over artistic differences, I will miss her but I have the feeling this won't be the end of it.

Our dancers just finished a Contemporary/Jazz Funk workshop this weekend and are still feeling a little achy. I guess that's what happens when you love something so much, that you put your heart and soul into it.

This weekend is the partner yoga workshop and annual thanksgiving photoshoot. I know I'm going to get a sexy picture taken on the pole/chair.

My editorial was declined as the newspaper doesn't accept submissions for op-eds. I'm still excited to find other opportunities and to enjoy getting to meet new people at this year Total Woman Show.

If you're wondering what the new years has in store...

...I don't even know either. As I was reflecting on the lack of written media opportunities the studio has had and ways to increase it, genius struck. Recently a petition was dropped off, asking for gym memberships to be exempt for harmonized sales tax. There are defintately some good arguments as to why it should be exempt and I decided to use the opportunity to write an opposite editorial about the topic and hope to submit it and see in the editorials section of my paper.

In the weeks since my last blog, I was busy with Christmas activities and watching Impact's own Kristin McKellar carry the Olympic torch. Above is a picture of Kristin and I with the torch during the afterparty at Bobby O'Briens.

Now, the efforts turn towards promoting the newest series of workshops and preparation for The Total Woman Show.

Stay tuned...

If you're wondering how the media craziness is going...

...things have very much calmed down. I'm still waiting for clips from CTV and 519 online to be uploaded to the Media section of the Impact Movement website.

I have some great pics to come from the Choreographers Snow Ball. The top shot is the beginning and yes we rocked blindfolds! The shot below is our final pose after we danced our hearts out. There were some phenomenal dance numbers, I was so excited to see so many forms of dance all in one place.

Now things finally get a little quiet as all of us at Impact spend some time with our families over the Christmas season. Then before we know it, January is here and we kick it back into high gear preparing for another great year at The Total Woman Show (http://www.totalwomanshow.com/).

Stay tuned for great pics and maybe a little hint at our performance at The Total Woman Show!

If you're wondering how funny Karma is...

...I just happened to find myself at a house party with 91.5 The Beat on-air personality Mr. D. I gave him a quick run-down of my idea for festivus for the rest of us and he really loved it and sais he'd try to help if possible. He also gave me the promotions director's contact information.
I have finally just completed my pitch and am sending it off tomorrow.

CTV did film our Hoop Fit class and unfortunately I was not able to find a link to the online clip. The .wmv file will soon be available on our webpage for you to check out. I have also heard back from CTV and The Waterloo Region Record who are both finalizing their schedule for covering the torch run, so I will have to follow up later.

Oh and of course, during the middle of all of this we got a request from 519 Online (www.519online.com) for an interview for a piece they're doing on fitness. I watched the finished clip a few days later and I was impressed with how natural I appeared on camera. Again, we hope to have the clip on the website soon.

Impact Movement is now participating in the Choreographer's snow ball Dec 10, so I will have some pics to post soon.


As always-stay tuned.

If you're wondering how short my to list is...

...it's now getting very short. It's been a while and I've been busy trying to confirm a time with CTV to film our Hoop Fit class. I tentatively have Monday November 9th booked in, pray that real news doesn't cut into our filming time! In the meantime I've finished my pitch regarding local Olympic torchbearer(and friend) Kristin McKellar and have sent it to The Waterloo Region Record and CTV.

I'm also going to try to help do some more studio related writing. At Imapct Movement we currently have a monthly newsletter which is one page and covers studio news, events and fun things like healthy recipe's. We will hopefully be expanding the newsletter to 2 pages to create a teacher of the month profile page. The idea will be to help customer better connect with their teachers and attend thier classes.

Since I have CTV handled, Kristin pitched and just Festivus left to pitch...I'm having a few less things to do...dare I even say it? Rest? We have the Total Women's Show again this year and I hope to perfom with the group as well as man our booth when I'm not performing.

Stay tuned for more info on where and when you can catch our CTV Clip.

If you're wondering what's left to do...

...very little. I have sent off my pitch to Cognition Magazine and recieved a reply that the information I submitted will be kept on record for the future. Not quite what I had hoped for but they are a new publication and might still want to do some tweaking as to what they will and won't cover, hopefully including Impact Movement. I've also created and sent off the Hoop Fit pitch and awaiting results from CTV.

Since the Olypmic torch run has had some problems in its first leg (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/29/bc-olympic-flame-island-arrival.html ), I am pushing up the media relations work I am doing with Kristin McKellar. I hoping for her to get some media coverage now to help build some support around the torch run throught Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge.

As promised, here's the link to the published story about Impact Movement in Spoke (http://www2.conestogac.on.ca/conestoga/servlet/Controller?service=edu.conestoga.web.spoke.Spoke&target=/web/spoke/news/view_story_news.jsp&NewsID=1002207&mode=viewSpokeNews ).

Now on to trying to create a festivus for the rest of us with 91.5 the beat, then lots of well deserved rest.

Stay tuned...