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David Darling and Al Huang lead Aug 06 Omega workshop in "Dancing Cello - Dancing Tai Chai" workshop, fusing music improv with free style tai chai.

Stephanie Winters and Walter Parks open with a tight improvisational tune for their opening warm-up set for Richie Havens Sunday, Nov. 14, 2008 at Crossroads Music Hall, Huntsville, AL. Sid Hetzler video, DVC tape.

An idea of how early waltzing could have begun, music in the taverns. Posted temporarily for waltz workshop proposals. Can be purchased or rented on Netflix as "Strauss: Dream and Dance." For educational use only.

Atlanta jazz pianist Alan Dynin recorded one of seven winter improvisations on the 1912 Steinway B concert grand at Sid Hetzler's Split Tree Farm studio Dec 4, 2008 with sound by Chris Cantwell of Chattanooga. The CD will be available for purchase from Alan mid-December; his email is alandynin2 [at] yahoo.com or see link at www.splittree.org after Dec 15, 2008.

Mystica, or Misty, is a beautiful, energetic 8-year-old registered grey Paso Fino mare by top ranked Prometido at Ropa Farm, where Mystica was trained for show and trail. She now is for sale. Call 423 618 6651, Sid.

In this excerpt from "The Young Victoria," the queen, played beautifully by Emily Blunt, and her suitor Belgium Prince Albert interweave politics as a chess game with the subtext of her love of waltzing, something Albert regrets not knowing how to do...yet.

In this excerpt from "The Young Victoria," the queen's suitor, Belgium Prince Albert, learns of her love of waltzing, something he admits he cannot do, and returns home to learn quickly.