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Home Page Contact Us Rumba, ChaCha, Salsa	Meet your instructor, Lora LaMon
	Lora's reputation is that of a technician. One of her own coaches has remarked that she has one of the best eyes in the business for spotting what's happening in one's dance. She agrees with her coaches, who prefers quality to quantity, and always stresses to her students that "better" is nicer than "more". She says, "Just about anyone can learn a hundred patterns and do them badly. But we all enjoy watching a proficient dancer execute a few patterns done well."
	Lora's strong sense of rhythm and music composition stems from a very early start. She began playing classical piano at the age of 4, eventually developing an interest in contemporary pieces. At 14 she composed her first short concerto. During the mid-70's, she studied and performed classical and contemporary voice for eight years. Lora's dancing began at the age of seven with ballet and tap. She continued dancing through college where she was introduced to ballroom, latin and swing. In 1984, a group or co-workers talked her into joining them at a country western club where for the next four years she mastered all the country couple dances popular at that time. In 1988, Lora re-entered the world of Ballroom. Shortly after that, she began training and teaching.
	Lora is available full time for classes, private lessons, technical and competitive coaching. She teaches primarily out of RJ Dance Studio, Salem's Dance Connection, but is also available to travel throughout the Valley. Lora keeps her own dancing current by continuous weekly training with her own coaches. In addition, she attends several training camps throughout the year. Lora has coached with the likes of:
Recent & Current Coaches	Past Ballrrom Smooth Coaches	Past Rhythm and Latin Coaches
Tony Dovolani 2006, 2005, 2004 Dances with the Stars Professional Current World and Undefeated United States Open Champion 2006 Emerald Ball Open Professional American Rhythm Champion 2006 PBS American Ballroom Challenge Rhythm Champion 2005 Ohio Star Ball American Rhythm Champion 2005 World Rhythm Champion Benji Schwimmer 2006 Winner of "So, You Think You Can Dance" Buddie & Laurie Schwimmer Creator of the Night Club 2-Step World Renowned Swing Masters	Elizabeth (Cullip) Knoll Int'l Standard & American Smooth Champion Jim & Jenell Maranto 2-time U.S. American Smooth Championships US Representatives in World Showdance Events Pierre Allaire & Mireille Veilleux Int'l Standard & Latin 10-Dance Champions Blackpool (England) Rising Star Champions Michael Mead & Olga Foraponova Int'l Standard Finalists David Hamilton & Olga Foraponova Armerican Smooth Champions Stanislov & Ludmilla Popov 8-time Russian Standard Champions Nic Cotton & Debbie Avalos Int'l Standard & Latin 10-Dance Champions Chris & Denese Morris American Smooth Champions	Ron Montez 7-time Undefeated US Latin American Champion World Finalist and British Finalist Bob Powers & Julie (Gorchakova) Powers 12-time Undefeated US Rhythm Champions 13-timesWorld Mambo Champions James & Jaana Kunitz 10- time Int'l Latin Champions Tony Meredith & Melanie Lapatin 4-time North American Latin Champions 12-time US Representative World Latin Championships Rick Pride & Catherine Joy American Rhythm Rising Star Peter Mant & Ava Kaye American Rhythm Finalists International Latin Rising Star Finalists FJ Abaya & Natasha Thayer American Rhythm Rising Stars
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