Sergei is the man!!!!!! We absolutely LOVED working with Sergei every week. It was so sad when our time was over and we didn't get to spend our weekly visits with him!
I surprised my husband by getting a Groupon for Fred Astaire. I had been re...ading all of the brides saying how choreographing their first dance was one of the best decisions they made. I figured we could try out a lesson with the Groupon and decide if we wanted to fully commit or not. If worse came to worse, I figured we had fun taking a couple of lessons.
Of course we loved our first appointment with Sergei and immediately booked our weekly sessions with him!
We procrastinated a bit so we started about two months out from our wedding. When I called she kindly told me that we better get moving if we wanted to be ready for our wedding day. lol.
We were looking to merge two songs together into one dance. We gave Sergei the time stamps of the songs and he arranged a beautiful dance for us with the perfect blend of both songs.
We worked hard week after week and felt like contestants on dancing with the stars. Once Sergei suggested we video ourselves and watch it in between visits, it made a huge difference! It was very difficult remembering if we were doing the steps correctly just from our memory.
We continued to add on new sections week after week until we finally put everything together.
The week leading up to our wedding we did a practice run in front of everyone at the studio that night. It was very stressful with everyone watching us but fun. The whole idea is to get you used to people watching you perform the dance.
I really wanted Sergei to be there on our wedding night like you would see your childhood dance instructor on the side of the stage at your dance recital. lol. He was there in spirit!
My husband had a heart attack when he saw how ginormous my wedding gown was. He said, "how are we going to do this with this dress?!?!?!" I told him that I showed Sergei from the beginning and that we should be able to make it happen! lol
I think we did Sergei proud! If it wasn't for COVID, we could have gone to show him our video by now!
We highly recommend Fred Astaire Dance Studio. They are all extremely professional and hard-working. They work with you to pay for your lessons as you go versus one lump sum when you sign your contract. They put the music together for you and create a dance perfect for you and your dance partner.
Sergei was kind, patient and professional as he worked with us to be the best dancers we could be. He is absolutely the best! Thank you so much, Sergei!