Life is a Dance
Local resident shares his passion by teaching
Dave Watson and his wife Jo Ellen Jarvis demonstrate the “West Coast Swing,” while students in a Washougal Community Education & Recreation class observe. The Beginning Ballroom Dance class is held on Monday nights in the commons area of Washougal High School. Dawn Feldhaus
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A Washougal man with some serious dance credentials is sharing his knowledge with local residents.
Dave Watson currently teaches "Beginning Ballroom Dance" Monday nights at Washougal High School. The seven-week course, offered through Washougal Community Education & Recreation, is focussing on waltz and West Coast swing dancing.
Watson has been teaching dance professionally for 39 years. For the first 15 of those years, he competed professionally in standard, smooth and rhythm styles.
Watson, a former owner of three Fred Astaire studios in New Jersey, has been an independent instructor for more than 25 years. In 2004, he opened Ballroom Parkrose -- a studio in Portland.
