The Unlikely Dancer

~ CELEBRATING A DECADE OF DANCE FOR DEMENTIA ~Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease at age 53, every day I fight a battle to still be me. A Battle wages within ~ a silent predator ~ the Thief of my Mind, Memory, and Me. Traveling through the Valley of the Shadow of Death ~ When you hear you are dying, you feel yourself disappearing ~ just fading away ~ 'There is a Time to Dance!' ~ 'God Changed My Mourning into Dancing!' Ballroom Dance ~ the Missing Link in my Rehabilitation for my Mind and Body ~ I am a Voice that needs to be heard ~ a Mind that needs to be understood ~ a Disease that needs Explanation ~ a Cure! Creating My Voice for the Message of Hope for the Disease of Alzheimer’s through my Story and my 'Dare to Live!' Dance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD CHAMPION PRODUCTIONS ~ DAVID ELKIN ~4 World Championship Titles7 United States Championship Titles2 British Championship TitlesQuote ~ 'We strive to always treat customers with warmth, care, respect, honesty, and integrity.''A lot of people choose careers that really don’t make a difference in people’s lives. I feel truly blessed that, when done correctly, the ballroom profession is the only one that I know, other than medical ministry, that creates profound and positive mental and physical changes in so many people’s lives. We like to tally our successes, not with quarterly figures and amount of customers we see on a daily basis, but by how many people we’ve helped on a daily basis.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~David inspired me to share his love of dance ~ over 500 of 'My Guests' took that 'first step over the threshold' of his World Champion Productions Dance Studio to enjoy the opportunity of the life-changing experience of Ballroom Dance!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'Dancing is Life' ~ 'This is a quote that is a direct parallel to life. It rejuvenates us, keeps us sound, keeps us creating, instead of dying.' ~Tony Dovolani of 'Dancing with the Stars' ~ World Rhythm Champion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I invite you to read my books ~ 'LIVING IN MY SHADOW ~ My Journey with Alzheimer’s' ~ promoting early Diagnosis, Meds to Reverse the Symptoms, and Ballroom Dance to Rejuvenate the Mind and Body. Learn of my journey of almost two decades with this silent predatory thief of my mind, memory, and me. Learn how I tamed the monster living within my Brain to the tune of music. From Walker/Wheelchair to Waltzing ~ 'I Am Dancing to Live!' Then continue to follow my journey as 'The Unlikely Dancer' as I take the final steps of my journey with Alzheimer’s Disease in 'Dancing to the Light.' ~ Hazel Minnick xoxox~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3