Tap and Jazz A skill for a lifetime 
Tap & Jazz! A Skill For A Lifetime!
As a child I wasn’t able to participate in too many activities. I had two other siblings and it just wasn’t feasible for my parents to enroll us in a lot of extracurricular events. My sister took ballet as a child. I would attend classes with her and I would watch her perform her routines. I became interested in what she did but I didn’t think “ballet” was for me, but I did want to participate in some form of performing arts. I liked to dance but ballet was too slow paced for me. I informed my mother about how I felt, letting her know that I wanted to take dance classes. She obliged and soon signed me up for tap and jazz classes.
The first day of class I wasn’t sure if I was going to fit in. There were so many girls there and I didn’t know any of them. I guess none of us knew how much fun we were about to have. There were two instructors, who were also sisters, Ms. Patty and Bobby Suto. They had been teaching different styles of dance for years. The Suto sisters were so positive. The music they played to show us the routines were upbeat and classy. They took time to show us each step and if we couldn’t get it we would practice it until we did. It felt so exciting to be a part of this dance group. I felt like I belonged.
Each week I was filled with anticipation as I walked into the center. I enjoyed the tap part the most. There was excitement with the sound of tap dancing and a lot of girls’ voices. Everyone had their little black, shiny tap shoes on tapping their little shoes on the dance floor. The voices I listened for were Ms. Patty and Ms. Bobby. They were going to teach us how to tap dance. We learned about the different tap sounds. Toe, heel tap, step, and touch were some of the sounds with one step. Then there came the steps with two sounds like the ball heel and the shuffle. I was so excited that I was learning all these different steps. By the time we learned all these different moves the dance recital was around the
As a child I wasn’t able to participate in too many activities. I had two other siblings and it just wasn’t feasible for my parents to enroll us in a lot of extracurricular events. My sister took ballet as a child. I would attend classes with her and I would watch her perform her routines. I became interested in what she did but I didn’t think “ballet” was for me, but I did want to participate in some form of performing arts. I liked to dance but ballet was too slow paced for me. I informed my mother about how I felt, letting her know that I wanted to take dance classes. She obliged and soon signed me up for tap and jazz classes.
The first day of class I wasn’t sure if I was going to fit in. There were so many girls there and I didn’t know any of them. I guess none of us knew how much fun we were about to have. There were two instructors, who were also sisters, Ms. Patty and Bobby Suto. They had been teaching different styles of dance for years. The Suto sisters were so positive. The music they played to show us the routines were upbeat and classy. They took time to show us each step and if we couldn’t get it we would practice it until we did. It felt so exciting to be a part of this dance group. I felt like I belonged.
Each week I was filled with anticipation as I walked into the center. I enjoyed the tap part the most. There was excitement with the sound of tap dancing and a lot of girls’ voices. Everyone had their little black, shiny tap shoes on tapping their little shoes on the dance floor. The voices I listened for were Ms. Patty and Ms. Bobby. They were going to teach us how to tap dance. We learned about the different tap sounds. Toe, heel tap, step, and touch were some of the sounds with one step. Then there came the steps with two sounds like the ball heel and the shuffle. I was so excited that I was learning all these different steps. By the time we learned all these different moves the dance recital was around the