On February 12, Friday evening, at 7:30pm we will host an event whose connection to CrossFit is tenuous at best. I could try to say it is all about nutrition (which it is) or all about learning new sports (is dancing a sport?) or something, but mostly it is too have fun and make some good use of this enormously large space we have, the fabulous people we know, the talented clients we have and to celebrate a birthday…
I can’t imagine there is a single one of you at CrossFit Works that does not know Summer. You might not know that she and her husband Bruce teach dance classes in salsa and bachata among other things. Check them out at Salsa Soulseros. In addition to Summer you have two other fellow CrossFitters who are great dance teachers as well: the lovely Liz and Adrian (friend of the wall ball). Adrian and Liz have graciously agreed to help their
fellow CrossFitters get a little more passionately coordinated by starting off our evening with a bachata demonstration and lesson. If you don’t know what bachata is, I’m not the one to help (Liz, Adrian, Summer???), but I can tell you that it is beautiful, sexy and when you see it you’ll wish you could do it and your sweetheart will wish you could do it too. Bring your sweetheart and learn. After the lesson we’ll just have a regular old dance-anything goes. And we’ll have a Paleo dessert potluck. This dessert thing is to celebrate the 44th birthday of the young Carl Wells-co-owner of your Affiliate. As I’ve mentioned before Carl does everything unglamorous in our Affiliate. Keeps the books, pays the bills, picks up t-shirts and toilet paper, markets and tries desperately to teach me what a business is all about, as well as training his personal training clients. Most of you know that Carl has lost over 100lbs and that might be a hint for you that he really likes dessert. Turns out though, that although Carl is a “good Texas boy” as one of our early shared clients told me, he likes Paleo desserts just fine. We’ll help you out in the next few days with some ideas for your potluck offering (paper plates and napkins?).
Bring your friends and your family to dance and eat with us. Open to the public.
Dancing and dessert? Two of my favorite things! I will definitely be there… now if I can just convince Chris that he needs to learn the bachata with me!
Paleo lemon meringue pie anyone?(for those of you facebook addicts- I posted the recipe there) It was a lot of work- may turn into simply paleo lemon pudding- but hey starting in Feb I am off at 6 on Fri- what a concept
“…when you see it you’ll wish you could do it and your sweetheart will wish you could do it too.”
I should introduce you do this fella I’ve been seeing…Daniel. He definitely will not.
Unless of course it’s Summer’s newest creation: Bachata Fit…which sounds pretty darn interesting.
Mary, maybe you are selling Daniel short? Doesn’t strength bring better control over your body which makes you more graceful? And it is right before Valentine’s day? Did you find a crossfit in Costa Rica yet?
LOL, it isn’t a matter of strength or grace. He just doesn’t like to dance…or to learn how. As for Costa Rica, um…haven’t really looked for a crossfit affiliate. But there’s a nice beach, some rainforest and a volcano!
Hey Mary, you might be suprised to know that Daniel did get on the dance floor for one full song last night at Sur Real! I think he suprised himself. Tony made it out for a song as well, we just gotta work on Marcy now!
Yeah, Bachata FIT is a fun one. Bruce, Liz and I taught “Combat FIT” last semester but with a bunch of sorority chicks who didn’t want to sweat and hit a punching bag it didn’t fly too well. So now I’m tricking them into doing push ups by adding it between dancing!
Haha… trickery. A teacher’s secret weapon.
And I’ll let Daniel surprise me. But it’s all on him.
Ha! Summer, I’ll come on the 12th….I ain’t ascared. I can’t believe Daniel crumbled under the pressure after I left! SUR REAL was a little much for me but doing it in a room full of other people who are clueless like me ~ that I can do.
Marcy,
There will at least be one other “clueless” person-me! I have complete and unwavering confidence in the patience of Liz and Adrian.
I am hoping to make it and to twist Ash’s arm into some dancing. I’m spending my spare moments thinking of something delicious and paleo to make for dessert!
Ha. I’m glad to see I’m not the only feller that needs some arm twisting.
Hey Carl!!! Do you prefer fruity sweets or chocolatey sweets? or combo of both?
I like anything, but chocolate is my favorite!