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I am pleased to share with you this Interview with Pam.  What a beautiful lady!  
I hope you enjoy "getting to know her" as much as I have.  

BW:  Hello Pam!  It is my pleasure to introduce you as our newest Spotlight personality for our Palm Coast Line Dance website.  Welcome! 

PH:  No problem - thanks for asking me.

BW:  For those reading this - Pam is a busy, busy lady instructing line dance at all levels - a very challenging position to hold.  Can you tell us how you ended up in the sunshine state teaching line dance?   


PH:  Certainly!  First of all - I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.  The majority of my adult life was spent on a 30 acre farm about an hour south of there in Ohio in a little town - actually a village - called Seville.  This is where I raised my 3 kids - a son and two daughters - along with horses, cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, St. Bernard’s and a goat.

BW:  Wow - That sounds very peaceful, yet hard work I am sure! 
..and now here you are in Florida. 

PH:  Yes, I have lived in Hernando, Florida permanently now for 15 years.  It is a lovely and quiet place to live.  

BW:  ..and your children - do they live nearby?  Is that what brought you to Florida?  
PH: No, actually, they are quite spread out and away from here -  My son and his family live in Lexington, Ky.   One daughter lives in California with her husband and 6 dogs, 2 cats and a rabbit.  My other daughter lives in Spain with her husband and family who are military.  

BW:  That sounds like great reasons to travel!  When our son-in-law was stationed in Germany, we spent time there - visiting them of course - but also touring many areas of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and even dipped down into Italy and saw the Iceman exhibit!   When they were stationed in Vicenza, Italy, my husband and I were excited to look around in Italy!  We rode the trains - visited Florence, Rome, Pisa and of course spent quite a bit of time in Vicenza, also.  Thank your son-in-law for his service and send a special thank you to your daughter.  Being a military wife is a hard, often lonely way of life.  The non-military spouse is serving just as the active duty spouse is serving!



(BW)   Looking at the map, Hernando is almost 2 1/2 hours south and west of Palm Coast.  I have never been to Hernando… - probably the closest I’ve been is Tampa…  Tell me about retiring, etc?  

PH:  When looking at moving, retiring, we decided to move to Florida - ending up in Hernando, Florida.  I was retired for several years.  Then my husband passed away and I started back to work.. I work for Kids Central, where I run support groups for Relative caregivers raising their grandchildren.  I have 2 support group meetings a week.  One in Spring Hill, Florida on Tuesday nights and one in Inverness, Florida on Wednesday nights.  I also am a personal trainer and teach an exercise class 2 times a week and teach Line Dance many hours a week.  My level of line dance instructions are from Ultra beginner to Intermediate / Advanced. 

BW:  That is so awesome!  First of all I recognize it takes a certain kind of person to be a line dance instructor - its hard work - time consuming, and you must have incredible brain power and stamina…. How do you do it?  to what do you attribute your success to?  

PH:    I love teaching line dance....and have been doing it for about 10 years now.  I also have a TIME TO DANCE SOCIAL every month in Lecanto, Florida.  And will also be starting to have a TIME TO DANCE SHOPPE~......this is not a work shop but just a event where instructors come and teach a dance that they might have learned at a workshop...or an instructor wants to bring back an old classic.  This is a new venture that will start in September, and I have 3 more scheduled for 2016.


BW:  That sounds very exciting - and more work!  It must be very rewarding for you.  


PH:   My first priority is Kids Central, but my love is teaching Line Dance.  I love the variety of music that we dance to and I love all my students.  I teach in a gated community, only members can take part in the classes.  We have a wonderful line dance family here.  

BW:  Well, I think you are a remarkable woman and your students are very lucky to have you.  I would have to say your organizational skills are very good, too, to be able to do so much at a time!  Thank you for sharing some of that precious time with us here today.  Thank you !

PH:  …and thank you for having me! 

BW:  Another fine example of our Line Dance community!

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