Cel­e­brate New Year’s Eve at the JW Mar­riott with Grupo Aye and Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids!
Located in Grand Rapids’ vibrant down­town, the JW Mar­riott Grand Rapids is the place to be and be seen this new Year’s Eve. Cel­e­brate in lush style, and dance in the New Year with our Global Pachanga party.  Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids will be putting on a pro show and giv­ing lessons. With all it has to offer, the JW will be the place to be this New Years Eve! Reserve your New Year’s Eve Pack­age now! Rates have been raised start­ing at $279 per overnight pack­age. Book your room soon before the prices rise!

NYE Pack­age Includes:

• Lux­u­ri­ous accom­mo­da­tions at Grand Rapids’ Coolest hotel
• Deluxe room for two
• Com­pli­men­tary valet or self-parking
• Two tick­ets to Global Pachanga, the hottest NYE party around!
• Cash Bar and Food Court (open until 1am)
• Enter­tain­ment by Groupo Aye
• Party favors
• Com­pli­men­tary access to the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel’s Ball­room Party!

Can’t spend the night? Tick­ets can be pur­chased at the door for only $30 per per­son or $50 per cou­ple.
See you on New Year’s Eve for Global Pachanga!!

To book your room visit www.ilovethejw.com or call 616.242.1500 Check out the Face­book Event Page here.

Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids is team­ing up with the Van Andel Insti­tute for a fund-raising Celebrity Dance-off, pro show, and ele­gant evening April 29th at the JW Mar­riott Ball­room. Danc­ing with the Stars pros Alec Mazo and Edyta Sli­win­ska will guest star. Watch for details to reserve your tick­ets in the new year! There will be a lim­ited num­ber of VIP reser­va­tions for $75, plus reg­u­lar admis­sion of $50. All pro­ceeds help fund research at Grand Rapids’ own world class research facil­ity.
Van Andel Insti­tute is com­mit­ted to improv­ing the health and enhanc­ing the lives of cur­rent and future gen­er­a­tions through dis­ease research and sci­ence edu­ca­tion. Can­cer research is its pri­mary focus, but stud­ies branch out into other dis­eases such as osteo­poro­sis, Parkin­son dis­ease, and dia­betes. Its researchers work to trans­late dis­cov­er­ies at the mol­e­c­u­lar level into effec­tive ther­a­pies for patients.

If you’re an exist­ing Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids stu­dent you have between now  until the end of the year to give the gift of dance to your friends — for FREE! New stu­dents you refer will receive 2 Free Dance Les­son, a $140 value!
If they then decide to pur­chase a les­son pack­age, YOU will receive a free les­son. Givers gain, so get giving!

If you’re look­ing for the best place in Grand Rapids to ring in the New Year this com­ing Decem­ber 31st, join Arthur Mur­ray and the West Michi­gan His­panic Cham­ber at the ele­gant JW Mar­riott for a return of the Global Pachanga saucy salsa and latin dance party. Our event from mid-September was such a hit, these tick­ets promise to be hot sell­ers. BOOK EARLY if you want a room –  Room New Year’s Pack­ages INCLUDE tick­ets to the Pachanga. Oth­er­wise, the tick­ets go on sale first come, first served on New Years Eve at 5 p.m. Visit the JWMar­riott to reserve for a super hot New Years Party! Arthur Mur­ray Dancers will put on a pro­fes­sional show to kick off a great New Year!

Grupo Aye will headline.

This super hot Salsa and Latin Jazz band will fill the room with an awe­some sound. The band is the  brain­child of Inter­lochen trained per­cus­sion­ist Robert Mul­li­gan, and will take the stage with Cuban born lead singer Oscar Gon­za­lez. This ten-piece band is made up of sea­soned Latin and jazz per­form­ers. If you want to check out their sound, watch the Pachanga video’s on the JW’s “Hotel Life” Face­book Page.

Cel­e­brate Salsa!

Don’t miss Arthur Mur­ray Stu­dios and the West Michi­gan His­panic Chamber’s one-of-a-kind salsa cel­e­bra­tion Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 17th at the incom­pa­ra­ble JW Mar­riott ball­room. Tell your friends and bring a group for this high-fun-quotient evening that fea­tures sassy pro danc­ing, lessons, con­tests and a big salsa sound in the ele­gant sur­round­ings of the JW Marriott.

High­lights:

• Live Band Grupo Aye (see details below)
• $10 per per­son
• from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• Lessons from Arthur Mur­ray pro­fes­sion­als!
• Pro­fes­sional Show per­for­mance by Arthur Mur­ray Dance Stu­dio
• Salsa Contest

About the Band

Super hot Salsa and Latin Jazz will fill the room as Grupo Aye, the brain­child of Inter­lochen trained per­cus­sion­ist Robert Mul­li­gan, takes the stage with Cuban born lead singer Oscar Gon­za­lez. This ten-piece band made up of sea­soned Latin and jazz per­form­ers, includes Keaton Akins, trum­pet; Mike Sailors, trum­pet; Oscar Gon­za­lez, lead vocal; Matt Here­dia, bass; Tom Lock­wood, sax and flute; Rob Mul­li­gan, con­gas and vocals; Carl Poposky, trom­bone; James Rodriguez, tim­bales: Car­los Cruz, bongo and vocals; and Steve Talaga, piano. Together they pro­duce a sound that is aye. Check out their sound at www.grupoaye.com

For ticket reser­va­tions, con­tact Arthur Mur­ray Stu­dios. Open to all.

Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids is pleased to wel­come World Cham­pi­onship Adju­di­ca­tor and for­mer Inter­na­tional Latin com­peti­tor Lola Valair for pri­vate coach­ing ses­sion Sep­tem­ber 14, 15th and 16th. Ms. Valair hails from Van­cou­ver, BC and is a cer­ti­fied dual doc­tor­ate exam­iner, for­mer mem­ber of I.S.T.D. and examiner/licentiate BB&L of CDTA. Don’t miss out on this chance to ‘learn your Latin’ with the best. She’s known for her intu­itive finesses that will bring out your per­sonal best. Con­tact your stu­dio for details.

Learn your Latin with for­mer Latin Champ, Salsa author and trav­el­ing Arthur Mur­ray con­sul­tant Gabriela Young.

Gabriela joins us in Grand Rapids for two days of pri­vate coach­ing lessons August 30 and 31st. Don’t miss out an oppor­tu­nity to work on siz­zling Salsa, resplen­dent Rumba or everybody’s favorite, the Cha-Cha-Cha with this dance mas­ter who lit­er­ally wrote the book on Salsa. Kick up your rou­tine and kick up your heel! To sched­ule your les­son, con­tact your teacher, or email your desired ses­sion time to info@arthurmurraygr.com

Here’s news sure to please last minute shop­pers, pro­cras­ti­na­tors, and espe­cially lovers of the dance. Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids stu­dios will be intro­duc­ing online, down­load­able gift cer­tifi­cates next month to give the gift of dance to one (or two!) you love. Per­fect for all occa­sions — bridal show­ers, anniver­saries, roman­tic gifts, apolo­gies, or an awe­some birth­day present with YOUR PRESENCE. Help some­one you love find a life­time of joy. Give the gift of dance!

Get into the swing of sum­mer with one of Arthur Mur­ray Stu­dios Sum­mer Guest Parties!

Bring your left-footed pals to spice up sul­try sum­mer nights with Salsa, Swing, Latin and other ball­room favorites. Remem­ber that if your guest signs up for lessons, you will receive a spe­cial Thank you les­son val­ued at $100. Guest par­ties are only open to stu­dents who bring guests.

Dates:
Kent­wood Stu­dio: June 22, 7:30 p.m.; June 30th at 6:45 p.m.
Plain­field Stu­dio, June 29th, 8:15 p.m.

You know you want to dance the night away. Resolve to make 2010 the year you put on your danc­ing shoes at Arthur Mur­ray! We’ll help you make 2010 a year to remem­ber. Con­tact us at our Plain­field or 29th Street stu­dios to book a free intro­duc­tory les­son, or pur­chase an online gift cer­tifi­cate to give a gift that keeps on giving.

Here’s our top ten rea­sons to join now:

10. (For guys) Every woman LOVES a man who can dance!
9. (For gals) You didn’t buy those beau­ti­ful shoes to hide them under a table all night.

8. True story: Danc­ing burns more calo­ries than those bor­ing stints on the tread­mill.
7. (For gals) Swirly skirts are made for danc­ing. Make your dresses smile!
6. Have you heard about the heal­ing prop­er­ties of sound ther­apy, chakra tun­ing, or Tibetan bowl ther­apy? Danc­ing is good for your chakras, your aura, and that parts of you that *can* be seen!
5. Weight loss fac­toid: It is very dif­fi­cult to eat that (first, sec­ond, third) brownie dur­ing a Salsa dance!
4. Peo­ple love to watch peo­ple who dance. Peo­ple who love to watch peo­ple who dance wish they could dance too! Don’t be a people-watcher or wisher, be a people-dancer!
3. Danc­ing keeps you young at heart — lit­er­ally (car­dio) and fig­u­ra­tively (we mean your fig­ure). Okay, we also mean emo­tion­ally too.
2. Danc­ing has been sci­en­tif­i­cally proven to fight depres­sion and improve social­iza­tion. What bet­ter way to beat the win­ter blues? Turn your Sea­sonal Affect Dis­or­der (SAD) into Glo­ri­ous Liv­ing And Danc­ing (GLAD).
And, the Num­ber 1 Rea­son to join Arthur Mur­ray in 2010.…

1.  Cou­ples who sway together, stay together!