Mambo and Mammograms
Manalapan Township is Manalapink for the Month of May in an effort remind women to get their annual mammograms, which is the best defense against breast cancer. A program started by Hackensack Meridian Health nine years ago after learning how shockingly few women were getting checked, the Paint the Town Pink initiative has not only encouraged a growing number of women 40 and older to get their annual mammograms, but has also raised money to help provide mammography screenings to…
Need Something to Do on Friday Night? How About Free Ballroom Dance Lessons
ARTHUR MURRAY CENTRAL NEW JERSEY OFFERING FREE DANCE LESSONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL Complimentary, on the house, free of charge. You read that correctly. Arthur Murray of Green Brook is offering free beginner group classes to the public for select days in April! But why the free lessons? Seems suspicious. Is it really free? Yes! No strings attached.To celebrate the coming warm weather, we’re Spring-ing into dance! Central New Jersey is inviting the surrounding community to dance with Arthur…
Arthur Murray: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Who Exactly is Arthur Murray, and Why Do I Know His Name? Arthur Murray — The name might sound vaguely familiar. But why? Is he a celebrity? Is it even a real person? Who is he? What is he? Arthur Murray is actually the name of the man who popularized social dancing in America. The name has become associated with the largest ballroom dance company in the world. Early Life Born Moses Teichman in 1895, Arthur Murray grew up in the lower…
Ballroom For Those Winter (And Summer) Nights
The Scene Ladies dressed in poodle skirts and gentlemen in leather jackets piled into the Arthur Murray Dance Center at Green Brook with a giddy excitement for a 50’s rock and roll-themed night of dancing — imagine: “Grease,” ballroom edition. Feet framed by little white socks and cuffed jeans shuffled along the floor to the music for Central New Jersey’s first Spotlight Night of the year. Spotlight Night is a misnomer: most new students imagine themselves alone on the dance floor with…