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Taylor has been studying Tai Chi for seven years and is currently an advanced student at Tai Chi Academy Fort Collins. He is also currently teaching beginning and continuing classes through City of Fort Collins Recreation Department and is delighted to have the opportunity to teach Tai Chi this Fall in Berthoud.
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Vickie began practicing yoga from the inspiration of Richard Hittleman’s Yoga 28 Day Practice Plan in the late 70’s and continues to enjoy the peace, focus and creativity fostered by this amazing practice. Certified by the Shambava School of Yoga, Vickie likes to combine the tools of asana, conscious breathwork, visualization and meditation to lead students into the serenity we all possess within.
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Muriel Jelsma
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Muriel is a local artist who has exhibited her work internationally and has taught art for the past 10 years.
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Richard Bennett
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Richard is a fourth degree black belt and chief instructor for the Bennett’s Okinawan Karate Academy based in Erie Colorado, which teaches a traditional form of Okinawan karate known as Uechi Ryu. Richard has been studying Uechi Ryu since he was 4 years old. At 12 years old, he received his junior black belt and then his full black belt at 17. Even before he was a black belt Richard was teaching classes and now has nearly 20 years of Uechi Ryu karate experience, and 15 years teaching experience. Richard continues to be one of the youngest black belts at each rank by testing at every minimum age requirement set in place by the Japanese Ministry of Education. The Karate club in Berthoud is among many schools that the Bennett family has created in Colorado.
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Sally Nibbelink
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Sally brings a lifetime of dance study to Wildfire. Her early training in ballet and jazz led to modern, followed by contra, swing and ballroom, but tap has been her passion for the past 20 years. “We will challenge our bodies, stretch our brains and sweat a little, but most important, have FUN.” She is currently a student of Gene GeBauer and performs with The Big Noise and Wildfire’s Tap Roots.
Call Sally for more info. (970) 532-4387
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Randy Downing
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Randy was born in southeast Kansas, but grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado. He studied Tae Kwon Do and raced dirt bikes all over the country before discovering dance as an adult. He has been a massage therapist since 1988. Randy loves all forms of dance, but has a burning passion for tap.
Randy currently takes tap classes from Gene GeBauer, and performs with The Big Noise. He has been in many dance and musical theatre productions along the front range.
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