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Wonderful Dinner with Ballet & Skating Greats

Recently, Jeff and I had a sparkling evening amongst “the Stars”!  Olympian and Canadian Champion Linda Carbonetto Villella and Edward Villella invited us to their gorgeous art filled NYC brownstone for dinner! Along with being a great Canadian figure skating champion, star of Ice Capades, coach and choreographer, Linda was also the director of the Miami City Ballet.  Edward Villella,

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Luncheon with the Ladies

Since we don’t have many “Cool Workout” classes during the summer, today some of my NJ skaters came over for our seasonal “So Long Luncheon”. Everyone brought amazing dishes and we ended the afternoon with a bubbly toast by the fish pond! I’m so blessed to have such lovely women in my life! May we all stay healthy, active, happy and

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My Beautiful Afternoon with Ice Dance International

I just had the wonderful treat of observing the choreographic process for a new piece being created by the beautiful skating company Ice Dance International!  Artistic Director, Doug Webster, Executive Advisor and former NYC Ballet star Edward Villella and Canadian Skating Champion Linda Villella came to the Codey Arena on Friday to work on a new piece inspired by a George

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Great Rate at Budapest Hotel for Campers!

We have just secured a great rate at the Lion’s Garden Hotel for our July 27th-July 31st Cool Workout Adult Camp!  All campers staying at the hotel will pay a special rate of 60 euros per night, including breakfast.  Simply go to the website (http://www.lions-garden-hotel-budapest.com/en) and insert the code “jojoscamp” when checking out for the special deal. The Lion’s Garden

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Skating Camp in Hungary coming this summer!

Last March I did a “Cool Workout Skating Camp” in Hungary. It was such a beautiful experience, meeting warm, wonderful people and seeing the sights. We had gorgeous ice and did classes on the floor and a performance for friends and family too! I’m delighted to say we are going back to beautiful Budapest for a skating camp in July

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“Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer” with Scott Hamilton

Saturday night, legendary skating champion Scott Hamilton came to Bryant Park Skating Rink in NYC in his quest to eliminate cancer! Scott’s foundation Scott Cares (https://scottcares.org/) put on an event, “Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer”. About 30 of my skating students and friends joined the crowds skating that night. We had a blast as we skated under the sparkle of NYC

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