Shaun & Robin Assner-Alvey
Shaun and Robin Assner-Alvey's first dance- the waltz! They were married in October of 2015.
"When my husband and I got engaged and we started to envision our wedding day, one of first things both of us knew was that we weren’t going to do the middle school, rocking side-to-side dance, for our first dance. Of course this could only mean one thing – dance lessons!
We liked Loraine from the moment we met her. She was very open, warm, and funny, and knew what she was talking about. She never talked down to us because we had never danced traditionally before. She was very patient and kind, and demonstrated each partners moves one at a time and then watched as we danced together. She was very good at evaluating our progress, pushing a little when we needed it, and giving us enough time to work through each new step and make sure we were comfortable before moving on. The way she started with basic steps and then incrementally added complexity made learning and practicing easy. Each new step would build on what we had learned before. She was also very honest and told us that if we really wanted to learn to dance, we would have to practice at home, which we gladly did; and every week we were eager to show her our progress. We trusted her honesty and her opinion, and we knew that when she said we looked good, we really did!
As everyone who has ever planned a wedding knows, it is a stressful time with a ton of things needing to be done all the time, plus with both of us working full-time, it felt like we were always busy. But no matter how tired or cranky we were on the ride over to take our dance lessons with Loraine, once we stepped on the dance floor, it was heavenly. We got to spend forty-five minutes in each other’s arms just doing something for us. (And a bonus was that we were breaking in our wedding shoes!) It always made us smile and we left grinning each time saying how glad we were that we were doing this. Even practicing at home was fun because this was a joint adventure and we were doing this one act just for us. We absolutely loved our dance lessons and loved working with Loraine. We still practice because we don’t want to lose our moves, and when we went on our honeymoon a few months after our wedding, we easily danced together with all the knowledge that Loraine imparted onto us. We do plan on taking more lessons from Loraine in the future. We cannot recommend Loraine Gehm highly enough. She is incredible!"
-Robin
