Nwesletter February 2008 Page 1

I want to thank you for your support to my classes, and to welcome you to my life. I hope you enjoy ZUMBA® as much as I do.

This newsletter is to keep you updated on what is going on with ZUMBA® and my classes.

Occasionally I will give you some tips for healthy habits or any information that I believe would be of some interest to you.

Please let me know if there is something you would like to read about (doesn’t have to be only fitness related). I will research, or direct you to the best source.

Born to Zumba®,

Nora Janette Milley

You are a ZUMBA® student and you LOVE IT!!! But… do

you know how the “ZUMBA® revolution” started?

One day in his native Colombia, during the mid 1990’s

Alberto Perez, better known in the Zumba® family as

"Beto", walked into his class and realized that he had

forgotten his aerobics music, his only option was to grab

whatever tapes he had in his car. Beto’s tapes were comprised of the songs that he loved, traditional salsa and merengue, music with which he had been raised. But it was a challenge to improvise a whole class on the spot using non-traditional aerobics music. Beto rose to the challenge and from this last-minute improvisation, Zumba® was born! The class soon became the most popular class at his fitness facility.
In 1999, after his success in Colombia, Beto brought the class to the United States, and joining efforts with entrepreneurs Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion, created a global company based on the Zumba® fitness philosophy. The three young entrepreneurs set a goal to offer Zumba® classes all over the world. And today nothing can stop ZUMBA®!

“Ditch the workout, Join the Party!”

How did ZUMBA® get started?

Text Box: Let me tell you a little bit about me. Born and raised in Mexico City, enjoy to dance to the latin rhythms, and when I found Zumba®, I knew this was my cup of tea. I am not a dancer, and I am not trying to be, but I certainly know how to Zumba®! In July 2000 I moved to Michigan and taught Cardio-boxing as part of “Fitness Motivators” for several years. I hold a FiTOUR Primary Group Exercise Instructor Certification since 2004 and a Zumba® Instructor Certification since 2006. I am an Industrial Engineer with a full time job at NCSU where I coach North Carolina companies in the use of best practices of manufacturing and quality. I am married to a wonderful man. I enjoy to travel, sing, dance, and spend time with my family and friends. Hope you get to love Zumba® as much as I do.

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