Testimonials
I am indebted to my bridal couples shown below.
Each of them has graciously given me permission to share their personal photos, and memories of their wedding dance, with visitors to my website.
I cannot thank them enough for their generosity and support.
Susan Williams
I am indebted to my bridal couples shown below.
Each of them has graciously given me permission to share their personal photos, and memories of their wedding dance, with visitors to my website.
I cannot thank them enough for their generosity and support.
Susan Williams
"Dear Susan
You are an excellent teacher. Your ability to draw out the best in people won us over.
Your inspiration and imagination in dance moves, drawing upon different genres and styles, reflect your dedication to dance.
You went above and beyond for us, and we believe you would do that for each and every student.
Highly recommended
Thank you"
Emily & Lindsay Kearney
April 2020
"Dear Susan
Firstly, thank you for your lovely note and tips prior to our wedding.
Sam and I wanted to say a very BIG thank you for teaching us our first dance. You made us feel very comfortable and were so patient.
The dance went really well and we had a lot of fun doing it. Sam even got spontaneous and threw in an extra twirl :-). The day and night was absolutely perfect and we spent the whole time laughing and smiling.
I've attached the video of the dance for you and a couple of photos. I hope you enjoy them and once again THANK YOU!! We so appreciate you being part of our special day".
Dani & Sam Rossington
December 2018
"A big thank you to you, Susan, for your kind attention to detail, skill and care in the lead up to and after our wedding- it made our everything that much more amazing!
We had only a handful of lessons to achieve a successful first dance at our wedding. You were incredibly patient in designing a routine based on our skill level, confidence and song choice.
Having nil dance experience, you expertly took us through the basics - basic dance steps/types, tips on performing/keeping in time, how to transition and turn - while working with us to create something original.
Your kind follow-up after each lesson was highly appreciated and valuable. At the end of the lessons and with some practice, we managed to perform a creative dance routine at our wedding!"
Leigha Power & Brendan Szabo
December 2017
"Dear Susan
The wedding was amazing, everything was perfect.
The dance was amazing. Everyone was congratulating us and we surprised so many people with our skills.
You are amazing, and thank you again for everything; your patience, time and your calm, loving nature - it was a blessing for us to work with you. Something we will never forget".
Jessica & Shaun Whitton
July 2015
"Hi Susan
You are such a gem; thank you so very much for all of your help.
For us, it has also been a real pleasure getting to know you. We really appreciated your flexibility with our work commitments and also all of the weekend appointments
We were both so excited and couldn't wait to perform our dance. And on the day the dance was just beautiful!
Many thanks"
Nicole Johnston & Cameron Gee
March 2014
"Dear Susan
Our first dance was great fun!
We enjoyed every minute of the wedding, and had great fun with our guests!
Thank you very much for your message on our wedding day, and your valuable help with our first dance".
Helen Zhi & Gary Dent
December 2013
"Hi Susan
Thank you very much for creating our beautiful bridal waltz for our wedding. We didn't do it 100% correctly but definitely think we nailed the beginning and the end :)
Also, we have attended other functions post-honeymoon and it's nice to be able to get up and dance a waltz properly - so thank you again.
I have attached a few photos from our professional photographer, Sugarlove Weddings, of Chad and I doing our bridal waltz.
Thanks again Susan. It was a very enjoyable process working with you, and definitely a fun part of the wedding planning process.
lots of love"
Sophia & Chad Hohnen
December 2013
Thank you very much for creating our beautiful bridal waltz for our wedding. We didn't do it 100% correctly but definitely think we nailed the beginning and the end :)
Also, we have attended other functions post-honeymoon and it's nice to be able to get up and dance a waltz properly - so thank you again.
I have attached a few photos from our professional photographer, Sugarlove Weddings, of Chad and I doing our bridal waltz.
Thanks again Susan. It was a very enjoyable process working with you, and definitely a fun part of the wedding planning process.
lots of love"
Sophia & Chad Hohnen
December 2013
"Hi Susan
Thanks for everything over the past few weeks.
Just wanted to let you know it all went perfectly on Saturday night - everyone was really impressed with our dance. Thank you so much for everything!
Tanya Crawford & Tim McGivern
April 2014
"Hi Susan
We recently got back from our honeymoon and wanted to email you to let you know how it went.
The dance went really well, and Tim's friends were surprised that he could dance so well.
Thank you again for all your help. It was so lovely to meet you and learn some of the basics of ballroom dance. We really enjoyed the lessons."
Suzanna and Tim Rickard
January 2014
"Dear Susan
We just wanted to send you a quick email to thank you so much for your help and guidance again with choreographing and teaching us what turned out to be an amazing dance on the night!! Luckily neither of us suffered brain freeze so we were able to pull it off successfully (phew!!).
Thanks so much for all your patience and encouragement in teaching us the dance! It's been wonderful to learn from you, you are a great teacher, and you made each lesson a lot of fun :) Taking the lessons (and practising each night) has definitely been an experience we've enjoyed and will remember. We certainly won't hesitate to recommend you to our friends :)
Best wishes"
Tracy Nau & Steve Wong
October 2013
We just wanted to send you a quick email to thank you so much for your help and guidance again with choreographing and teaching us what turned out to be an amazing dance on the night!! Luckily neither of us suffered brain freeze so we were able to pull it off successfully (phew!!).
Thanks so much for all your patience and encouragement in teaching us the dance! It's been wonderful to learn from you, you are a great teacher, and you made each lesson a lot of fun :) Taking the lessons (and practising each night) has definitely been an experience we've enjoyed and will remember. We certainly won't hesitate to recommend you to our friends :)
Best wishes"
Tracy Nau & Steve Wong
October 2013
"Hi Susan
We had a truly wonderful day, filled with great moments and fun. The dance went well... according to all of the guests. The nerves took over and instead of our exact routine we (more so Steve) needed to improvise a fair bit. Luckily that did not show (too much) and everyone thought it was wonderful. We enjoyed the dance and would like to thank you again for teaching us, since your guidance was essential in us not making a fool out of ourselves.
We very much enjoyed working together with you and admire you for your patience, since we were not the most loyal practisers (as the actual execution showed). We certainly did have a lot of fun during the lessons, and enjoyed “showing off” our “skills’ on our special day.
Steve and Inge Anderson
January 2013
We had a truly wonderful day, filled with great moments and fun. The dance went well... according to all of the guests. The nerves took over and instead of our exact routine we (more so Steve) needed to improvise a fair bit. Luckily that did not show (too much) and everyone thought it was wonderful. We enjoyed the dance and would like to thank you again for teaching us, since your guidance was essential in us not making a fool out of ourselves.
We very much enjoyed working together with you and admire you for your patience, since we were not the most loyal practisers (as the actual execution showed). We certainly did have a lot of fun during the lessons, and enjoyed “showing off” our “skills’ on our special day.
Steve and Inge Anderson
January 2013
"Hi Susan,
It's been well over a month since our wedding and wedding dance, we thought it was about time we send you a thank you email for teaching us wonderful steps. Every time I hear the words New York, I think of your dance routine and lessons! I loved those New Yorkers!
It was a great experience and one we both really enjoyed. We had the most amazing day, full of love and laughter. Thankfully the laughter did not happen while we were dancing... We were a little ahead of the beat but were saved by my brother and Brendan's best friend who decided to give us a run for our money on the dance floor. It gave us enough time for us to get back on beat and finish our dance!
Thank you again for your patience in teaching us how to dance. We loved it!
Warm regards"
Annick & Brendan Madden
March 2012
"Hi Susan
Guy and I came back from our honeymoon a couple of days ago. We had an amazing time.
Our wedding was spectacular and I can definitely say that it was the best day of my entire life.
It was such a pleasure to meet you.Thank you for teaching us our first dance. We did a pretty good job according to our friends and family. I have attached a couple of pictures from our wedding – I hope you enjoy.
Thanks again for your support! We had so much fun learning to dance. Thanks!"
Maria & Guy Bartle
November, 2011
"Dear Susan
First of all, we wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to you for helping us with our wedding dance choreography. We would not have coped with all of this without you!!!!
The dance went fantastically, and everyone was shocked. So HUGE, HUGE, HUGE “thank you” for helping to make our day a romantic one . Don't know what we would have done without you."
Anastasia & Steve Edmondson
January 2010
“Hi Susan
Thank you for your fabulous work in making our “big day” such an enjoyable one.
We have treasured memories of the first dance – and learning it too!”
Sarah & Chris Allen
August 2008
“Dear Susan
Thank you so much for all the effort you put into our wedding dance.
We appreciated every moment. Not only have we appreciated all you have done, but we have loved every minute of it....you are such a lovely person that we have really enjoyed getting to know!!!
You are the best!!!”
Rachelle & Tim Whealing
May 2008
"Alessandro and I had the pleasure of being taught by Susan in 2009 for our wedding.
Susan choreographed a fantastic routine to our chosen song ("You Are" by Lionel Ritchie) that was fun, and suited our different levels of dance experience. I can not recommend Susan highly enough; her endless patience, coupled with a winning personality, turned learning our first dance as a wedded couple from a nightmare to a joy!
Our guests were surprised and quite amazed at what we managed to pull off on the dance floor. Our first dance remains one of the highlights of our wedding day, and I would recommend that all couples preparing to get married include dance lessons with Susan!"
Lisa & Alessandro Mattiolo
October 2010
"Dear Susan
We had a lovely wedding. At the reception Michael had to talk the steps through to me for all the whole routine because I had forgotten the steps. Nevertheless we got through the entire routine. Some of the guests even commented how sweet it was that we were
talking to each other during the dance!
We have included some photos for you. Thank you so much for the lovely routine you choreographed for us and for helping to make our wedding extra special."
Jenny & Michael Beard
April 2011
"Dear Susan
Thank you for teaching us how to dance!
You turned us from zeros to heroes.
The dance you taught us suited our island wedding perfectly.
Merci beaucoup!”
Luke & Celine Edinburgh
October 2010
“Dear Susan,
Thank you so much for the beautiful choreography of our wedding dance!
It all went smoothly and our guests were impressed!
Thank you, also, for making the lessons fun for Nick, as he hated the idea to start with, but now is glad that we had lessons with you!
We had a great day.”
Emily & Nick Graham
November 2009
“Hello Susan!
Just a short note to say thank you so much for all your assistance in choreographing & teaching us our wonderful rumba bridal dance.
You are an amazing teacher – we were a hit on the day!
No doubt more of our friends will be getting married over the next 1 - 2 years and I will be sure to recommend you as the best "bridal dance" wedding teacher ever!”
Emma & Grant
February 2009
“Hi Susan!
We just wanted to say thanks again for all your help with our wedding dance. Once we started all the nerves went away and we had a lot of fun on the night. It was certainly a hit, as everyone at the reception was very impressed and there was lots of applause at the end. We could not have asked for a better day”.
Emily & Malcolm Campbell
30 November 2009
“Dear Susan
I have been meaning to email you to let you know that our dance was amazing and we remembered everything!!!!!!
Everyone was extremely impressed and it did make the night that we managed to do it perfectly.
Thank you for all of your hard work with us and when we get the video we will send you a copy of the dance so you can see.
Thanks again and hopefully we will come back for some dancing lessons soon”.
Nicole & Lachlan Feggans
October 2009
"Dear Susan
We wanted to thank you so much for choreographing and teaching us our wedding dance. We so appreciated your willingness to listen to our ideas and then make them work, despite our tight schedule and lack of dancing experience!
We had so much fun on the day, and could not have done it without you. Thanks for your encouragement and tips - we remembered to take small steps!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Love "
David & Jennifer Richards
July 2011
“Dear Susan
We just wanted to email you to let you know we did both you and ourselves proud. As soon as we get some pics we will send them through. We took video footage and it was great, everyone also loved the ending, and were also amazed at how many moves we remembered .....(i.e. they commented on the fact the routine didn't repeat itself!) Thanks again - we had so much fun at practice, and the dance helped make the day perfect.”
MICHELLE & JOSH THOMAS
April 2009
"Dear Susan,
You taught my now husband, Johnny, and I the rumba for our wedding dance. We had such fun learning with you and still dance our routine together. Our dance went so smoothly at our wedding.
Thank you so much for everything that you taught us! I think we'll be contacting you again in the years to come to learn a new dance. We honestly just had such a ball having lessons.
Thank you so much for making it such a wonderful experience!"
LINDSAY & JOHN CHALMERS
July 2009
"Hello my darling Susan,
Thank you so much for choreographing such an amazing routine for our first dance.
It was so much fun working with you. Mark and I felt so comfortable with you.
Love you so much."
Mark & Fiona Chow Deans-Dundas
February 2009
"Dear Susan,
We just wanted to say (a very, very delayed!) thank you for teaching us how to dance for our wedding last November.
It all went well and everyone was most impressed!
Please find enclosed a photo - we look like we are having fun!!
We really enjoyed learning and performing our dance, and appreciate your patience as Hui Yee learned how to spot! All the best for wherever your dancing takes you!
Warm regards"
David and Hui Yee
March 2009
“Dear Susan,
Thank you so much for recently teaching us our wedding dance to “Let there be love” by Nat King Cole .Our wedding day was on the 29th of March in the Hunter Valley, and we managed to perform our dance perfectly.Our guests really appreciated all the effort that we put into our dance.
Having our lessons with you was one of the most enjoyable aspects of preparing for our wedding. We really surprised ourselves with pulling the dance off. Many thanks for all of your help!"
Edward Gallagher and Monica Reade xxx ooo
April 2008
Thank you so much for recently teaching us our wedding dance to “Let there be love” by Nat King Cole .Our wedding day was on the 29th of March in the Hunter Valley, and we managed to perform our dance perfectly.Our guests really appreciated all the effort that we put into our dance.
Having our lessons with you was one of the most enjoyable aspects of preparing for our wedding. We really surprised ourselves with pulling the dance off. Many thanks for all of your help!"
Edward Gallagher and Monica Reade xxx ooo
April 2008
"Dear Susan,
David and I would like to thank you greatly for helping us with our wedding dance.
We received so many compliments on the night – and it is all thanks to you.
Thank you for giving us the confidence to carry out our dance in front of our guests.
We wish you all the best"
Thu & David So xoxo
December 2009