Ms. Sharlee W. (Charley) Smith

Charley has enjoyed and participated in many aspects of ballroom dancing for over nine years.  Initially she was attracted to ballroom dancing as a great way to increase her social activities.  She soon found that she wanted to share with others the benefits (fitness, social contact, and pure joy) that ballroom dancing has brought her.  She has used this desire over the past five years by assisting with the instruction and facilitation of group and private classes, and by gaining a thorough understanding of both the DVIDA and Fred Astaire Syllabus.  Charley is currently studying with Diane Jarmalow, the foremost teacher’s teacher in the United States and the founder of the Ballroom Dance Teachers College.

Charley has promoted, choreographed and staged a number of dance performances in the area.  One of her favorite activities is to take dance to the community.  Charley’s goal and mission is to share, with as many people as she can, the joy, pleasure, and social warmth that ballroom dancing brings.  Experience the joy!

Mr. Doug F. Roth

Doug has been involved in all aspects of ballroom dancing for over eight years. He started taking dance lessons soon after moving to Reno as a way to increase his social life and meet new people.  Dance soon became his passion and he found himself studying dance, practicing dance and dancing at every opportunity.  He began serious study of the American Style dance syllabus of both DVIDA and Fred Astaire, mastering the ballroom and social dances.  Doug has taken instruction with current and former United States dance champions and is currently working with Diane Jarmolow, , the foremost teacher’s teacher in the United States and the founder of the Ballroom Dance Teachers College, located in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He, along with his partner Charley, excel at the art of getting the new student out on the dance floor dancing, as well as improving the technique and therefore the enjoyment of dance for the more experienced student.  A particular passion for Doug and Charley is to choreograph the perfect wedding dance.  Additionally Doug promotes, choreographs and stages dance performances and events throughout the area. Doug shares with Charley the goal to take dancing to the community so that each and every person can experience the joy that ballroom dancing provides.