{"id":5596,"date":"2018-02-15T17:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2018-02-15T17:30:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:30:51","slug":"tony-dovolani-will-coaching-long-grove-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/blog\/dance-lessons\/tony-dovolani-will-coaching-long-grove-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dovolani Will Be Coaching At Our Long Grove Studio!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2014\/08\/Tony-Dovolani-page-001-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5594 alignright\" \/>If you loved Tony Dovolani on \u201cDancing With The Stars,\u201d you are going to love him even more in person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DWTS\u2019 alum Dovolani will be at the FADS Long Grove Studio on Thursday, March 1, for a private class, a public class and a meet-and-greet with his many fans.<\/strong> What a great opportunity to work with a talented star and enjoy a little time with him in person.<\/p>\n<p>The fun starts at 7:15 p.m. with a <strong>group class<\/strong> limited to Long Grove members and Long Grove members only! The price for this class is $50.<\/p>\n<p>At 8 p.m. we move on to a <strong>group class that is open to both the public and Long Grove members<\/strong>. Members pay $50, non-members $60.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a81616\"><em><strong>A portion of your group class fee will be donated to the Tony Dovolani Foundation, whose mission is to raise funds to support families that are facing challenges, including financial strains that come with raising a child with special needs.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Topping off the evening of dance instruction with this top professional is a <strong>Meet and Greet with Tony<\/strong>, which is $20 if you did not attend either of the earlier sessions and free if you did. How\u2019s that for incentive to take a class, or both?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call to reserve now \u2013 (847) 634-1100.<\/strong> Space is filling up fast!<\/p>\n<p>Dovolani, a fixture for many years on DWTS, danced with such celebrity partners as actresses Susan Lucci, Marla Maples and singers Chynna Phillips and Wynonna Judd. He officially left the program this year. Dovolani began dancing at the age of 3 in his native Albania. His family moved to Stamford, CT., when he was 15 and he began taking dance lessons at &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; a Fred Astaire Dance Studio!<\/p>\n<p>Come out and take a lesson or two with a pro\u2019s pro and get to meet this TV star. See you at the studio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you loved Tony Dovolani on \u201cDancing With The Stars,\u201d you are going to love him even more in person. DWTS\u2019 alum Dovolani will be at the FADS Long Grove Studio on Thursday, March 1, for a private class, a public class and a meet-and-greet with his many fans. What a great opportunity to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,19,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-info-news-trends","category-dance-lessons","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/long-grove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}