{"id":6542,"date":"2019-04-01T02:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T06:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/pewaukee\/?page_id=6542"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:25:55","slug":"news-press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/pewaukee\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Astaire Dance Studios, in the News!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At Fred Astaire Dance Studios, it\u2019s always exciting when our talented staff & students, and exciting events & locations are celebrated in the media! From local community stories to national news, our goal is to help share the inspiring examples of how the positive and transforming power of dance enriches lives \u2013 physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. Browse these links, and perhaps discover something new and engaging about dance. Then, step in to Fred Astaire Dance Studios and experience the joy and confidence that dance lessons can bring to\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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PEWAUKEE (WKOW) \u2014 In a lively studio in Pewaukee, Janet Ramsey and Jack Eigel meet for their dance lesson with instructor Catey Rice at Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Jack says, \u201cJanet\u2019s in Madison, I\u2019m in Milwaukee, so we chose Pewaukee as a kind of halfway point. I got the better end of the deal,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>

Anyone can tell they\u2019re great friends the way they look at each other, the way they laugh together and the way they dance together. But this is no ordinary friendship. And this story has no ordinary beginning.<\/p>

In the summer of 2009, Jack\u2019s heart had started to fail. But he had been given a second chance at life. Janet\u2019s son, Chris, had given it with the donation of his heart at UW Hospital in Madison. Interestingly, Jack\u2019s transplant made national headlines because he was born with a condition called Situs Inversus Totalis, where all his organs are reversed in his body. While it didn\u2019t cause his need for a heart transplant it did present complications for surgeons. Ultimately, the doctors at UW were able to do the transplant. \u201cMy heart is now on the normal side, but it\u2019s flipped,\u201d Jack says.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Janet\u2019s son Chris, meanwhile, was waiting to save lives. \u201cHe was 19, he became depressed and committed suicide.\u201d Janet said Chris actually lived for five days and they were able to resuscitate him, but eventually they couldn\u2019t stop the swelling on his brain.<\/p>

Janet says Chris\u2019 troubles began as a child. He had autism and aphasia. \u201cSpeaking and understanding English was hard for him. (Aphasia) is like dyslexia only for hearing and speech. His hearing was fine, but the words would get jumbled in his head. It was very difficult once he was out of high school to manage in a verbal world.\u201d<\/p>

But during high school, Chris realized he could excel at sports. Swimming was something he was really good at. By the time he was a sophomore, he was going to state.<\/p>

It was also during high school Chris first talked to his mom about organ donation. As soon as he got his driver\u2019s license, he signed up. \u201cI had talked to (my kids) about it, but always believed they should make their own decision. He came back and showed it to me and I said \u2018Why did you do that?\u201d He said, \u2018If I\u2019m dead I can\u2019t use them. Why not give them to somebody else?\u201d<\/p>

Jack may have wrestled with the idea of a transplant more than his donor, even though he was the one who needed the heart. \u201cLong before you get a transplant you go through this guilt that there\u2019s got to be some horrible accident and loss for you to survive. No one likes that. So meeting Janet and the donor family, Janet is wonderful,\u201d he cried softly when talking with us.<\/p>

Jack and Janet first met six years ago. It was at an event called the \u201cTransplant Games of America,\u201d kind of like the Olympics for people who have had transplants. They just happened to be in Madison that year. WKOW was there for the meeting. Janet says, \u201cIt\u2019s the day of the Transplant Games, the day Chris hung himself and they ended on the day the transplants happened, so they\u2019re showing me this and I\u2019m like, \u2018How can I not go? Someone\u2019s telling me I should be there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>

Jack happened to pick swimming as the sport he would \u201ctry\u201d at his first games. He had never done competitive sports in his life. He couldn\u2019t do basketball or track. So as he went down the list of possibilities, the only thing left was swimming. \u201cI knew how to swim and we\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>

Janet didn\u2019t know if that was another coincidence, or another sign, but being Chris\u2019 cheerleader and coach for years, she knew just how to help Jack that first year.<\/p>

While many donors and recipients meet and some even keep in touch, Janet and Jack grow closer each year. In January of 2014, they danced together at the Kidney Foundation\u2019s \u201cSpotlight on Life\u201d event and haven\u2019t stopped, especially since ballroom dancing was added as an event to the Transplant Games. Janet says, \u201cI wanted to keep doing it. I said \u2018Jack it was so fun and it was fun doing it with you,\u2019 so we just keep doing it.\u201d Jack adds, \u201cWe don\u2019t retain much!\u201d \u201cYeah, we\u2019re not moving up!\u201d Janet laughs.<\/p>

Janet says her time with jack doesn\u2019t feel like time with Chris. But Chris\u2019s decision to donate his organs helped her find new joy in life. \u201cI\u2019m dancing with Jack, who\u2019s a friend my son brought me. The recipients are people who were so close to death and they want to live that life. And they are so invigorating and so full of life and you just want to be close to that. These people are going to live and I\u2019m going to get to see what they\u2019re going to do with their life!\u201d<\/p>

To learn more about the Transplant Games of America, click here.<\/p>

To learn more about organ donation in the State of Wisconsin, click here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"\"<\/a>Scott Witthun from American Entertainment \/ American Minicycles and Fred Astaire Dance Studios of Pewaukee got together to raise money for the Children\u2019s Hospital fund. Not only Fred Astaire Dance Studios of Pewaukee was present for entertainment but Stormin Gorman Thomas of the Milwaukee Brewers and The Green Bay Packers LeRoy Butler joined us for autographs and photo opts.<\/p>

We raised over $1000.00 for the children\u2019s hospital.<\/p>

Big thank you to Scott Witthun for including us to raise money for a good cause.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\"\"<\/a>Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Pewaukee and Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Menomonee Falls teamed up to raise money in honor of October\u2019s Breast Cancer Awareness month. \u00a0The event was hosted at the Pewaukee FADS studio. \u00a0Among the attendees, who all donned pink attire, were recent and long term survivors and family members who have been affected by breast cancer. \u00a0The event totaled $1,245.00.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a>Raising money was only the start of this evening! The biggest surprised followed by Mr. Glenn Schulz and Kristin Windisch.\u00a0 This couple met at Fred Astaire Dance Studios Pewaukee dancing individually at first, but the practice parties and a little push from his instructors made this wonderful relationship happen. Who knew that dancing together would eventually lead down the road to a love story and this very special moment in time. \u00a0Fairy tales really do come true! \u00a0FADS wishes the couple a long and happy life together.<\/p>

After dancing a beautiful Waltz with her prince Charming Kristin said yes!!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\"\"<\/a>Fred Astaire Dance Studios of Pewaukee and Family Promise are getting together to help raise awareness and take donations to help homeless children and their families.\u00a0click to see list for donations<\/a><\/p>

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