is manager and new owner of the Portsmouth Ballroom Dance Studio. She started her ballroom training with a Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Columbia, SC, in 1981. Certified in their Bronze Syllabus, she taught several years there attending & competing w/ her students @ regional & national competitions. Her jazz training has added to her understanding of movement, especially in the Latin dances. After several years w/ the Astaire system, Peggi taught social classes @ the University of S.C. for their evening program & the Physical Education Dept. Upon moving to NH, Peggi taught Latin classes w/ the Continuing Education Dept. @ UNH. She joined the Portsmouth ballroom staff in 1995, & has been teaching social dance there ever since. In 1996, she started a dance camp - Ballroom Vermont - for dance enthusiasts, which continues to grow each year.

started dancing at an early age, taught by his parents who were both avid social and amateur competitors. Although he started with ballroom, his formal training is Philippine cultural dances, a dance genre with very strong Spanish influence the result of the Philippines more than 300 years close historical connection with Spain. A member of the Philippines Folk Dance Society he toured with a dance company and performed in Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore. In 1992 he joined the Filipino American Friendship Society of New Hampshire as its cultural director. During his term, he trained a core group of instructors and formed a dance troupe and performed in the Bayside Expo Center and the Shell in Boston during Massachusetts cultural week in 1993. He came full circle in his career when in 1995 came back to his ballroom roots and joined the team at the Portsmouth Ballroom.

is a dance instructor from York, ME. Shes been dancing for many years & was a dance major @ the Boston Conservatory of Music; which included ballet, modern, & jazz. After receiving a music degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1975, she taught music in the public school system & has sung with several seacoasts choral groups for the past two decades. Through the years she has enjoyed ballroom dancing & when she took it up as a course of study, she made a goal to become a ballroom dance instructor. Robin has studied privately with national competitor Ed Simon, & Esther Don who authored the U.S.I.S.T.D. American Style Bronze Manual & is a well known competition organizer.

Amy has been an instructor of beginner level ballroom dance at the Portsmouth Ballroom for three years. She particularly enjoys working with wedding couples on their first dance! Amy began taking ballroom dance lessons over seven years ago instead of joining a gym. "I figured dancing would be more fun than walking a treadmill - and it is! It is also fun to show off when out at clubs or at weddings," Amy says. Amy hopes to see you in one of her Monday night classes or at the Friday night dance socials.

is a resident of North Hampton and active with community arts, dance and choral groups. He has been teaching dance for three years. As an avid social dancer, he has hosted many MASSABA dances as well as our Portsmouth "Senior Friends" organization dances. Tom says becoming a dancer opens the door to so many dance venues, such as elegant and romantic ballrooms, sizzling salsa night clubs or swinging in bluesy pubs. Dancing is one of my passions because it is the synthesis of human expression; worldwide, past & present, expressed in movement & music.