Guests / Guests Instructors

Our very first guest instructor to ever visit would be Jocelyn De Corte.  We met via Facebook & of course Zumba.  At the time, she lived in the Orem/Provo area.  She was kind enough to stop by and visit our group back in April of 2011. With class being at 5:30 am, she drove out around 4 to get to Salt Lake in time.  She's been a guest numerous times and we consider her one of our 'regular' instructors.

Through Jocie (pronounced Jaw-cee), we've had the honor of having other guest instructors visit, including Lindsey Taylor a ZES for Zumba Corporate.  Along with her, there's been others who recently became licensed who wanted an opportunity to teach a song or two.  We've had 'veteran instructors' who have years of teaching experience.  Aside from Zumba instructors, we received a sampling of Hot Hula - brought to us by Netta Lealaitafea & Tau Taumoepeau.  Moses Kinini & daughter Kaylee from Season 11's Biggest Loser came out to visit.  Moses has visited a few times and brought fellow contestant Deni Hill with him.

It's been a lot of fun to host these guests and we are expecting a few more in the near future.  Now some, including our group may ask, why do we bring in guest instructors when we have a handful of instructors teaching on a daily basis?

There are many reasons, but I'll list just a few.  As an instructor -- and almost two years experience teaching -- I am always up for learning how to be better, learn new styles and what not.  By bringing in guest instructors every now and then, it gives me an opportunity to watch and learn.  For many that are a part of EMZ -- EMZ is their very first Zumba experience.  Due to time, money and just life in general, some don't get the opportunity to try out other classes.  We have the opportunity to give them a taste of what Utah has to offer.  And Utah has some pretty amazing instructors.

In some cases, some of the guest instructors have reached out to us for the opportunity to come out and teach -- whether it's promoting an event they have or just to feel the crazy energy at EMZ, we welcome them all the same.

I apologize for not mentioning all the guests we've had -- that will be a different post.  Coming soon to EMZ -- Diosa DeAgostine from Northern Utah & Aisake Vuikadavu from Southern Utah...and a few more.