 Other classes touch on a little bit of everything from salsa to folk and everything in between. For this week's in focus reporter Mel Meyer put on his dancing shoes at the Susie and Hondo School of Dance. Saturday night we'll expect to see that executed with precision. Tonight's lesson is all about line dancing with a little bit of cha-cha. Legend says that the dance was named for the sound of the lady's shoes scuffing across the floor. At the helm is Susie and Hondo who have been teaching twists, shimmies, and turns for almost two decades. I was lucky. My mom taught dance. And so I grew up with it from the time I was tiny. But for Hondo it was a career that almost wasn't. He had dropped out of his first college dance class. Nice job you guys. But after building up the nerve, he got back out there dancing in the spring show at his alma mater Bemidji State University. We got off stage the first time and was like, we did it, we did it, we danced in front of people. So it just, it was, for me, I caught me. One and two. Susie says her favorite dance to teach is the waltz because it has some of the more basic steps. So you can take those beginners that really are quite terrified and by the time you're done in 10, 15 minutes they're like, oh, this isn't so bad. I think I can do this. From there the dynamic duo can move their students on to different dances. Then they find one or two that they really love and they say, well, I want to be really good at the cha cha. Over the course of 12 weeks they'll teach 12 different dance styles. Even competitors like Makaya Graham learned a thing or two. It's a fun one. I really enjoy it. It's a little bit new for me so it kind of took me a minute to pick up on it. Brian Westerman and his wife Judy have been moving and grooving for years but they came to the studio to improve their skills. We've learned lots of new dances now. We're not big line dancers like we're doing tonight. We probably know 12 different dances that we've learned here at Hondo and Susie's. And for those who think they don't have what it takes, it's worth a try. You're never the only one that doesn't know what they're doing. Susie and Hondo teach a variety of other classes as well at their dance studio. In Bemidji with this week's In Focus, I'm Mal Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.