S4E5: Living life with a Dance Mom with Arlene Banares

In this very special episode Devin, Dylan and Michelle sit down with the matriarch of their family, Arlene Banares and have a heart to heart discussion about living life with the ultimate Dance Mom.  The hosts talk about how Arlene cultivated dance in their lives and each shares their first memory with Arlene and dance.   Arlene talks about how her dreams of becoming a hula dancer were shattered, but how she overcame the disappointment. Michelle talks candidly about growing up with a dance mom and living with the strictest critic and each of the siblings try to get their mom’s vote for favorite child.  We share our gratitude with Arlene for helping us create such a special space at our studio, The BOX and Arlene shares what it was like to volunteer all of her freetime to help out.  Arlene shares how she really felt about us opening our studio.  We wrap the episodes with a fun round of rapid fire and try to trick our mom into telling us who her favorite child is. 

In this episode, we explore: 
00:28        Introduction 
04:39        Saturday morning Soul Train
12:31         Strictest Critic
25:11         Creating a special space 
30:09        “God Bless it! I missed it!”
31:42        Starting a business is no joke    
44:39        Advice from a mother to a dancer    
47:39        Closing Remarks

Special thanks to: 
-Jane Banares for creating our Co-Lab Podcast artwork 

Music by Sam Stan - Das Boo - https://thmatc.co/?l=997FC418
Music by SkeetOnTheBeat - Late Night - https://thmatc.co/?l=E76B5749

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