Worried about coming to a dance-fitness class? Breathe deeply, take the plunge and give it some ZAZZ!

‘When a challenge lies ahead, and you are filled with dread and worry, give it some zazz.’ The Prom.

One of my favourite fitness routines in the Chichi-Fit programme is ‘Zazz’ from the musical, ‘The Prom.’ So what’s ‘zazz’ and what has it got to do with exercise?

According to the song, Zazz is style plus confidence – and some people are just born with it. At her christening, my 18-month-old daughter treated the congregation to her own unique rendition of ‘Bye Bye Blackbird,’ pulling faces, waving in a Queen-like manner and blowing the christening candle out. It was the first of many memorable performances. A year later a woman ran up to me in the street exclaiming ‘you’re the one with the performing baby!’ My ‘baby’ went on to become a dancer and she still has ‘zazz.’

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