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We have been organizing dance cruises since 2003. Our business grew so rapidly that Vivian closed her dance studio in 2016 to focus 100% on dance cruises and cruises for dancers. We call a cruise a dance cruise when we escort the cruise and arrange for private dance events for our customers. However, most of our customers are dancers, so if you book with us, you will probably be traveling with dancers.
We are experts in luxury travel, especially with companies like Cunard and Crystal, who have ballroom dancing, dance teachers, and dance hosts on every cruise. We can book you on any cruise line and will help you find a compatible cabin mate if necessary. Our customers become our friends and see each other over and over again, as we cruise and dance around the world.
Our Staff:
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Vivian Beiswenger, Owner, Director, and Travel Agent: After more than twenty years in corporate management at a Fortune 500 company, Vivian started her dance studio, the Ballroom, Latin & Swing Dance Center, and shortly after opened her travel agency under the same name, BLSDC. She was a long-time volunteer of USA Dance and organized many dance competitions for them. In 1997, as Senior Vice President of USA Dance, she chaired the National DanceSport Championships. Today, her full-time focus is on dance cruising. She is a "commodore" with both Cunard and Princess Cruise Lines. She escorts eight to ten cruises per year (sometimes accompanied by her husband, Barry, or her dance partner, Joe Closs), but she organizes hundreds of other groups every year. She has one son and two adorable granddaughters. |
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Lori Molyneaux, Office Manager, and Travel Agent: Lori had varied business experience before coming to work at BLSDC part-time as Vivian's assistant in 2014. Fairly soon after, she switched to full time and was promoted to Office Manager. Lori keeps the office running smoothly, especially when Vivian is working from a ship. She occasionally escorts a cruise when we can spare her from the office. She has two sons, Kyle and Erik, in addition to being a doting grandmother to five grandchildren. Lori does a great job of covering the office, sometimes seven days a week, while caring for her special needs son. |
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Karen Nevard, Travel Agent: Karen comes with a wealth of industry experience in Finance and Project Management, as well as small business experience. She comes from an aviation-oriented family and traveled the world, albeit mostly by air and land! Karen has a husband, Gary, and three wonderful sons, all of whom love to travel. Her three sons include Kyle, studying Engineering at Penn State, his twin Karl, who is working on becoming a commercial airline pilot at University of North Dakota, and youngest son Ryan attends North Penn High School. Karen enjoys coaching Ryan in Odyssey of the Mind, a creative team competition, and runs her own martial arts photography company as well. She has two German Shepherds and a cat, to round out the zoo!
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