Sunday, June 20, 2010
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Tufte gets others jazzed about Jazzercise TIM JOHNSON
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Janon Tufte has brought another fitness club option to Council Bluffs. She opened Council Bluffs Jazzercise March 22 at 28 Pearl St. Tufte, a certified instructor, had taught in Omaha and Fremont, Neb., for about two years when she bought the Council Bluffs franchise. “There was no Jazzercise at all in Council Bluffs,” she said. “Council Bluffs was just screaming for this. A lot of students I have now used to drive to Omaha or a neighboring town for class.” The club opened March 22 with three instructors and 10 class sessions a week and has already grown, Tufte said. Council Bluffs Jazzercise added another instructor and an early morning class and now offers 13 sessions a week. “It’s been great,” she said. “I pretty much get new people in the door every day. The people are wonderful. They certainly make it easy to get up in the morning and drive 20 minutes and then turn around at night and do it all over again.” Running her own business has been a learning experience, Tufte said. “It’s been pretty easy, because the Jazzercise system, after 40 years, is pretty well set,” she said. “I don’t have to reinvent the wheel. “I did find out, once it got hot, that my building doesn’t have air conditioning,” she said. Tufte is working on a proposal for an air conditioning system to present to her landlord, she said. Meanwhile, she
has brought in a couple window units. “I’ve had some customers actually bring in fans from their homes,” she said. “It’s a little warm; but, for the most part, it’s definitely been manageable.” Tufte loves her job – and being her own boss. “I love to dance, and I love to teach; so it’s really been perfect,” she said. “I don’t think a lot of people can say they have their dream job, but I do.” Tufte, originally from Sioux City, earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., and taught for 10 years, including five in Phoenix, while also coaching dance and cheerleading. She then moved to Omaha, where she danced for the Omaha Beef for a year. She fell in love with Jazzercise after she started attending a class in Omaha. “Pretty much from the first week, I knew I wanted to open my own franchise,” she said. Jazzercise sessions are offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:45 a.m.; Saturday at 8:30 a.m.; and Sunday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Jazzercise Express is offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:15 p.m.; and Friday at 5:30 p.m. To check for updates, go to http://jazzercise.com, click on “Find a Class” and search for Council Bluffs IA. For more information, call (712) 2569756 or e-mail cbjazzercise@gmail.com.
Staff photo/Cindy Christensen
At right, Janon Tufte gets her groove on as she teaches a jazzercise class at Council Bluffs Jazzercise, 28 Pearl St.
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