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Women’s Networking Luncheon resumes at Deep Creek Lake

From The Garrett County Republican

DEEP CREEK LAKE — After being sidelined by COVID-19 for several years and postponed last month because of weather, the monthly Women’s Networking Luncheon resumed Feb. 16 at Ace’s Run Restaurant & Pub at Deep Creek Lake.

The public events are organized by the Women’s Association of Mountain Maryland and hosted by Terah Beitzel-Crawford and Dawn Beitzel.

Terah Crawford
Terah Beitzel-Crawford welcomes attendees to the Women’s Networking Luncheon.

Staff photo by Brenda Ruggiero

The featured speaker for the event was Kendall Ludwig, who spoke about her new venture, Jitterbug Movement Studio in downtown Oakland.

She started her presentation by having the audience participate in some stretching exercises.

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Kendall Ludwig speaks about Jitterbug Movement Studio.

Staff photo by Brenda Ruggiero

“Most of you know me … I am the president and principal designer of Curly Red, which is a full service creative firm,” she said. “So I do logos. We do print a lot of brochures, annual reports and then we do a lot of web work. We do social media. We just bought a building this past August in downtown Oakland, right across the street from the parking lot.”

Ludwig stated that when she found the building, she looked at the back area and thought it would be a great space for a movement studio.

“I’m a lifelong dancer, so I’ve been dancing since I was 3 years old,” she said. “It’s always just been a hobby of mine … a lot of it’s been through musical theater.”

Ludwig said she took a lot of classes and realized early on that dancing would just be a hobby for her.

Kendall Ludwig outlines speaks for her passion for dance and the creation of Jitterbug Movement Studio in Oakland.

Staff photo by Brenda Ruggiero
“I’m clearly not built to be a ballerina,” she said. “But I embrace the curves. It’s fine. So I decided to do art as my career, but dance has been a lifelong love of mine.”

When she got to Garrett County, Ludwig said she looked around and really wished that there were more movement classes in the county, particularly for adults.

“So that was really what the idea was behind Jitterbug Movement Studio,” she said.

The studio was launched in October.

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