They learned how to dance the Swayze way
“My sister was in dancing ever since she was 6. When her instructor retired, she had to find another school. There was a private one right by us that had trampolines inside, a pool out back, and taught ballet, jazz, all kinds of dancing. Our parents enrolled us both, and we were taught by Patsy Swayze and her son, Patrick Swayze. He went to Waltrip High School in Houston like we did, but he graduated the year before I started.
“Patsy taught Patrick how to dance. He became real good, so he was an instructor with his mom for a while. She went on to choreograph a lot of movies. The one that got her going was Urban Cowboy, where she taught John Travolta how to country dance.
“Patrick and his mom were both real down-to-earth people. I wasn’t surprised when he went on to have a successful acting career and danced so well in the movies. You could tell he was going to be something special. When he died of pancreatic cancer, it was really sad.”
— Michael Rodgers
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