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Mary Ellyn

The Art of Pole and Exotic Dancing For All Women

About Me



I'm 47 years old, a mom of two teen-aged boys, and married to a wonderful supportive and devoted man.

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About 6 years ago I took up pole dancing as a hobby and not only had a great time with it but all my friends were interested in learning and little by little the inspiration to start my own pole dancing business grew into a reality as I was teaching friends and their friends.

In 2004 I started my business by giving private and semi-private lessons then moved on to hosting house parties and bachelorette parties. Eventually I was offering small group classes in our Chicago Heights location, but demand continued to grow and we now have a second location in Frankfort Illinois. We are in the process of planning expansion for more room in Chicago Heights.

Here is my website: http://empowermentthroughexoticdance.com

My Interests

Beauty may be skin deep...but so is ugly!

Confidence is beautiful!

Pole dancing, exotic dance, yoga, reading, message boards.

Travel: Motor home camping and tropical vacations.
In the future I hope to do more cultural trips like Africa, Europe, Greece, Egypt, the Orient, etc.

My family - 2 wonderful teenaged boys and my husband who is my inspiration and best friend!

I'd like to meet:



1. Women who are confident, self assured, and comfortable with themselves.
Women who celebrate who they are and are not afraid to explore deeper inside to find something new.

Age doesn't matter.
External features are irrelevant.

2. Women who are ready to be the person described above!

Music:

Whatever moves me!

My music choices are very eclectic from Classical to alternative rock to RnB to Country.

Movies:

Favorites:

Comedy: American Pie
Romance: The Notebook
Action: Sci-Fi and Action Hero movies
Horror: Don't really care for them

Television:

Don't watch very much television. When I do sit down to watch it I enjoy Sci-Fi and sitcoms.

Books:

Mostly enjoy suspense/thriller and crime scene type books.

Favorite authors: Deaver, Sandford, Cornwell, Grisham, Patterson, Coulter, Johanson, MH Clark.

Heroes:

Every woman from every walk of life around the world.

My husband.
My children.
My parents.

My Blog

Next Night Out - October 30th at Pick Ups Bar and Grill!!!

Pole Dance Party! Join us at Pick Ups Bar and Grill!21000 Torrence AvenueLansing, Illinois Tuesday, October 30th8pm-10pm Lessons and demos! No cover charge!Just a fun night out.    http://p...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:53:00 PST

About Advertising

Many of us, myself included, are on here to network and promote businesses as part of our pages in addition to making friends. I have no problem with that.However, my friends may not wish to read thro...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:06:00 PST

Check out this event: Guiness World Record Pole Dance Event

Hosted By: Mary Ellyn WeissmanWhen: Sunday Dec 02, 2007 at 10:00 AMWhere: Chicago, IllnoisTo Be AnnouncedCHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL 60411United StatesDescription:Mary Ellyn Weissman Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:08:00 PST

Gravity Plays Favorites

This past weekend while I was in St. Louis Jim and I had the opportunity to see Gravity Plays Favorites perform with their friends The Alleycat Review at Rue 13. I simply cannot say enough about this...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:48:00 PST

Class Field Trip

What a great night!  Last night Empowerment Through Exotic Dance, Ltd students and their guests met at The Motel Bar in Chicago to see Michelle L'Amour's troup perform in Absolut Burlesque! ...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:33:00 PST

New Group Pole Dance Classes Start Soon!

Our next session of classes is starting up the third week of September.  The cost of a 5 week class is $165. If you mention you saw us on MySpace you'll pay only $150 for your 5 week class.Classe...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:34:00 PST

London!

Wow...has it really been since January that I last posted a blog? So much going on but I haven't stopped to post. The big news is that we arrive in London next Wednesday!  I am so excited about m...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:12:00 PST

OK...I should just concede that I don't keep up with my blog!

I haven't posted since October?!  I guess I'm just not a blog person! Well just a little update: The IPF launch was fantastic. Only about 30 people showed up in all but it went very well and eve...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:15:00 PST

I'm So Bad About Blogs!

I always feel like life is so busy but I'm sure it's the same for everyone else! Things are going well. The remodeling is all done but for the finishing touches. It looks great!  Someday I'll hav...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:57:00 PST

Remodeling at the Office

So this past week has been very busy as we are remodeling our office to accomodate a more realistic dance studio for me! We are expanding by taking down a wall between two rooms to open it up into on...
Posted by Mary Ellyn on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:12:00 PST