WEBVTT - Perfecting the Turn

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<v Speaker 1>Wind down with Janet Kramer an I'm Heeart radio podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to introduce you to On the Job and

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<v Speaker 2>host Avery Thompson. Avery shares stories of people making changes

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<v Speaker 2>in their professional and personal lives. Whether it's a successful

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<v Speaker 2>athlete transitioning into a new career off the field, a

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<v Speaker 2>fly fishing tour guide trying to introduce a new segment

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<v Speaker 2>of folks to the joys of the outdoors, or a

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<v Speaker 2>stadium beer and hot dog hawker who doubles as a

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<v Speaker 2>CEO of a red hot startup. We'll find out what

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<v Speaker 2>drives them and what lies ahead. These are heartfelt stories

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<v Speaker 2>of people finding their lives. Work on the Job is

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<v Speaker 2>brought to you by Express Employment Professionals. This week, Avery

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<v Speaker 2>talks to a two step and line dancing teacher in Texas.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome back to On the Job. Hope you all are

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<v Speaker 3>loose and limber, because this week we're going to put

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<v Speaker 3>on our dance and shoes and head down to Austin,

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<v Speaker 3>Texas to talk with Vanessa Vaughan, who, as we'll hear,

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<v Speaker 3>keeps the live music capital of the world, stepping to

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<v Speaker 3>the beat on pretty much any night of the week.

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<v Speaker 3>In Austin, Texas, you can find a dance floor full

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<v Speaker 3>of people in cowboy boots twirling each other around to

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<v Speaker 3>live music. The country dance scene, or two stepping as

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<v Speaker 3>it's referred to in these parts is going strong, and

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<v Speaker 3>a big reason for that is Vanessa Vaught.

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<v Speaker 4>My name's Vanessa Vatt. I am the founder and lead

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<v Speaker 4>dance instructor at Doublin Nothing two Step, and I currently

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<v Speaker 4>live in South Austin, Texas.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Vanessa isn't the only person teaching Austin Knights how

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<v Speaker 3>to boot scoot these days. In just two years, she's

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<v Speaker 3>become one of the busiest and it really.

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<v Speaker 4>Just took off quickly in a way that even immediately

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<v Speaker 4>I was impressed with and was happy with what it

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<v Speaker 4>has become. Now literally having thirty events on the books

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<v Speaker 4>in the next few months is blowing my mind.

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<v Speaker 3>Four nights a week, she's teaching social classes at some

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<v Speaker 3>of the city's oldest surviving hockey talks.

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<v Speaker 4>Dance is a language, so there are regional dialects throughout

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<v Speaker 4>the South, specifically of this style of dance, and we

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<v Speaker 4>dance a small space style that fits on our little

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<v Speaker 4>dance floors here, and that's what we call honky tonk

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<v Speaker 4>two step.

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<v Speaker 3>Other nights she's teaching corporate events.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so we work with a lot of the major corporations.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean again, I never thought i'd have like Facebook, Meta, Apple,

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<v Speaker 4>Bevo Schlektsilet recently hired us to come teach their cast

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<v Speaker 4>and crew.

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<v Speaker 2>That was incredible.

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<v Speaker 4>HBO, like my inbox is always interesting, I have to say.

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<v Speaker 3>And then there are the bachelorette parties.

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<v Speaker 4>Which we do line dancing and it's silly, adorable fun.

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<v Speaker 4>It's funny because we don't socially line dance in Austin.

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<v Speaker 4>The two steples will just run you.

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<v Speaker 3>Over whether we want to give credit to a post

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<v Speaker 3>COVID desire to get back out amongst the people again,

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<v Speaker 3>or the TV show Yellowstone or Beyonce's new album. The

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<v Speaker 3>country scene is thriving these dates, and Austin, Texas and

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<v Speaker 3>Vanessa Vought are right at its center.

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<v Speaker 4>Well specifically, what's happening here is a massive live music scene,

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<v Speaker 4>and just the opportunity to go out and see so

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<v Speaker 4>much live music every week really has created a strong

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<v Speaker 4>dance scene. There's tons of them, and it's very intimidating

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<v Speaker 4>for a lot of people to come in and see that.

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<v Speaker 4>But that's kind of where I step in and encourage

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<v Speaker 4>them that everybody starts at the beginning, and it's just

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<v Speaker 4>consistency over time, like anything else, repetition, muscle memory.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you still excited about dancing?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm always excited about dancing. It's always the thing I

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<v Speaker 4>want to do the most. It really does change the

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<v Speaker 4>way you feel. It just feels so good.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think you'll stick with this business for a while.

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<v Speaker 4>I think about that a lot. I will definitely probably

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<v Speaker 4>ride it into the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see.

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<v Speaker 4>But I also realize there's so much potential that I've

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<v Speaker 4>yet to tap, and so I guess yes, I'm at

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<v Speaker 4>a bit of a point where I'm just trying to

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<v Speaker 4>figure out what path to take, and also to remind

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<v Speaker 4>myself that it doesn't have to be perfect, and just

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<v Speaker 4>allowing myself to kind of play a little more with

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<v Speaker 4>ideas that I have versus feeling like I constantly need

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<v Speaker 4>to be booking events and going and working them.

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<v Speaker 3>No matter how good of a dancer you are, there's

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<v Speaker 3>always room for improvement, and the same holds true in business.

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<v Speaker 3>So this year, despite all her success, Vanessa's really trying

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<v Speaker 3>to create more of an online presence to reach all

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<v Speaker 3>those people out there who might be interested in dancing,

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<v Speaker 3>whether they be near or far. Could you have ever

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<v Speaker 3>foreseen being where you're at now?

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<v Speaker 4>Not even remotely.

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<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 4>I was in freefall during the pandemic, absolute freefall. I

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<v Speaker 4>was borrowing money from my sister to pay rent. I

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<v Speaker 4>was looking in my couch cushions for enough money to

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<v Speaker 4>get a five dollars bill to get into the bar

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<v Speaker 4>to go dance. I was in absolute freefall. So could

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<v Speaker 4>I have foreseen this?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 3>So if you want to learn how to two step,

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<v Speaker 3>come join us down here for on the job. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>Averrey Thompson.

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