Janice Lee "Jazzercise" 10th Year Anniversary Celebration "Happy Holidays"

"Tis the Season" to be jolly...... as you can see, the guy in the orange shirt is already "jolly" and actually Santa in disguise. Just kidding, he's Thomas Toyozaki going through his weekly jazzercise classes preparing for his deliveries on Christmas day. Tommy (Santa) related that he should be good to go on Christmas day.

Last month, Janice Lee, (photo top left) and her students celebrated her Jazzercise Downtown and Nuuanu 10th Anniversary on Saturday November 6, 2010 at the Natsunoya Tea House. Thomas Toyozaki, Director of Security at Ala Moana Shopping Center and long time friend was the host for that evening. In the photo above, he is presenting a custom photo album made especially for Janice in celebration of her 10th anniversary. Up to today, they are both still trying to get me to join. If you don't know, or never heard of Jazzercise, it is a 60-minute class of cardio, strength, and stretch moves for a total body workout. My excuse is, if I join, I might have a total body "brokeout" and wouldn't be able to continue my sports reporting and events except by sitting down.


Just a little something about Janice. Janice Emi Yamaguchi was born and raised in Hawaii and attended Castle High School. After completing high school, she went to Kapiolani Community College for two years and then attended UH Manoa where she graduated with a BS in Human Development. Janice currently works at Kaiser Permanente as the administrative assistant to Chief of the OB-GYN Department. As for "Jazzercise," Janice got involved because she felt that she was "overweight." She tried jogging and hated it! One day her neighbor told her she had a niece who was Jazzercising, so she decided to join the crowd. At that moment, her life changed. After 7 years as a student at the Kaneohe Jazzercise, she just felt she couldn't get enough of it and decided to pursue her certification to become an instructor. And here we are today, 10 years later. As for teaching the class, she said "I think there's a personal satisfaction when I know people are having fun, or smiling or they're getting something out of it." Interested in taking classes? You may reach Janice at janicelee@hawaii.rr.com. To see her celebration party photos, "click here".