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By: Judy Spears
Broker Associate, CRS, ABR, GRI, CNHS

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CENTURY 21 Key Realty is sponsoring a Home Buyers Seminar on Tuesday, November 13th, 6:30 pm at the Westgate Community Center. Home sellers are welcome as well!

Free information on buying or selling a home from the experts. Representatives from select mortgage companies, home inspectors, and pest control companies will be on hand to answer your questions. Several door prizes will be given away and there is no obligation! Bring a friend! Register early for the best chance at a door prize!

Sponsors include-

Mortgage America
The Mortgage Shop
Wachovia Bank
Terminix
Southern Home Inspections

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By: Margaret Patrick
REALTOR Associate

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If you haven’t heard the new country music song by Travis Tritt, “You never take me Dancing”, you will very soon.? The lyrics represent the sentiment that many women?feel, yet many men?aren’t getting the message.? Guys, if you want your girlfriend or bride to sit through hours of football, basketball, and racing, then try to remember that “Girls just want to have fun”?.

Many women enjoy?dancing and to them, dancing is as natural as breathing.?We are so fortunate in the Dothan area?to have access to almost any type of dance class, including everything from the Waltz to the Watermelon crawl.? Below you will find information about where?you can participate in?dance lessons and help you balance your leisure time so that both you and your better half are happy.

So, if watching “Dancing with the Stars”?causes you to have happy feet, here are some local dance spots and helpful numbers for you to take advantage of what is available here in Dothan.

• Cultural Arts Center - 699-2787 offers a variety of dance classes to include, tap, jazz, line dance, swing, and?waltz.

• Dothan Dance Club - 792-5166 offers West Coast Swing, Shag, Salsa, Merengue, Rumba, Cha-cha and Latin dances. Ron Devane has a great thing going on here. Lessons are each night from 6-7 $10.00 for the lesson, then stay and dance!

• Cathy Deloney- teaches the art of Middle Eastern Belly Dancing. Call 615-3760 to register at the beginning of each month.

• Do-Sa-Dos Square Dance club meets on Monday nights, call - 791-5550 for lesson information

• Goober Gamboleers Square Dance Club dances on Thursdays - call - 355-0045.

• For Serious Jazz Dancers - contact Patti Rutland Jazz Dance Company-they are offering scholarships to aspiring dancers this season - call - 699-2787

Dance is great exercise and great fun. So put on your dancing shoes and try some of these types of dance. You do not have to have a partner to join most of these classes.

Let me tell you about a friend who found her true love while dancing. My friend, was a single, successful female.? She was so busy she had not met anyone to share her life with. She needed some repair work done around her home and a neighbor?referred a local builder to her to do the work she needed done. As he worked at the home and the weeks passed, they began to talk and get to know one another.??Then, one evening at quiting time, the builder?put on some soft music and reached?for her hand to dance.? They began to sway to the music as the breeze?blew across the patio.? She told me later that was the moment when she fell in love with him; when?he danced with her!?They are now living happily every after.

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By: Margaret Patrick
REALTOR Associate

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Events coming up this weekend, or in the near future around Dothan and the Wiregrass

17th Annual Wiregrass Model Train Show?Saturday and Sunday at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds. Hours are 9 am - 5 pm Saturday and 10 am - 4 pm Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults. Children are free. More than 140 tables of model railroading equipment and supplies are expected to be available. Hourly door prizes will be given away and concessions will be available.?

“Yard Gal” will be performed at the Featured Players Theatre each Friday and Saturday through Sept 29.? Doors open at 6pm and shows start at 7pm. Admission $12.00. Call 334?673-1243 for more information

The Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars is bringing the big top to Dothan Sept 26-27 at the Houston County Farm Center.? Daily performances will be at?4:30 and 7:30. This year’s circus will include Moto-Globe of Death, Beijing’s Bungee Divers, the Ponce Family Flyers, juggling by the Kim Brothers, Ukraine’s Zarina and the Bermudez Clowns.

Old Town, a unique facility to have your next party or reunion or children’s?functions, call 334?792-0770 Old Town features authentic “Wild West” shootouts! County Rd 70 just west of Dothan.? .

Yoga Classes - taught by Cathy Deloney. Beginner and intermediate level Yoga for fitness and relaxation call 334?615-3760 for times and locations.

Computer Classes for Senior Adults are offered at Rose Hill Senior Center for anyone age 50 and older.? All classes willmeet for one day from 10:00 to 3pm. There will be an hour lunch break from noon to 1 pm.? The cost of each class is $25.00.? Call 334?615-3740 for information or registration.

Karate - offered year round.? Registration taken at the beginning of each month.? Classes for adults and children are taught by 5th degree Black Belt, Mike Culbreth. Call?334?615-3760. In November?the Southern Region Open Karate Tournament will be held.

Scarecrows in the Gardens will return to the Dothan Area Botanical Gardens in October. Scarecrow building competition is open to the public and $100. cash prize will be awarded to 5 categories. Entry fee is $20. and all entries must be placed by Sept 29. For more info call - 334-793-3224.

If you know of any other events coming up around the Dothan area, please let us know by leaving a comment below.

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By: Margaret Patrick
REALTOR Associate

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Here are a few of the happenings around the area this weekend and the coming week. Enjoy your weekend!

Thunder on Tholocco ? Multi-class Outboard Drag Boat Race Event on Lake Tholocco, West?Beach,?Fort Rucker, this Saturday, September 8. Gates open at 9:00 am, racing starts at Noon. Admission $5 for military, $7 non military, children 12 and under admitted free.

Save-a-Pet Yard Sale will be Saturday, September 8^th, at Oncology Supply, 2801 Horace Shepard Dr. in Dothan. Save-A-Pet is accepting donations for the sale; all proceeds will benefit Save-A-Pet.

Holiday Inn South presents the 1st Annual “Cook 4 Kids.” They will be having a cook-off to raise money for the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham and the Give Kids the World Organization to help children in need. The day will consist of a cooking contest, silent auction, blood drive, and live music by The Barry Fish Band. Plenty of fun for the whole family starts at 11 am.
For more information, call 334-794-8711 or visit www.hidothan.com.

?Low Country Boil? and Auction at Landmark Park will be held on Thursday, September 20th at 6:00 pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling the park at 334?794?3452. Entertainment will be Circle City Rambles performing tunes from the 80?s plus classic rock-n-roll.

Understudy Dinner Theatre presents ?Doctor! Doctor!? September 18^th ? 22^nd. For a prescription of comic medicine and and reservation, call 334?792?1268. Presented at the Dothan Dance Club. Cash bar, dinner starts at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:30 pm, tickets are $35.

If you know of any other activities around Dothan and the Wiregrass area this weekend, please leave us a comment below with all relevant information.

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By: Charles Woodall
Managing Broker

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The NGA Hooters Golf Tour stops in Dothan this weekend for the Dothan Classic, held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks.

ARTraegeous Art Show to support the ENCORE elementary school music program at the Cultural Arts Center in Dothan.

Dothan Tennis Assocation Doubles Tennis Tournament at the Westgate Tennis Center, located at Westgate Park in Dothan.

Deer and Turkey Expo at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan

Science on Saturdays at Landmark Park. A fun and educational program for children and families.

In Ozark, the South Alabama Pro-Rodeo Classic continues at the Dale County Ag-Plex Arena.

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By: Charles Woodall
Managing Broker

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I came across this video about Dothan recently on YouTube. While it is a Chamber of Commerce type production, it does a good job of highlighting the many things Dothan has to offer. Take a look and let me know what you think!

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By: Charles Woodall
Managing Broker

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The year is half way over, and that gives us a good opportunity to analyze the market and compare it to previous years. It is worth noting that 2004, 2005, and 2006 were successive record years for real estate sales in Dothan. Let’s first look at the numbers, then discuss what they mean. Click on the thumbnail on the right to see the stats.

There are several conclusions that can reasonably be drawn from this data when comparing 2007 to 2006 year-to-date.

1 -  Inventory (homes on the market for sale) is way up. June 2007 inventory is up 50% over June 2006
2 -  Average market time has increased by three weeks, from 101 days to 122 days
3 -  Overall sales are virtually the same in both units and total volume in the first half of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.

For home sellers, the good news is statistics show that there are just about as many buyers as there were in 2006, which was a record year for home sales in Dothan. The bad news; you have more competition for those buyers than at any time in the past five years. Our best advice is to not live in the past. Even though your neighbor had multiple full price offers within a couple of weeks of listing his home a year and a half ago, the odds are you aren’t going to be so lucky.

If you are looking to buy a home soon, or are currently looking, the good news is there are more choices in most price ranges than there has been at any time in the last four or five years. The bad news (or maybe not so good news is better) is there are still a lot of buyers looking, so the houses that are priced right are still selling fairly quickly.

The best thing you can do whether you are buying or selling is to work with a real estate professional that is in the market everyday and knows what is going on.

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