We're creating a great new line of instructional videos and DVDs, all designed especially for people who've never danced before! Our first title, Preparing for Your Wedding Dance, is available right now.

All our titles feature an introduction that teaches you how to hear the beat in a song, how to identify different styles of music and dance, how to hold your partner, and other general dance information. The instructors demonstrate the figures apart and together, and show patterns with their backs to the camera so that you can easily follow along while watching.

Finally, on our videotapes we include an onscreen counter that combines with an index on the tape box so that you can quickly and easily find any section you are looking for.

This month's feature: Entering the dance floor

Check out the instructions below to make your entrance a memorable one!

* Make certain that it's clear to your guests that you two are about to start the first dance. The emcee, bandleader, best man, or maid of honor can simply announce "And now (groom) and (bride) ask you to clear the dance floor for them" or "for their first dance."

* You may choose to be together already on the dance floor when the music starts or to enter the floor as the introduction to your song is played. This will depend on your song (perhaps it has a long introductory section) and your own preferences, as well as the layout of your reception area.

* If you enter the floor together during the beginning of your song, the gentleman traditionally puts the lady on his right arm. In Europe he presents his arm palm downward and she lays her left arm on top. More often in the States he presents his right elbow and she hooks her left arm through it. Or you can simply hold hands.

* You may also enter from opposite sides of the floor and meet one another in the middle.

* Discuss your timing with each other in advance so that you are both comfortable. In other words, agree on when you will make an entrance and on when you will actually start dancing.

* Allow enough time to get into a comfortable dance position before you begin moving together.