Kara Giacalone James

My guest today worked for Club Med from 2010 to 2017 and her first season was in Club Med Sandpiper as a Dance Captain/Choreographer. Before Club Med, she attended the University of Akron and studied Dance and Communication. Fun Fact: She also worked at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel, famously seen in the excellent movie Pretty Woman. Aside from Sandpiper, she worked in the Club Med villages of Turks & Caicos, Bali, Yabuli and she was at the opening of Club Med Dong’ao in China, where she met her future husband! Her parents knew former Chief of Village, Gregg Snyder, and that is how she found out about Club Med. Please help me welcome, from Strong Island, New York, Kara Giacalone James! Kara’s Club Med journey began in Club Med Sandpiper in 2010 and ended in that same resort in 2017. Kara shares some of her many stories with us, starting as a choreographer to later pulling double duty as both a choreographer and Entertainment Manager in Yabuli and Dong’ao. Kara shares some of the cross-cultural adjustments she had to make while in China and recounts the story of meeting and falling in love with her husband, who was the Chief of Sports, in Dong’ao. Between contracts, Kara backpacked for eight months in Asia, Europe, the UK, and the United States. After her time in Club Med, Kara went on an eight-month road trip in a Subaru through the States, Mexico, and Canada. While in Club Med, she got certified in scuba and learned how to do the Spanish Web and Lyra. Despite Kara choosing 1984’s Footloose over my beloved Center Stage as the better dance movie (smiley face emoji), Kara was extremely entertaining and knows how to tell a story! Come with us on Kara’s amazing journey and career in Club Med and discover the things she misses the most about Club Med and if she’d do it all over. Please enjoy! **My First Season podcast has always been ad-free and free to listen to and is available to download on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Samsung Podcasts, Podbean App, Podchaser, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora and Listen Notes. And if you like what you hear, please leave a review on Apple podcasts. 

Please click on the link below to see a video of the shows that Kara worked on:

KARA GIACALONE | EVENT SHOW PRODUCER REEL | BEHIND THE SCENES (youtube.com)