R & R Productions, synonymous with:
Ron Cote, "THE MUSIC MAN"
Ron began his career in the Dance World originally as a teacher with Arthur Murray, teaching briefly in his early years. It was as an instructor that he met his wife, Lee, who was also training at Arthur Murray's. After marrying, Lee retired to raise the family, while Ron commenced a lucrative career in the automobile business, retiring after more than 30 years of service. His great love of ballroom dancing never diminished. Ron and Lee began their business, R & R Productions, and together they established the social dancing/lesson format as we know it today. Ron went on to achieve his life-long dream: organizing a dance competition. In fact, Ron, Lee, and Christa, their daughter, own and run two of the largest dance competitions in the US, the Constitution State Challenge Championships (CSC) and the Northeastern Open Invitational (NEO). Ginny Norman is their partner in one of them, the NEO. Ron and Christa are certified as adjudicators with the NDCA, the governing body of professional ballroom dancing. This means they can judge at competitions all over the United States. In addition, Christa is certified as a chairman (the highest and hardest level) which means "she does it all."
Ron, a natural athlete, began dance lessons in parochial grade school. He played and excelled at every sport he attempted. As a teenager, Ron was a roller-skating champion, advancing to the Nationals before being sidelined with a broken leg. He played college football, and his coach, noting Ron's agility and grace on the field, asked him to teach the rest of the team to dance. And that was Ron's first job as a ballroom dance instructor. The rest, as they say, is history.
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