My children have been doing gymnastics with Vargas for over 10 years. Beginning from weekly…read moreclasses, they developed their skills over the years and joined the competitive team. This experience has provided them with forming lasting friendships with kids inside and outside of their school environment. It is so precious that they look forward to going to gym every day. It has turned them into stronger athletes physically and mentally. Being on the competitive team taught them to be in tune with their bodies and learning to focus to perform their best. We can't say enough positive things about this gym.

My girls have been going to Vargas for almost a year now and let me say, it can be hard trying…read moresomething new for kids (and their parents) but Vargas has been a great environment for trying something new! The coaches and staff have been nothing but supportive, encouraging, helpful, and communicative. Both my girls have grown in confidence and strength and I'm just so appreciative that this facility is here in our local community. We love Vargas!

Best gym in the area! Never too crowded and the vibes are great and motivating. Been coming here…read morefor the past half a year. Hope that one of the stair masters gets fixed or replaced soon! :)

Great gym. Has both trad training equipment and more functional stuff. There was never a wait for a…read morepiece of equipment and I was able to do everything I needed to. Clean facility. Nice people. No creeps.

Sam is a super energetic teacher! She is great with the kids and really knows how to get them…read moreinvolved and learn! She always creates a fun environment for the kids to learn in.

Sam is an amazing teacher! Passionate, enthusiastic and energetic.read more

This place is just amazing! The curriculum, the instructors, the way the classes are structured and…read morethe flexibility they provide in terms of class schedule - amazing! Our daughter tried somewhere else first and hated it. We thought she would never go back to MA until she experience Innovative Martial Arts through a friend's B-Day party. She asked us to sign her up right away which shocked us give her previous experience in another SVL place. She is now green belt and still lovin' it! Bottom line: this is THE place for martial arts in Scotts Valley/Santa Cruz. Nobody gets remotely close to it! This is IT!

I love the way they teach. patient, encouraging with emphasis on the concept at first, then into…read morethe details later. I've never seen martial arts taught so well to kids. they keep it fun and a majority stay with it as. they advance. growing up in martial arts and having taught, I've never seen such success. I highly recommend Innovative Martial Arts to anyone looking for an effective mix of Martial Arts whether gung ho or intimidated. Great Sensies keep it a balance of intense learning and fun.

I've been taking vocal lessons with Audrey and she's a wonderful teacher. Knowledgeable,…read moreencouraging and inspiring. Everything you want from someone helping you with your musical journey. The Skype lessons are super helpful as she takes video and the ability to watch and listen back to your exercises is incredibly valuable. I'm a drummer who is adding vocals to my repertoire and her assistance has been invaluable! I highly recommend!

Pulled my daughter (6 years old) out of the Disney Princess camp due to concerns that camp was…read morebeing treated more like a day care than an actual vocal camp. When we first dropped my daughter off at camp, my wife and I immediately felt a bit weird about this place. None of the instructors welcomed us in. In fact, only one of the instructors spoke to us. He actually recognized my wife from somewhere, but they couldn't remember where. After they figured out where they recognized each other from the coach's response was "Jesus F@#%$&* Christ, that's where I remember you from. Time sure flies!" Not exactly the type of language to be using in front of children. We checked in at lunch on the first day, and unfortunately, the instructors seemed to be more interested in whatever was going on with their phones than actually interacting with the kids. The scene was the same at pick up time. Coaches on the couch, kids playing on their own. When checking in with my daughter at lunch on the first day, she told us they hadn't sung anything yet. But instead watched a movie. At the end of the first day, we asked her "What songs did you sing today?" She told us she learned part of 1 song......over the course of a 6 hour camp. The following day was even more alarming when my when my wife went to pick our daughter up from camp and the coach informed her that they had a "very chill day." We asked our daughter what they did at camp and she said "We didn't sing at all today. Instead, the kids voted not to sing because there was a new kid and she didn't want to sing. I wanted to sing, but we voted. So we just watched movies and played dress up." I was dumbfounded. We had paid over $200 for a VOCAL camp. 2 days into this "vocal camp" our kid had watched Disney movies, played a lot of dress up and learned part of 1 song. After hearing all of this, I decided to call Forte. Nobody picked up the phone. So I drove down to their location to try and ask what had happened during camp that day. I proceeded to ask the lead vocal coach about the days events and why there was no singing today. Her response was (loosely quoted) "The kids decided they wanted to spend double time on costumes and so they voted not to sing today." "Also, the kids are young so they can't sing and do stage work all day, despite this being a vocal camp." I then asked when they are going to sing, and her response was (again loosely quoted) "Well they will have to spend the whole day singing tomorrow because they didn't sing today." (Wait....what? I'm confused. I thought the kids were "too young to spend all day singing...????) Never once did I receive an apology. But I did receive multiple attempts to justify why things at camp fell short. I notified the coach that my daughter wouldn't be attending the remaining days of the camp as I felt like this camp was totally misrepresented. To us, this camp acted more like a daycare. (But a daycare where the employees are more interested in whatever is happening on their cell phones than the children they are supposed to be interacting with.) We might have been able to just write this off, and chalk it up to one of those "you live and you learn lessons." But then something too coincidental happened and we felt like we just had to say something. We purchased a spot in this camp after seeing a posting on the Facebook site "Scotts Valley Virtual Garage Sale." The head vocal coach says a parent bought the spot, but their child came down with pneumonia, so she was trying to help her sell it. OK. Well interestingly enough, 2 weeks later the same head vocal coach posts on Scotts Valley Virtual Garage Sale again that a parent purchased a spot for their child for Katy Perry camp, but instead they decided to go to Hawaii, and thus she decided to help sell her spot. Coincidence? Maybe, but it sure feels more like a deceiving way to sell spots in your vocal camp. It feels unethical. I took screen shots of the two postings and uploaded them to yelp so you can review them if you want. Our daughter has attended many dance/performing arts camps for similar or even cheaper pricing. So this was not our first go-round. The other camps we have been a part of have all been professionally run. Unfortunately, Forte Vocal Academy's Disney Princess Vocal Camp felt completely thrown together. It lacked structure, professionalism, and even common courtesy.

Reviewing as a total music novice family. We needed to rent a violin for my 5th grader for…read moreorchestra. We could not have been more helpful, patient and kind helping us set up a rental. Similarly, when we made the return at the end of the school year, the process was seamless! Highly recommend!

Just bought a ukelele from here to keep practicing as a beginner, they have good intro/beginner…read morepieces up to more expensive and studier pieces. The range I saw was from sale items at 49.99 up to 200+, they have a good, moderate amount of choices at each level, with different brands and accompanying acessories! My ukelele is a soprano, a great beginner ukelele I was practicing with, got it for $75 with tax and a carrying bag included in my purchase, if I remember correctly, tag price was $69.99 I did ask if there was something similar to a brand/type of ukelele I started my practice with but I was then getting sold onto the more expensive pieces that I didn't have experience with and didn't ask for so that was a miss for me. Wish I got more of a relevant recommendation but the workers were sweet, they let us browse by ourselves for a good amount of time before stepping in (which good for me because I needed time to think, compare, and browse). When we went, there were a handful of other customers inside the store, it's located in a small shopping center but the store is bigger inside than it appears on the outside. The parking situation was just okay, not bad, could use a tad bit more space, we went ~1p the parking lot was full minus 2-3 spots but I noticed cars came and went from the time we got there until we left so it seems like there's a couple spots free at any given time due to the traffic coming in and out for small errands. Lots of instruments and accessories to be found inside and the workers seem to be happy to help find what is needed! Pretty well organized inside to find what you need on your own though, I was able to find the ukeleles quickly.

Deanna has been a great coach for my teen daughter. Before Corona virus she was struggling with…read morepeers and social issues with some bullying. This was severely affecting her school work. Deanna helps her work on both and now she's doing great! My daughter also has a huge case of thinking her parents don't know anything! But if Deanna talks about it, she listens!

Deanna has been a wonderful mentor to my teenage daughter. She is a wise woman who has given my…read moredaughter great insight into life struggles. I'm very grateful that we found Thrive Young Leaders!

My guests and I had a blast for my 40th birthday party with the live performance. All the…read moreperformers were punctual, friendly, and did an amazing job. Our musician/singer, JD explained each dance and also really connected well with the crowd, and got everyone into the island mood.

Stan was definitely the Man that saved us ON THE DAY of my god-daughters quinceanera. We had…read moremulticultural celebrations going on that day. 2 dancers came out to perform at Oyster Point Yacht Club and were very entertaining. Dancers even got some of the crowd to come out to the dance floor and participate, teach everyone about the dance and how to dance like them. We will definitely contact Stan the next time we need entertainment for our parties.