-Skippy's first twenty years of life started in Atlantic City. Blair was interested in singing and dancing and as a child in sang and danced in "Daddy Dave’s Kiddies Review" on the famous Steel Pier while only eight years old. During her Steel Pier performances in New Jersey and Philadelphia, Skippy picked up alot of dance knowledge from the other performers. Skippy's father was a race car driver and avid Tap dancer who was killed when she was just a child. She would perform on Stage using the

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After her father died, her mother remarried a man named Bill Blair. Later while living in Quantico, Virginia, Maybelle took the

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returned to teaching at a local Arthur Murray's Dance Studio In Long Beach, California and received her formal training there with Cha-Cha being her favorite dance. In 1958, Skippy opened her own studio which was in full operation for twenty-five years. Skippy obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1981. In 1991 and 1996, Skippy was honored with the California Swing dance Hall Of Fame Award. She has written her own music and wrote many books on dance.

   -Skippy Blair is the dance teachers teacher. She has been active in the dance community since the 1930s. Devised and refined the "Universal Unit System" since 1958. Owner and Operator of "Dance Dynamics Studio" and "Golden State Dance Teachers Association" (GSDTA) in Downey, California.