October 22, 2015

Making progress but not nearly ready!

Knocked out another 8 today but still have 38 left.  More than 3 a day at this point!
His Only Need
I Hope You Find It
Have Fun Go Mad
Hurt Me Carefully
I Got It Easy
Intrigue
Knockin' On Wood
Madness

Sunday, October 18

Yesterday's workshop with Rachael in Orlando was good.  In a couple ways:  learned some neat new dances AND got to whittle away some of my "review" dances for Tampa!

Finally feel pretty good about Witness, No Man's Land, Jessie James.  Got to work on Foot Play, which was a dance I was going to teach and then put it away because it was getting to close to the end of summer.  It was on the playlist for the workshop/social so I re-looked at it and was able to dance it on the floor.

Rachael taught:  Shots With Somebody (Nancy and I agreed that we would teach it to the M/F class), Painting Pillows (a waltz - probably Deb's favorite of the day), Dock Of The Bay (I want to bring this to the Thursday class), Loving You Tonight, Strip It Down (I want to bring to the Thursday class), and Won't Tell A Soul (which was taught in Chicago).  I don't think I want to let any of them get too far away from me - but Shots, Dock, and Strip will be the first three to focus on.

Thursday, October 15

Yay!  Pounded out Cheesecake, Chicago Bonfire, Clap Happy, Coming Unplugged, Counting Stars, Don't, Fault Line, 50 Ways, Fireball, and Get It BAE this morning.

Added to my 6 from before (surely I have more than 6 from before???) and I've looked at 16.  Way, way, ay off course.  17 of 65 done.  So sad.  😢

Time for a shower, like lunch and then get ready for class... And class!

I just gotta say -I'm NEVER going to be ready for Tampa!  I can't catch a break!  No time to practice and the list is so long!!!

I have been able to work on a couple dances but there are just way too many.  I really hope there are some good ones at Rachael's workshop next weekend so I can knock a bunch of my list from there!

Saturday, October 3

My 2-a-day plan is not working like I'd like!  I'm NEVER going to get through these dances!

Have been "reteaching" myself AK Freak - that's coming along.  Spent some time on Alcazar, All Of Me, Bittersweet Memory, Blurred Lines, and Boys Will Be Boys,  If I include AK Freak, that's 6 - fits with the 2-a-day program...  I really have to work harder on this!

Thursday, October 1

Am missing Deb's Thursday night class tonight.  And feeling jealous of everyone who is up in Chicago for the Windy City Event this weekend.

Spent some time today going through all my stepsheets and pulled the ones that I want to at a minimum give a "once-over" and at a maximum "relearn" before Tampa.  I figure I've got about a month.  I've got about 65 dances that I want to go through - that's about two a day.  Yikes!  I'm hoping some of them will be on the open dance list at Rachael's and maybe some will show up on Thursday nights at Deb's class.  In any event, must get busy refreshing my feet on some of these "older" dances that I KNOW will be played in Tampa!

DONE
AK Freak
All Of Me
Bittersweet Memory
Blurred Lines
Boys Will Be Boys
Celebrate
Chandelier
Cheesecake
Chicago Bonfire
Clap Happy
Coming Unplugged
Counting Stars
Don't
Fault Line
50 Ways
Fireball
Get It Bae
                            17 of 65

At Rachael's Workshop
Jesse James
No Man's Land

10/22
His Only Need
I Hope You Find It
Have Fun Go Mad
Hurt Me Carefully
I Got It Easy
Intrigue
Knockin' On Wood
Madness
                    27 of 65 (not quite half yet! 2 Weeks to go! 38 left... need to do more than 2 a day!)