Went to Orlando Friday for Rachael's workshop yesterday (what is the deal with all the traffic???).
Rachael taught:
Ain't Misbehavin'
Boys Like You
Papi
Show Me Your Moves
Sugar Honey I.T.
Under The Moon Of Love
Whip It
Ain't Misbehavin' is Guyton, Jo Thompson Symanski, and Amy Glass' dance. 48 count, 4 wll Intermediate dance with no restarts or tags. This is a cute dance and I'm glad Rachael taught it (was hoping she would). Rachael said there were some mistakes with the step sheet - but as I read it today, I can't find them...
Boys Like You is Rachael's new one that she introduced in Taiwan. 48 count, 4 wall Intermediate dahcne with no tags or restarts. A cha cha style dance - it's a nice dance.
Papi is an old dance of Rachael's from 2011. She assures us she's going to be teaching this at all her upcoming workshops and promises it will be played at events. It's a 64 count, 2 wall High Intermediate/Advanced (not in today's standards) dance with 2 easy restarts.
Show Me Your Moves is Brenna Stith's dance. An AB dance - 32 count A and 32 count B with 2 different tags and a restart once in the middle of B (making it a B- section). A, Tag 1, B, A, Tag 2, A, Tag 1, B, A, B-, B, A, A. Intersting dance - not all that difficult. 2 walls and described as an Intermediate/Advanced dance.
Sugar Honey I.T. is Johanna Barnes dance which came out in September. A 32 count, 4 wall intermediate dance with 2 restarts.
Under The Moon Of Love is Rachael's dance. New in November, a 48 count, 4 wall, beginner dance. I thought of the Thursday class right away - I think they'll like it. Will probably be one of the first new ones I teach after the holidays.
Whip It is a dance of both Rachael's and Shane McKeever. A 64 count, 2 wall, advanced dance. If there was anything I walked away without completely knowing how to do - it would be this one. Counts 47-50 need further review. There's a timing thing here and some fancy footwork leading into a jump-hold and I can fake my way through it but want to spend a little more time on it to get it right. It was a dance that I wasn't real sure of when it first started - and by the end of the day, it was growing on me. I suspect because of the level of the dance, it will be one of the ones that actually sticks around.
Out of all the dances introduced - it'll be interesting to see which ones actually go somewhere. I suspect Ain't Misbehavin' will, and Whip It probably will... Papi, maybe... and other than that? We'll see.
Rachael received a resounding applause when she said she was tired of choreographing new stuff and was going to work on bring back old stuff! Yay, Rachael!!!
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Spent quite a bit of time working on dances yesterday morning:
From The Other Side - Neville and Julie (Adele - Hello). Finally got it. Restarts and all. Yay!
Levels - Will Craig. Figured Deb was going to do it that night (and she did).
Falling Up - Guyton & Fred. Reviewed from last week's teach at Deb's class.
Round Your Finger - Joey Warren. Reviewed from Tampa. Got it! Nice that it's just one wall.
Tuesday Blues - just to make sure I still had it. I did.
NYC Funk - just to make sure I still had it for class at night.
So after that, and teaching in the afternoon, went to class last night - and Deb taught Levels and Tuesday Blues. And we danced all the normal stuff. And then, late night, she taught What Do You Mean by Will Craig. No tags or restarts. I think 64 count - need to pull the sheet. Cute dance. Even at 9:30 at night I didn't do too badly with it. I think Round Your Finger might be next?
Exhausted today! By the time I got home from Nancy's class, all I wanted was something to eat and a nap!
From The Other Side - Neville and Julie (Adele - Hello). Finally got it. Restarts and all. Yay!
Levels - Will Craig. Figured Deb was going to do it that night (and she did).
Falling Up - Guyton & Fred. Reviewed from last week's teach at Deb's class.
Round Your Finger - Joey Warren. Reviewed from Tampa. Got it! Nice that it's just one wall.
Tuesday Blues - just to make sure I still had it. I did.
NYC Funk - just to make sure I still had it for class at night.
So after that, and teaching in the afternoon, went to class last night - and Deb taught Levels and Tuesday Blues. And we danced all the normal stuff. And then, late night, she taught What Do You Mean by Will Craig. No tags or restarts. I think 64 count - need to pull the sheet. Cute dance. Even at 9:30 at night I didn't do too badly with it. I think Round Your Finger might be next?
Exhausted today! By the time I got home from Nancy's class, all I wanted was something to eat and a nap!
Sunday, November 15, 2015
November 15, 2015
Today was my first real day of being able to practice since I don't know when!
And I spent the whole time working on two dances: From The Other Side (Neville & Julie) to Adele's "Hello" and Tuesday Blues (Simon Ward) to Elton John's "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues".
From The Other Side is a 4-wall dance with three restarts and lots and lots of turning - which makes for some real directional challenges!
Tuesday Blues I learned in Tampa and felt pretty good about pulling it out again, first time since last weekend. And bonus for me - Robi came to practice and has also been working on it so we were able to dance it pretty well. Restarts and all!
Other Tampa dances that I really need to look at: Round Your Finger and Levels. There are others, as well, but those will be the most likely next two up.
I think I need to resort to leaving my dance book open on my porch and whenever I walk past it - look at a dance and give it a try, There are just way too many out there that need review and practice! So - I need to dance more. I've got no problem with that!
And I spent the whole time working on two dances: From The Other Side (Neville & Julie) to Adele's "Hello" and Tuesday Blues (Simon Ward) to Elton John's "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues".
From The Other Side is a 4-wall dance with three restarts and lots and lots of turning - which makes for some real directional challenges!
Tuesday Blues I learned in Tampa and felt pretty good about pulling it out again, first time since last weekend. And bonus for me - Robi came to practice and has also been working on it so we were able to dance it pretty well. Restarts and all!
Other Tampa dances that I really need to look at: Round Your Finger and Levels. There are others, as well, but those will be the most likely next two up.
I think I need to resort to leaving my dance book open on my porch and whenever I walk past it - look at a dance and give it a try, There are just way too many out there that need review and practice! So - I need to dance more. I've got no problem with that!
Thursday, October 22, 2015
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
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, 2015
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.
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, 2015
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!
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!
Sunday, October 11, 2015
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!
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!
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