I had an amazing time at the Dance Xperience Orlando last weekend! Had never met choreographers Neville Fitzgerald and Julie Harris before, or DJ Dave Baycroft and wife Pauline. Great people!
There were 11 dances scheduled to be taught over the weekend - and then there was a bonus teach! Some of the dances I had been taught before (Part of the List, Die A Happy Man, You're So Beautiful, Go To Work, and How I Want Ya) which meant my brain didn't have to totally fry!
Everything I learned I want to keep! Joey taught "The Waiting Game"; Rachael taught "Feel Good" by Shane McKeever; Neville and Julie taught "Linger", "Girls Like", "Desperado", "Wearing Your Jeans" and the bonus teach "Shouldn't Be That Hard" (which I didn't take - but it shouldn't be too hard - hahahahaha!).
I have all these new dances which are competing in my head for which one do I work on to teach first! Ultimately, I think I'll end up teaching most of them - just need to figure out when!
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Sunday, April 10
First time on a dance floor since the social a week ago Saturday. Been down with bronchitis/early pnuemonia - couldn't do a thing.
With the Xperience Orlando coming up next weekend, need to spend some time this week building up my stamina for the weekend. Lost some valuable practice time - guess I'll know what I know and have to sit out the rest.
After the 2-hour practice this morning, I need a nap! Boy! My muscles certainly knew they hadn't really moved for a week! Yikes!
With the Xperience Orlando coming up next weekend, need to spend some time this week building up my stamina for the weekend. Lost some valuable practice time - guess I'll know what I know and have to sit out the rest.
After the 2-hour practice this morning, I need a nap! Boy! My muscles certainly knew they hadn't really moved for a week! Yikes!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Sunday, March 20
Had the opportunity to attend Rachael's workshop yesterday in Orlando. She taught six dances - 4 of which I'd like to see continue, one that I would be happy to see continue but not sure that it will and the sixth was one that I need to work more on.
She taught: Die A Happy Man (the one I need to work more on), From the Ground Up (great waltz! - hoping Nancy will let me teach it to her class), How I Want Ya (not sure that it will go anywhere), Part Of The List (I'll teach it to Nancy's class tonmorrow), ST1 (I'll teach to Thursday class this week), and Young & Stupid (which is actually Fred Whitehouse's dance that I think Deb will teach on Thursday night so it has a chance to continue).
She taught: Die A Happy Man (the one I need to work more on), From the Ground Up (great waltz! - hoping Nancy will let me teach it to her class), How I Want Ya (not sure that it will go anywhere), Part Of The List (I'll teach it to Nancy's class tonmorrow), ST1 (I'll teach to Thursday class this week), and Young & Stupid (which is actually Fred Whitehouse's dance that I think Deb will teach on Thursday night so it has a chance to continue).
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Saturday, March 12
Oldies Workshop today with Larry Bass and Jamie Marshall.
Some good dances taught - including HAVE FUN, GO MAD!!! Yay! I'll teach it on Thursday just to keep it going.
Seems to be a tie between Cool Whip, What A Shock, and Crown Royal as the favorites of others in our group who attended. I'll have to look at those sheets again and see if any of them (I'm thinking What A Shock) are easy enough as a second teach on Thursday.
Larry taught Have Fun Go Mad, What A Shock, and Cool Whip. Jamie taught Bomshel Stomp, Crown Royal, and Sho 'Nuf. And Larry did turbo teaches on King Of The Road and Rhumba & Roses and Jamie did turbo teaches on Por Ti Sere and Picnic Polka. I might want to keep Rhumba and Roses around for the beginners - would be nice for them to have another rumba for floor splits on social nights.
Open dances for the day included Come Dance With Me, Beautiful Goodbye, Better When I'm Dancin', Askin' Questions, Ticket To The Blues, Girl Crush, Caught In The Moonlight, Bittersweet Memories, Baby Doll Waltz, Backstreet Attitude, Tuesday Blues, American Kids, Wagon Wheel Rock, Chill Factor, Happy In Love, No Man's Land, Rita's Waltz, and Ain't Misbehavin'. There were also some "pre-event" dancing taking place earlier in the morning - Imelda's Way, Love Me Or Leave Me, Bosa Nova....
We had a lot of our folks there - and some last minute cancellations: Cheri Booth, Linda Mains, Nancy Dixon. They would've had a good time.
Some good dances taught - including HAVE FUN, GO MAD!!! Yay! I'll teach it on Thursday just to keep it going.
Seems to be a tie between Cool Whip, What A Shock, and Crown Royal as the favorites of others in our group who attended. I'll have to look at those sheets again and see if any of them (I'm thinking What A Shock) are easy enough as a second teach on Thursday.
Larry taught Have Fun Go Mad, What A Shock, and Cool Whip. Jamie taught Bomshel Stomp, Crown Royal, and Sho 'Nuf. And Larry did turbo teaches on King Of The Road and Rhumba & Roses and Jamie did turbo teaches on Por Ti Sere and Picnic Polka. I might want to keep Rhumba and Roses around for the beginners - would be nice for them to have another rumba for floor splits on social nights.
Open dances for the day included Come Dance With Me, Beautiful Goodbye, Better When I'm Dancin', Askin' Questions, Ticket To The Blues, Girl Crush, Caught In The Moonlight, Bittersweet Memories, Baby Doll Waltz, Backstreet Attitude, Tuesday Blues, American Kids, Wagon Wheel Rock, Chill Factor, Happy In Love, No Man's Land, Rita's Waltz, and Ain't Misbehavin'. There were also some "pre-event" dancing taking place earlier in the morning - Imelda's Way, Love Me Or Leave Me, Bosa Nova....
We had a lot of our folks there - and some last minute cancellations: Cheri Booth, Linda Mains, Nancy Dixon. They would've had a good time.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Reading back over some recent old posts (haven't really said much of anything since December!) - I was wondering what dances have come along that I've really liked since the last time I posted anything. I guess Ain't Misbehavin' took off like a shot - that dance was an instant hit...
Wish I would've thought about posting something after the Scott Blevin's workshop in January - he did some good stuff there - Cake By The Ocean being the favorite.
And now people are back from The Big Bang and, for our group anyway, Spiderweb by Brenna Stith is the big hit. And for me - Spiderweb is one of those dances that I instantly fell in love with - the kind of "love love LOVE this dance" kind of love. The goosebumps - absolutely HAVE TO DANCE this dance kind of dance. It is GREAT! 72-count, 2 wall, one easy restart. Fabulous music of the same name. Brenna hit this one out of the park!
The other new one that I was just exposed to was "Heart In My Hand" by Debbie Rushton. I really like this one, too. Maybe because it's so challenging? Maybe because of the music and the way she just made it all fit. But I really like it.
I guess Joey Warren's "Go To Work" is another favorite - but nothing has hit me like Spiderweb. It's just a fabulous dance!
Reading back over some recent old posts (haven't really said much of anything since December!) - I was wondering what dances have come along that I've really liked since the last time I posted anything. I guess Ain't Misbehavin' took off like a shot - that dance was an instant hit...
Wish I would've thought about posting something after the Scott Blevin's workshop in January - he did some good stuff there - Cake By The Ocean being the favorite.
And now people are back from The Big Bang and, for our group anyway, Spiderweb by Brenna Stith is the big hit. And for me - Spiderweb is one of those dances that I instantly fell in love with - the kind of "love love LOVE this dance" kind of love. The goosebumps - absolutely HAVE TO DANCE this dance kind of dance. It is GREAT! 72-count, 2 wall, one easy restart. Fabulous music of the same name. Brenna hit this one out of the park!
The other new one that I was just exposed to was "Heart In My Hand" by Debbie Rushton. I really like this one, too. Maybe because it's so challenging? Maybe because of the music and the way she just made it all fit. But I really like it.
I guess Joey Warren's "Go To Work" is another favorite - but nothing has hit me like Spiderweb. It's just a fabulous dance!
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Sunday, December 27
Unbelievable! Without having dance almost every day - the body just seizes up and aches! Everywhere! This "holiday season" time off from the regular dance schedule is murder on the body!
I went up to practice almost 2 hours early this morning just to get moving! No Monday & Friday class; no Thursday class... All I've got is Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Sunday practice. Bad Bad Bad!
One more week of this "danceless" schedule and then we'll be back on track. I need to find a time to dance a little bit every day! I NEED it!!!
I went up to practice almost 2 hours early this morning just to get moving! No Monday & Friday class; no Thursday class... All I've got is Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Sunday practice. Bad Bad Bad!
One more week of this "danceless" schedule and then we'll be back on track. I need to find a time to dance a little bit every day! I NEED it!!!
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Sunday, December 13, 2015
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!!!
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!!!
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