livingdeb | Party Week, Day #3

Today my boss took some people out to lunch at Hoover's: me, our (sometime) programmer, and our previous programmer who is still around to give advice.

The two programmers did most of the talking. But it was interesting, though I don't remember much now. And the food was pretty good.

Back at the office, there were bagels, chocolates, and cookies. Mmmm.

Now I get to go to two hours of fun dance lessons:

Steps Richard Almost Never Gets to Teach
(because they are complex and involve multiple skills at once — they are both lots of fun, but don't expect these to be easy)

This workshop will be conducted in two parts: learning a step in Tango, and learning a step that works equally well in Cha cha and in Mambo.

In Tango we will be learning a step combination that works in both International and American Tango: a fallaway whisk, pivots, and a Spanish drag; if time allows, we'll do an ending with a ronde de jambe and fallaway slip pivot. I've never taught this combination at ABD, so it should be new to everybody.

In Cha cha and/or Mambo we'll be building the cross-over swivels with pull-back and freeze piece by piece, so we'll be doing the cross-over swivels first and then adding two slightly different versions of the pull-back and freeze. I did teach this in Cha cha a few years ago, so some might have done it; now they can do it in Mambo, too.

Ooh, doesn't it sound like I'm about to become impressive?

After dance class I get to make (or buy) something for one of tomorrow's celebrations, so now my entry is over.