That time of the week again.
Due to over exertion on Monday evening, I wasn’t sure my foot was going to be up to an hour of prancing, but I didn’t want to miss another week so headed along to the class. Same as last week, I skipped the ‘brigding the gap’ class with Mark and only attended the improvers class, this week with Jim as the teacher.
A number of girls had leveled-up from the beginners (cue suitable gamer geek level-up sound effects), and the ratio of men-women was far better than last week – 8:6. With Jim doing a credible impression of a girl, only one person sat out on each rotation.
The routine introduced a couple of new pieces, and this week’s was:
mambo, cross-body open, lady’s right turn, men’s half left (while keeping hold of the hands), hand swap leading to another half left, head comb to close position, cross body.
All the dances were fun, everyone smiling and having a good time. I was complimented on my lead a couple of times, and one partner was disappointed when we had to rotate and she got someone else; that does wonders for self confidence :)
After being unsure last time I had Jim as a teacher, I’m now convinced. His way of breaking down the steps works for me, and he’s a real enthusiasm for teaching, and obviously cares that his students are picking things up. Hopefully I’ll see more of him.
Roll on next week, wherein Mark will be demonstating his new l33t CSS skills, and I’ll be avoiding conversations about old shows on Channel 4.