Fairhaven Wins!

Hepcats cozy monthly dance in the Congregational Church for $8 is 47 minutes away, Swing oriented but happy to accommodate ballroom dancers. Recommended restaurants, also cheap, are Elizabeth's, or Margaret's (BYOB).
Wrentham's Lake Pearl Ballroom turned out to be Friday (oops). Keep an eye out for dances there.

Dance and Stretch again

Finally, I have set up another of the Dance and Stretch classes at the Cape Cod Conservatory. The Wednesday class is geared to both men and women of any degree of physical fitness. No mat work, but we will not ignore the abs. Stretches are important as is awareness of inner balance. My music makes it fun and our dance warm up can help the understanding of ballroom steps and styling. 2 PM is a good time for the retired or self-employed. $10.

Spaghetti Arms

I was trying to describe the way a follower's arm can respond without adding a dimension of too much resistance, and I came up with spaghetti.
The phrase "spaghetti arms" is often used to refer to a complete lack of resistance, making leading impossible.
However, if we think of dry spaghetti, just out of the box, not boiled soft yet, maybe we can get her to think of her arms differently. The follower's resistance is delicate, firm, responsive, without offering enough resistance that the strand of dry spaghetti would break.
It does require some imagination because the proportions are so different, and arms don't break easily. You just have to treat them as if they would. And I just checked. Dry spaghetti will bend a bit.

Right Turns are "Natural"

Let's keep studying right turns since the rest of the world (besides USA) thinks they are the way to go.

Lotsa music 'n' dancin'

More beautiful skating. If we get nice ice again, I'm going to organize some music.
At the tennis tournament social, they had a guitar duo with harmonica and vocals. Peter Antonellis must have been practicing. Winter is good for that.
My Conservatory crowd was great with some new grad students from WHOI as well as my many talented, serious and not so serious friends.
Onward to the Audible Local Ledger's fantastically successful night at the Navigator. Too successful for that tiny dance floor, but it was 11:30 by the time I got there and there was some room. I sat out the last rockin' song watching Moonlighters fans really get themselves going. Mary French used to say, "They'll sleep well tonight."

Here's more beautiful music - http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741

Guru vs Teacher

"A guru gives us himself and then his system.
A teacher gives us his subject and then ourselves."
from Adam Gopnik's article on kids sports in the New Yorker.

TV Show Memories of Mary French and Willlie Thorns

Done! Imperfect! That was a long haul. The many sources of footage in various media had various faults, some that could be fixed, all to be tied together somehow.
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