Damm. I'm glad your niece and her girl made it out.
I was just reading some of the news stories. Incredible devastation. We will definitely keep you in our thoughts.
I've done a few small comps where the venue wasn't a hotel. It's a pain.
I too tend to get around the room on Friday night, and there are many occasions where I'll dance a perfectly good dance with someone but then not...
Sigh... tough time this week. All of a sudden, it seems like all of my dancing is being rebuilt from the ground up... someone tell me again why I am...
Case in point: I've long believed that the momentum for a spin had to come from the shoulders and upper torso -- I just couldn't understand how...
Once had one of the safety pins holding my number on come undone during a heat. Had to dance a foxtrot with that damn safety pin stabbing me in the...
Showcase coach: "I want you to think about breaking your side. Maybe that will offset your inability to keep your shoulder down!"
A coach told me a few months ago: "Stand in a ready position with your weight on your right foot. Position your head and then try to lift your free...
FYI, #2 is what the DVIDA syllabus uses.
One thing I've seen used for DIY underlayment is medium-density polystyrene sheets. It's sold at the home improvement stores usually as 4x8' sheets,...
Us! :cool:
No. A "floating" floor just means that it isn't nailed to the sub-floor. It could have nothing but a layer of vapor barrier underneath it. A...
Barfing at the front desk might get their attention... :eek:
I just tell everyone it was raining when I came in.
Aborted... Instructor has been battling some kind of stomach flu. First half went fine, but then she started to get dizzy and had to sit down. It...
I've had dreams about missing heats. It's always something like, I just stepped out of the ballroom for a moment, or so I thought, but when I return...
I have not seen that, but I've heard of it. And I agree that it's inappropriate to try to sell that to newbie couples. That's a tough...
Look, I'm not arrogant enough to think that I can lead my instructor through a pro-level dance. However, if it were true that pros can never enjoy a...
That's a great point. Pretty much any time that you are practicing with a partner, if you encounter some kind of problem, you need to just state...
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