Kids

I'm still very pleased about having quit my dance school. Things there weren't going in a direction I was comfortable with.

Loki and I start classes with Sheridan this Thursday and we're really looking forward to it. As Loki was so stoked about getting started, I thought I'd see what she could do one evening. She's 15 and has only taken about one year of "formal dance training" (jazz and hiphop) - she's always opted for other activities instead. She has always, however, "had the moves" as my mother so eloquently puts it. She has also sat through my former dance class several times, even though she was reading and not really paying attention.

So I threw on a belly dance cd and started with showing her various moves. She copied all of them. Showed her more. No prob. I'm hoping Sheridan won't mind blowing through basic moves, because my little twerp has already caught up with me in one evening! :P

Since then I've been teasing her about doing choreographies with me. We can't agree on music, though. I refuse to dance to emo crap. This is going to be fun. :)

Things that make you ponder...

On my kitchen table is my January info package for dance class. Included in it was a peculiar little paper stating that if any of us want to be on the waiting list to try out for the school's troop, that we should put our name on the slip of paper and hand it in when we register. Um... did I miss something? The woman who owns the studio teaches all of the upper level classes. Why doesn't she just pick who she wants?!?!?

Thanks for the suggestions for videos, guys, I got the older Rachel Brice DVD and it's cool. Now I just have to take the time to actually DO it.