If you've been through any kind of intensive with Carolena, you've probably heard/seen her "how dance & drum came together on the street" story of the 3/4 shimmy. It sounds so easy, right? And yet tons of students struggle with the step, even as they advance beyond the basics in other areas.

A few weeks ago, in our fundamentals class, instead of even mentioning the mechanics, I just told what I remember of that story and walked around with them. And lo! If you don't know anything about the whole right-neutral-right-weight-shift thing, and are just being bouncy and womanly... it IS easy. They all got it in roughly 90 seconds. Because? Carolena is a genius.

Also, our students are awesome. That might be a contributing factor! We've been having these tiny classes of committed people, and while that does make paying the studio rent a bit harder, it makes showing up to teach so much more exciting. Now, to figure out how to have big classes of committed people. Without leaving town. *grin*