Tap Practice 04

Well, I went out in the garage this evening to do my thing, and it went really well. It's definitely alot nicer on the actual dance floor - I could really tell the difference. I'm actually going to check out Saddleback and see if they have an open dance studio where students can practice (I'm not counting on it, but it's worth a shot). I think I'm going to bypass a video entry for this week, and do one next Thursday. That way I can show what we learned this week on the first half of the video and show what we learned the night before on the second half... that way I can see the improvement after a week of practice.

I practiced for about 35 minutes. I wasn't stopping at all (whereas in the class, we did stop for a minute or two while she showed us something new), so I was starting to breathe pretty hard by the end. I pushed myself a little farther and then called it a day. One of the hardest steps for me last night was ironically the one I did the best in my practice tonight. It was just tricky for me to get used to the sequence of steps, but on my last try with it last night, the teacher walked with me and called out "heel" (because that's the part I was forgetting to do) and I guess it stuck, because I did it without batting an eye tonight. She was filling in for our regular teacher, but I'm kind of hoping she does it regular for us - I liked her. I mean the regular gal could be great too, I just hope we'll go over things in the same way. I responded well to the first night, though it'll be interesting to learn it from another teacher's perspective. Of course, Lu would have you believe I just liked the substitute because I enjoyed looking at her legs, and while she WAS cute that has nothing to do with it - I'm there to dance!