Practice #2

Tonight was my second practice with the Columbus Celtic Dancers. There were definitely a few less people in the beginning class than last week (although, we also got two brand new people, but it still seemed like there were less people). I got there way earlier than I had planned, but I got the chance to have a nice conversation with Becky, another one of the new dancers who also got there way early.

Once 6:30 finally arrived, we got to work reviewing the steps we learned last week. After that we learned a variation on sevens...instead of going to the left (like we did last week), we learned how to go to the right. This is a lot harder than it sounds, because the footwork feels completely different. I know I wasn't the only one who got all tangled in the legs/feet when we were working on that step.

After kinda-sorta-not really mastering our new step, and after the advanced dancers had arrived, we got to work reviewing the progressive dance we learned last week. We reviewed it for a little while, so we could remember the steps, and then danced it through a pretty decent amount of times. We were all dying after we finished.

And then it was time to learn our first team dance! It was actually one of the dances that the advanced dancers showed us last week. We only learned the first half of it or so, but that was a LOT of dancing anyway. It kind of reminded me of marching band...in that we were doing a lot of line-fixing. In this dance, we needed plenty of straight lines. The comparison stops there, but still.

Again, I got a great workout. This week my ankles/calves hurt more in the aftermath, but it was worth it.