Baby Steps - Another Dance Lesson

Today I had another lesson and 1/2 on my Bronze dances.  I am making a little progress but the things that I am struggling with are

1. Wide stepping my three turns
2. Not really doing a back progressive - they look like chassés sometimes
3. Lunging forward when stepping from RFO edge to LFO edge .. especially on three turns

Practice Day Finally

I have been skating only once a week for a while now, taking a lesson on the day I skate.  This is a really bad plan for learning anything - lessons without practice -

During my session today I practiced all three of the Bronze Ice Dances.  I have probably said this before, but I must reiterate: Dancing solo is much harder than dancing with a partner.  You really have to feel secure on your edges, especially the back edges.

It’s not the best video but you can see my trouble areas.

• Wide stepping the three turn on the Hickory Hoedown
• Going off pattern during the swing roll
• Doing Chasses vs back progressives on the Willow Waltz
• Wide stepping the three turn on the Willow Waltz
• Messing up the steps on all dances especially the Ten Fox (It’s pretty new)

But I do feel progress is being made.  Just not as quickly as I would like.

Some Renegade Freestyle Today

After my dance lesson this morning - I decided to go rogue and skate a bit of freestyle today.
I miss it but wont return until I shed some of this weight.

Skating through a Cold

I had to reschedule another lesson due to company and that usually means an early morning skate.  Today I also have a cold and I was SO OUT OF BREATH we didn’t even run a dance with music on.
I thought I felt good enough to skate till I got there and tried to stroke!