Back to the Weekly Grind -

 I was out of town unexpectedly last week after my lesson - so no practice in between my lessons.

Today we concentrated mostly on sections of the Blues and touched a little on the Starlight Waltz.

First Lesson in 5 Months!

Ok, I’m back for the winter.  (Fingers crossed) - This is the longest time off ice I have had in 14 years of my return to skating.  We had a great time this summer traveling in our motorhome, followed by a few months in the high mountains of Arizona to escape the blistering heat, followed by a fabulous 3 week cruise across the Atlantic from England!  Who can complain about that?

But now it;s back to the drawing board.  I am going to try to UP my skating game this winter and dedicate more ice time and especially practice time on my own.,  Last year I mostly only skated on y lesson days.  That made for slow progress.

First lesson went pretty well.  We spent a good deal of time on exercises for each of the dances.  We revisited all except the Paso Doble..which we plan to leave for a later..much later time!

This video is a little longer (about 10 min) but I didn’t want to delete the exercises or my mistakes.

I’m Back - After 4 Months, 17 Days

Wow that is the longest I have been off ice in 14 years.   4 months, 17days.  And that was just a drop in lesson in late June.  Prior to that I had skated 1 day in May.  So it’s really like being off six months.  I was not as wobbly as I thought but it will be a long road back to any proficiency in my ice dances.  Next week I will start back with my lessons on Mondays.