Crunch Time

Well I have a goal and a date.  Looks like I may be looking for a new coach next fall as my coach is moving away.  I don’t know what I will do next fall.   I will cross that bridge when I come to it.  For now I have April and May to work on these Pre-Gold Dances.  But I will be gone for 3 weeks of April on a cruise.   That leaves me about 4-5 weeks of practice 

Coffee Club Reunion Spokane

 It wasn’t a true reunion, but I did attend a session of Adult Coffee Club while in Spokane this week.O was so happy to learn it is still going strong and so many skaters showed up.  Great to see everyone I knew and meet new skaters too.

Tick-Tock …. Last Dance?

So I had the realization today that I won’t be back on the ice until possibly April 1 - then I will be gone most of April on a cruise - leaving me no ice time or very little in between time.   May will be my last chance to hunker down and skate as much as I can to get these dances past the finish line. 

Today’s lesson was a full hour but I only uploaded the patterns we did with overhead music.  They weren’t my best.. so I didn’t  bother zooming in to look at my sloppy feet!

* The Blues 3 patterns but I did not correctly do the Choctaws.  They were more like Mohawks.

* Starlight Waltz I messed up change of hold at the end of the pattern

* Kilian clearly needs cleaner Choctaw and neater feet

* Paso Doble same as Kilian.  Neater feet  - and EXPRESSION on all dances.

Starting to See The Light at the End of the Tunnel

 Good lesson for me today.  First time ever skating a full test pattern of the Blues to music overhead.  I think it was pretty good.  I still need more expression in the dance and to quit looking down at my feet. The Chocktaw is getting better and step 14 - the back CR and LBO edge are making progress.  I still look a bit bent forward at the waist.

As for the Paso Doble… all I can say is … it’s like patting your head and rubbing your stomach.  I am getting closer to muscle memory of the steps but I really need NEAT FEET and more push on all the strokes and of course EXPRESSION in the dance.  Step 17 I always forget is 2 beats.

2 Lesson Week

 Since I didn’t skate last week I decided to take 2 lessons this week.  Today was #2 and it was at 7:00 am.  That is NOT my favorite time of day to skate.  I rallied as best as I could.  We skated hard for the entire hour but I just captured the dances we did with overhead music.  Ironically the best runs are the ones without music playing.

Back After Another Week Off

 I had a good lesson today.  Worked hard.  Made so many runs.  Got through 3 dances with music.  These are not easy and as you can see - the steps are sometimes a challenge.