Lesson Recap - May 3rd

We had a small but enthusiastic group last night. So small, in fact, that there was no need to hold a separate beginner class. For the first hour, we all worked on three variations of the Texas Tommy. In brief, they were:

- Texas Tommy with a turn for the follow on the last triple step
- Texas Tommy where the lead ducks under his own right arm to turn during the last triple
- Texas Tommy again with the lead turning clockwise under his right arm on 6-8, but only to the point where he's facing away from the follow. He then leads a tuck turn that doesn't lend itself to verbal description. Ask one of the leads who was there tonight for a demonstration.
- The fake-out Texas Tommy

The advanced class was follow-focused (YAY) and we worked on a few moves thieved from this video:


The moves we stole happen at about 1:47 (Frida's 6-8 on her first two swingouts), 3:18 (Same person, same timing), 3:44 (Laura's footwork variation) and 3:55 (Naomi's smooth tuck turn).

That's it for recap, BUT WAIT, I HAVE MORE TO SAY!

1. If you STILL haven't paid for April, please do so ASAP. Every month will get us closer to a video camera and, blessedly, the end of my verbal descriptions of moves.

2. THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE NEXT WEEK! There's a dance at Riverfest that lots of us will be going to instead, so come practice your moves to some live music and we'll get back together the following week.

Toodles!
~Chelsea