Hectic few weeks
I have been doing lots of work on my compulsories lately - free dance has been put on a backburner for a couple of weeks, as we are aiming for my Level 1 Compulsories to be ready to test (as well as the Level 1 Field Moves that I am just waiting for a date for!).
Rhythm Blues is pretty good - D is happy with it. Canasta Tango she described as a mixture of really good bits interspersed with car-crash skating. Thanks D . . . Have sorted out my swings now so they come right round, and the hip is not hitched up or held behind which she is really pleased about. For the last week I am now trying to sort out my runs on them - we think most of the problem on them is that my weight is not coming forward onto the "running" leg, so I am focussing on keeping my hips pushed forward and dropping deeper onto the front leg on the runs in the hope that this helps! This especially applies to the Novice Foxtrot - such a simple dance, but so hard to get right, if you know what I mean!
Field Moves are all going okay. Backward edges are improving all the time - slowly getting stronger, but need to be a lot stronger yet. My nemesis - backward crossrolls - are getting there, but are still slow and hesitant. Goodness how I hate them! My latest frustrating thing is backward 3's - I am just concentrating on getting the backward outside 3's first, before I start worrying about insides. My RBO3's are great, nice and smooth - LBO's are a disaster!! I just can't seem to get the same nice smooth flow that I do on my right leg. Sigh . . . will just persevere!
Otherwise, I am busy trying to get a Birth Sampler done in time for when my best friends baby is born - due on Friday! All very exciting :) This is the progress so far - he is rather cute I think!!


