So yesterday was my first dance lessons! My family are all really really horrible dancers. Elaine from Seinfeld looks really good compared to us... so we were all kind of dreading this.
And honestly... not the worst thing! I actually had fun, I think my parents and the bride and groom had fun too. I didn't have an actual partner, so the instructor was my partner... and I think I did a little better than all of them because of that... lol. My parents told me I did a really good job and I said "its because I had a professional instead of one of you idiots!" They thought that was funny.
The instructor was really good too. These are real teachers and they're really really good. They'll tell you how to do something and then they'll start talking to you and you'll just sort of do it without really noticing. So that's the best way to do it.
The one thing I tried not to do was look at my feet. You're supposed to look at your partner and not at your feet... and that's hard. For a little while I had to look at my feet because it was just wayyy too hard not to. And that's okay when you start. My instructor tried asking me questions and talking to me so that I wouldn't look at my feet, and that really really helped. I kind of ended up looking in the mirrors of the studio... which helped a little more.
Also pay attention to left vs. right. For me it felt really unnatural when he was saying start with your right foot, and then he went to "okay now start by stepping back on your left... so just sort of try to know directions. Lol. Its hard when you have to think about "this is my left, this is my right" and my left foot isn't all that great because of ankle injuries... but yeah. It was alright. It was hard to get the hang of it in my practice session, but its really fun once you do.
So yeah... even if you're just in the wedding party or the bridal party, I would recommend getting dance lessons. Its even fun just for a date night, my parents looked like they were having a lot of fun and they were really nervous at first. So that was fun for them too. I think everyone really liked it even if we're not the best dancers in the world.
If you're in the Central Jersey Area and you want a good recommendation you can message me on google plus I guess and I will tell you what it is? I guess. lol. Idk. I'm not a location-discloser. I actually won a radio contest yesterday too and they asked where I was calling from and I didn't want to totally disclose my location when they asked where I was calling from... so I just told them where I was from... which makes no sense. Lol. But yeah I won a radio contest! I guess I can scribble about that too... it was nothing big, just some cookies and candy... but thats really exciting still! Lol.
Byeee!
-Shannon
And honestly... not the worst thing! I actually had fun, I think my parents and the bride and groom had fun too. I didn't have an actual partner, so the instructor was my partner... and I think I did a little better than all of them because of that... lol. My parents told me I did a really good job and I said "its because I had a professional instead of one of you idiots!" They thought that was funny.
The instructor was really good too. These are real teachers and they're really really good. They'll tell you how to do something and then they'll start talking to you and you'll just sort of do it without really noticing. So that's the best way to do it.
The one thing I tried not to do was look at my feet. You're supposed to look at your partner and not at your feet... and that's hard. For a little while I had to look at my feet because it was just wayyy too hard not to. And that's okay when you start. My instructor tried asking me questions and talking to me so that I wouldn't look at my feet, and that really really helped. I kind of ended up looking in the mirrors of the studio... which helped a little more.
Also pay attention to left vs. right. For me it felt really unnatural when he was saying start with your right foot, and then he went to "okay now start by stepping back on your left... so just sort of try to know directions. Lol. Its hard when you have to think about "this is my left, this is my right" and my left foot isn't all that great because of ankle injuries... but yeah. It was alright. It was hard to get the hang of it in my practice session, but its really fun once you do.
So yeah... even if you're just in the wedding party or the bridal party, I would recommend getting dance lessons. Its even fun just for a date night, my parents looked like they were having a lot of fun and they were really nervous at first. So that was fun for them too. I think everyone really liked it even if we're not the best dancers in the world.
If you're in the Central Jersey Area and you want a good recommendation you can message me on google plus I guess and I will tell you what it is? I guess. lol. Idk. I'm not a location-discloser. I actually won a radio contest yesterday too and they asked where I was calling from and I didn't want to totally disclose my location when they asked where I was calling from... so I just told them where I was from... which makes no sense. Lol. But yeah I won a radio contest! I guess I can scribble about that too... it was nothing big, just some cookies and candy... but thats really exciting still! Lol.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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