Six Weeks Until Competition

I had an extra lesson w/ Vince this week since he will be out of town this weekend. (He's going on vacation for the first time in 14 years!) Of course, it went really good. We went over our cha cha and bolero routines and we wrote them down...I asked him if he does routines for each student. He said yes. Because even if more than one person dances bronze, having them dance the same routines might not demonstrate their individual strengths...Wow! I've never been given competition routines before. I have a lot more to remember this time around.

He also went over the pricing for competition. It'll be about the same as last year, but now I have the option to do Championship and Scholarship for both Rhythm and Smooth. Vince encourages his students to do them because you're competing against the same people in the single dance events so you might as well compete against them in the multi-dances. I've never done a Championship or Scholarship before either. Lots of firsts for me going into this competition - first time to have routines, to do scholarships, to dance silver level...

Sorry if I sound like I'm bragging. I'm just in shock that everything goes so smoothly w/ him. Sometimes I think he and Donna are from another planet...they are both so nice and so easy to work with.