I competed this weekend in BYU's Dancesport and then volunteered during the evening shifts. I only competed in one event this semester due to lack of men and timing (but mostly lack of men). My work shift was at the same time as my 284 class event so I opted out of competing with that class. What I did compete in was the paso doble. I am a silver-level student and that was the Gold I dance. So basically I was dancing up to compete in that.There was 4 heats to start off with, I'm not sure how many couples overall, but I made it through that round to the Quarterfinal as one of 21 couples. So that was quite a few silver and gold couples that I knocked out before getting cut. It's needless to say but my latin instructor was super proud of me, heck I was super proud of me.
I love volunteering for Dancesport because I get to interact with the dancers and the coaches. Line up is my favorite position to work because I get to boss dancers around. Working that is always one of my favorite things. Every semester that I work Dancesport, I have more and more friends who compete so I can joke around with them. It has gotten to the point where I was talking to Emily (the TA for my Latin class and wife of the instructor, they are so great together!) on Saturday about what events she was competing in and she asked me if I knew where another dancer was. I didn't and told her that I was sorry and that I don't quite know everyone yet and she said "you will". Which means back to high school for me when I was known as the girl who knew everyone (or at least enough to know who they wanted to find).
I had signed up for Dance 180 for next semester, Beginning Social Dance. I'm thinking easy A and I've never taken it before. It would be a nice break from standard ballroom and I'm hoping to get into Gold I Latin next semester (if I don't, I'm signed up for 285 again). But both my Latin coach and one of my good friends on the tour team said that I'm too good for 180 and that I needed go right to 280 (a 2nd friend agreed). So I'm on the waitlist for a 280 class and one of my other tour team friends, a guy in my ward and the 2nd friend that agreed, is going to do a blitz master class for me and teach me all of 180 in 4 hours. He also told me what I need to do to get into that 280 class that I want.
Why did I tell you all that?
Because of that last paragraph (and the last line of the 2nd paragraph). The last line bit makes me feel good like I'm really becoming a part of the ballroom community. The last paragraph because it means that my friends and instructors know that I can dance and that I am getting better (and am good enough to skip a class. Saves me a semester of tuition money...or at least my parents. Something I've been very thankful about).
There was more I learned this weekend but that will be saved for another post.
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