So I did sign up for some of Kevin & Carla's classes at Swing Central, and the beginning/intermediate lindy hop series started tonight. I opted for that one rather than intermediate/advanced since I think they've got a rather different style than I'm used to, so I wanted to try to get a better intro to that. We didn't actually do much lindy hop tonight, but just dived right into charleston stuff. I don't know if that's going to be a theme for this series or not (each time through the series is different) but I hope we get to other types of stuff too. Kevin and Carla are fun teachers. I don't know if Carla had been drinking a lot of coffee beforehand or if she's always like that, but she was zippy. And they're both funny.
I didn't stick around for the dance after the class tonight, which is kind of too bad because there's a live band tonight. But I'm just too tired. It's been a long day, and the morning alone was a day in itself, involving car repairs, paying lots of money for car repairs, navigating bus routes to work, escaping from disguised buses that changed their numbers when I wasn't looking and took me to the wrong place, and eventually walking the last mile or two to work. Argh. So I'm going to bed early tonight.
Ah, so cool that you're taking a K&C class! They're indeed lots of fun and quite thorough. Also, Carla is just dreamy to dance with! (surprise surprise, eh?)
ReplyDeleteAmusingly, Graham, it almost seems like you and I have at least temporarily switched roles. I haven't taken a swing class in months, but I just started an intermediate-advanced cross-step waltz class with Richard and Angela (the class description listed only 'social dance experience' as a prerequisite... oops!)
Anyway, I'll look forward to seeing you out at Swing Central or the new Sunnyvale Wednesday night venue one of these days.