Topic: dance
Dance class yesterday evening. Taking a little break from salsa, back to swing. We learned well, I learned a couple of new steps. One was the sweetheart, another was the sweetheart push, and I've misplaced the name for the third one. For the sweetheart, the lead brings the lady in with the left hand, then matches steps to the right, then to the left, then to the right, then turns her back out and finishes on the back step. For the sweetheart push, the lead is holding both hands with the lady. When the lead steps to the left, he pushes the lady's hands to the rights. When he steps right, he pushes the lady to the left into a spin. He takes her hands again and the end of the spin and finishes with the back step. The third, unnamed, starts with a normal swing sequence with a hand change on the backstep. The lead steps forward with the left foot while pulling back with the right hand. He passes behind the lady's back, facing her back. The lead the pulls forward with the right hand and opens up. The lady is now passing his back. There are five passes total, after which the lead takes the lady into a spin, finishing with a backstep.
It took me a while to catch on to the footwork, but it was pretty cool after it started to work.
We also reviewed some rhumba, but that's starting to escape me now that I've described the swing. Let's see. Yes, we reviewed how to do a turn. I had forgotten to do a backstep out of the turn. I'm not picturing the rest. I'll get back to you on that.
Ride tomorrow with a couple of guys I've not ridden with before although I know them pretty well. It should be good. I'll have to map out a route or two.
40k TT on Sunday morning. We'll see how fast the boy can cruise right now. I'll have to practice my hydration.
Keep it between the ditches folks.
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