Author Archives: lauraet
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What we’re up to this week
Posted on September 25, 2015 by lauraet in competitions, dance events, exhibitions & performances, Friday Night Dance Parties, Uncategorized, USA Dance.Tweet The schedule for next weekend’s Carolina Fall Classic was posted last night and I have printed out our heat lists. SO EXCITED. It’s the first time in a few years that we’ve been able to attend this competition. It has gone from fairly humble beginnings to a record number of entries this year largely through […]
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September is National Ballroom Month!
Posted on September 19, 2015 by lauraet in exhibitions & performances, USA Dance.Tweet On September 12 we got to dance a little exhibition at USA Dance Greater Macon’s monthly dance in honor of National Ballroom Month. Here’s a link to the video–from Facebook but it is public so hopefully it will work for everyone. Laura and Daniel performing the Rumba Posted by Bob Morgan on Sunday, September 13, […]
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International Taste of Soul 2015
Posted on August 31, 2015 by lauraet in exhibitions & performances, Uncategorized.Tweet We had a great time dancing yesterday at the Tubman African-American Museum’s International Taste of Soul alongside Azmi & Isabel Kabbani, Hayiya Dance Theatre, Khicks Contemporary Ballroom, and a LOT of delicious food. The biggest challenge was waiting till after we performed to eat our way through the venue! Paul Karpinecz took video for us (thanks, […]
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What we’re up to this week
Posted on August 23, 2015 by lauraet in exhibitions & performances, Friday Night Dance Parties, teaching.Tweet Counting the days till our performance at the Tubman Museum’s International Taste of Soul on August 30! We have our dances and our music picked out, and my new Latin costume has come from Latino Dancewears. I promise they are not compensating me to say this (yet!) but I have been impressed with the quick […]
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What we’re up to lately
Posted on August 14, 2015 by lauraet in dance events, exhibitions & performances, teaching, USA Dance.Tweet We’ll be attending the Summer’s Night Picnic & Dance at Macon City Auditorium tomorrow night. This event is a fundraiser for Pine Pointe Hospice and thus an heir (so to speak) to the Stars Over Macon Ball for which USA Dance Greater Macon was a co-sponsor. I’ve heard that the event is sold out, […]
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Royal Palm Winter Frolic competition report
Posted on February 2, 2015 by lauraet in competitions.Tweet We’re back from the Royal Palm Dancesport “Winter Frolic” competition as of yesterday evening. It was a great return to the world of competitive dance after an absence that was much too long! From the beginning we decided that we just wanted to have fun and get back into competition without putting too much […]
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We’re official
Posted on January 26, 2015 by lauraet in competitions.Tweet We are so excited to be getting back into competition after (*coughmumble*) years of not competing. It’s almost time to resurrect EPCTDL (Exhaustive Pre-Competition To-Do List) and its little buddy, EPCPL (Exhaustive Pre-Competition Packing List).
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Ballroom dance shoe information!
Posted on January 19, 2015 by lauraet in behind the curtain, in other news, Linktastic.Tweet We are often asked about shoes for dancing. It’s kind of a big subject, and everyone has their own preferences. But for those interested in being appropriately shod for dance occasions, here are some Shoe Basics: Dancing in street shoes: You can do perfectly well attending lessons and dances in street shoes for a good […]
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2015! Winter Frolic! Let’s do this!
Posted on January 4, 2015 by lauraet in competitions.Tweet Look where we’re going at the end of this month! This will be our first competition in . . . well, let’s just say it’s been a while. We are very excited to get back in the game and have a fun little weekend in Florida. Stay tuned for updates!
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A new partner???
Posted on September 4, 2014 by lauraet in exhibitions & performances, friends & family, social dancing, USA Dance.Tweet On Saturday, September 13 I’ll be dancing a little tango exhibition with Stephen Coshatt at USA Dance Greater Macon Chapter #6059’s monthly dance. It is National Ballroom Dance Month so the chapter is presenting some exhibition dances instead of teaching a lesson. Carl Candiano and his partner Natalie Greene are dancing a rumba. Daniel and I […]
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