Okay, maybe not America’s Funniest but I enjoyed watching this: the clip starts with one of our cha-cha heats. As it turned out, we were not entered for the rumba heat that followed it, but we needed a minute, and a consultation with Vince The Voice, to figure that out. We reappear around 21:15–go ahead …
Category Archive: competitions
Nov
06
MOAR VIDEOS PLZ
I’m hoping to post several recent videos over the next few days; here’s the first. These are the exhibition performances from last Friday at the Atlanta Dance Classic. We appear at the 12-minute mark but the whole show is worth watching. Great dancing all over the place! The Atlanta Classic was a lot of fun; …
Aug
12
Back to school/Back to getting schooled
Well, sports fans, it’s been a long, hot summer. Not much to report…or is there? At the end of July I went to Austria for an academic conference and also found out about the Vienna ball season. The Viennese waltz is called that for a reason, y’know! My dream is to attend the New Year’s …
Jul
03
To fetch a mirror-ball trophy
We went up to Atlanta last night to attend a dance at Academy Ballroom (home of our instructor Eddie and many of his talented brethren & sistren). At the dance, the hosts were putting on a Jack & Jill competition as part of their ongoing project to crown “Atlanta’s Best Social Dancer.” Jack & Jills …
Jun
28
Gumbo of Visual Media
I know, I know: I am a fascinating writer, but you really come here for the videos, right? You can admit it. My feelings won’t be hurt. (*snif*) We seem to have taken video of all of our Rhythm heats and no Smooth heats, but considering our inevitable mistakes in Smooth (I’m looking at you, …
Jun
24
Comp Diary: Total Recall
We got back to the ballroom way too early on Saturday for the Open American 6-Dance. This is becoming a pattern: I am paranoid and I like to be early, plus I tend to round our scheduled time down to the hour in my mind, so if our heat is at 1:40, I remember 1:00. …
May
26
Conservation of Dance Momentum
A body that is dancing tends to continue dancing unless acted on by an outside force. In the absence of outside forces (spring semester ended on May 6; congratulations, Class of 2011!), we have been dancing a lot and doing a lot of dance-related stuff in the last several days. Since I haven’t had to …
May
08
Comp Diary: Dancemobile Goes to Gumbo 2011
Gentle readers, this past Thursday was a milestone in my life: I bought a new car. First brand-new car ever for me; first new-to-me car since 2001 when I bought a 1997 Nissan Altima. We still have the Altima; it’s in front of the house, basking in all the glory of the 183,000 miles on …
Mar
28
Garden City Dance Challenge
We got back yesterday afternoon from Augusta, GA and the Garden City Dance Challenge, where we had a lot of fun. My lack of self-tanner skills apparently wasn’t obvious, Daniel did not get busted for having gum in his mouth on the dance floor, we danced 15 heats (including our first-ever solo showcase) and I …
Mar
21
EPCTDL and EPCPL
As we prepare for the Garden City Dance Challenge this coming weekend, it’s time once again for Exhaustive Pre-Comp To-Do List and its little buddy, Exhaustive Pre-Comp Packing List! And away we go… To do before Friday morning Finish learning new rumba routine Practice rumba routine Run through Smooth routines a couple times each Be …