Week 2

Foxtrot



For week 2, Linda got a new pair of dancing shoes. Guess I stepped on her toes so many times last week that I wore the old ones out. I need to be more careful in the future!

Week two presented us with three new steps...

1: The basic backward, which is really just the opposite of the basic forward.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



2: Then the "Forward Progressive". This is just a series of the "Basic Forward" tied together.





3: And finally for this week, the "Promenade". In this step both the Guy & Gal kind of swivel to Guys left/Gals right, and then step along following the tempo Slow-Slow-Quick-Quick. This is a hard one to describe, but is a bit easier than it looks.

Next week, one of the things we will learn is collision avoidance. The Foxtrot is essentially a forward progressing dance, and takes up a lot of space on the dance floor. The dance floor at the "Y" is roughly guessing 100 feet x 100 feet, and even with only around a half dozen couples practicing we were bumping into each other. I suppose it is the "Guys" responsibility to "lead" and the "Gals" to follow. This is a difficult concept to comprehend as in all other aspects of life it is just the opposite LOL.

As far as this "lead/follow" thing, we - meaning ME - need to give signals to the Gal - meaning Linda - so that she knows what I have in mind for the next step. This we do with hand tugs, presses on the back and so forth. All I have to is to remember what I want to do next and then remember how to give her the signal. Already my mind is getting strained. I am now starting to get a better understanding what it must be like for the "Stars" on "Dancing with the Stars". They only get one week to learn...   WOW...

Well... that's all for this week. Fun, Fun, Fun.