Week 7

Foxtrot

Week 7 consisted of more practice of a routine...

Practice was from the choreograph we learned the week before and consists of...

"Basic forward", "Basic backward", "Senior", "Sway", "Underarm turn", "Promenade".

This week we added the "Box" step and the "Twinkle" to the end of the routine. The Twinkle was really just a "half twinkle" so to speak. We then learned the full Twinkle where the Guy and Gal turn back, separate arms and do a step in the opposite direction. The release and turning back felt very awkward, but we gave it a shot anyway. Fortunately, or maybe more so obviously, is that when doing the Foxtrot, you can put together as many or as few of the steps that you want, and in any order you want.

For now, our (attempted) routine will probably consist of...

"Basic forward"

"Basic backward"

"Senior"

"Sway"

"Underarm turn"

"Promenade"

"Box"

"Twinkle".

That means that I have to remember all these steps. You will note that there are essentially eight different steps to remember, where as I have difficulty remembering three things much less eight, but I will try.

Linda does a much better job of remembering than I do, so she kind of helps me along... sort of like "semi leading". But then there are times I trip her up when I get out of sequence. It will just take me lots of practice to develop the

 "Muscle memory"

 as Will (instructor) calls it.

Next week we are off for Thanksgiving, and the week after Thanksgiving is our last session with the Foxtrot. After that we start with the "Swing".

 Oh boy... off to learn a new dance and at the same time still developing muscle memory for the Fortrot. I now have a much better appreciation of the amount of effort and work that is involved for the "Stars" (dancing with the Stars).

Hope all have a Happy Thanksgiving...