Back in the saddle

[mizarchivist]

Tonight was the first session (for us- missed last week for the NYC trip) with salsa classes.
Observations:
I remember more than I thought
I need to practice more
Almost 2x more men than women
Those who were from my previous class (male) seemed to have some sort of presence, those I'd not met before to the man felt like dancing with cooked noodles ... or Jello.
I'm gonna be in a lot of pain tomorrow.
Being back felt a bit like returning to Interlochen or high school theater: familiar and welcome and had been half-forgotten in the interim.

Comments

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

You went to Interlochen? That is so cool. Did you go to the summer camp or the Academy? I went two summers when I was in HS. Never bothered to apply to the Academy though, but I had friends from my undergrad that went. You might even know some of the :)

Ahh... Interlochen. I miss all the little music geeks. I haven't thought about that in years, those were great summers. I think I still have a pair of those ugly knee-highs they made us wear *grin*

And Yay for salsa!

[mizarchivist]

I went in 89 and 90 as intermediate then h.s.- My parents were particularly keen for me to be around like-minded, rather than stupid suburbanites. I didn't keep any of the socks, but I may well have one of my red sweaters somewhere. We should compare notes sometime (ha ha- a pun!)

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love bumping into fellow Interlochen folk :) My first year I went through the All-State program in 88. I came back for the full summer in 89 :) I went down to Brevard in NC in 90 at the suggestion of my trumpet teacher, but I think Interlochen was better. T'was a great experience :)

Comparing notes sometime would be fun :)

[manderwoos.livejournal.com]

Yay for salsa dancing!

I'm glad you got back into it - you both seemed to really enjoy.

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

If it wasn't Tuesday nights I'd be tempted to take the classes with you.

[catness.livejournal.com]

I definitely want to learn to do latin dancing, but I need a partner boy type person.

[mizarchivist]

One certainly doesn't have to have a partner in mind when one decides to learn. Besides you can borrow quiet_elegance when you're ready to hit the town ;) We could probably twist his arm on participating. It was scary how many guys were in class last night. I didn't get a breather the whole time when we were doing partering.

[quiet-elegance.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah... just pimp me out. (like I mind ;) ) anyway. Javier and melanie are incredible instructors. They are both far too sexy for words. Yum. And the dancing can be quite amusing too.