Neat floorcraft trick for leads - you can do a send out in any direction! For a forward sendout, you lead with a forward rock step. For a sendout in a different direction, start with a rock step in that direction. For example, instead of rocking back on 1 with your left foot, step forward with that left foot. Then step back onto your right. That weight transfer will generate the momentum for the follow to travel in the direction of your rock step. To generate that stretch and communicate it cleanly, you leave your arm behind you on the rock - think of it as moving your torso away from your right elbow as you step forward, then moving your torso back to your right elbow as you step back. The four walls drill is simple - do a directional sendout in all four directions! We covered forward sendouts. A left sendout is pretty simple - the rock step is to the left! The back sendout is trickier, as it is rotational - after the rock step you should be facing roughly opposite your start. And the right sendout is widely voted the awkwardest - you rock step to the right across / in front of the follow, sorta cutting them off like on the 3-4 of a swingout. Was cool, thought I'd share. :)

No video, but I did some solo shag / bal / Charleston for two songs. I noticed I'm moving around a lot more solo than partnered. Which makes sense, as I'm not anchored, but I don't like the quality of that movement - it's a lot jumpier / jerkier. Like a jitterbug in the derogatory sense of the word, lol. Thought about that a bit and how I might work on it. Going to try practicing solo Charleston and Shag tomorrow and see if I can smooth it out a bit. Gonna focus on three techniques. First, improving the consistency of my pulsing. Second, seeing if I can keep my shoulders still for the shag part. Third, keeping my Charleston posture consistently piked.

Hey! Just a few thoughts about the ‘bunny hop’ section of the Delta Breeze intermediate shag class. Let me know what you think!

I participated in a mix & match last week and it was incredibly fun! I think it’s important to go beyond your comfort zone when learning and trying new moves, it might be precarious to try them out during a competition but you’d be surprised at what you can achieve under pressure. Hoping you guys have an exciting and spooktacular Halloween 🕸️ 🎃