I must admit, I didn’t have all that much to write about swing dancing during the last half of the class.

Part of this is because I missed weeks 4 and 5 due to illness and prior commitments (like Ignite Boulder 3!). But during the last class, on week 6, I felt like I was able to retrieve a lot of my rhythm and movements even though I hadn’t used them in a few weeks. I’m hoping it’s a sign of progress; when I got back to classes in the first place, I just couldn’t remember most of what I learned in high school.

The most beneficial things I learned in my six weeks of refresher’s classes were probably (finally) the Charleston, some better tricks when dancing Lindy Hop, a more refined triple step, and how not to elbow/get elbowed in the face (um, yeah, happened once or twice…). It was easier to get out there and I don’t see myself needing the whole night to figure out things I should already know (once I get myself out to dance some night). My dance partner Nathan is really set on making our nights out a regular thing, and I am going to try my best to do that.