Gliding gracefully into the year!

 Okay, so it's a slow start but actually a very good one. On both Monday and today we only just managed to field a set, but nevertheless we've managed to do some excellent dancing. Monday is advertised as a 'beginner's' session but the only people who made it to the class this week were all experienced dancers - so it was a great opportunity to revise some of the more challenging formations in the Strathspey repertoire, namely, the All Round Poussette (AKA the Diamond Poussette), The Tournée and The Knot; the knot isn't very challenging to learn but isn't a very common formation so it was a new one for most of the class.
Tuesday's numbers were blighted by sickness & injuries as well as the family commitments that are more likely at this time of year, but it was lovely to welcome back a few people who had been missing from our ranks before Christmas - and we know that most of the others are due back in the near future. Having said that, having lower numbers meant we again had more time to learn new dances/formations - so we covered the 3 couple 'set & rotate' in the super dance 'Festival man' with a useful amount of thoroughness and replaced the Strathspey 'Letham Ladies' with 'Chequered Hall' to introduce, 'The Knot' to even  more people. An excellent night - we even sold more Burns Night tickets- don't forget we'll have to know final numbers fairly soon, so don't delay contacting me if you want to reserve yours. 
Roll on next week.

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