Spring is springing

Well the weather is super and so is the dancing. 14 people attended the beginners session last Monday - a really excellent number. We had fun with the Byron Strathspey - covering petronella turns, teapots, reels of 3 and then Allemande for 3 couples, in a hugely steep learning curve which everyone attacked with relish. We then started to introduce reels of 4 - to be continued next week - before finishing with a quick skip round Dunnet Head by way of release from all the cerebral hard work.  
Tuesday was also well attended - although not everyone was able to dance - and even when they could it was obviously hard to break off from the socialising! It's great that the group is so friendly but getting a set together can be unexpected hard work :-) However, once up and running people really did well with their dancing - often surprising themselves at what they could achieve. I look forward as always to next week's dancing, but before that we have the Tattoo night to look forward to; it's going to be a good night, which should make up for any disappointment we may feel from not being on the telly ourselves due to the pull out of the 'Place in the Sun' team!