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Originally Posted by Chef I considered if I should ask one of the multitude of women to dance and felt I would rather not go through (or put the followers through) the whole experience again by asking anyone to dance. |
Like RobD said, they would probably still have been grateful to be asked!
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I have spent two years, a lot of miles and money trying to get to grips with this dance and it just isn't fun for me yet. Every time I meet a new set of teachers there is a new way of dancing the basics. I try to learn what one set of teachers tell me and get it into my bones and then a new set of pros come over from america and I am supposed to unlearn everything and learn it over again in the new way. Having to learn and unlearn stuff 9 times over is getting me fed up. I really think it is time for me to accept defeat.
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I doubt if I've put nearly as much effort into learning WCS as Chef but this comment really expresses how I feel about it. It is very hard to continue to put time, money and effort into attending regular classes when it is not really fun - often quite the opposite. MJ began to be fun pretty soon after starting beginner's classes; even tango, supposedly fearsomely technically difficult, seems like a doddle compared with WCS.
I suppose one answer to Chef's dilemma would be to stick with one teacher so the confusing aspects of reconciling contradictory advice were cut out. Also, just sticking with the techniques that feel right to you and ignoring the contradictions, at least for the present.
Good luck with it anyway, Chef, and I hope you can get over this and want to carry on with it.