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Rougeforever · 23rd-January-2004, 07:29 PM

Background - it was my third week of ceroc. Had been enjoying it thus far.

Copied from my livejournal:

Last night at ceroc.

We were both really looking forward to the evening. The moves were ok, the manspin, which is easyish for the lady, the octopus, step across and the yoyo pushspin.

Three ok moves, and one killer. The killer in the YYPS for me is the bit where the lady has to spin to the right. Dunno why, but I just have a mental block about spinning that way. I really really had a problem with that, and could only be guaranteed to spin in the correct way when a man pushed my hand quite hard. Anyway. My partner for the first dance in the freestyle is (if you ask me) one of the more lechy men there, but actually a very good dancer and really very FIRM with his signals (every girl's dream).

He got me spinning the right way.

The workshop section didn't go so well for me because there were about 8 new ladies and only about 4 men, so I spent time without a partner in the rotation.

The real problem came with the freestyle. We started to dance, and realised we didn't know what we were doing at all (I need really FIRM signals, remember) and just stood there, embarrassed.

I just had to leave the dancefloor, confidence in pieces and sat down. We managed to sit out of the way of everyone, so I didn't dance with anyone for 5 minutes, and decided to leave and never to return. I think it was a culmination of feeling out-of-breath (not much stamina this week as I was tired), hopeless and rubbish.

We did the worst thing possible and left. It caused friction between the two of us as well. Unwelcome, that.
Still, in the cold light of day I see it as me having fallen off my bicycle. First thing I need to do is get back on it, and get some confidence back.

23rd-January-2004, 07:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rougeforever Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 63 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 10	Bad Ceroc Night Background - it was my third week of ceroc. Had been enjoying it thus far. Copied from my livejournal: Last night at ceroc. We were both really looking forward to the evening. The moves were ok, the manspin, which is easyish for the lady, the octopus, step across and the yoyo pushspin. Three ok moves, and one killer. The killer in the YYPS for me is the bit where the lady has to spin to the right. Dunno why, but I just have a mental block about spinning that way. I really really had a problem with that, and could only be guaranteed to spin in the correct way when a man pushed my hand quite hard. Anyway. My partner for the first dance in the freestyle is (if you ask me) one of the more lechy men there, but actually a very good dancer and really very FIRM with his signals (every girl's dream). He got me spinning the right way. The workshop section didn't go so well for me because there were about 8 new ladies and only about 4 men, so I spent time without a partner in the rotation. The real problem came with the freestyle. We started to dance, and realised we didn't know what we were doing at all (I need really FIRM signals, remember) and just stood there, embarrassed. I just had to leave the dancefloor, confidence in pieces and sat down. We managed to sit out of the way of everyone, so I didn't dance with anyone for 5 minutes, and decided to leave and never to return. I think it was a culmination of feeling out-of-breath (not much stamina this week as I was tired), hopeless and rubbish. We did the worst thing possible and left. It caused friction between the two of us as well. Unwelcome, that. Still, in the cold light of day I see it as me having fallen off my bicycle. First thing I need to do is get back on it, and get some confidence back.