Hyperreal

Magic night at JJ’s tonight.

Everything went so much better than last week. OK, not perfect, but what did work, really worked.

I’m now even more convinced that football keeps the girls inside, or brings extra boys out. When I arrived there were spare men!!! Later when there would normally be “18 women on”, it was never more than 11.

Moves…

• Octopull lady’s basket unwind (?) – first step of the octopus… wrap the lady, etc.. in second part do double-handed return yourself!!! As the girl comes round unwind her once, then left hand down and again to take her into a left-hand basket. Step back, step out, unwind her ACW, with an extra ACW turn on the end.
• Double basket double unwind lean (?) – normal basket, turn out and lead back in to left-hand basket, but go into push-spin mode with right hand near your right shoulder. Fast unwind, leading mainly from the LH around waist, with a double turn to bring the girl close to your side in an almost first-move position. If girl isn’t right by you for the lean, make sure you move to where she is! In the lean you can keep the L-R handhold near your left should, or for more security, leave the girl’s hand on shoulder and put comforting hand on her shoulder-blade. Then lean! And up, and back out, reconnecting L-R hold if disconnected. (No return this time.) This move combined with the first move by going straight from the LH basket into the push double unwind.
• First move pull through – classic move of the night. In first move out position, step round the girl, leading her to turn ACW on spot – LH leading the turn above her, RH dragging round waist for feedback and stability. As she comes round and you’ve half-way round her, do a “step across”, under her right arm, leading her forward with your right hand on her hip/back. Turn to face, return. To combine this move with the lean we went straight from the lean, which brought you out to the first move position, into the turn out part of the first move.

I had a much better musical night tonight that many lately. Not sure why… Some partners make it easier I guess. I got to practice this new lean and the first-move seducer quite a bit during the night. When I was trying to, I think I really got the timing of the seducer pretty-much spot on. On a couple of songs with a flourishy ending, I was ready for it and they really worked. On one song with a sudden ending, I gob-smacked myself by hitting the last note with the dip. Most triumphant!

As I said on the forum, I had a great dance with a recent beginner who did really well, and even managed to cope with all the breaks in the music without panicking. Thought she did really well.

So, lots of good dances… Except for a couple of tracks, loved the music… Fab moves which really flowed. I had a smashing time!

Sorry for the slightly abbreviated post, but I must get to bed! More news soon…