Thursday Improved

Whatever caused the dizziness afflicting me Thursday morning cleared within a few hours. While I spent the bulk of the daytime utterly drained of energy, I still slugged out most of the day at the office before leaving early.

A 1.5 hour power nap in the late afternoon did wonders.

We had a meeting of the 2009 IAGSDC committee 6-7:30 PM. We have 438 registrations and the hotel room block is half booked currently. For the most part, the meeting was just a reporting of minor issues which are in the process of being resolved. Of these, the biggest problem is getting sites booked for the fun badge tour: many organizations simply don't bother responding to telephone calls or submitted applications. We have three of five sites locked down; our coordinator is still drilling various offices for aye or nay on the other three. We do have a long list of backup sites proposed as well and there's still plenty of time to get this worked out. I think everyone --especially our FBT coordinator-- is amazed at how long it is taking to get even a rejection from any particular location.

Since I was still taking notes as the meeting secretary, kent4str started the regular club night with a Plus tip. I arrived just as he was starting the singing call. I picked up with alternating Advanced and Plus for the rest of the evening.

I've noted that the club has been rather weak on 'all four couple' and 'all eight' calls so I made sure there were at least 3-4 figures employing them in each set of the night, walking through a couple for clarity. I think it went well.

Abe went solo, calling a Plus tip in the middle of the night. I noticed him doing the same thing I did when I started: the early part of the tip starts fabulously and then becomes more hesitant towards the end as he tried to think of something novel or a different get-in for subsequent figures. I reassured him that's a normal part of development and offered a few ideas to keep in the back of one's head to draw upon when the well goes dry --heck, if all else fails, working lefty versions of the calls & figures used in the first part will make it all seem fresh again to the dancers.

kent4str is calling for DCLS at Hillwood on Saturday and we still have to arm-wrestle for the Chesapeake Squares Tuesday night gigs for the balance of the month. Woo hoo!

Thursday Improved

Whatever caused the dizziness afflicting me Thursday morning cleared within a few hours. While I spent the bulk of the daytime utterly drained of energy, I still slugged out most of the day at the office before leaving early.

A 1.5 hour power nap in the late afternoon did wonders.

We had a meeting of the 2009 IAGSDC committee 6-7:30 PM. We have 438 registrations and the hotel room block is half booked currently. For the most part, the meeting was just a reporting of minor issues which are in the process of being resolved. Of these, the biggest problem is getting sites booked for the fun badge tour: many organizations simply don't bother responding to telephone calls or submitted applications. We have three of five sites locked down; our coordinator is still drilling various offices for aye or nay on the other three. We do have a long list of backup sites proposed as well and there's still plenty of time to get this worked out. I think everyone --especially our FBT coordinator-- is amazed at how long it is taking to get even a rejection from any particular location.

Since I was still taking notes as the meeting secretary, kent4str started the regular club night with a Plus tip. I arrived just as he was starting the singing call. I picked up with alternating Advanced and Plus for the rest of the evening.

I've noted that the club has been rather weak on 'all four couple' and 'all eight' calls so I made sure there were at least 3-4 figures employing them in each set of the night, walking through a couple for clarity. I think it went well.

Abe went solo, calling a Plus tip in the middle of the night. I noticed him doing the same thing I did when I started: the early part of the tip starts fabulously and then becomes more hesitant towards the end as he tried to think of something novel or a different get-in for subsequent figures. I reassured him that's a normal part of development and offered a few ideas to keep in the back of one's head to draw upon when the well goes dry --heck, if all else fails, working lefty versions of the calls & figures used in the first part will make it all seem fresh again to the dancers.

kent4str is calling for DCLS at Hillwood on Saturday and we still have to arm-wrestle for the Chesapeake Squares Tuesday night gigs for the balance of the month. Woo hoo!

Memory Course

I've just signed up for caller_dayle's memory course, originally mentioned here:

Improve Your Memory
Would you like to be able to remember facts, figures, faces and names with little effort? Do you find yourself forgetting things you used to easily remember? This course will show you simple, easy and fun methods to improve your memory, increase your creativity, and get straight A's. By the end of this lively and relaxed course, you will be able to remember one 25-digit number, 20 names of people you just met, the order of 1/2 a deck of cards, and a grocery list of 50 items.

If nothing else, I can heckle from the back of the class.

Alas, it means I'll be booked for six consecutive Mondays so I'll miss dancing with justetthon a couple of times. I may drop out of the class though if John Marshall manages to get a C2 class together on Mondays.

So many educational opportunities, so little time so few brain cells!

Edit: kent4str has signed up too.

Memory Course

I've just signed up for caller_dayle's memory course, originally mentioned here:

Improve Your Memory
Would you like to be able to remember facts, figures, faces and names with little effort? Do you find yourself forgetting things you used to easily remember? This course will show you simple, easy and fun methods to improve your memory, increase your creativity, and get straight A's. By the end of this lively and relaxed course, you will be able to remember one 25-digit number, 20 names of people you just met, the order of 1/2 a deck of cards, and a grocery list of 50 items.

If nothing else, I can heckle from the back of the class.

Alas, it means I'll be booked for six consecutive Mondays so I'll miss dancing with justetthon a couple of times. I may drop out of the class though if John Marshall manages to get a C2 class together on Mondays.

So many educational opportunities, so little time so few brain cells!

Edit: kent4str has signed up too.